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To confirm that the business of the meeting will take place in public.
Minutes:
RESOLVED: That
all items be considered in public.
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Hayes Town Centre 'Shop Front Improvement' Scheme - Petition Requesting the Inclusion of Broadway Parade Coldharbour Lane, Hayes PDF 2 MB
Minutes:
Councillors Lynne
Allen, Peter Curling and Robin Sansarpuri attended as Ward Councillors and spoke
in support of the petition. It was
noted that Councillor Curling sat on the Improvement
Panel.
Concerns, comments and suggestions raised at the meeting included
the following:
- The
petitioners advised that Broadway Parade was part of Coldharbour Lane and formed the entrance to Hayes
Town Centre. As such, concern was
expressed as to why this part of the road had been excluded from
the shop front scheme;
- It was
suggested that, if the area covered by the scheme had included
Broadway Parade, consideration could have been given to reducing
the amount of funding available from the Council for each of the
shop fronts (the property owners had paid £1,200 for the
improvements to each shop front and the Council had contributed an
additional £4,800 for each);
- Petitioners were concerned that shop keepers in Broadway Parade
had been excluded from decisions about the infrastructure which
affected their businesses. Further
concern was expressed that there had been no funding for festive
lights or hanging baskets in Broadway Parade and that the pavements
were not being repaired. The petition
organiser advised that he had contacted Council to request
information about these matters under the Freedom of Information
Act but that he had not yet received a response;
- It was noted that
the Botwell and Townfield Ward Councillors had used some of their
ward budgets to extend the festive lighting in Hayes Town at
Christmas;
- It was
noted that there was an individual that had been regularly
repairing cars on the side of the road in Broadway Parade –
which was not condoned by the shop keepers;
- The shop
keepers requested that they be permitted a say in what happened in
their environment;
- The
public response to the work that had been undertaken on the shop
fronts through this scheme had been very positive. Those businesses that had benefited were thankful
that the Council had supported the scheme as it had generated
enthusiasm and brightened up the area;
- Although
the look and quality of workmanship of the new shop fronts were
thought to be good, it was suggested that the colour of the paving
was drab. It was thought that the
yellow stone paving that had been used in West Drayton was more
inviting and environmental; and
- Petitioners queried whether there would be any additional
funding made available to offer a phase 2 of the scheme in the near
future and, if so, whether this would be made available to the
shops in Broadway Parade.
Councillor Douglas
Mills listened to the concerns of those present and responded to
the points raised. He advised that, as
his portfolio did not include issues such as festive lights and
highway repairs, he would only be responding to the request to
extend and amend the shop front scheme policy.
Councillor Mills
advised that 70% of the funding for the shop front scheme had come
from the Mayor’s outer London grant scheme and the remaining
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