Headlines -
January 2007
Bexley Council wants to hear the views of the public and other interested parties on the future use of the Civic Offices site in Bexleyheath.
Bexley Council Leader, Cllr Ian Clement, has responded to speculation about the future of the Freedom Pass by making clear that the London boroughs have no plans to reduce any of the free travel benefits enjoyed by holders of the pass.
Bexley Council has produced technical guidance for householders about whether they need planning permission to install solar panels or wind turbines on their property. It also explains the steps they need to take to obtain planning permission or building regulations approval.
Bexley Council and local police are working together to make the Sidcup Place playground and the surrounding area safer after reports last year of men hanging around the public toilets and bushes.
In common with other Councils, Bexley Council is writing to residents who have previously voted by post or by proxy to ask for their signature and date of birth as part of new statutory measures designed to combat election fraud.
Do you live or work in Lesnes Abbey Ward? If so, Bexley Community Safety Partnership is keen to get your views on crime and disorder in the local area.
Do you live or work in Barnehurst Ward? If so, Bexley Community Safety Partnership is keen to get your views on crime and disorder in the local area.
Do you live or work in Blackfen and Lamorbey Ward? If so, Bexley Community Safety Partnership is keen to get your views on crime and disorder in the local area.
Five Bexley schools have taken part in a scheme to help the Schools Waste Action Club - part of Bexley Council's Waste and Recycling team - to get parents to recycle more.
Four children from Bexley primary schools have completed an art work dedicated to recycling which was started by secondary school pupils in August 2006.
Telephone calls to most Bexley libraries are now being handled by the Council's Contact Centre, at the Civic Offices, Bexleyheath. The new system started on Monday (29 January).
A special advisory group of Councillors met this week (22 January)
to review progress on the Council's project to rationalise its office accommodation.
If you've got a high performance car parked in your drive BEWARE! It could make your home a target for car thieves and burglars.
Bexley Council will play host to the launch of the new Street Pastor scheme at the end of this month (31 January). The project, which has been developed by Bexley's Community Safety Partnership and the Street Pastor Team, will see volunteers from churches going out into Bexleyheath town centre at night, offering reassurance and assistance to anyone visiting the town centre.
From Friday 26 January to 9 March the Council will be consulting local people on the issues and options to be considered in preparing its action plan for Erith.
Bexley Council have been informed that the Oral Hearing for the Application to bring a Judicial Review of the Secretary of State's Decision in the matter of the incinerator at Belvedere, made jointly with the Mayor of London, will be heard on 22 February.
Police and Bexley Council enforcement officers, determined to deal with the problems of drunken behaviour in the borough at night, took part in an alcohol licensing crackdown in the borough over Christmas and the New Year.
Bexley's General Purposes Committee debated proposals to reorganise some of the Council's key services at its meeting this week (16 January).
Bexley Council has taken action after complaints from residents about plans by Transport for London (TfL) to install new bus shelters throughout the borough - often in places many residents feel are unsuitable.
Time is running out for parents and carers to apply for their child's primary school place. Parents of children born between 1 September 2002 and 31 August 2003 have until 31 January to apply for that important school place and for the first time applications can be made on-line.
Leaflets asking for views on the proposal for a new secondary school in Crayford, in federation with Erith School, will be delivered to local residents and available from the borough's schools, libraries and the council website, from this week (week ending 19 January).
So popular were the one-off dance sessions organised in Erith and Belvedere by 19-year-old Amy Mortlock that she has now obtained funding to run regular weekly classes for girls aged between nine and 16.
Government league tables published last week (11 January) reflect a very successful exam year for Bexley's secondary schools. Many schools have made excellent progress and one school appears in the top 50 list of 'Most Improved Schools' in the country.
The process of improving and modernising Queen Mary's Hospital,
Sidcup, has continued into the new year with the opening of two refurbished wards
by the Leader of Bexley Council, Cllr
Ian Clement.
Bexley residents have been warned that gym membership could lose them the wrong sort of pounds - the sterling kind.
The Leader of Bexley Council, Cllr
Ian Clement, expressed his frustration, after a judge decided to reject the application for a Judicial Review of the government's decision to approve the Belvedere incinerator. This decision was after the consideration of the papers by the Judge.
During 2007, Bexley Trading Standards is to continue its policy of giving talks to residents and community groups warning about ever more sophisticated scams being unleashed on the public.
Disabled swimmers in Bexley will find enjoying their sport a
little easier during their next visit to Crook Log Leisure Centre in Bexleyheath.
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