Worth your attention-Householder Design Guide consultation Leeds City Council are consulting with developers, agents, the public and their representatives on the Householder Design Guide. This guide offers advice to those wishing to extend their houses and encourages good design in all aspects of building and development. The consultation period is from 18 September until 11 November 2011.
To read the Draft and Consultation please Click here…
Regrettably your Chair was unable to attend a meeting on 30 September in respect of a consultation on Housing Growth in Leeds. However, Cllr Barry Anderson has kindly informed us that he attended and at this meeting the attendees were asked to agree to a number of principles.
You can find out more information on the Housing Growth consultation webpage by Clicking here…
If you would like to submit your thoughts to add to the consultation go to the pdf file on the right headed “Workshop 3 feedback form.” You may also be interested in the documents headed up “Community Workshop” and “Business Workshop” and you will see the feedback from those sectors there.
You will need to print off the pdf version of the document above, complete and post to Saima Shafi at City Development, 2 Rossington Street, Leeds LS2 8HD.
Cold Calling Control Zones aim to arm residents with the knowledge they need to be safe within their homes but, most importantly, the confidence to say NO to cold callers and prevent further incidents of doorstep crime occurring. The zones act as a deterrent to constant door knocking which is often seen as a nuisance, but can also cause anxiety and stress within the community.
It is, however, vital to stress that these Zones are only intended to put off opportunists, rather than reputable traders such as milk men and window cleaners.
This popular initiative continues to thrive acrossWest Yorkshirewith 41 successful live zones in place, and 8 more in the preparation stages.
The success of these zones can often be contributed to the involvement of the community at all stages. In the preparation stages of all zones, residents are closely consulted to ensure each zone is supported and that the most susceptible streets are identified.
Each zone is then revisited on an annual basis to ensure it is effective and sustainable by offering resident consultation and interactive workshops. Education Officers from Trading Standards will host sessions in a bid to raise awareness of issues such as scams, identity theft and personal safety but also on advice on energy comparisons, safety within the home and how to deal with pushy sales people and cancel contracts that they may have been pressured in to. These are just a taster of the type of calls that we regularly get from the public reporting to our call centre.
In addition to this, our Fair Trading team will also be offering training to colleagues and professionals who come into regular contact with residents who may be experiencing these sort of problems. For example, PCSO’s, Police Officers, Neighbourhood Wardens, Community Safety Officers etc will all be offered the opportunity to take part in this training. The training will focus on the relevant legislation and laws as well as how to spot a doorstep criminal and what can be done with regards to criminal offences and also reporting of these offences.
Each zone does require initial funding but, once set up, they are easily sustained and managed with a partnership approach. The most recent zones have been funded by POCA funding, area committees, In Communities and Safer Leeds (and the list goes on).
If you think that this is something that your area could benefit from or would like to work together on, please feel free to contact me on the details below and I will be more than happy to discuss and answer any questions you may have.
Sally Hodgson West Yorkshire Joint Services
We have been advised by the Council of the following:
“Leeds City Council and NHS Leeds are looking for community-spirited residents to join the citizen’s panel and take part in surveys and discussions about local services and issues that affect where they live.
Residents are invited to join the new citizens panel, which is being brought together to help the council, NHS Leeds and other public sector partners find out what people that live in the city think, feel and need.
Last month, the council’s partnership organisation, Leeds Initiative, launched a new long-term plan; Vision for Leeds 2011 to 2030. The overall aim of this vision is to improve life for residents and make Leeds the best city in the UK.
In order to achieve this, changes will have to be made, and the council with its other public sector partners need to have a clear understanding of what that means for the people that live here.
The new citizen’s panel will play a really important role in collecting this information, and will be a great opportunity for thousands of people in the city to have their views heard by local decision makers. They will also be able to find out about new plans and ideas for Leeds and local communities.
To be part of the panel people need to be aged 18 or over, and be prepared to spend a small amount of time taking part in surveys and/or discussions about local services and issues affecting where they live. The aim is to have about 6000 on the new panel, made up of a balanced mix of people of different ages, backgrounds and communities to reflect the population of Leeds.
Panel members will be required to complete between four and eight surveys each year, and will be invited to take part in about the same number of discussions or events. Surveys should take no more than 20 minutes to complete, and will always be free to return, no stamps required. Discussion groups might be 90 minutes, or sometimes a bit longer. Some discussions will be online, others an opportunity for panel members to get together in one place.
Anyone that can spare a couple of hours a year and would like to find out more should visit www.leeds.gov.uk/citizenspanel or contact us on citizenspanel@leeds.gov.uk or Leeds 247 4610.”
We have been informed by our local councillor that on Tuesday 18th and Wednesday 19th October the main pool at Holt Park will be closed. This is so that they can facilitate work on the air ducts in the ceiling of the pool hall which unfortunately are coming loose. The length of time is indicative and takes in to account scaffold tower erection and dismantling. They hope to re-open sooner however they must err on the side of caution.
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Thank you.
Adel Crag Community Association 