The 2024 AGM will take place on Tuesday 28th May 2024 for an 8pm start. Cllr Gayle Gander will attend at the beginning of the meeting to answer any questions. Venue: the Small Hall at the Kenley Memorial Hall
Royal Lane temp. closure – from Tuesday 17th Oct.
Walkers should note that Royal Lane will be closed for installation of plastic mesh and graded shingle for part of its length from Tuesday 17th October for about 2 weeks. Please avoid.
Welcomes Road resurfacing – August 12th 2023
London Surfacing completed this work last week – outside Herons Wood and to Kenley Lane (August 12th 2023). The before and after pictures can be seen by clicking here
Parking Problems
With increasing parking problems in our roads and on the basis of advice from one of our local Councillors members may take the following action:
1. Using the Lovecleanstreets app on your mobile phone go to Report a parking offence | Croydon Council (Enforcement Officers should respond to this) or
2. Phone 020 8760 1966 selecting option 3 or
3. Report the matter directly to the Met Police Report antisocial behaviour | Metropolitan Police
Also see Nuisance parking and abandoned vehicles | Metropolitan Police.
Minutes from the 2023 AGM
Thank you to all those who attended the 2023 AGM on Tuesday 16th May.
Special thanks to local councillors Gayle Gander and Ola Kolade who took part in a Q&A session during the meeting.
Minutes from 2023 AGMAdditional minutes of councillor Q&A session
AGM : Tuesday 16th May at 8:00pm
Notice of
ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
to be held at
KENLEY MEMORIAL SMALL HALL
on
Tuesday 16th May 2023 at 7.30pm for a prompt 8:00pm start
AGENDA
- Chairman’s opening remarks
- Apologies for absence
- Approval of Minutes of AGM dated 3rd May 2022
- Matters Arising
- Chairman’s Report: Road resurfacing plan and relative funding
- Admin Report: Medium term CF and membership data
- Treasurer’s Report: table accounts and budget for 2023 to 2024
- Election of Committee & appointment of Auditors
- Any Other Business
Copies of the Accounts for the year ending 31st March 2023 are now available:
Latest Accounts (2022-2023)
Latest Balance Sheet (2022-2023)
Latest Budget Sheet (2023-2024)
Budget sheet will be posted here soon.
NOTES
In terms of para 4.3 of the Constitution
‘actions agreed by a simple majority of those attending a General Meeting will bind all residents’
Voting at general meetings shall be on the basis of one vote per person present at the meeting providing that no more than two votes are registered for each property frontaging Welcomes and Uplands Roads or their spur roads’ Members in arrears with their road levy do not have voting rights.
The member for Uplands Road is not standing for re-election. The Road Committee therefore invite a member to stand for election at the AGM with a view to looking after the interests of Uplands Road members. Please contact the Chairman before the AGM if you are interested in joining the Road Committee.
Council meeting with Resident Associations
Click here to view the minutes from a recent Croydon Council meeting with local Resident Associations.
An Update on the Flood Works
With thanks to Councillor Gayle Gander, who shared the timetable for the works as follows:
- 9th January 2023: The drainage aspect of the scheme commenced
- 9th-27th January: The first 3 weeks was spent setting up the site, marking out, undertaking trial pits and cleaning/jetting existing soakaways/pipes
- 27th-13th Feb: The proposed new gully pots and an inspection chamber are being installed
- 13th-28th Feb: The installation of the proposed soakaway crates. All drainage works are anticipated to be completed after which the public realm measures will commence
- By end of March 2023: All the works are programmed to be completed.
The contractors are confident of completing the works to that timescale, subject to no unforeseen circumstances.
Additional traffic calming measures in the form of chicanes will be implemented along Church Road by Monday 20th Feb for the remainder of the works. Further 20mph signs will also be added to add more weight to the chicane traffic calming measures. I know that the works have been frustrating and worrying for many people. The flood remediate works needed to be done as this junction has been problematic for years, and the public realm works on making the junction with Valley easier for pedestrians, and much prettier will be welcomed.
A walk down Welcomes Road, Jan 26th 2023
You may be interested in the attached pictures of the work going on in the lower reaches of Welcomes Road today.
One picture in particular shows the extensive stress lines on the road a result of the recent frosts no doubt weakened by the weight of the construction site traffic from 10 and 42 Welcomes Road.
The developer at 10 Welcomes Road has kindly done some
temporary repairs to the worst of the damage to the road.
Road Closures Update – Jan 2023
With the flood alleviation works in Kenley Lane starting on or soon after Monday 9th January 2023, Welcomes Road is close to becoming impassable. The frost damage near 8/10 Welcomes Road will be repaired shortly potentially adding to the problems as the road will be partly blocked while the work proceeds. In addition the zone around the bottom of Welcomes Road and Kenley Lane will be traffic light controlled, or so it was understood when WURA had a site meeting with the Council Water Engineer and F.M Conway (contractors) several months ago.
The full mapping for the alleviation works can be viewed here . These appear to show that Welcomes Road will be shut at the bottom end for the duration of the works, along with Kenley Lane which will be approached via Hermitage Road. The pdf maps have been supplied courtesy of Kendra Planning, for which many thanks.
Although Zig Zag Road is not included as a diversion route it is likely to see more traffic though it would be appreciated if construction traffic drivers are instructed to use Uplands Road to approach Welcomes Road to reach the building sites at 10 and 42 WR as Zig Zag Road is not suitable for HGVs. However it would appear that Welcomes Road will continue to be closed at Simone Drive for essential gas pipe replacement works perhaps for another 10 days meaning for this period Zig Zag Road will be the only access route for people living in Welcomes Road from No 68 downwards. It would be appreciated if construction traffic could be minimised until the gas works have been completed when Uplands Road can be used for access rather than Zig Zag Road.
Additionally, drainage investigative works on Hayes Lane j/w Godstone Road have been scheduled for Friday 13th January between 9am & 2pm. Advance “No Waiting” signs are due to be erected on nearby lamp posts soon so that the contractors can get access to all of the gullies.
Please leave yourself plenty of time for your car journey as it will undoubtedly take longer for the next 2 months or so.