RESIDENTS INFORMATION
What constitutes a resident member?
All residents whose property frontages Welcomes or Uplands Roads and the spur roads of Benthall Gardens, Cumnor Rise, Kearton Close, Maryhill Close, Simone Drive and Pine Close which rely on Welcomes and Uplands Roads for access, are deemed to be members of the Association.
Members are covenanted by deed to share the cost of maintaining Welcomes and Uplands Roads in line with the legal principle of benefit and burden re-affirmed by the Court of Appeal in the case of Goodman v Elwood 2013 and reinforced in 2010 by a standard note in the House of Commons library (PDF file).
WHAT WE DO
We can help with
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Road maintenance and signage.
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Drain clearance, flood management and leaf sweeps.
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Requests to members to keep verges clean (if necessary, we will complete the work and bill the member).
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Ongoing parking issues which impact the road.
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Dealing with utility companies when excavation and remedial work is required.
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Collecting road levies, including from developers.
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Providing road levy information for house purchasers and answering solicitor enquiries during the conveyancing process.
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Commenting on housing developments with poor on-site parking ratios or other likely adverse impact on the road.
Sadly we cannot help with
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Disputes between neighbours of all kinds including those about noise, smoke from chimneys or bonfires, fences, overhanging trees, etc (please see Croydon Council for details on what can be done)
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Clearing fallen trees, unless the member is unable to do so.
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Reporting fly-tipping to the Council.
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Nuisance parking which should be solved by the members themselves.
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Keeping hedges, brambles and weeds from growing over the road and verges clear as pedestrian refuges.