The Office for Product Safety and Standards has launched a public consultation on fireworks and pyrotechnics regulation across the UK, and it’s a chance for Ruislip residents to make their views heard. The consultation opened this week and runs through August and September, looking at whether to: Restrict the noisiest fireworks to professional users, with […]
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Pay & Display machines to be removed in favour of Pay by Phone, and Hillingdon First free parking reduced
The Future of Pay & Display Machines In January we suspected the £95,000 budgeted saving for “changes to parking payment options” would mean a reduction in the number of physical ticket machines, pointing to the council’s phone-only parking trial at the Beck Theatre as a likely blueprint. Hillingdon Council has now confirmed that this is […]
Petition on proposed changes to Council’s Residents’ Petition Scheme
Support transparency and public accountability The Hillingdon Alliance of Residents’ Associations has launched a borough‑wide petition regarding proposed changes to the Council’s Residents’ Petition Scheme. The changes are scheduled to be voted on by all Councillors at the Full Council meeting on Thursday 9 July. The proposals would: Increase local and planning petition thresholds from […]
Silence from the Civic Centre: A Child Receives CPR at the Lido
This past week brought a terrifying escalation to Ruislip Lido – one that local residents have spent years warning was inevitable. Over a 24-hour window spanning Monday 25 May and Tuesday 26 May, Reservoir Road was completely paralysed on two consecutive days by two different massive emergency responses. While the community waits in agonising suspense […]
“An Active Public Safety Hazard”: Open Letter to Hillingdon Council Over Lido Gridlock
We have received a copy of an open letter addressed to Steve Tuckwell (Leader of Hillingdon Council), Phillip Corthorne, John Riley and Peter Smallwood (Ruislip’s ward councillors) and Hillingdon Council’s Complaints department, and reproduce it in full, below: URGENT FORMAL COMPLAINT & SAFETY ESCALATION: Re – Dangerous Driving, Traffic Evasion, and Shift-Worker Sleep Deprivation […]
