This portfolio covers such matters as Parks and Open Spaces, (Conservation, Ruislip Lido and Woodlands are dealt with separately), Pollution, Rubbish and Recycling, Street Care and Cleaning.
Over time we will update members on a wide range of local environmental issues, including our reponses to proposals for waste management and other public consultations, our approval of vigorous Council action on local graffiti, our delight at local parks achieving Green Flag status, and our concerns about local pot-holes in roads - the scope is enormous, so we face a challenging task!
At its May meeting our Executive Committee agreed to object to any further encroachment onto those fields and to inform Hillingdon Borough Council accordingly. Here is the body of the letter sent to Councillor Ray Puddifoot, Leader of Hillingdon Borough Council:
Dear Councillor Puddifoot,
Re: Eastcote Hockey Club’s lease of part of King College Fields
Eastcote Hockey Club (EHC) has currently withdrawn its planning application to develop an all weather hockey pitch on Kings College Fields, Ruislip, but it is expected to submit a similar application in the near future. That possibility was considered by Ruislip Residents’ Executive Committee at its May meeting when it was unanimously agreed that we are against any further encroachment on Kings College Fields.
All the Pinn Meadows are greatly valued by the local community, both as a public open space and as a contribution towards the very pleasant environment in Ruislip. EHC’s existing all weather pitch already dominates one of the Kings College Fields and effectively discourages public access. Our members are concerned that the EHC’s hope of developing a second all weather pitch would exclude the public from a significant part of another field, encroach on the Celandine Way, have a detrimental effect on the local environment and spoil some of the best landscape views in Ruislip.
