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Brent faces up to the challenge to plan for the next 20 years - details of...
Brent Council, with partners, has faced up to the formidable challenge of devising an 'Inclusive Growth Strategy' for the next 20 years.The report on the Strategy which is to be discussed at Full...
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Consternation over Brent Council's removal of 8 mature trees in Furness Road
Brent Council's consultation on climate change actions closes today (make a last minute submission HERE) and unfortunately it coincides with what appears to be an act of environmental vandalism by the...
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Who's kidding Brent Council? Signage mystery deepens
These signs appeared in the north of the borough out of the blue a while ago but seem to have suddenly disappeared.Their positioning seemed quite random, a Salmon Street slip road had 6 or 7 over a...
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Dawn reprieve for the Furness Road trees
The trees outside Furness Primary School this morningCones stacked this morningLocal residents report that the parking restrictions outside Furness Primary that had been imposed to make ready for the...
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Brent Council defends removal of Furness Road trees
A spokesperson for Brent Council asked to comment on the proposed removal of eight mature trees in Furness Road , five of which are outside Furness Primary School, said this morning:"These trees have...
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Asphalt wars break out again as Mapesbury residents challenge Brent Council
Residents in Dartmouth Road have taken on Brent Council over the proposed asphalting of their footway LINK. They claim that while there are strict rules involving the protection of their Conservation...
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Massive blow to Mapesbury conservation as developer wins appeal to demolish...
The scheme refused by Brent Council now approved by Planning InspectorWhat we will loseSad news from the Save the Queensbury Campaign who have shown such determination in their fight to save a much...
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Did Brent Council do enough to save the Queensbury?
Although it was the Planning Inspector who gave the go ahead for the demolition of the Queensbury Pub there is also an issue of Brent Council's role. Brent Council never got round to listing the...
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Brent children need clean air NOW!
Dr Ian Mudway addressing the meetingA packed meeting held at Queens Park Community School last week (Tuesday 12 November) heard from experts and campaigners how severely our children’s health is being...
View ArticlePensioner's heating restored after a week of cold
I am pleased to hear from John Healy that his heating was restored yesterday by Oakray. His South Kilburn flat was without heating and hot water for more than a week following a boiler breakdown....
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Council pauses work in Furness Road to re-assess the situation
A spokesperson for Brent Council told Wembley Matters this afternoon that the Council had paused the work in Furness Road 'for now so that we can re-assess the situation.'Earlier in answer to a...
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Public urged to support the Roe Green Strathcona staff on strike today
NEU staff at Roe Green Strathcona School will be on strike today following the failure of attempts to negotiate an arrangement with Brent Council that would avoid compulsory redundancies and facilitate...
View ArticleRoe Green Strathcona strike again to save jobs
When talks with Brent's Strategic Director of Children and Families on Tuesday evening failed to win a guarantee of no compulsory redundancies, NEU members at Roe Green Strathcona decided to take a...
View ArticleGreen candidate calls on Brent Council to review Mapesbury asphalt & Furness...
William Relton, Green Party parliamentary candidate for Brent Central is calling on Brent Council to review two actions that were due to be implemented on Monday morning in the night of its Climate...
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Help plant 250 trees in One Tree Park tomorrow!
Predictable comment but I haven't had my second coffee of the morning yet... I expect they will have to rename it 'Twohundredandfiftyone Tree Hill.' Great stuff after the Brent Council tree removal...
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Street meeting on Furness Road street tree removal Tuesday 26th November
After the uproar that arose when residents found out that Brent Council was about to remove 11 mature trees in Furness Road, five of which were outside the Furness Primary School playground, Brent...
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Brent's Interim Climate Emergency Plan - is it enough?
Monday's Full Council Meeting will be presented with Brent Council's Interim Climate and Ecological Emergency Action Plan. This needs to be seen in the context of the Council declaring a Climate...
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The road to Hell is paved with Brent's good intent (or asphalt)
Recent paving in the Barn Hill Conservation area - why not Mapesbury?A Mapesbury resident who is a retired Civil and Structural Enginer (MIStructE and MICE) has carried out a pavement survey of...
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