I spoke to somebody about adjusting the policy after I had seen a skip being picked up from under a tree and I sent in a sequence of photos ending in one like thisWould trees around a site come under the environment report? I saw this yesterday, just builders getting on with the business of their work.I was told that trees had been added to the policy.I can’t find any details of a skip policy on the LBH web site but there is some instruction about skips at http://www.hounslow.gov.uk/index/transport_and_streets/roads_and_highways/skip_permits.htmIs this enough information for somebody seeking to hire a skip? Most people might plan to have a skip and check out information about having one.[ If you wish to hire a skip, you should contact one of the companies on the London Borough of Hounslow approved list.The skip company will be responsible for acquiring the relevant permit.Skip are not allowed on a driveway, parking area, garden or hard standing area that is accessed via a dropped kerb or across a pavement. ]Bearing in mind the damage which one skip delivery lorry can cause if a driver mounts the pavements, which was probably the reason the on the road policy was introduced. I wonder how the policy was arrived at. Was it two people inside the pavement department saying lets ban skip lorries from the pavements was it a group project working with people outside the pavement department? Did it take up much ‘people time’ to draw up? Did it include people using skips and skip delivery companies?I wonder how it is working.You can still see skips being driven across the opposite pavement to the driveway the skip is sitting on (totally the fault of the skip drivers) and the holes are still being punched in the pavement from the support feet which often are placed straight onto the pavement or crossover, which can be a total mess by the end of the build.If a Councillor or solicitor asks about managing maintenance of the pathways will they be directed to the skip policy? Will they expect to believe this information?I went out yesterday and looked for skips. I found the followingTeesdale Avenue2 skips both on driveways (1 is under a tree and has not been placed where the skip lorry can mount a crossover so I wonder how they intend to get it out when full) Pop along and see if you can figure it out.Parkwood Road2 skips both on driveways (1 is placed where there is no crossover. The drain cover has recently been fixed, wonder if it will survive a skip pickup?)Harewood Road2 skips both on driveways.Northumberland Avenue2 skips 1 “on the road” by the garages at Homebase end.The other is behind the gate of a garden which appears to have been annexed and used to store rubbish over the past few years. The street engineer came and mended the slabs outside and then put two bollards in place to stop ongoing footpath damage.The residents association have voiced concern about the environmental considerations of an unofficial dump site and then the use of bollards at this site. (There was a bonfire there the other day) There are now two broken slabs beside the bollards. There is a skip behind the gate.Lingwood Gardens2 skips both on drivewaysChurch Road1 on driveway up beside the house so pick up would be on the house owners property.College Road2 skips 1 “on the road” the other on a driveway.Google Street SceneIf you wish to check out street scene on google – the addresses are approximate but this is what I found* 48 The Grove* 42 Wood Lane * 66 Wood Lane * 74 Wood Lane* 18 College Road – on Road * 66 College Road* 26 Harewood Road * 80 Harewood Road* 82 Parkwood Road* 20 Northumberland Avenue * 30 Northumberland Avenue* 14 Albury (and lorry parked across the Conservatives pavement) * 48 Albury Avenue13 skips, one on the road.
Sarah Felstead ● 6243d