A range of services The council provides many services for residents and businesses. Go to the A-Z on the website at www.towerhamlets.gov.uk Council information Get information on welfare reform The council’s benefits service can provide information about housing benefit, council tax benefit and entitlement to free school meals. It has compiled a list of helpful agencies at… www.towerhamlets.gov.uk/welfarereform Tower Hamlets forward planner TOWER Hamlets Council produces a forward plan every month detailing the key decisions it will take, together with the details of Meetings Tuesday, February 10 7.15pm: Overview & scrutiny committee For further information call 7364 4878 or email david. knight@towerhamlets.gov.uk Wednesday, February 11 7pm: Development committee The meeting will consider planning applications for: demolition of buildings at 1-9 Ratcliffe Cross Street and land to south of 8-12 Ratcliffe Street, E1 and redevelop to provide 6-, 7- & 8-storey building for 56 flats and 8-storey building for 22 flats; demolition of part of Silwex House, Quaker Street, E1, restore part of building and add 3-storey roof extension to provide new hotel development of approx 250 rooms. For details call 7364 4877 or email zoe.folley@tower hamlets.gov.uk Tower Hamlets online www.towerhamlets.gov.uk For information on council services, including: the author, and consultation undertaken. It can be found in Idea Stores, libraries, One Stop Shops and council offices or at www.tower hamlets. gov.uk/data/ your-council/data/forwardplan/ forward-plan.cfm Thursday, February 12 7pm: Inner North East London joint health overview & scrutiny committee Hackney Town Hall, Mare Street, E8. For details email tahir.alam @towerhamlets.gov.uk Tuesday, February 17 6.30pm: Licensing sub-committee Call 7364 4120 or email simmi. yesmin@towerhamlets.gov.uk Thursday, February 19 7pm: Strategic development committee Call 7364 4877 or email zoe. folley@towerhamlets.gov.uk Details are accurate at time of going to press. Agendas are available online a week before meetings, which are at the Town Hall, Mulberry Place, 5 Clove Crescent, Poplar, E14 2BG, except cabinet. report a missed rubbish collection make a doorstep recycling request report an abandoned vehicle bulk rubbish collections Drug treatment providers Community Drug Team Substitute prescribing, key working, health screening & referral to residential treatment. 71 Johnson Street, E1. 7790 1344 www.lifeline.org.uk Nafas Support with a focus on Bangladeshi community. The Davenant Centre, 179-181 Whitechapel Road, E1 7377 0676. Harbour Recovery Centre In-patient detox for 18+ males. Riverside House, 4th Floor, 20 Garford Street, E14. 7538 9421 Young People’s Service Treatment for under-19s Unit 26, Skyline Village, Limeharbour, E14. 3069 7878 www.lifeline.org.uk Isis For women aged over 18 c/o Hopetown Hostel, 60 Old Montague Street, E1. 7426 0399 www.compass-uk.org Community Alcohol Team Unit 22, Skylines Village Limeharbour, E14. 0800 008 7200 www.rapt.org.uk Somali Substance Misuse Help, advice & referral for people with khat, alcohol or drug issues. Contact Idriis Elmi. Mind in Tower Hamlets & Newham, Open House 13 Whitethorn Street, E3. 7510 1081 The Government is changing benefits Prepare and act now The Government is changing the benefits system as part of its plans for welfare reform. If you are claiming benefits, you may be affected. Households who are not in work or have less than 24 hours work per week will be affected most. The impact of these changes could be serious and some households may no longer be able to afford their current housing costs. Tower Hamlets Council and its partners are helping prepare residents for the Government changes. This includes support with: Getting information and advice Managing your money Finding work and training opportunities For more information about the changes visit the government website www.dwp.gov.uk or call their helpline on 0845 605 7064, or textphone 0845 608 8551. You can also call our benefits advice line on Planning E1 Footway adjacent to Ansell House, Mile End Road – relocation of existing Barclays cycle hire docking station with maximum 44 docking points by 45m to east as a consequence of proposed Cycle Superhighway 2 upgrade works. 110 Jamaica Street – application for prior approval for single-storey rear extension. Amendments to approved scheme ref PA/14/03242. E1W Moran House, 82 Wapping Lane – modification of internal layout. E3 219-221 Bow Road & 27-31 Payne Road – demolition of buildings and erection of four blocks of four, five and six storeys to provide 93 dwellings together with ancillary parking and landscaping. 10 Chisenhale Road – construction of threestorey rear extension to replace existing two-storey rear building; addition of rear infill extension; excavation of existing cellar to create basement accommodation, with new external stair access at front of property. E14 Footway outside 649-651 Commercial Road – construction of 15m telecommunications mono-pole, six antennae, four equipment cabinets and ancillary apparatus. This is not a definitive list of all current planning applications. For more details go to the council’s website at www.towerhamlets.gov.uk and click on Planning & Building. Taking responsibility for age-restricted products THE first businesses have taken part in a training session as part of the council’s Responsible Trader Scheme (RTS). Trading standards officers told traders from four firms about improving ways to combat the sale of age-restricted goods such as cigarettes, alcohol, aerosol paint and blades to children and young people. The scheme, launched in September 2013, currently has 148 members. It involves working with public health and trading standards teams, the police and ID card scheme Validate UK by: creating a tool kit for traders to support training regarding age-restricted products providing materials and promoting best practice in the prevention of age-restricted sales offering training courses and providing regular newsletters to members. Cllr Ohid Ahmed, cabinet member for community safety, said: “The scheme is there to help and provide valuable advice and I would encourage traders to join up.” To find out more, call the consumer and business regulations service on 7364 5008 or email tradingstandards@ towerhamlets.gov.uk For further information about Validate UK call 01434 634996 or visit www.validateuk.co.uk YOU CHOOSE WE COLLECT WE STORE WE RETURN Gotbox22 is a modern full-service storage company based in London and designed to take the pain out of using traditional self-storage units. www.gotbox22.co.uk 020 3771 7667 14 NEWS FROM TOWER HAMLETS COUNCIL AND YOUR COMMUNITY 9 – 15 FEBRUARY 2015
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