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 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, April 14 6.30pm: Extraordinary licensing committee The meeting will consider an application for a sexual entertainment venue licence for Whites Gentleman’s Club, 32-38 Leman Street, E1. For details call 7364 4120 or email simmi.yesmin@ towerhamlets.gov.uk 7.30pm: Standards (advisory) committee Business includes a report on the council’s use of the Regulation of Investigatory Power Act 2000. For more information call 7364 4878 or email david. knight@towerhamlets.gov.uk Wednesday, April 15 7.30pm: Council For details call 7364 4204 or email johns.williams@ towerhamlets.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, April 16 7pm: General purposes committee For details call 7364 4878 Wednesday, April 22 6pm: Commissioners’ decision-making meeting For details call 7364 4651 or email matthew.mannion@ towerhamlets.gov.uk Thursday, April 23 7.30pm: Strategic development committee For details call 7364 4877 or email zoe.folley@tower hamlets.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 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 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 Railway Arch, 25 Cudworth Street, (site to north of Cudworth Street and south of railway viaduct) – alterations to roof of newly constructed block of flats, including addition of roof extensions to incorporate two extra flats and revised communal amenity area. E2 29 Redchurch Street – proposed shopfront; installation of fascia sign and projecting sign on proposed shopfront. E14 1 Park Place – reserved matters application seeking permission for details of appearance, means of access, layout, scale and landscaping associated with construction of office building comprising two basement levels, lower and ground level and 31 upper levels, and construction of new pedestrian link and other works incidental to the development granted outline planning permission on 30.3.15, ref. PA/13/02344. Telehouse Far East, Sites 6 & 8, Oregano Drive – application for non-material amendment of planning permission ref. PA/14/00074, dated 23.10.14. This is not a definitive list of all current planning applications. For more details go to www.towerhamlets.gov.uk and click on Planning & Building. Boroughs team up to tackle fly-tipping gangs THE council and other east London local authorities are clamping down on a huge surge in fly-tipping. Tower Hamlets, Hackney, Newham and Redbridge are suffering a large and sudden increase in both fly-tipping and dumping of waste. The upsurge is believed to be down to a single gang using two or three vehicles across the four boroughs. A local intelligence network has now been established between the councils to tackle the suspected gang, with support from officers from the Environment Agency. Recently, Tower Hamlets’ Clean and Green team spotted a suspect vehicle in Wick Lane, Bow after being provided with information from officers in Redbridge. The vehicle was stopped by the police and subsequently seized by Redbridge Council. The network is calling on all residents to report any sightings of fly-tipping or waste dumping. Residents or businesses which leave waste outside their property on the wrong days or without having made prior lawful arrangements for collection risk fines or prosecution. Fly-tipping vehicles are typically more than five years old, poorly maintained and normally in use overnight. They are likely to be uninsured, unregistered, untaxed and used by a number of drivers. Fly-tippers will sometimes ‘disguise’ themselves by wearing high-visibility clothing but normally operate without uniforms and associate with criminals linked to burglary, theft and drug offences. Tower Hamlets welcomes information about fly-tipping –visit www.towerhamlets.gov. uk/default.aspx?page=13234 email LBTHwasteenforcement @towerhamlets.gov.uk or call 7364 6067/6507. Any information provided will be treated in the strictest confidence. Witnesses are advised not to approach fly-tippers but to make a note of vehicle registration numbers, the time, date and any descriptions of the individuals involved. If you think the police can catch the tippers at the scene or nearby, call 999 to report the matter immediately. Incidents on housing estates should be reported to the relevant landlord who should arrange for clearance. Businesses that want to arrange waste collections can call Veolia on 7510 0010. OPEN OPEN N DAY SATURDAY SATURDAY 25 25 APRIL APRIL L L 2015, 11AM 11AM - 3PM, POPLAR CAMPUS SEE OUR FULL PAGE AD ON PAGE 5 WWW.TOWER.AC.UK/OPEN PUBLIC NOTICE THE LONDON BOROUGH OF TOWER HAMLETS ROAD TRAFFIC REGULATION ACT 1984 - SECTION 14 (1) TEMPORARY PROHIBITION OF TRAFFIC – HORATIO STREET E2 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that the Council of the London Borough of Tower Hamlets, proposes to make an Order, which will prohibit vehicular traffic from entering, stopping or proceeding in Horatio Street (in the northbound direction only) from a point approximately 50 metres, south, to its junction with Hackney Road. The restriction on vehicular traffic will enable essential works to be carried out on the public highway by CVU. The alternative route for vehicular traffic will be via Horatio Street (southbound), Shipton Street, Ravenscroft Street and Hackney Road or Horatio Street (southbound), Shipton Street (eastbound), Columbia Road and Ropley Street. Throughout the duration of the works, and at times when the “one way” and “no entry” traffic signs are covered, the existing one way working in Horatio Street between its junction with Hackney Road and its junction with Shipton Street will be temporarily suspended. The restriction on vehicular traffic will operate on Thursday 7th May 2015 and Friday 8th May 2015 and at times when temporary traffic signs are placed on the public highway pursuant to the Traffic Signs Regulations and General Directions 2002. Please refer any queries regarding the above traffic restriction to David Pryce, Network Coordinator, Transport and Highways on 020 7364 6898 or email david. pryce@towerhamlets.gov.uk Dated: 13th April 2015 Jamie Blake Service Head, Public Realm Mulberry Place 5 Clove Crescent London E14 2BG 14 NEWS FROM TOWER HAMLETS COUNCIL AND YOUR COMMUNITY 13 – 19 APRIL 2015
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