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, August 19 6.30pm: Licensing sub-committee Agenda includes applications for: new premises licence for City of Paris Limited, 74 Bonner Street, E2 & for Pilpel Spitalfields, 38 Brushfields Street, E1; variation to premises licence for Burro E Silvia, 52 Redchurch Street, E2; temporary event notice for Autumn Street Studios, Unit 3, 39 Autumn Street, E3. For details call 7364 4120 or email simmi.yesmin@tower hamlets.gov.uk Wednesday, August 20 7pm: Development committee The meeting will consider a planning application to demolish a warehouse at 165 Tredegar Square, E3 and build eight houses with car parking spaces. 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 Tuesday, September 2 6.30pm: Licensing sub-committee Business includes applications for: new premises licence for Bundu Khan, 43 Commercial Street, E1; variation of premises licence for Best Kebab, 275 Commercial Road, E1. For details call Simmi Yesmin (see left). 7.15pm: Overview & scrutiny committee For more information call 7364 4333 or email angus. taylor@towerhamlets.gov.uk Wednesday, September 3 5.30pm: Cabinet For details call 7364 4651 or email matthew.mannion @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 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 WWI events continue BY SHALINA HUSSAIN THE council’s festival of events to mark the centenary of WWI continues with some key dates. With support from the Heritage Lottery Fund, the Local History Library and Archives in Mile End has organised a programme of events, including walks, talks, archive film screenings and poetry readings. It provides residents and visitors with opportunities to find out more about the lives of local people who experienced the conflict, and discover what happened to streets, communities and neighbourhoods. Highlights to come include: The Wounded Soldier and the East End of London by historian Gary Haines on September 18 at Tower Hamlets History Library at 6.30pm; Planning E1 124-126 Stepney Way – prior approval application for change of use from retail to residential. 156 Woodseer Street – application for prior approval for single-storey rear extension. E3 St Clements Hospital, 2 Bow Road – application for non-material amendment of planning permission ref. PA/13/01532, dated 20.6.14. Amendment to introduce second fire tender route Dan Lyndon will give a talk on Walter Tull: Footballer, Soldier, Hero on September 27 at 2pm at Bethnal Green Library. A footballer and soldier raised in an orphanage in Bethnal Green, Tull was the first black officer to lead white British soldiers in battle; author talks at Idea Stores featuring Juliet West, Katherine Connelly and Catherine Hall; Chrisp Street Remembers at Idea Store Chrisp Street on September 7 features film screenings, reminiscence sessions, history and art workshops; Pack Up Your Troubles Party for over-50s at Cubitt Town Library on September 4 at 10.30am. on September 14 at 1.45pm, Idea Store Bow screens Everything is Possible, a film tracing the context, campaigns and political impact of Suffragette Sylvia Pankhurst. adjacent to North Block, Block F and South Block and amend wording of condition 4 (public art) to alter triggers. 422 Roman Road – retrospective application for change of use from retail to professional services. The Bow Bunker, 4a Towcester Road – addition of first storey/part second-storey extension above existing commercial building to provide enlarged office space and photo studio. E9 98 Cadogan Terrace – fell apple tree in rear garden. Several walks have been organised including: Cubitt Town Library to the WWI memorial at St Luke’s Church on September 6; heritage walk in Tower Hamlets Cemetery Park on September 13 at 1pm; heritage walk in Poplar on September 21 at 12 noon from St Matthias Community Centre. To round off the festival there will be the launch of an exhibition and guide to the WWI collections at the Local History Library & Archives on November 11. There will be a demonstration of the newly digitised Poplar Military Tribunal Register – useful for tracing your ancestors and other research. All events are free and no booking is required. For details visit www.tower hamlets.gov.uk/ideastore E14 Hertsmere House, 2 Hertsmere Road – request for scoping opinion re. information to be contained in environmental impact assessment in support of application for residential-led scheme on land at 2 Hertsmere Road. Site at junction of Poplar High Street and Simpsons Road, Poplar High Street – erection of one 12m slimline monopole in revised location and one equipment cabinet. Unit 16, Skylines Village, Limeharbour – prior approval of change of use from office to nursery. To advertise in East End Life, call… Terri on 7364 4682 Chris on 7364 4994 Fatima on 7364 4623 Sharan on 7364 4061 14 NEWS FROM TOWER HAMLETS COUNCIL AND YOUR COMMUNITY 18 – 24 AUGUST 2014
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