FIXED - Milverton Road sign

Your Brondesbury Park Conservatives have succeeded in getting the Milverton Road sign fixed. If you have  graffiti or rubbish let us know and we'll get it fixed.

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Primary school admissions deadline this week

The deadline for admissions for reception transfer for September 2010 is Friday 26 February.
To apply for a place for your child online, go to the eAdmissions page or contact the Brent school admissions team on 020 8937 3110 for an application form.
For more information about school admissions, go to the primary schools admissions page.

From Brent.gov.uk

Conservatives plan education revolution

The excellent Queen’s Park Community School in the heart of Brondesbury Park and Malorees Junior School provide a great education for thousands of children. It’s regularly oversubscribed, which means that many parents can’t send their children to the school and have to make do with their second, third, or even forth choice school for their children. Why is this? Why are there not more great schools that every pupil will have the chance to go to? Labour believes that a top-down bureaucratic system is the only way to educate our children. We disagree.

With David Cameron’s plan to allow groups of parents, educational charities, philanthropists, livery companies, existing school federations, not for profit trusts and co operatives to set up new schools in the state sector it will mean that over 220,000 new school places can be created. This would meet the demand from every parent who lost their appeal for their first choice school in our most deprived boroughs. Imagine if, rather than waiting fearfully for the letter that could mean a great education or a sub-standard education for your child there were enough great schools for every child to be admitted to their first choice school. With the Conservatives plan to put choices about education directly in the hands of parents and local groups it can become a reality.

You can download the Conservatives’ plan for education at www.conservatives.com

Conservatives deliver on Council Tax promise

Brent Conservatives have successfully campaigned to freeze your council tax.
The proposal leads Brent Council's budget proposal for this year (2010/11) as the council presses ahead with its Improvement and Efficiency Action Plan, designed to increase efficiency and enhance services across the council over the next four years. Your Brondesbury Park candidates have been campaigning for this and we've been able to deliver.
If the budget is agreed at a council meeting on 1 March 2010 the Band D council tax for Brent from 1 April will be £1,058.94, which is the same as the previous 12 months.
Conservative Councillor Bob Blackman, Lead Member for Resources, said: "We are honouring our promise to freeze the Council Tax in Brent for the forthcoming year. In this budget we are investing additional resources in front line services, making efficiency savings and conducting a dramatic transformation programme. This year in Brent services will continue to improve and the amount people pay will remain the same."
Brent Conservatives are promising to keep council tax frozen for four years. If you want more of your money in your pocket then please get in contact and help get your Conservatives into power in Brent.
Council tax payers in each London borough also help to fund the Greater London Authority (GLA), which includes the Metropolitan Police, the London Fire and Emergency Planning Authority, Transport for London, the Olympics levy and the GLA itself. The GLA will meet on 10 February to consider the Mayor of London's proposal to freeze the GLA Band D contribution for 2010/11 at last year's level of £309.82. If this is accepted the overall council tax at Band D in Brent would be £1,368.76, the same as in 2009/10.

Chamberlayne Road bus lay-by stopped!

We've received this response (below) from Tim Jackson which confirms that following the overwhelming public opposition to the proposed Chamberlayne Road bus lay-by the scheme will not be going ahead.
Thank you to all those that signed the petition at Minkies, and especially to Ruth Dar of the Aylestone Park Residents' And Tenants' Association who has done so much to raise the issue with residents.

Dear Mr Holloway
No decision to build a bus lay by has been made. The extensive local and press interest relates to local consultation into a proposal to introduce a new bus stop and lay-by on Chamberlayne Road at Kensal Rise.

The scheme has 3 basic objectives:
(i) To improve bus reliability and journey times by allowing a number of northbound routes to run directly along Chamberlayne Road without travelling through, and stopping on, Station Terrace.

(ii) Reducing “bus dominance” along Station Terrace with the issues that brings (pedestrian congestion on the footway, fumes etc)

(iii) Marginally improving interchange between buses and the station.
The scheme is part of the Boroughs 09/10 Bus Priority Programme funded by TfL. The TfL/LIP works programme would have been approved by the Highways Committee prior at the beginning of the financial year although precise details of proposals are not part of the approval.
The consultation into the scheme finishes today (5th February). Consultation has been undertaken in accordance with normal arrangements – which is to directly consult (via questionnaire) those residents and businesses directly affected by the scheme whilst taking account of any responses received from outside the direct consultation area.
I will ensure that Mr Holloway’s concerns are considered before a final decision is made.
Once the all responses to the consultation are analysed I will make a decision, under delegated powers, whether or not to implement the proposal.
There has been an overwhelming response to the consultation of sufficient scale to enable an informed decision to be made.
Based on the responses received so far, I will not be approving implementation of the scheme.
Tim Jackson
Head of Transportation
Transportation Services Unit
Brent Council

Milverton Road sign broken

How long has this been here for?
I'm not sure how Brent Council expects people to take pride in their area when their own road signs lay damaged for days on end. It has been reported to Streetcare and we're chasing up with them to get it fixed.