Pinner went wild with its annual fair on 27 May and, as you can see, did it in style:
The Pinner Association
– The Voice of our Community
WARNING TO RESIDENTS ABOUT COLD CALLERS
We (the Met Police) have had two complaints about a security company calling residents in Harrow and stating they are either connected to the Police or are part of a Government project to protect homes.
They purport to be from SSH Fire and security Ltd (please be aware there may be a legitimate company by this name not involved in this potential scam).
One of the phone numbers given by the company was 0845 413 3776 – this number does not exist.
There are no such projects or schemes in operation in the Harrow area.
If you do receive a call of this nature please do not give out any personal details to the caller and inform us on 101.
If you would like crime prevention advise in your home please contact your local NPT either through their e mail address which can be found vie Met.Police.uk then follow the link to Your Borough and put your postcode in the search area or by calling 101.
I would also like to take this opportunity to thank the two champions who raised this issue, than you for your vigilance and concern for others.
Vicky Brownlee | T/Insp | WEST CLUSTER NPT
For information – you may wish to warn anyone you know who regularly parks on the street in Pinner – especially in Love Lane and the High Street where many new restrictions (including some stretches of “no waiting” kerb markings) have been introduced.
Response from The Pinner Association to the Proposal to build Retirement Apartments at the ESSO Petrol Station site in Marsh Road, Pinner
April 2015
The Executive Committee of The Pinner Association has considered the proposals outlined in the consultation document “Churchill Retirement Living Proposed Retirement Apartments in Pinner” and on the Churchill Retirement Living website:
http://www.churchillretirement.co.uk/planning/live-consultations/proposed-site-pinner/
and has the following comments, which are being submitted as a formal response to the current consultation:
The proposal by Churchill Retirement Living is for 30 one and two bedroomed apartments, with one guest accommodation unit, parking for 9 vehicles, two vehicular access points, one on either side of the site (one off a driveway shared with Evans House), and the main pedestrian access directly off Marsh Road. The new building is proposed to be four storeys in height with a traditional style pitched tiled roof. The height of the new building would respect the heights of the adjoining buildings. A small area of landscaped amenity space and the car park are proposed to be located adjacent to the bank of the River Pinn which flows along the rear boundary of the site.
The initial question to Cllr Keith Ferry: We have been told that there will be a second round of consultation about the future of Pinner Park Farm. When will that be?
The response from Cllr Keith Ferry seemed to allude to the fact that the option for ‘status quo’ was clearly one of the options set out in the detail from which the public could have made their choice during the consultation. No definite date was given for when the second round will take place and there seemed to be an over-emphasis for when the Harrow ‘masterplan’ would be ready at which point the next ‘stage’ would commence. (Note that the masterplan is the Regeneration Plan http://www.harrow.gov.uk/info/100009/leisure_and_culture/965/heart_of_harrow but could also be confused with ‘Heart of Harrow’ planning which is also mentioned in the information on the Harrow Council website but which is part of the same programme).
The supplementary question to Cllr Keith Ferry: In the first round of the consultation a majority of residents were in favour of retaining the farm as an agricultural enterprise. In view of this, will the council guarantee in the second consultation, to include this (ie. the status quo) as an option and to give it equal prominence with the proposal for a country park?
Cllr Keith Ferry responded by stating that when the masterplan is complete it will include this site as one of the local considerations and that in the next stage of consultation for the site it will be made “absolutely clear that the status quo is an option that can be chosen”.
Please appreciate that it is difficult to remember word-for-word the response so please do check the recording at this link in a few days. http://www.harrow.gov.uk/www2/ieListDocuments.aspx?CId=249&MId=62362
Harrow Open Studios
Media Release – 22 April 2015
HOS 2015 and Exhibitions
Harrow Open Studios is an independent and diverse group of over 38 artists whose main focus, each year, is to invite the public to visit their homes and studios for an exhibition of their work. Visitors will be able to meet the artist, ask questions, purchase work or arrange a commission.
The 8th annual Open Studio event will take place from Saturday 6th June to Monday 8th June, Saturday 13th June and Sunday 14th June 2015.
Admission to all studios is free.
Throughout May Harrow Open Studios artists has a taster exhibition of work at Harefield Hospital in the Hungary Hare Restaurant and Rebeat Gallery with 30% of each sale donated to projects within the hospital.
During May the Harrow Arts Centre is hosting a free taster exhibition of work by Harrow Open Studios artists in The Gallery and corridors.
Work on display includes paintings, ceramics, jewellery, prints, wood turning and textiles. Five new artists this year include Pinner-based Eva and Brian Cowan. As Eva Rueber-Staier, the former has been a ‘Miss World’ and a Bond girl before studying art Harrow Arts Centre and she now produces steel sculptures. Subject matter includes human and animal sculptures, wall hangings and abstract exhibits. Brian was an art director before homing in on drawing and painting, particularly sports action, landscapes, and portraits.
For details about artists and studio opening times visit www.harrowopenstudios.com and its links to Facebook and Twitter.
Brochures available at Harefield Hospital, Harrow Arts Centre and Harrow libraries as well as wide local distribution. Also downloadable from the website.
t:@HarrowOpStudios f: Harrow Open Studios
Harrow Open Studios invites you to a PRIVATE VIEWfor an exhibition of Art created by its members.
at: The Gallery, Harrow Art Centre, Uxbridge Road, Hatch End, HA5 4EA.
6-8pm Friday 1st May 2015
The Mayor, Harrow Councillor Ajay Maru, will be attending.
Refreshments available.
This exhibition is on for the month of May
Harrow Open Studios will be on for the two weekends 6th-7th-8th June and 13th-14th June
[email protected]
www.harrowopenstudios.com
www.harrowarts.com
A planning application is to be made to replace the Esso petrol station in Marsh Road with s block of retirement flats.
There was a lack of information about these plans as they did not even send out the leaflets until the first week of April, and the website only went live after the MD of the Churchill spin off property development company (they are actually preparing these plans)had been emailed and asked why their plans were not visible online.
Thanks to the dogged persistence of the Association Secretary the consultation has been extended until 30th April.
The plans can be viewed at http://www.churchillretirement.co.uk/planning/live-consultations/proposed-site-pinner/
The Village Hall was packed on 15 April for the AGM when there was the opportunity to raise questions currently concerning the Community.
Pat Clarke gave an interesting presentation on the history of Pinner Park Farm, which gave those attending the opportunity to air their views on the Council’s proposals for its future. A further public consultation is to take place. The earlier one had been a complete farce.
Planning issues and the maintenance of Pinner’s parks took up most of the discussion. Planning issues concerned the erection of a 6 storey block of flats on the site of the former George public house and the loss of the Pinner Esso station in Marsh Road to a block of retirement flats – see later posting.
On 2 April the Leader of Harrow Council, David Perry, held a series of short meetings at West House to enable residents to express their views on matters of concern to them.
On this occasion there was a large gathering of people concerned with the future arrangements for the maintenance of the Memorial Park, which had been changed recently, resulting in protests from the many users of the park. He certainly received vociferous protests from the many people assembled in West House and had to retreat to a quieter venue, the Shrine Room, in order for him to conduct the meetings in suitable surroundings.