Dumped rubbish - go figure

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Permalink Reply by Katy Mendes on July 12, 2011 at 12:26

Seriously, Seymour Road is becoming a death trap; if it isn't old mattresses or pieces of wood with nails sticking out of it (courtesy of the tenants/occupiers of the flats at the Green Lanes end of the road), it is broken pieces of glass (courtesy of the off licence customers) or rat infested piles of old chicken bones (courtesy of the chicken takeaway customers) - not what I want to be walking my 3 year old through every morning. Who should I be emailing about this...i.e. the general state of it, I don't have time to take pictures of each and every piece of litter or fly tipping episode so don't want to just report it on the site.

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Permalink Reply by Guy Holden on July 12, 2011 at 15:38

I really don't understand what goes through peoples heads how can any sane person think that the public path is theirs to dump rubbish.  keep up the fight

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Permalink Reply by Harringay on July 12, 2011 at 21:04

On the matter of fly tipping, did anyone witness anyone dumping armchair/beds/carpet underlay and other detritus at the Green Lanes end of Hewitt Road last week. It happened twice - and it doesn't help that a skip is parked there (cannot see a licence for it) at the moment. I reported it to the Council - and they did remove the rubbish eventually, but it's an ongoing problem. Any urban designers have any solutions for re-designing that area (and others) so as to discourage flytipping - it's such a hotspot.

 

 

 

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Permalink Reply by Anette on July 27, 2011 at 10:50

As of this morning I have emailed Ellick & Canver TWICE about a follow up and a progress report on this. If they're not prosecuting I will look into prosecuting the council.

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Permalink Reply by Anette on July 31, 2011 at 20:18

Latest on this one: The resident was been called in for an interview. "He became tearful and clearly regretted his actions". He's also a little mentally unstable from what I understand from the email I had. That's reassuring.. He's now been moved on. 

He explained that the waste was originally in the property and belonged to the previous tenants. After he had been in the property for approximately five days he moved the waste into the front garden and contacted the managing agents to remove the waste. The managing agents agreed to remove the waste but never did, he contact them a further five times to remove the waste informing them of his medical condition and the effect it was having on his health. He alleged the managing agent then told him to place the waste on the street.

 

So what are the Council doing about this useless manageing agent? Brian Ellick says: "

I have instructed the case officer to contact the managing agent and explore the outlined allegations and make them aware of their duty of care responsibilities under the Environmental Protection Act 1990.  Also explore with the managing agent what went wrong in this instance particularly as the tenants were vulnerable and how this can be avoided in the future."

 

I think this is a pretty tame response. If they can't go after the litterbug himself, go after the people who manage the property! It's not the first time the front garden is overflowing with rubbish, that happens on a regular basis. And it is illegally converted, of course. It's one of 2 proplem houses, No 72 and 76 are not great to have nearby, and our beloved Council puts people in both and supports these scum landlords. More on no 72 here: http://www.harringayonline.com/forum/topics/844301:Topic:63756

 

I am absolutely fuming, what else can be done?

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