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Dog fouling in the gardens
You may have read recently that a City Councillor is calling for a crackdown on dog fouling. We are also receiving complaints about the number of dog using the Crescent gardens. Despite significantly effective measures to control this anti-social health hazard over the years, the incidence of dog fouling in the gardens continues to be…
Recent Planning Applications
FOPA monitors local Planning and Listed Building Applications. We have recently submitted comments on three Applications within Palmeira Square and Adelaide Crescent.
Burglaries on the increase in our area
The Police have advised us of a significant increase in burglaries and attempted break-ins in this area. It is essential that street doors are kept shut, that unknown callers are not admitted to buildings without verification, and that flats on the ground and basement levels do not leave windows open. There is also an increased…
Our new website and e-newsletters
Welcome to the new FOPA website. To keep you in touch with local FOPA projects and concerns, we also have newly designed e-newsletters. The newsletters will soon be available to print off from our homepage, with paper copies delivered locally for residents and members without internet. If you have not yet registered, please do so…
Composting: a brief history
The idea no doubt originated in the naturally idle mind of an untidy prehistoric market gardener who left piles of unwanted cuttings rotting in a corner of his field and then, next year, found that stuff grew better under it than anywhere else – without having to lift a finger…..how delightfully labour saving.
Overflowing rubbish bins
An all too familiar sight at the top of the Square. We have twice now requested a second bin at this location but on both occasions been told that the problem is residents in the Square using the bin when they voted to retain the doorstep collection rather than have bins in the garden squares.
Update on donated trees
Further to our website posting on this subject on 1st August, we have now met with the Arboriculture Team to discuss concerns about the donated trees in the gardens. The three trees recently cut down on the west side of Palmeira Square will be replaced with holm oaks of a more suitable shape and resilience,…
Alcohol sales under greater control
The steadily increasing problems of alcohol fuelled anti-social behaviour in Brunswick Town have at last been curtailed by the extension of the central Cumulative Impact Zone along Western Road to Holland Road.
Watch out there’s a bike thief about
Artful cycle thieves are once again operating in our area. Be sure to securely fasten and lock your bike if left outside, or even inside in public ways.
Concerns over donated trees
FOPA have consistently voiced concerns over the suitability and maintenance of trees donated to the gardens by residents. The council supply, plant and maintain them for a one-off charge of around £100 – £150.
