Council wants to know what you think about life in the area

Whether it's services like recycling, street cleaning, parking, education and housing where the council has a direct responsibility - or other areas like policing, public transport and the NHS - local councillors say they want to make sure that they understand your priorities for our community.

The meeting will be chaired by council leader Ravi Govindia. Your three ward councillors, John Locker, Michael Ryder and Rosemary Torrington, will also be present along with opposition group representative, Councillor Simon Hogg and senior managers from the main council services. The meeting is being held at St Mary's Church, Putney High Street SW15 1SN from 7.30pm on Thursday 2 May.

If you are unable to attend the meeting, you can still submit your questions to the council
via the website www.wandsworth.gov.uk/letstalk

Thamesfield councillors

Your ward councillor report

St Mary's Church dazzles – This historic landmark by Putney Bridge is now lit up at night after eco-friendly LED floodlights were installed to illuminate its famous bell tower and 16 th Century west chapel. Putney Bridge is also soon to have floodlights, while other projects are in the pipeline to make the high street more attractive by improving traffic flows, making it safer and raising air quality standards.

Air quality levels improve - Readings from Putney's air quality monitoring stations have shown a welcome improvement after we used its data to successfully lobby TfL to introduce low-emission buses on high street routes amid conclusive evidence that older diesel buses were a major source of the problem.

Thamesfield's going electric – In another air quality initiative, electric vehicle charging points have been installed in several street lights across Thamesfield at the request of residents. Dozens more sockets are to be installed across the ward in the coming months.

Policing in Thamesfield – Your ward councillors are campaigning hard to ensure the local Safer Neighbourhoods Team has its full complement of officers.  We had been without a PCSO for several months until we successfully lobbied the borough police commander for a replacement.

More primary school places – From September 2020 Ofsted-rated ‘outstanding' Brandlehow primary school will increase its intake to a two form entry of 60 children thanks to a £3m council investment in extra school places. Meanwhile Hotham School is extending its bilingual teaching in French and English across both forms.

Keeping the river clean - The council sponsored the For Fishes' Sake campaign, which installed high-visibility litter bins along the Embankment and in Putney Wharf to increase awareness of the t onnes of plastic waste that enters the river each year. Ward councillors have also worked with Putney Tidy Towpath, a voluntary group conducting regular litter-picks on the towpath and foreshore.

Riverside towers – Thamesfield councillors supported residents' associations in Riverside Quarter who objected to the building of three tower blocks of 10, 11 and 14 storeys on the last major piece of land at this development site.

Putney Exchange Palmhouse - We also objected to plans to use part of the Exchange rooftop car park as a new drinks venue for 700 people.  We wanted to see something much smaller, less disruptive and driven by restaurant use.

Do you have a disability? If you have and require special arrangements to attend, e.g. a signer or provision of a loop system, please telephone Gareth Jones on (020) 8871 7520 in advance of
the meeting.

April 26, 2019