The agenda for the AGM can be found here.
The October 2011 newsletter is here.
The CRA represents people living along Camden Road, Claremont Road, Belgrave Crescent and Upper Hedgemead in Bath.
The current live issues are:
After July's extensive survey of the road the results are published as:
We will be starting the Cleaning programme again in November.
Dates have been changed from every month to every second month.
Dates for your diary: 3rd Sunday every 2nd month.
Nov 20th 2011
Jan 15th 2012
Mar 18th 2012
May 20th 2012
Jul 15th 2012
Just to remind you of the groups:
Group A: Takes care of Camden Crescent - CONTACT: Nancy Coppock (nancy@itchyfeet.com)
Group B: Takes care of City View to Gays Hill including the stairs up St. Stephens Rd - CONTACT: Stephen George (stevegeorge150@gmail.com)
Group C: Takes care of Gay’s Hill to Bennett’s Lane - CONTACT: Janet Anderson (janetandtonyanderson@talktalk.net)
Group D: Takes care of Bennett’s Lane to Shops at Claremont - CONTACT: Nigel Sherwen (nigelsherwen@tiscali.co.uk)
Group E: Takes care of Belgrave Crescent - CONTACT: Gloria Goodsell (42goodsell@dsl.pipex.com)
Overall contact: nancy@itchyfeet.com
If you can come and help that would be fantastic. Children are welcome- (supervised of course). Bring your brushes, dustpans and we will provide the rubbish bags.
Everyone in the Camden area will have seen that the land situated between Camden Crescent and Upper Hedgemead Road has become overgrown and unsightly. The land is owned by BANES who acquired it from its previous owners in 1964. Since then the plot has lacked proper management resulting in its current neglected appearance. A group of concerned residents have assembled to look into what could be done to improve matters. Our aim has been to research the origins, historical context and legal status of the land; to audit its ecology and other attributes; investigate potential funding opportunities and to assess options for how it could be transformed. Amongst the constraints on how the land can be used are covenants in the title of the land. We have discussed the project informally with the Council and they are very interested in the project and keen to offer their support.
The group have put together a website and provide information about the current plans and its history. You can go to the website by clicking the "Wild Camden" tab at the top of the page.
As part of the work on Camden Crescent lawn the council were using pigs as part of a plan to improve the land. See here for a report in the Bath Chronicle.
July 2010 finally saw the introduction of the CPZ for Camden, Zone 15.
There were some problems in the first few weeks of the introduction of the scheme, notably that householders in several terraces of buildings were not notified of the scheme or given details of the type and availability of the various form of parking permits. Hopefully this has now been rectified.
Many residents have told us that they are finding it much easier to find parking spaces and that traffic levels may have perhaps reduced as some non-resident motorists are looking elsewhere to park. It is of course early days and factors such as students returning to university may have a bearing on the situation. The Council should review the scheme after 12 months of operation. In the meantime if you would like to let us know you experiences of the scheme please e-mail using the "Contact Us" on the top of this page with any experiences or suggestions.
The minutes of the AGM can be found here.