West Hill Watch
Jim Gowans gets grumpy about bins , but finds beauty in front gardens
CITY CLEAN , the Council ’ s in-house street collection service , has been failing for many years to keep rubbish from piling up in Buckingham Road and elsewhere in West Hill . Meanwhile , the planners make the situation worse by cramming into the area more households which have no offstreet bin areas . One example is 76-79 Buckingham Road whose effects have yet to be felt , while the rest of the site at 80 Buckingham awaits completion .
The 2019 permission given was for 14 new residential units which will be using the existing on-street bins . The average UK household produces a tonne of waste each year so when these units are ( finally ) occupied it is likely that this additional 14 tonnes of waste will end up dumped on the pavement alongside the other waste blighting the streetscape .
Yet more pressure could be piled onto Buckingham Road should permission be given for the conversion of garages to residential units at Derwent Court at the corner of Dyke Road . The current planning application proposes that existing onstreet bins will be used for waste disposal .
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The waste from these two developments will be the equivalent in weight of almost 400 loaves of bread each week ( much of what is dumped is food waste ) and without a significant increase in waste collection the results are easily imagined .
Forgetting the bin blight for a moment let us turn our thoughts to the beauty of front gardens in Buckingham Road . Some people take such care . For example , the garden on the corner of Buckingham and Albert Road has been transformed into a splendid bloom of red robins and bamboo .
Another beauty spot is the west side between West Hill Road and Buckingham Place . No . 24 is an outstanding example and , at the time of writing , a splendid display of tulips standing heroically in the chilly wind for all to admire .
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