Gainsborough Newlands and surrounding
Clair Bingley is the Area Service Manager for Newlands and the surrounding neighbourhoods, including Queensway, Baines Road, Pasture Road, and parts of the area across Corringham Road, such as Beckett Avenue.
The area includes around 600 Acis properties, made up of flats, bungalows, maisonettes, and houses.
One notable development is Newland Court, which offers 45 self-contained flats for residents aged 55 and over, or those with a verified medical need. The building has ground and first-floor flats, two lifts, a laundry room, a spacious communal lounge and kitchen, and a large courtyard garden for all residents to enjoy.
The community is well served by education facilities, including Charles Baines Community Primary School, Whites Wood Academy, and Hillcrest Early Years Academy. There’s also a play park and an abundance of green space.
Local amenities include a variety of shops, such as a charity shop, post office, and a small Co-op, all conveniently located. The area also benefits from bus stops with regular routes into the town centre.
You can learn more about our work in Newlands and the surrounding area—and share your views—right here on this page.
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Working together for a safer Queensway
On the 8th of September, we successfully carried out improvement works on the Queensway blocks of flats. I would like to extend a big thank you to all residents for their cooperation—particularly for ensuring that sheds were cleared and accessible. Your support made the process smooth and efficient.
We’re pleased to inform you that anti-vandal windows have now been installed.
A special mention goes to our clearance team, who handled the task with good humour—despite one tall team member having a slight moment of panic, convinced something might jump out at him! Thankfully, his colleague stepped in bravely.
This project was a great success thanks to the excellent collaboration between our external contractors, the Asset Team, and the Clearance Team.
If you witness any antisocial behaviour, please report it to the police immediately and inform Acis as well.
Together, we’re working to make our community a safe, welcoming, and enjoyable place to live
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Walk about with me
A big thank you to the residents of Woodfield Road!
While out conducting an audit in one of the areas I manage, I had the pleasure of seeing some beautifully maintained gardens. It’s great to see so much pride taken in your homes – well done!As I continue my visits, I look forward to seeing even more well-kept gardens across the community. However, I did come across a few properties that could benefit from a bit of tidying up. These households will be contacted with a request to improve their garden maintenance. If no action is taken, we may have to consider enforcement options.
Let’s all do our part to keep our neighbourhoods looking their best!
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The Big Community Clean Up
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Park Springs Community Day
Please feel free to come along and join in the Summer Fun
Thursday 7th August 10am till 1pm
Everyone is welcome
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Theaker Avenue Community Clean Up Day
We want you to feel proud of the area you live in and make your neighbourhood a great place to be! So come along and join us for our community clean up day on Theaker Avenue on Thursday 14 November 2024 between 9am and 3pm.
The aim is to tidy up the area, by clearing up fly tipping and litter. The grounds maintenance team will be carrying out some one-off hedge trimming works to specific areas, leaving the hedges in a manageable condition for residents to maintain going forwards.
Three skips will be provided: one located in the parking area between 23 and 25 Theaker Avenue and two located on the old garage site between 64 and 66 Theaker Avenue. Residents will have the opportunity to tidy and clear their gardens of unwanted items. A list of items that cannot go in the skips will be shared before the event.
Our clearance team and members of the Neighbourhoods team will be present throughout the day, litter picking, assisting everyone and to speak to you about your neighbourhood.
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Thank you to everyone who came along to our clean up day and got involved. It was lovely to see so many people get involved and chat to you all about what matters to you.
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April 2024 audit of Newlands and surrounding area
Neighbourhood audit carried out on 25 April 2024
What we found:
- There are shrubs and trees overgrowing a footpath between Elsham Walk and Old School Road - see picture below.
- There is outdated signage on Haltham Green.
- A mattress has been flytipped on the parking area to the rear of Theaker Avenue.
- There is shrubbery spilling out onto the footpath from Danes Road to Whites Wood Avenue.
- Untidy gardens.
- A cracked window in the bin store at Queensway.
What have we done?
- The overgrown shrubbery and trees have been inspected and are scheduled to be cut back at the end of nesting season.
- The Clearance team will be removing the outdated signage soon.
- We have reported the flytipping to our clearance team and this will be removed shortly.
- Customers have been contacted regarding untidy gardens and we are monitoring the progress being made to them.
- The cracked bin store window has been boarded to make it safe and new glass is on order.
We've also had the communal stairwells at Queensway painted making the areas much fresher and clean.
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What are we doing going forwards?
- Parking lines are being painted to the old garage site on Theaker Avenue, this will provide extra parking and prevent congestion on the sharp bend.
- The railings and hand rails to Queensway Flats are going to be sanded down and painted.
Who's Listening
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Are Service Manager
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Customer Engagement Coordinator
