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• There is outdated signage on Haltham Green.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• The Clearance team will be removing the outdated signage soon.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.

From this:

To this:

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.