Minutes of BRAT Committee Meeting 9th September 2014 Present: David Evans (chair) Jane Clist (secretary) Franceska Brown Mary O’Connor Celia Purcell Fran Farahsoffer Hermione Raven Al Forsyth Wendy Roberts Irene Kyffin Dawn Reedy Maggie Linford Anna Smith Mary Loughnan Annette…
Willesden Lane Improvement Plan – Presentation to Stakeholders
Please follow the link to Anna Dennerman’s presentation to resident and business representatives setting out some inspiring ways to improve the environment at the southern end of Willesden Lane. Stakeholder Group Presentation 1 – RFS
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Committee Meeting – Summary
Brat held its bi-monthly committee meeting on Tuesday 4th March. Some of the key points are below: # Al Forsyth distributed copies of Brent Council’s consultation regarding the licensing of landlords. These will be distributed to households in the BRAT…
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Meeting with Glenda Jackson MP
On Thursday 16th January, BRAT members Mary O’Connor and David Evans attended a meeting at the House of Commons called by the MP for Hampstead and Kilburn, Glenda Jackson. The purpose of the meeting was to discuss aspirations for the…
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Learning from Kilburn – Update
The Learning from Kilburn Project continues until March 2014. More details can be found here: http://learningfromkilburn.com/about or by contacting the project’s director, Tom Keeley – Tel: 07779 035 877; Email: info@learningfromkilburn.com. Please attend these sessions if you can and share…
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Betting Shops – Meeting with Ed Miliband
Long time BRAT member, Paul Schulte, along with other members of the local community, met with Ed Miliband before Christmas to discuss the surge in the number of betting shops on the High Road. It is good to see that…
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Willesden Lane Improvement Plan – Update
There have been three recent developments in respect of BRAT’s aspiration to improve the southern part of Willesden Lane: 1) the committee has agreed to support the investigation of forming an additional (pedestrian) access into Old Paddington Cemetery. A copy…
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Brent Council’s consultation on licensing private sector landlords
Brent is consulting the public on its proposed licensing scheme for private sector landlords. This is welcomed, as it will provide a way for the council to control unacceptable forms of accommodation, such as ‘beds in sheds’. However, unfortunately, it…
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Isn’t 24 betting shops enough?
We can’t think of anyone who wants yet another betting shop on the high road. Al Forsyth made the formal objection by BRAT to the council, and here’s what he wrote: “I am writing in my capacity as Vice Chair…
Cemetery Access
At the recent committee meeting David Evans presented a proposal to investigate the pros and cons of creating access from Slusbury Road or Lonsdale Road into the cemetery : Investigating a new access to Paddington Old Cemetery
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Brondesbury Residents And Tenants 