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Opportunity for small retailers |
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Written by Mark Burton
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Thursday, 03 September 2009 |
 There is an opportunity for small retailers for a grant of £3000 for individual shops to prevent anti-social behaviour and crime and I’m looking for potential beneficiaries.
The money can be used to buy security devices such as alarms, UV markers to detect counterfeit notes, security grills or dye packs to mark goods. The windfall could also be used to improve a community with landscaping or additional lighting.
Harrowgate Hill is not one of the nine deprived wards in Darlington for which the grants are intended for however, if enough evidence is provided to support a small retailer, it will be considered.
If you are a small retailer within Harrowgate Hill and are interested in this grant and have been affected adversely by crime in the last 2 years please get in touch by Monday 14th September, providing the following information;
Name & location of your shop
Type of anti-social behaviour or crime
Type of security devices required, examples are; Stock Loss Prevention Innovation (bottle tops etc), Phones/Bell warning system/panic alarms, Lighting, CCTV (Cameras/Monitors etc), Radios (Shopwatch or similar schemes), Information DVD – extension to existing DVD, Thumb drive with guidance docs/ tools, Mirrors / Locks / Bars / Grills / Key cabinets etc, Markers - Smart water / micro dots etc, Fences, Alarms (compliant with HO standards), Bollards, Wireless technology to facilitate remote monitoring station to view in-store activity via existing CCTV system or Tagging / Dye packs etc, Anti fraud/ counterfeit equipment: Bank notes / Credit Cards / Cheques UV lamps / pens etc, Wireless sniffers / hand-set verification (credit card machines), Safes and or Communication system to facilitate remote monitoring station to listen to in-store activity.
Once a list has been put together, the Police will go out and speak to individual shop owners about the grant and see what they would like and whether it fits with the grant's criteria. This is to be supported by PC Steve Rich who is the Crime Reduction Officer and can advice on best equipment etc. Darlington Borough Council will then co-ordinate all the bids through a working group.
Cllr. M Burton |
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Last Updated ( Thursday, 03 September 2009 )
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Written by Mark Burton
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Tuesday, 01 September 2009 |
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 Planning application expected to go before the Planning Committee on 23 September 2009.
Residents do seam to be in favour of this development and many would like to see the planning application approved at its first hearing however, two concerns have been raised with regards to; Parking provisions and a rear pathway, along with potential youth nuisance.
After contacting the Council with regard to the car parking provision for the development, the Highways Engineer has stated;
'There are 13no spaces provided within the curtilage of the site. Also, there is space for on-street parking on the site frontages on North Road and Bensham Road for at least 10no vehicles. Given the size of dwellings (2 bed) and the high quality public transport accessibility of the site I would consider that a parking provision at the rate of 1.5 spaces per dwelling would be acceptable. This can easily be accommodated with the proposed layout.
A new vehicular access is to be provided at the south end of the site. Dropped crossings/tactile paving will be required at this new access.
Works will be required on the footways on the frontage to the site on Bensham Road and North Road to generally improve the condition of the footway and to reinstate redundant accesses. There are already a number of bollards on the frontage on North Road and additional bollards will be required to match these at locations where footway has been reinstated. Dropped crossings/tactile paving must also be provided at the Bensham Road crossing'.
After contacting the Council with regard to the rear lane, the Planning Officer said;
'Durham Constabulary Architect Liaison Officer had been consulted and had commented that the path must be gated at the entrance, as close to the front building line as possible. The gates must have a key operated lock, operable from both sides. The gates must not be easy to clime or remove from their hinges'.
It is a real concern for many residents as over the weekends youths do tend to congregate at the top of Bensham Road before moving on to Bensham Park. Hopefully this information will helpe address resident’s concerns with regards to their legitimate fear of youths gathering in the rear lane of this development. |
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Last Updated ( Tuesday, 01 September 2009 )
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Written by Mark Burton
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Tuesday, 01 September 2009 |
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Over the summer months many of Harrowgate Hill’s back lanes have been blanketed by weeds.
The resident who reported this to me said "our back lanes are in a real state, if it's not rubbish it’s graffiti. I wonder how long this would have been left like this, if I hadn't have taken the time out to report it to you? Are these areas not monitored at all by any one".
After reporting these area's to Darlington Borough Council’s Street Scene department, their first thoughts were to spray the areas with weed killer. I asked if there where any further plans to cut away these weeds once the weed killer had took hold, as even after the weed killer had killed the weeds, these areas would still need further attention.
Darlington Borough Council’s Street Scene now intend to now run a large mechanical sweeper down the lanes with a weed ripping brush on, which it is hoped, will remove the dead weeds.
If your back lane is also blanketed by weeds, please let me know via the contacts page or by emailing me at
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Last Updated ( Tuesday, 01 September 2009 )
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Written by Mark Burton
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Tuesday, 01 September 2009 |
 Over the past couple of weeks several trees within Bensham Park have been severely damaged. One tree looks as though it will have to be completely removed.
A concerned resident who reported the damaged tree’s to me said “it was a real shame that so much damage had been caused to theses trees, they take so long to grow and make the park what it is for everyone to enjoy - why do people have to cause so much damage?”
Darlington Borough Council’s Tree Officer has now inspected the trees and found four tree’s had been vandalised - two Birch trees and two Ash trees - and said that the branches would have to be removed along with other remedial work. In addition to this I have also asked for the wire around the two trees along the footpath to the park to be removed.
If you were with or know the people who has caused this damage - please let me know either via the contacts page on this site or by texting me on 07770771877.
Cllr. M Burton |
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Last Updated ( Tuesday, 01 September 2009 )
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Application for renewable energy |
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Written by Mark Burton
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Sunday, 30 August 2009 |
 Banks Developments are to submit a planning application to the council for a wind farm, comprising of 10 turbines at Moor House, to the north-east of Barmpton village.
And should the scheme be approved, the communities around the development will benefit directly from a package of initiatives designed to help tackle fuel poverty, to enable community groups to install other forms of renewable energy and to give local people the chance to share in the profits from the scheme themselves.
The Moor House location has been chosen due to the suitability of the landscape and the recorded strength of the wind in the area, and an initial scoping report for the proposed development has been submitted to Darlington Borough Council.
Consultation sessions are to be held at Sadberge Village Hall on Monday 14th September 2009 between 3pm and 7pm, and at Harrowgate Hill Workingmen's Club on 15th September 2009 between 3pm and 7pm
Community feedback on the initial proposals will inform the final design of the scheme, and members of the Banks Developments team will be on hand at the exhibition to answer queries from local people about the proposed scheme and to gather feedback from them.
Anyone who cannot attend any of the exhibitions, but would like to request further information or provide feedback can do so by contacting community engagement coordinator Emily Hooson at Banks Developments on 01740 658500 or e-mail
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Last Updated ( Sunday, 30 August 2009 )
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