Unfortunately, the forum has been hacked. I've updated to the latest version, but this hasn't helped. I may just have to reset the whole thing, losing all the users/posts that were already on it........I'll keep trying to save it for a while first, though!

Chester Green (Part of Beat 527)-
A total of 17 reported crimes, increase from 12 in May 2008.
- Six thefts, three from Draka ltd site on Alfreton Road, one from Aida Bliss site and Chester Green Community Centre and two other.
- One robbery of mobile phone and two thefts of personal items from Fitness First.
- One attempt break-in to a house via a patio door.
- One theft from a motor-vehicle on Old Chester Road and two counts of criminal damage to cars.
- Three reported assaults and one other crime.

We have two new police officers joining the safer neighbourhood team; PC Jade Aytemiz is joining the team in July and PC Shaun Bott in August. As always, if you need to report anything (non-emergency), then call 0845 123 33 33.

I'm trying to work out how to embed a google map with pictures into this site....but until I figure it out, for a view of some pictures from around Chester Green, have a look at the link to panoramio here. If you have any photos of Chester Green and you want them to appear on the linked map, just join Panoramio (it's free) and put up your pictures (marking where they were taken). They should then appear automatically! Please comment on this post if it doesn't seem to be working.....

We have been liaising with Derby Homes for the past fourteen months to try and get the area around the small car park in John Lombe Drive smartened up. We were expecting this to be carried out by September last year, but have now been informed that it will not be completed until 2009 when all the areas owned by Derby Homes in Chester Green will be looked at

We've been campaigning (for 18 months!) to get some fencing around the back of the pavilion piece to stop it getting vandalised. Some fencing has finally been put up. It's not as substantial as we'd have hoped, but it's a start!

The conservation area lighting on the Chester Green Road side of the green is to be put on the St. Pauls Road side of the green as well. The council have also promised lighting fit for a conservation area throughout Chester Green, although some of the lights seem to have been changed already, this seems to be in error the council are aware of.....watch this space!

After much behind the scenes work, the LCRA have managed to get the cycle path signs changed from the standard blue ones to signage designed for conservation areas. We think it looks much better!

I thought it was about time I found out how many people visit this site and how often. Please, could you let me know using the poll below......pretty please.....pretty please with sugar on top......

Many thanks

Bruce

Our post office has been ear marked for closure. The post office are, apparantly, embarking on a public consultation process regarding the issue, so if you have any views, please pass them on to:

(Please note that your comments will not be kept confidential unless you expressly ask us to do so by clearly marking them ‘In Confidence’)

Mark Partington
Network Development Manager
Post Office Ltd
C/o National Consultation Team
FREEPOST CONSULTATION TEAM

Email: consultation@postoffice.co.uk
Customer Helpline: 08547 223344
Website: http://www.postoffice.co.uk/

They will accept comments until 12/11/2007. More details on the consulation itself can be found here.

If you're stuck for something to say, have a look at the evening telegraph letter written by local resident, Elwyn Kitchen here.

The planning application appears to be in for the additional 'vehicular access' part of the plans. The planning reference number is 09/07/01696 and it can be viewed on the e-planning site here

The consulation letters have gone out to a very small number of neighbours, so please do add your comments by clicking at the bottom of the page linked above ;-) Without this vehicular access planning consent, I don't think the build can go ahead. Do we have parking for another 3 houses and 5 flats on camp street?

The plans for the houses and flats can be found here. Note there were 15 letters of objection to these plans. It was still granted.

However, condition 6 states:

6) No dwellings shall be occupied until, after the granting of planning permission, a vehicle access / egress has been installed on Mansfield Road to serve the remaining public house car park. Precise details of the layout of the remaining car park shall also be submitted to and agreed in writing by the Local Planning Authority.

We have apparantley received new facilities where we can recycle our waste, here in Chester Green. A statement from the Waste Management Inspector is below:

A decision has finally been made to place recycling banks down on the car
park next to the tennis courts. These have been installed today and a
litter bin will be put out there next week. Obviously we will monitor the
site and if similar problems occur we may well have to bring the site in
again. Fingerscrossed this won't happen!!

There was movement on the the coach and horses car park this morning in the form of some fencing being brought to the site. Does this mean that the flats originally proposed will be built? Is it the brewery fencing off the wasteland? Is it a new owner ? Who knows! More info/gossip when I get it!

As mentioned in the latest Little Chester Independent newsletter, we have passed details of the redevelopment of the vivian street former garage site to local residents (those located between Roman Road and the Coach and Horses). We could not get any more photo-copied! If you haven't received a letter, and want to view the details, you can see a PDF of the letter sent out here.

Please feel free to leave comments on this blog, on the forum, or in letter form to the addresses given in the letter.

A property near to you has just been burgled. This happend at 16:45 on Saturday14th July 2007 on St. Paul's Road. Did you see or hear anything unusual or suspicious?
If you have any information please contact your local police on:-
0845 123 33
Your call will be dealt with in complete confidence and the information yousupply will help crack down on crime. Please ensure your property is secure at all times.

A new site has come to my attention. You and Yesterday is all about Derbyshire's past and is a Wiki, meaning that the content can be easily added to by its users. So, if you've got any good old photos, get posting. If not, why not have a read and perhaps add some text to the site!

As an example, a story about the floods of 1965 can be found here.

.....just their mess (as in rubbish, and as in 'dog mess' - turns out dog owners can be fined, Gypsies can't!) left behind, so I'm told.

I think we need to find out exactly what powers the police do have in these situations as I'm surprised at what an easy target we were here in Chester Green - 300m from the nearest police station. As far as most people can see, they don't seem to have any (although I'm sure if I tried to settle on council land by causing criminal damage, I'd be arrested........)

Various things to report.
1. The Gypsies should be gone by Friday as they are, apparently, here for a wake.
2. Apparently the information I received regarding the police was wrong. Sorry! The gypsies had already established themselves on the fields by the time the police arrived (which took a couple of hours as they were all involved in the Derby County parade).

Up to the minute news is useless if it's wrong......sorry to those whose good names I have besmirched.... ;-)

More news (hopefully correct....), as and when I get it!

Perhaps given the current news, and the fact that several residents have been verbally abused by the gypsies already, you might want details of our local bobbies (so they can move you on to stop you bothering them, I imagine!) They can be found >here< (Chester Green comes under Darley, when it comes to policing issues)

We have been informed by the parks dept. that the park Rangers did try and stop the gypsies getting onto the park by parking vans in their way. However, the police actually made the rangers move out of the way to let the gypsies onto our park!!!!

Unbelievable! As always, if you want to contact the police, you can ring them on 0845 123 3333.

Gypsies have broken down the barriers and parked themselves on Darley Fields. The last time Chester Green had gypsies on the Green, a mob of around 200-300 people managed to clear them off. The rangers and police know about the problem, although they can be hard to shift.....

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