I have been in touch with Taylor Wimpey this morning about the path and the
surfacing work which remains outstanding on the Bramley Green estate. We
may well see some progress in the next few weeks - the below is taken from
an email to me from Chris Hill woho works for Wimpey in Hook recieved 15
minutes ago....
Things will start happening towards the end of the month.
We’ve been waiting for SSE to have a sufficiently large enough
slot in their work programme to dedicate a gang for more than a week.
They will be installing their cables for the Railway path lights from
06/08 ~ 16/08. J Devine will be starting prep works at end July.
Due to the where the works are we’ve wanted to ensure that
trenches are only open for the min. time poss hence JD going
in just ahead of SSE.
Once SSE have laid their cables SEC will follow on and do the
joints in the columns themselves as SSE aren’t allowed to
undertake those.
While JD have a gang on site they are going to finish off all
of the “on-site” tarmacing. I was pushing them to do this earlier
but they tell me they’ve been waiting themselves for the Surfacing
Contractor to have a window. Although I still have my suspicions
they were waiting for when their own gang was there. But we’re so
close now it wasn’t really worth rocking the boat.
On Wednesday, July 18, 2012 3:42:33 PM UTC+1, Andrew H wrote:
> Sarah,
> Many thanks for your response which is greatly appreciated.
> As a resident of the development, i would ask the question as to how long
> the parish council plan on waiting for Taylor Wimpey to make good, before
> issuing these compulsory notices. Nearly two years after full completion
> of the site, the developers clearly have no intention at present of
> bringing the whole site up to standard.
> I believe i read at the last round of elections, that a parish councillor
> was appointed with the idea of being responsible for the area. I would
> be keen to get their views and learn as to what they are doing about this
> situation.
> Thanks again for your help
> Andrew
> On Thursday, 12 July 2012 09:30:58 UTC+1, Bramley Parish Clerk wrote:
>> Thank you for your message.
>> You may also contact the Parish Council via the website
>> www.bramleypc.co.uk
>> In response to your query, the path known as the Cinder Track is still in
>> the hands of the developers who built the German Road housing. They have
>> been responsible for installing the lighting. They are also responsible for
>> the maintenance of the area known as the SINC (site of important nature
>> conservation) that runs alongside this path. There have been many attempts
>> to contact the developers over the last few months as there have been
>> several concerns raised about this area. The Parish Council has been
>> liaising with the Planning Officers at BDBC as they are able to issue
>> enforcement notices if necessary to bring work up to a good standard.
>> Hampshire County Council are also involved in looking into the problems
>> along this path. I will try to find out whether there is any update on when
>> the lighting might be switched on and will come back to you. In time, the
>> path and the SINC will be adopted by the local authority and will be
>> maintained by them, but this will not happen until everything is brought up
>> to the correct standard, so in that sense it is in the interests of the
>> developers to work with the local authorities on these matters.
>> With regards to the muddy end of the path, this is not part of the same
>> contract. There have been some land ownership issues which have prevented
>> work from being carried out until now, but a decision was made a few months
>> ago that this path could be made good. This work is going to be contracted
>> out by Hampshire's Highways department as part of the works currently being
>> carried out throughout the village. Overall we have over a year's worth of
>> highways improvements being scheduled and this will be included along the
>> way.
>> I hope this answers your questions.
>> Kind regards
>> Sarah
>> On Thursday, July 12, 2012 9:10:30 AM UTC+1, Andrew H wrote:
>>> Is there a parish councillor that can tell me when the lamp posts
>>> installed on the Cinder Path will be switched on?
>>> These were put up over 4 months ago now - but are still to be switched
>>> on. This is starting to get ridiculous
>>> Labelled as a public footpath, it is very poorly maintained. With
>>> shrubs becoming very over grown, not to mention the awful state by the
>>> station / garage which is just a bog of mud after all the rain fall.
>>> If someone could let me know what if anything is being done about the
>>> above, or at least who is responsible for it, it would be appreciated.
>>> Thank you
