Tree removal, replacement and more trees for Streatham!

Green councillors have been informed that the following trees have been inspected by a council Arboricultural Officer and are due for removal because of safety concerns:

1. Abbotswood Road o/s No. 48 : Cherry (small dead tree)
2. Becmead Avenue o/s No. 5 :  Rowan (small tree excessively diseased by fungus)
3. Becmead Avenue o/s No. 49-51 : Silver Birch (small dead tree)
4. Drewstead Road o/s No. 83B :  White Beam (small tree excessively diseased by fungus)
5. Hoadly Road o/s No. 11: Maple (medium dead tree)
6. Hoadly Road o/s No. 22: Cherry (medium dead tree)
7. Mortimer Close (first green island): Cherry (medium dying and unbalanced tree)
8. Pathfield Road o/s No. 34 :  Whitebeam (small tree excessively diseased heartwood)
9. Prentis Road o/s No. 47 : Whitebeam (medium dying tree)
10. Prentis Road o/s No. 56 Rowan (dying and in very poor condition)
11. Riggingdale Road o/s No. 48: Cherry (excessive lean and pedestrian nuisance)
12. Woodbourne Avenue o/s 17: Cherry (small excessively diseased tree)
13. Woodbourne Avenue o/s John Kirk House: Sorbus (small tree excessively hollow)
14. Woodbourne Avenue o/s Post Office: Cherry (small tree excessively decayed and hollow)

Councillors have has assurances that the trees wil be re-planted during the next planting season starting October 2020 through to April 2021. 

Removal notices will be put on the individual trees to inform residents why the trees are identified for removal & replacement.  Arrangements for parking suspensions to facilitate the tree works will also be made as appropriate.

Green councillors have also been working with the council's officers to identify more places in Streatham where trees can be placed.  In particular officers are keen to identify old locations where trees may have once been, but might have since been paved over.

If you know of a location in Streatham that you think could benefit from having trees please get in touch:

JBartley@lambeth.gov.uk, SAinslie@lambeth.gov.uk, NGriffiths@lambeth.gov.uk

Pothole update

We promised that we would check local roads after winter had finished.

We reported the following potholes for repair:

• On Drewstead Road – between Woodbourne Avenue and Hoadly Road

• At the junction of Broadlands Avenue and De Montfort Road

• On Conyers Road – between Fairmile Avenue and Babington Road

• Outside Whinfell Close on Riggindale Road

• At the top of Moorcroft Road

• At the junction of Woodbourne Ave and Steep Hill

• Outside 11, 55, 114 and 144 Kingscourt Road

• Along Norfolk House Road and near the junction with Streatham High Road

• Outside 102A and 153 Gleneagle Road

• Outside 16 Blakemore Road

• At the bottom of Prentis Road at the junction with Garrad’s Road

Let us know if we have missed any that need sorting!

New sign for Woodbourne Avenue

There was a missing Street sign at the corner of Woodbourne Avenue and Garrad's Road, so we got onto the council last year and asked if they would replace it.

They have just done so...

Potholes on Ockley Road (Woodbourne Avenue and Becmead Avenue)

We have reported potholes on Ockley Road (near the junction with Becmead Avenue) and at the junction with Woodbourne Avenue, hoping to get them fixed ahead of the winter freeze!

Getting graffiti removed at the corner of Woodbourne Avenue and Ockley Road

We have asked the council to remove this graffiti at the corner of Ockley Road and Woodbourne Avenue. We'll check back next week to make sure that it has been done.

Missing sign on Woodbourne Avenue

We have asked for a missing street sign to be replaced for Woodbourne Avenue, where it meets Garrad's Road.

[Update 25th June 2013: Lambeth Council have been in contact and agreed to replace the road sign.]