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Active Priorities
Our top priorities for your neighbourhood are as follows:
Traffic problems on Torridge Way and Efford Lane
You Said: 20 Jan 2012
It was raised at the local Neighbourhood meeting that this is becoming a serious problem and causing a danger to children and local residents.
Double yellow lines and the extension of the yellow zig-zag lines.
This has already been approved by the council but the work has not yet commenced.
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This will be chased up by local councillors.
Police will remind teachers and parents from the school and will placed in the school news letter again.
Police will patrol and educate drivers and issue tickets if able.
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Litter and Criminal Damage in The Efford Valley
You Said: 20 Oct 2011
This priority was raised at the 'Have you say' meeting held at The Efford Christian Fellowship Church on Torridge Way. A number of residents raised this as a neighbourhood priority due to the amount of rubbish and smashed glass at the location. We have had four reported incidents where dogs have cut there pads on the glass which has resulted in thousands of pounds of vets bills.
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Update 20/01/12 - This was raised at the local neighbourhood meeting as this problem is continuing. See the update below for future projects/actions.
Update 18/01/12 - This is being dealt with by Plymouth City Council and The Efford Valley Group. I am still talking with the school to involve the children in the clean-up in the near future.
I am currently organising a clean up with Highview School which should commence soon after the half term break.
The Efford youth centre has also shown interest in doing a clean up with the youths from the youth centre in the near future.
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Anti Social Behaviour in Yeo Close and Torridge way
You Said: 15 Jul 2010
It has been raised in the local Neighbourhood meeting that the residents who live around Yeo Close Park are experiencing problems with young adults drinking in the park. This ranges from the early evenings to the early hours of the morning. This same problem is occurring on Torridge way.
So far we have:
UPDATE - 20/01/12 - At the Neighbourhood meeting held yesterday at the Efford Christian Fellowship Church this was raised again as a priority. Residents felt that due to the dispersal order finishing they fear that crime/ASB will increase. We have not seen this happen although to reduce the fear of crime we are making it a priority again.
UPDATE - 18/01/12 - The number of police calls have dropped considerably since the the dispersal order was put in place. The order has now ended but the level of anti-social behaviour is still low. We still urge members of the public to call us if there is ASB in these areas.
Update - 20/10/11 - We have been patrolling the area on a daily basis. A number of youths have been placed onto the Efford Dispersal log and this seems to be working well at dealing with anti-social youths. We have also seen an increase in drug use and dealers in this area and a number of the known perpetrators have been searched and spoke to.
Update 13/07/11 - It was decided on the last Neighbourhood Meeting to keep this priority. The dispersal order which started on the 7th July gives us another tool in tackling the ASB in the area and we are hoping to see a decrease in the amount of problems.
Update - 07/04/11 - We held a Neighbourhood Meeting this evening at the Efford Christian Fellowship Church on Torridge Way. It has been raised that Yeo Close, Witham Gardens and Welland Close have seen an increase in ASB with a group of youths and criminal damage to vehicles. We are dealing with a number of youths named. Residents have been assured that if they call the police then they will get a response and complaints will be dealt with as quickly as possible.
Update - 18/03/11 - Since the last update Yeo Close Park and Torridge Way has been very quiet in the sense of Anti Social Behaviour. The Neighbourhood Team have noticed an increase of youngsters in the park and their behaviour is being monitored. We have been in the park talking to the young people and explaining what Anti Social Behaviour is and how it effects the local residents. With the clocks changing soon we will be monitoring the park closely.
Update - 23/01/11 - At the last neighbourhood meeting it was decided that this would be kept as a priority for local agencies over the next 3 months. The Neighbourhood team has noticed an increase in the amount of young people in the area later at night, however they are not causing any really problems. We are making sure these young people gather in an area where the noise will not effect local residents. We will continue to monitor the situation and deal with any issues when reported by local residents.
Update 24/11/10 - Calls to the park about ASB have dropped significantely in the recent weeks. We will continue to patrol the area and make sure that youths who do use the play park later in the evening are considerate to the residents who live around the area.
Update12/10/10 - At the last meeting it was agreed to keep this area as a priority. However it was established that the youths are also causing trouble in the Torridge Way area as well so the whole area will be classed as one priority.
Update - 15/09/10 - The Neighbourhood Team have been working hard along with the Councillors to try and resolve the situation. Over the last few months we have been gathering evidence from local residents to try and place some restrictions on drinking alcohol into the park. We are still waiting on answers about these restrictions but as a Neighbourhood Team we will continue to patrol the park and move people away from the area if they are causing a nuisance in unsocial able hours.
The local Neighbourhood Team will proactively patrol the park and will take any alcohol away from anybody under the age of 18. At the moment adults are allowed to drink in the park, however if they start to act in an anti social manner, we then can take action against these people. We will be working with the council and our licensing department on what steps and evidence we have to gather to make the park a no drinking area.
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