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of the Urban

Environment

Complaint

Date

08/10/2003

Complaint

entered by

C.M Donnington

Hadcroft Road

Stourbridge

John Millar

Director

Matt Williams,
Head of Street Care

I have lived in Stourbridge for the best part of twenty-five years and it is not until now, having moved into my first home that I feel compelled to make a complaint.

I moved to my current address, that is, 11 Hadcroft Road, nearly three years ago and have been consistently dissatisfied with the high level of litter and general cleanliness of the road.

I am aware that Hadcroft Road is on the border of a council estate and that some of the properties in the road are still council owned. However I do not see this as an excuse for the dirty and sometimes unsafe state of the pavements. I note that this untidiness is not simply limited to the pavements but is also reflected in the front gardens of the council owned properties at the start of the road. Not only does this look disgusting for onlookers into the otherwise pleasant street but also it is inevitably reducing the value of the houses owned by residents who genuinely care about their property.

A also draw your attention to the state of the ‘confused space’, which is situated at the closed end of the road, adjacent to the passageway. I am assuming that this piece of land is owned by the council, which would surely suggest that the onus for keeping this area lies with the local council.

Other than the unsightly appearance of this area, I am a little concerned about the potential hazards that this area poses to the young children who us the passageway every day on their journey to school.

I would like to know if anything will be done to improve this area or whether any bins will be provided to alleviate the litter problem. It is not my intention to appear unreasonable in my complaint and I am aware that there are of course many other areas with greater environmental problems, however I feel that as a resident of Stourbridge I should make an effort to improve the area.

Thank you in anticipation

Update:03/02/2004

As we never heard from Mr. Dunnington again we have to assume that he had a favourably from Dudley Council and that his street has now been cleared up.

Complaint Status: closed

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