Category: General

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Bicycle storage area consultation

We have previously shared communications that storing of personal items such as bikes, buggies etc in the communal areas is not permitted other than existing shared bicycle racks. This is a health and safety hazard, which was again highlighted in the recent assessment conducted. The PWRA board believe one of the reasons for this may be the lack of a covered and secure storage space for such items, specially in the blocks of flats.

We would like to get your views on whether we should look to providing additional covered / secure storage spaces and understand whether such an additional space may be useful for you to consequently avoid items being stored in the common areas. In this regard, please could you answer the following questions.

This consultation will run for 21 days and hence responses must be submitted by 18th May.

This survey is open to all residents, both owners and tenants. To complete it please click on the following link.

https://us19.list-manage.com/survey?u=74177838413281aa7a31c069f&id=1f9aae004e

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Happy New Year and Christmas tree collection

PWRA wishes all residents and their families a Happy New Year in these difficult times. We sincerely hope that this year is a better one and our community here can begin to interact as normal again.

Life after Christmas for trees can be hard…

For those of you that have Christmas trees that require disposal after the seasonal festivities, please be aware that Tower Hamlets do offer a free collection service for real trees (not plastic). This service runs from 4th to 18th January 2021 and is aligned with the normal kerbside food and garden collection service (Wednesdays in the case of Plymouth Wharf).

In order to use the service, remove all decorations from your tree first and place it out with existing food and garden waste on Wednesday 6th January or Wednesday 13th January.

In order to avoid trees blowing around the development in the event of high winds, thoses in houses should leave trees securely up against their fence at the end of their drives.

Residents in the flats should place their trees in the Block 4 recycling bin area (this is the area opposite the Block 4 stairwell between properties 53 & 54. Please take care not to block access to the bins for residents in that Block. We will then arrange with collection team to take all the trees in this area.

We kindly ask that residents who do not make use of this service to not simply dump trees in bin cupboards or elsewhere on the development as they will not be collected. If necessary, CCTV will be used to enforce and dumping of rubbish and offenders will be charged for removal.

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Reporting antisocial behaviour

We have been asked a number of times by residents about reporting antisocial behaviour. Any instances should be addressed to the Police in the first instance.  The Metropolitan Police have recently provide guidance on this matter, including providing a new tool to report instances online:


https://www.met.police.uk/ro/report/asb/asb/report-antisocial-behaviour/

Where antisocial behaviour relates to a property within Plymouth Wharf, we do ask that residents keep us informed by emailing directors@plymouthwharf.com

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Proper disposal of rubbish in communal bin cupboards

We kindly ask that all tenants use heavy duty black bags for refuse, this will help reduce smell (all bin stores are experiencing this particularly in the recent hot weather), bags splitting open etc.

We notice lots of small plastic bags are being used to dispose of refuse on sites. Using proper refuse bags will help reduce smell in communal areas that are close to bin stores as well as help reduce flies and vermin.

These can be obtained from all supermarkets or online from Amazon:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Pack-Extra-Heavy-Duty-Black/dp/B004NDR9EA 

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Real Christmas tree recycling

Tower Hamlets will be collecting real Christmas trees for recycling between 6th and 20th January.  This will be at Plymouth Wharf on  Wednesday 11th and 18th January.

If you wish your tree to be collected please leave outside the front of your property (houses), or by recycle bin areas (flats) before these dates.

Anything left after these dates will not be collected and we remind residents that PWRA is not responsible for removal of such items so residents will need to make their own arrangements for disposal.

More details can be found on the Tower Hamlets website.

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Sign the petition to reduce noise and pollution from the Enderby Cruise Terminal

A change.org petition has been set up by residents of Greenwich and the Isle-Of-Dogs, campaigning to reduce noise and pollution of the planned Enderby Cruise Terminal.

If you’ve not already read about it in the press, the planned redevelopment of Enderby’s Wharf across the river from Plymouth Wharf includes plans for a cruise liner terminal.

Under current plans, once completed the cruise terminal at Enderby Wharf – between the Cutty Sark and the O2 – will host cruise ships up to 240m long – without offering shore based electrical power.

Why does this matter? Well it’s likely to have a significant environmental impact both in terms of noise and pollution as ships will need to keep their engines powered up whilst docked.

So far the developers seem to have taken little consideration of local residents or even followed European Union directive 2012/33/EU that states:

“Air pollution caused by ships at berth is a major concern for many harbour cities when it comes to their efforts to meet the Union’s air quality limit values.

Member States should encourage the use of shore-side electricity, as the electricity for present-day ships is usually provided by auxiliary engines.”

You can sign the petition here. You can also comment on the application through Greenwich Council’s planning site.

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Recycling – a gentle reminder

We’ve had a number of complaints and issues recently about use of recycling bins around the development so here’s a gentle reminder.

Recycling is collected every Wednesday and needs to be put into pink bags. Please don’t use other bags or leave rubbish loose as the council will often refuse to take it.

Bins are located at both ends of the development by each block. If the nearest bin is full please use another bin or walk to one of the other recycling areas rather than stuffing more in and leaving the top of the bin open. Doing so just encourages rats and foxes.

More information about what can be recycled and where you can obtain pink bags on the Tower Hamlets website.

If you have larger items to recycle you can contact the council to arrange collection or make use of the Tower Hamlets recycling centre on Yabsley Street at the top of the Isle-of-Dogs.

Update 22/02/18:

Please be aware that the Yabsley recycling centre now insist on proof of ID and residency in Tower Hamlets before they will accept any rubbish. Drivers license or other recognised official photo ID and a corresponding utility bill will suffice.