Harrow Civic Residents’ Association is staging its Annual General Meeting tonight.
All residents from Rosslyn Crescent, Woodlands Road and Frognal Avenue are invited to attend the meeting, which starts at 8.30pm.
The meeting – at an address in Rosslyn Crescent – will feature elections to the HCRA committee and reports of the previous year’s activities.
For more information – including venue details – email jo@jostephenson.com or call 07980 854097.
Supermarket chain Tesco has gained planning permission to expand its store in Station Road.
Harrow Council’s planning committee approved plans to create a bigger Tesco Extra with a multi-storey car park and new shops and flats fronting Station Road at a meeting on January 18.
HCRA was among those who objected to the scheme because of the impact on traffic and the character of the area.
It was also feared a Tesco Extra, which will sell more items like TVs and fridges, could draw shoppers away from Harrow town centre.
As part of the plans, Tesco has promised to make improvements to the junction where Station Road meets Hindes Road and Woodlands Road.
Plans for a bigger Tesco store in Station Road will come before Harrow’s planning committee again on January 18.
The proposal for a larger Tesco Extra, including a multi-storey car park and new shops and flats along Station Road, was due to be considered by the committee before Christmas.
But councillors voted to postpone their deliberations in order to visit the site.
Many local residents and shops have objected to the multi-million pound expansion because of the impact on traffic and the character of the area.
HCRA is among local organisations that have voiced their concerns. The plans can be viewed at Harrow Council’s website here by typing the reference number P/0832/11 into the planning search facility.
Harrow residents can get career advice and find out about local employment opportunities at a jobs fair to be held at Harrow Civic Centre on January 18.
Exhibitors at the event, which runs from 11am to 3pm, will include Harrow Police, Olympic contractors, the Army and Crossrail.
There will also be the chance to find out about training with home care firm HDS Services, and courses at Stanmore and Harrow colleges.
For more information contact Louise Baxter on 020 8416 8959.
A decision on Tesco’s plans for a multi-million pound expansion to its Station Road store has been delayed to allow planning committee members to inspect the site.
Harrow Council’s planning committee was due to consider the proposals for a much bigger Tesco Extra store at a meeting on Wednesday (December 14).
But councillors on the committee said they did not feel able to judge the plans without viewing the site.
Rayners Lane councillor Joyce Nickolay (Conservative) said she needed a site visit to gain a better understanding of the impact of the development on the surrounding area.
She said “a 12-minute presentation” by planning officers was not enough to make an informed decision on such a large-scale application.
Greenhill ward councillor Bill Philips (Labour) also backed a site visit. He said he knew the site very well as he lived nearby but added: “I accept others may not know it as well as I do.”
A decision on the plans will now be delayed until the New Year.
Harrow Council is asking for residents’ views on the best way to save money on street lighting.
The council has put forward four options designed to cut costs and save energy, which include dimming street lights or turning them off completely for some of the night.
Currently street lights, illuminated signs and beacons cost the council £730,000 a year.
Residents can respond to the consultation online here or pick up a form at the Civic Centre library. Responses must be in by December 31.
Supermarket chain Tesco has submitted revised plans for an extension to the store in Station Road.
The plans include adding a second level to the existing store and creating a multi-storey car park plus new shops and flats fronting Station Road.
The plans will be considered by Harrow Council’s planning committee at a meeting on December 14.
You can view the plans online at Harrow Council’s website here and make comments. Go to the planning search facility and type in P/0832/11
HCRA will be submitting a response to the proposals and would like to hear the views of residents.
Please comment below or email jo@jostephenson.com
Children will have the chance to meet Santa when he comes to St Ann’s Shopping Centre.
Father Christmas will be in town for three weekends – November 26 and 27, December 3 and 4, and December 10 and 11. He’ll be around from 11am to 4pm at intervals.
St George’s Shopping Centre is also laying on festive fun with “Acro Elves” on Saturday, December 3, a giant snow globe on Saturday, December 11, and an elf factory on Saturday 17 and Sunday 18 of December.
There will be a gift wrapping service on offer on Thursday, December 22 and Friday, December 23.
X Factor star and Harrow resident Johnny Robinson will be switching on the town’s Christmas tree lights.
The singer from West Harrow will kick off the official countdown to Christmas as part of an evening of entertainment in Harrow town centre on Thursday, December 1.
The fun starts at 3.30pm with street entertainers, balloon artists and a giant robot appearing in St Ann’s Road.
A new “light garden” art installation featuring giant flowers will light up outside St George’s Centre at 4.15pm.
Johnny will flick the switch on the Christmas tree near the statue of Katie at 6.30pm followed by carol singers from local churches.
Harrow’s Remembrance Sunday service will take place this Sunday (November 13) at the war memorial outside the civic centre in Station Road.
The event starts at 10.45am and will be joined by a parade leaving St Ann’s shopping centre at 10am, led by the Glen Trew Pipe Band.