Cricklewood - No longer the land that time forgot?

At long last - and after much pressure from local residents and councillors - the 3 Boroughs of Camden, Barnet and Brent and the relevant police teams have agreed to work together to try and sort out some of our regular Cricklewood problems and complaints. This week is the designated "Clean up Cricklewood week" - we hope the effects will not just be temporary. See below for Camden's plan: Issue(s): In conjunction with a pre planned tri borough working partnership with Brent and Barnet, and the local Met Police SNT who have targeted, amongst other aspects: littering / fly tipping via e.g. domestic and business waste; graffiti vandalism, and to a lesser extent, prostitute’s cards in phone booths and forecourt abuse by certain businesses as regards vehicular parking, sales and storing of equipment. Local residents especially in multi occupancy residences at Cricklewood Broadway are placing waste onto the public highway outside of the advertised collection time(s). Also, certain businesses are also behaving likewise in the Cricklewood Broadway area thus creating a build up of uncollected commercial / recycling / domestic waste which has led to attracting ‘other’ fly tipping naturally followed by vermin such as rats and foxes. This has led to a negative and detrimental impact on the local environment and followed by complaints from concerned local residents. There are also concerns that certain businesses at Cricklewood Broadway may not have a commercial waste agreement with any reputable waste contractor. Additionally, certain areas of Cricklewood Broadway are also occasionally blighted with graffiti vandalism. Objectives: Via proactive enforcement the endeavour is to drive compliance by all local residents and all local businesses and all (private) waste carriers as regards how, where, and when commercial and domestic waste is presented / collected from the public highway. (Note: preliminary work has already started on this) We also intend to identify any businesses that do not have commercial waste agreements and to either follow up with initiating legal procedures or / and afford them the opportunity to obtain a waste contract with any legitimate waste carrier. To ensure / promote a clean, positive, and attractive physical / visual / environmental impact within the said area especially Cricklewood Broadway as it is a major thoroughfare in / out of the north of the borough.