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Adrian & John have kept residents up to date with their pressure to secure smell-free air for residents living above Limekiln Lane.   At its meeting yesterdayAdrian was able to update the Residents’ Association on a welcome new initiative from Tate & Lyle.

Following the meeting we had with managers of the Company, together with our Senior Enivronmental Health Officer, and the residents’ petition that we presented on your behalf, we are glad to report that progress is being made.  There is a continuing dialogue between our Environmental Officers and the Company, and they asked for a sample of the “tall oil” on site. 

An excellent outcome of that continuing contact is that Tate & Lyle have now put full filters on all tanks that do or may contain “Tall Oil”, which should at least prevent any odours from that product in future.

We have always recognised that there may be other sources of unpleasant smells but it is to Tate & Lyle’s credit that, to use their manager’s own words, they ‘held their hands up’ and admitted to a number of the most unpleasant incidents.  These new filtering measures will, apart from containing the immediate risk of smells from Tate & Lyle, hopefully assist in isolating smells from other sources.

 We’ll continue to take a close watch on air conditions in this locality and our MP Angela Eagle is being kept fully informed. 

We want residents to let us know of any further unpleasant smells affecting the area in the weeks and months ahead.

The local Wardens reported at the Seacombe Area Group Residents’ Association meeting  that for Percy and Palatine Road residents there is an opportunity to get rid of all manner of unwanted materials.  Even white goods such as old freezers, and old 3 piece suites etc will be taken away – so look out on the day for the Wardens and their wagon.  This is a great service and we thank them for it.

At this evening’s Tate Triangle Residents’ Association meeting reports were given about the excellent work done in conjunction with St Luke’s Church.  Facilitated by the Residents’ Association, and with close support from Cllr John Salter, the Community Payback Scheme has renovated several rooms in the Church so that they can once more become excellent community facilities.  The Community Association Committee members are working closely with the Church to bring ever more local activities into its newly renovated premises.  John was personally thanked for the work he had put in.  

John is seen (just about, but we didn’t want to leave the Church out of the main picture!) outside St Lukes where he was so closely involved in the renovation project.

This followed close on the heels of his involvement in the August Fun day.  That had been made possible by Riverside Housing’s grant of £700 pounds.  Out of the fun day came some raffle funding – which was donated to the ‘Help the Heroes’ campaign.