Ashburnham Triangle Association

Live music, comedy, poetry, face painting, arts, crafts, games, food and raffle are all on offer at the South Street Baptist Church's fundraiser on March 19th from 1pm at 66-68 Greenwich South Street, SE10 8UN. After the activities and games for children and adults during the day, the evening entertainment will feature soulful singer/song writer Samm Henshaw, jazz singer Jordan Jackson, comedian Travis Jay and poets Anthony Anaxagorou and LionHeart. All proceeds from tickets, activities, raffle and refreshments will go towards the South Street building project which will provide disabled access to the church. Tickets: adults £8, children £5, are available to purchase here or from ticketsource.co.uk/southstreetbaptistchurch

A  new community cinema is starting up near Deptford Bridge. Deptford Cinema is fuelling our nightmares by running Full Moon Film Night  on the  last Friday of every month  - so mark your calendars with blood or something similarly permanent.  This month they are showing the 2015 arthouse horror  It Follows! "F or 19-year-­old Jay (Maika Monroe), the fall should be about school, boys and weekends at the lake. Yet after a seemingly innocent sexual encounter she suddenly finds herself plagued by nightmarish visions; she can't shake the sensation that someone, or something, is following her...   "Premiering at Cannes Critics' Week this low budget indie second film from writer/director David Robert Mitchell ( The Myth of the American Sleepover ) became a surprise hit, snowballing its initial straight-to-streaming release to a widespread cinema run. Stylishly shot, with a slow building creep, and a synth-tastic soundtrack inspired by the mo...

Maureen Romeril, February 25th The Ministry of Justice has confirmed that it will close 64 courts within the next two years including Greenwich Magistrate Court on Blackheath Road.  The Court was built in 1909 and is a Grade II listed building situated in a reasonably large site in the Ashburnham Conservation area. It will be interesting to see what happens to this site. The Grade II listing will restrict major redevelopment of the building.

Maureen Romeril, February 25th Many properties in the Ashburnham Conservation Area are subject to additional planning control as a result of an Article 4 Direction being placed. These controls are in addition to Conservation Area controls. The current Article 4 Direction was introduced May 2014 and removed permitted development rights so that planning permission is required for certain works which would otherwise not require permission.  The council has now drafted a new guidance note to the Direction, which identifies  the properties covered by the Article 4 Direction and sets out the specific planning controls under the Direction. The document also explains the types of works that will be likely or unlikely to gain planning permission.  The Council is seeking comments  on this new guide.  The consultation ends on   Monday 14 March 2016 . Copies of the draft guide can be found on the Council's website via the link below. The Planning Hub will ...

Royal Greenwich Trading Standards are warning residents to take care when approached at home by males trying to sell knives, pots and pans on their doorstep. The males are thought to be travellers / Irish  This activity has been seen to link with burglaries at properties at a later date.  This information has been circulated by Greenwich Police.  If you or your neighbours have anyone knocking door to door in your street trying to sell knives and pans, please contact Royal Greenwich Trading Standards Neighbourhood Response Team as soon as it happens on 020 8921 8223  or email  tradingstandards@royalgreenwich.gov.uk       Remember to SAY NO to Rogue Traders  SAY NO to uninvited callers  SAY NO to cash payments  SAY NO politely but firmly    REPORTING to Trading Standards  Tel. 020 8921 8223 

Reported in Tuesday's Evening Standard : 'Police were sent to a four-star boutique hotel yesterday after a man claimed someone was in his room armed with a gun and knife. Officers arrived at the Mercure Hotel’s reception area in Catherine Grove, Greenwich, after receiving the call. Police tweeted that a man suffering a “mental health crisis” in the lobby was carrying a knife and had to be disarmed by officers.' Sharp-eyed locals will note that the picture used by the paper isn't of the Mercure. The same picture was used in News Shopper , who also decided that the Mercure is in Deptford rather than Greenwich.

David Scales/Tina Pugh ATA Security Hub A Greenwich West Safer Neighbourhoods Police meeting was held on Wednesday 3rd February 2015. We attend these meetings on behalf of the ATA along with other Neighbourhood Watch Co-ordinators, Councillors, Council Officers and members of the Safer Neighbourhoods Police team. Fortunately no major issues for the Ashburnham Triangle were identified during this period, however there has been an increase in thefts from motor vehicles from December – January including damage to cars in Devonshire Drive and Egerton Drive on Boxing Day.  Two residential burglaries were reported in Langdale Road and Ashburnham Grove; still this is very much a decrease on the last available figures and a couple of arrests have also been made of known criminals operating in the area. The police continue to follow up burglaries by cocooning, a process which involves visiting properties near to where the offence has been committed,  giving reassurance an...