A number of changes have taken place over the last two years since our work with the original Kent Rd. Action User Group started.

McNicholas/Kier

McNicholas was taken over by Kier Industries. Reporting the highly damaging nature of the HGV distribution business (up to 200 HGVs a week) to planning officers, Portswood Lbour Cllrs were able to ensure that This business was denied planning permission and subsequently was served with an enforcement notice. Following a failed appeal they vacated the site in May 2019

St Denys Clean Air Cafes & Active Travel Zone

During this period John Savage and later following her election Lisa Mitchell, have been working with local people to improve the unpleasant congestion in St Denys. Working with “Southampton Collective” and the “Clean Air Cafes”. The project proved to be very successful and captured a great deal of information on levels of pollution in the area and what local people want their streets to look like. Temporary “Play Streets” were established and the clear sense of community was communicated to Council officers.

Since then, Southampton City Council has selected St Denys to be a pilot “Active Travel Zone” (ATZ). Numerous consultations have taken place with local residents to understand the kind of improvements they want to make to their own streets. A consultation involving officers from Waltham Forest, where impressive changes have already been made, has finished. The project for improving St Denys is well on the way following the announcement of £57m “Transforming Cities” funding for Southampton. This now means that St Denys ATZ earmarked for considerable investment.

Byronswell HGVs

While all this has been going on, Cllr John Savage has requested that the “Byronswell” reclaimed clothing distribution business be served a notice requesting confirmation of their planning permission. They have now applied for planning permision to conduct their distribution operation.

Application no. 19/01469/FUL

Southern Water

Southern Water are in the process of moving their waste management operation away from barge movements of sludge, to one of centrifuge and HGV removal of cake waste. Planning transport conditions of operation have been successfully confined to conditional hours,finishing at 3.30pm, conditional speed limits and clear livery of all Southen Water vehicles.