We, owners/residents of FP Estate, oppose installation of communal bins in our privately owned Estate which is well maintained, clean, tidy, ample garden spaces, bins not cluttering outside, and are kept in suitable areas.
Objections
• Parking Spaces - 3-4 spaces blocked. Where do these cars go? On grass verges? Disputes over parking?
• Traffic Congestion - lorries, delivery vehicles, emergency service vehicles - even bin lorries may struggle to pass.
• No pavements. Unless bins open street side, the council is condoning trespass on private property - our gardens.
• Several roads are private - the Council claims to have the right to adopt them, - never the case when it came to repairs, street cleansing etc.
• Use of bins - there are many elderly people, people with health issues, who will struggle to reaching, accessing these, and to open lids. The apertures are limited, lids heavy. Not everyone recycles, and everything will go into landfill.
• Fly tipping – communal bins - a godsend to commercial fly tippers
• Irresponsible residents – inevitable, 490 flats! – who clears this spillage
• Presentation of bins for uplift - this has never been a problem, the problem is the regular omissions by the refuse collections
• Hygiene - nappies, dog poo, cat litter, not everyone ‘bags’ their rubbish will become unbearably odorous. Will the Council sanitise them.
We oppose the roll-out of communal bins which risk turning our pleasant, child-friendly with plenty green spaces to enjoy into a vermin infested litter dump, and urgently insist on a walk-about with the residents
