Plea for crime-plagued Bierley snicket to be shut (From Bradford Telegraph and Argus)
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Plea for crime-plagued Bierley snicket to be shut
7:00am Monday 23rd July 2012 in Bradford
By Kathie Griffiths, T&A Reporter
The cut-through in Bierley that residents want closed
Residents who live near a crime-plagued alleyway are calling for it to be closed off.
Councillors are being asked to consider a petition signed by 17 people calling for the pedestrian right of way between Warton Avenue and Hopton Avenue, in Bierley , to be removed to stop it from being used as a “congregation” point.
Concerned residents blame vandalism, loitering, thefts, burglaries, drinking, drug-taking and other anti-social behaviour on the alleyway being open.
They also say the link was used for a get away after a recent robbery at a nearby petrol station.
Lead petitioner Kashef Zahoor, 45, of Warton Avenue, said cars had been damaged by youths using the right of way, which he believed also attracted burglars who could use it as a quick escape route.
He said: “They park down at the bottom, use this as a thoroughfare and also at night there’s so many young teenagers drinking, smoking and doing drugs. We feel unsafe.
“So the residents have come together and said ‘it’s been built for us to have a short-cut rather than walk all the way round, and we are of the opinion that rather than have a short-cut we would have it shut and walk around.”
Comments(18)
Apollo
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7:40am Mon 23 Jul 12
The Police should be encouraged to deal with the anti-social behaviour. That is their job and what they are paid to do.
allannicho
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8:22am Mon 23 Jul 12
dannywho
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8:25am Mon 23 Jul 12
They need to clampdown on the pubs and offlicences that serve alchohol to underage kids and crackdown on the druggies.
K.Y.E.
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8:45am Mon 23 Jul 12
The Vet
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9:01am Mon 23 Jul 12
Albion.
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10:53am Mon 23 Jul 12
Apollo wrote:Exactly, moving the problem elsewhere might make things worse.
The closure of public rights of way should be the last resort and not the first.
The Police should be encouraged to do their job and deal with the anti social behaviour. That is what they are there for and what you pay them to do.
birday
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10:56am Mon 23 Jul 12
Apollo wrote:Sadly, housing estates with alleyways and snickets were constructed in a more peaceful, harmonious era when people used them for the purpose for which they were created ie convenient short routes through estates.
The closure of public rights of way should be the last resort and not the first.
The Police should be encouraged to deal with the anti-social behaviour. That is their job and what they are paid to do.
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With so many urchins and so few police, the very least our community can do is to allow these areas to be closed and the land to be distributed to the neighbouring properties. These people can then enjoy peace and quiet and a little added security at home.
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Common Councillors be brave, do the right thing and close the alleyway down.
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birday
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11:00am Mon 23 Jul 12
K.Y.E. wrote:May be ... but may be it'll corner them into a more manageable area for the police to deal with.
Just move the problem along eh?
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It sounds like these residents need a break.
Albion.
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11:01am Mon 23 Jul 12
birday wrote:"Common Councillors"! Well some of them are a bit rough looking. ;-)
Apollo wrote:Sadly, housing estates with alleyways and snickets were constructed in a more peaceful, harmonious era when people used them for the purpose for which they were created ie convenient short routes through estates.
The closure of public rights of way should be the last resort and not the first.
The Police should be encouraged to deal with the anti-social behaviour. That is their job and what they are paid to do.
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With so many urchins and so few police, the very least our community can do is to allow these areas to be closed and the land to be distributed to the neighbouring properties. These people can then enjoy peace and quiet and a little added security at home.
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Common Councillors be brave, do the right thing and close the alleyway down.
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Avro
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11:02am Mon 23 Jul 12
Hundreds of the houses in that estate were brand new social housing just 4 years ago, many of which from the exterior, now reflect the types that live within.
Avro
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11:35am Mon 23 Jul 12
The Council is now appealing for people with empty homes to apply for the scheme.
Feel sorry for the neighbours who might get landed with Council dregs of the earth, let alone the owner of the house, who might return to see a horse in the garden as per Bierley!
Apollo
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12:45pm Mon 23 Jul 12
People buy private houses on good estates only to have pondlife inflicted upon them by the policy which states that a percentage of the estate should be build as social houses.
The inhabitants of such houses only ever bring down the area - they never enhance it because they have no idea how to look after property or behave.
The rule is to never, ever buy a property near social housing or on an estate containing a proportion of social housing.
Avro
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2:24pm Mon 23 Jul 12
Hope that potential buyers recall this topic heading because your not very far from it.
Also Burnham Ave is a drag strip most days!
Apollo
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3:20pm Mon 23 Jul 12
Avro wrote:And if the Planning Application were to succeed it could only do so on the proviso that a percentage of those 31 private homes were social housing.
Planning application has been submitted by Gleeson for 31 private houses to be built on the vacant land along Burnham Ave next door to the mortuary. Hope that potential buyers recall this topic heading because your not very far from it. Also Burnham Ave is a drag strip most days!
You cannot win in such a situation. You buy your house and maintain it only to see the value drop through the floor as you end up next to or near to dogbreaths in social housing.
localydocaly
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4:28pm Mon 23 Jul 12
Avro
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5:37pm Mon 23 Jul 12
Apollo wrote:Planning say that there is no indication of a social tenant involved and that it is a Gleeson private build, where you can almost bet on some of the wonderous sights that the future homeowners will be seeing but won't realise until they miove in.
Avro wrote: Planning application has been submitted by Gleeson for 31 private houses to be built on the vacant land along Burnham Ave next door to the mortuary. Hope that potential buyers recall this topic heading because your not very far from it. Also Burnham Ave is a drag strip most days!And if the Planning Application were to succeed it could only do so on the proviso that a percentage of those 31 private homes were social housing. You cannot win in such a situation. You buy your house and maintain it only to see the value drop through the floor as you end up next to or near to dogbreaths in social housing.
Quite a few home owners came unstuck with the previous private build along Burnham Ave, where during the recession the Council purchased a number of the unsold private properties from the builder and turned them into social housing, I bet the home owners were well impressed!
jonathon routh
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10:16pm Mon 23 Jul 12
Apollo says...
7:38am Mon 23 Jul 12
The Police should be encouraged to do their job and deal with the anti social behaviour. That is what they are there for and what you pay them to do.