By coincidence Kingsway Dovercourt is undergoing resurfacing and despite a below average surface before was not neglected by TDC to the extent that Golf Greens roads are.
Am well aware that the roads are unadopted but morally a bit of charity is all that is asked for.
The councilors know very well what is required but are accustomed to believe that "these" people deserve what they get.
Read the explanation and deft way the writer has deflected responsibility for ownership of the stated problems.
This microcosm of human behavior is at the root of social ills around the world, so why are we surprised?
Golf Green Ward
Golf Green Ward, which is comprised of;
• Coastal Jaywick, taking in Brooklands and Grasslands
• Jaywick Inland East, better known as Jaywick Village
• Tudor Estate
Although the whole of Golf Green Ward falls within the Partnership’s catchment, it is the Brooklands and Grasslands area and the lower end of Jaywick Village where there is the most physical, social and economic stress. The origins of Jaywick began with the
construction in the 1930s of holiday chalets set out in a tightly knit grid iron road layout running inland at right angles to the sea. Over the last 60 years the occupation of the older part of the area has switched progressively from holiday to permanent residential use, but without the benefit of the services and facilities that are expected as part of planned developments today. Despite instances of upgrading and the small-scale redevelopment of plots, some lie vacant and generally housing accommodation is obsolete or sub-standard with poor internal and external space standards and widespread disrepair. The area is also characterised by;
• Poor quality physical infrastructure with an unmade, unadopted private road and footpath network with poor street lighting and serious surface water drainage problems.
• A very high level of social and economic deprivation with the area ranked as the 3rd most deprived in England and Wales (Indices of Deprivation). The main areas for concern are;
• Health, with a higher than average incidence of cardio-vascular disease.
• Low level of skills and educational attainment
• A high number of people of working age receiving off work benefits
• A significant number of low income households
Although the Interaction Partnership is primarily centred on tackling social and economic issues, there is also a parallel multi-agency initiative involving, Tendring District Council, Essex County Council, Government Office of the East of England, East of England Development Agency and the Environment Agency which seeks to bring about the physical regeneration of the area over a 10 to 15 year period.
OK, there are some bad housing in jaywick,
(just as there is in most places)
3 years ago, I stood before a packed halls audience and said,
If I had a bulldozer, I would knock down the worst 200 now.....uproar.....
In the 3 intervening years, we have had some of the 200 either repaired to livable standards in either two way`s,
1) the owner/landlord has had a TDC grant to achieve satifactory requirements as laid down in the terms of the grants.
2) the owner/landord has taken onboard directives to achieve the property has net requirements for living standards as required.
Or the other way is to/has been, dealt with in legal terms via the Interaction Boards working decisions for the fate of each and every property deemed,
"not fit for use"
This present period of Jaywicks onsite managements actions is to have highlited some "19" properties that the ownerships have failed to take action directed by TDC`s legal departments, inso much as each one has had an order placed upon it for its destruction.
Over the past few years we have seen eyesore properties taken down by "various" means, by various partisipants of Jaywicks community groups.
Now the rub is that even after each property that so far has been taken out of use, the costs have to be met by someone, if that someone has not been found to pay such, then a charge is set upon the land it/they stood on,
but,
the next get out clause by TDC is to apply PPS25 or CL15/15a (i believe) planning policies prohibiting any further building work on the aboves plots of land.
Two things end up coming out of this,
1) gaps are getting bigger between the worse housing areas of deprivation.
2)the very worst of properties are being cleared.
Now, one of the things that mark out Jaywick as being unable to build or extend some properties, was the close proximity of another property.
SO,
if the better inbetween the worst ones have more room around them, they (the ones deemed too close) have had TDC`s argument lost due the demolition of said bad ones!
On my 2 -1/2 or so plots, there once stood another property, one that was so bad that it was knocked down some 15 years ago.
I have plenty of space around my existing property to build a much bigger two/three story home,
one that would encompass all the potential flood risk requirements as required by councils country wide,
but no,
its a "more than my jobs worth" scenario now at TDC.
So, why.
The only reason now i can see is just little man has made his decision, after taking prompts from one or two of his team of "runners"
Its all a bit like you WILL have a nice shiney black topped road in Dovercourt,
the reason is its because you are being regenerated.
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