
Since 2018 much has been delivered in Limehouse ward by Cllr James King, Mayor John Biggs and Limehouse residents. Some of the highlights include:
Across Limehouse | £170,000 investment from council delivered to improve appointment booking system |
Campaigned with parents for the school to remain in public sector | |
Petitioned the council with residents to sort missed bin collections | |
Suppporting residents and local charities through Covid-19 pandemic | |
Roche & St Vincent’s Estates | Helped establish a new Tenants & Residents Association |
CCTV installed to tackle drug dealing hotspot outside health centre | |
New trees planted on Gill Street | |
Gerda Gates installed next to Bethlehem House | |
New lifts installed in Padstow House | |
Commercial Road, Three Colt Street and Gill Street | Brought One Housing Group Chief Operating Officer to blocks to meet residents and sort housing issues |
Bottom of Three Colt Street closed to tackle ASB | |
Co-ordinated community response to stabbings on Three Colt Street | |
Campaigned against planning permission for 30 storey hotel at 82 West India Dock Road | |
Campaigned for more social housing at Sailmakers Development site | |
Campaigned against overtall hotel next to Our Lady Immaculate church | |
£250,000 funding secured to improve pedestrian crossing at Commercial Road | |
Milligan Street and Three Colt Street | Public Space Protection Order extended down Milligan Street |
Bottom of Three Colt Street closed to tackle car based anti-social behaviour | |
Ropemakers Fields | Public Space Protection Order introduced in 2018 and renewed in 2021 |
New play equipment installed | |
New trees and diverse flowers planted | |
New signage installed | |
Resurfaced Ropemakers Fields tennis courts | |
Limehouse Basin and Horseferry Road | Protecting open water on the Basin from additional pontoons |
£200k investment secured for St James Gardens Park | |
Brought Newlon Directors to their blocks to listen to residents and sort housing issues | |
Petitioned City Hall to designate Branch Road site as open green space | |
Barleymow Estate | Supporting residents affected by the structural work at Malting & Brewster Houses |
Campaigning for the Environment Agency to replace trees on Barleycorn Way | |
Supporting residents affected by water ingress in Kiln Court | |
New door entry systems at Oast Court | |
Narrow Street | New energy efficient street lights installed |
Campaigned for Electric Vehicle charging point installation | |
Working with developments to keep riverside accesss open and safe | |
Funding secured to improve Thames Path | |
LED street lighting installed on Northey Street to deter car based anti-social behaviour | |
Rectory Gardens and Wharf Lane | New wildflower planting in Rectory Gardens |
Community cleanup day organised with council | |
New signage and flower planting | |
Benches attracting late night noise removed | |
Brought Chief Executive of THCH to Earl Attlee court to meet residents and sort housing issues | |
Campaigned for more patrols to tackle Anti-social behaviour under railway arches |
Click here to see our priorities for Limehouse from 2022-2026