Neighbourhood Watch: Sawbridgeworth Crimes

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Sometime between 12-9.20pm on 7th November, a burglary has taken place at a property in Cutforth Road. Entry has been gained via rear garden gate and a window on a first floor extension and an untidy search has been made. If you have any information about this or have any CCTV footage that may aid enquiries, please ring 101 ref 41/100933/19.

Sometime between 7.30pm 7th and 7.30am 8th November, a burglary has taken place at a property in Northfield Road. Entry has been gained via smashing a rear door and an untidy search has been made. If you have any information or CCTV footage that may aid enquiries, please ring 101 ref 41/101002/19.

Sometime between 6pm 7th and 10am 8th November, front and rear index plates have been removed from a vehicle parked in Burnside. If you have any information about this crime, please ring 101 ref 41/100997/19.

At approx 6pm on 8th November, an attempt burglary has taken place at a property in Forebury Avenue. Offenders have been disturbed and run off. Damage to a yale lock has been discovered. If you have any information about this crime, please ring 101 ref 41/101176/19.

Police Contact Advice

Telephone 999 in an emergency where there is a danger to life or a crime is in progress. Telephone 101 for non-emergencies where police attendance is required, to report a crime or to report any other incidents. Calls to 101 have a fixed cost of 15p per call. Alternatively, visit www.herts.police.uk/contact to report a non-emergency crime online or chat to a police operator live via our web chat service. If you are calling about the above, please tell us that you are responding to a message from OWL Neighbourhood Watch.

Neighbourhood Watch: Burglaries in Vantorts Road & Bakers Walk (Sawbridgeworth)

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Sometime around midnight 01/09/2019, a burglary has occurred to a property in Vantorts Road. Circumstances are that keys to a vehicle have been taken via the back door of the property. If anyone has any information about this or any CCTV footage that may help our enquiries, please ring 101 and quote HC-01092019-0001.

Around midnight 02/09/2019, a burglary has occurred to a shop in Bakers Walk. Circumstances are that a large concrete planter has been thrown through a window and items taken. If you have any information about this crime or have any CCTV footage that may help us with our enquiries, please ring 101 and quote 41/79435/19.

Police Contact Advice

Telephone 999 in an emergency where there is a danger to life or a crime is in progress. Telephone 101 for non-emergencies where police attendance is required, to report a crime or to report any other incidents. Calls to 101 have a fixed cost of 15p per call. Alternatively, visit www.herts.police.uk/contact to report a non-emergency crime online or chat to a police operator live via our web chat service. If you are calling about the above, please tell us that you are responding to a message from OWL Neighbourhood Watch.

Summer Update Newsletter 2019

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The Leat Close Management Association Limited (LCMA)  are responsible for looking after and maintaining the exteriors of all the properties within the estate along with the grounds, the private residents car parks and any other communal areas, in accordance with the Leasehold agreement (see map of the area we manage). Our full list of responsibilities can be found here: https://www.leatclose.org.uk/lcma-responsibilities/

Bin Use and Recycling

  1. The black bins are for non-recycling household waste and minimal garden waste
  2. There are two types of blue bins, one is exclusively for paper, the other is for mixed recycling (please read labels on the side of the bins for details on what recycling is accepted).
  3. Plastic bags or polythene should NOT be placed in any of the blue bins.
  4. Larger items must be taken to the local recycling and waste centre and not left in the bin areas.

Here is an example of what is NOT acceptable (this has appeared in Bin Area 1 in the last few days) the cost of having this removed will unfortunately be added to the annual maintenance fee all because of one persons inconsiderate actions:

Parking in Leat Close

The LCMA are responsible for the five car parks/garage courts in the estate. We don’t have any jurisdiction over the public highway, but we do encourage you to be courteous and considerate when parking.

Please do NOT park on the grass areas at any time. We put a lot of time, effort and money into keeping the grounds looking nice and any cost for damage incurred by someone parking on the grass will be passed on to the resident/tenant responsible.

Smoking in Communal Areas is Not Permitted

Smoking is not permitted in any communal areas including shared porches as referred to in Part One of the Health Act 2006 – updated in 2015 – that states “all common parts of flats and communal accommodation must be smoke-free”. Read the full statement here: https://www.leatclose.org.uk/smoking-in-communal-areas-is-not-permitted/

Washing Lines

Additional washing line holes have been added around the estate, suitable for rotary washing lines. They are all communal and therefore shared. Washing lines must be collapsed and covered when not in use. If you need an additional washing line hole near your flat then please contact us. Read detailed information here: https://www.leatclose.org.uk/washing-line-rules/

Shared Spaces and Communal Areas

Just a little reminder to all residents to please keep communal areas and shared spaces free from clutter as they not to be used as a storage area. Please use your garage to store your items instead.

Buildings and Grounds Update

The painting schedule is well underway this year for blocks 1 & 2, and garage court 3 (full schedule is available here). Fences and walls have also been scheduled for repair, along with the usual tree cutting/trimming and the bi-weekly grass cutting.

Contact Us

If you would like to contact us about any issues mentioned above or for any other reason, please email us using: help@leatclose.org.uk and to prevent emails from me being accidentally filtered into your Junk Mail folder please add this email to your Safe Senders list.

LCMA Update: Suspicious vehicle reported by resident

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A resident has reported suspicious activity as a vehicle was parked in the private road with a young guy watching people coming and going to their flats, on the morning of Tuesday 16th July 2019. The car was a dark grey metallic Audi A3 TDI registration plate GF09 NME.

This has been reported to the police and they have logged it as suspicious behaviour.  If you do recognise the vehicle or know the owner and this is just a misunderstanding please let us know. Alternatively if you see anything suspicious please contact the police on 101, or 999 emergency if a crime is being committed.