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.
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
The black bins are for non-recycling household waste and minimal garden waste
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).
Plastic bags or polythene should NOT be placed in any of the blue bins.
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.
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.
You may have seen a Police car hanging around earlier today (Friday 31st May 2019). There were reports of a man wandering around the estate in the early hours (6.30am-8.30am), behaving strangely and trying to gain access to peoples properties. He was wearing a light grey jogging bottoms and light grey sweatshirt and looked disorientated.
He approached a number of residents asking if they had a key for Daniel. He was talking to himself and he was walking up and down the private road as well as the main Close.
He later knocked on a door of a resident asking for a key to their next door neighbour’s flat, with the intention of gaining access to the flat. When he was refused a key he proceeded to vandalise property and throw plant pots around.
The Police were called and arrested the man. The Police have asked if we could make all residents aware of today’s incident by reporting it here and they will also make a neighbourhood watch alert with more details.
The police have also said that any sighting of suspicious people, or if we feel threatened, must be reported immediately by calling 999, or use 101 for any non-emergencies.
