Easington Colliery Community Action Scheme

We hope that our actions together to improve local conditions has positive impacts on your community beyond the project time and that you experience longer term benefits.

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End of project update

Following on from our mid-action update in November the Community Action Team (CAT) have continued work over the Christmas period at Easington Colliery.

The Team continued to focus on the following priority areas:

• improving housing standards and management of privately rented property
• dealing with empty properties
• rubbish that has been dumped in gardens, on streets and on waste ground being removed
• dealing with Pests/Infestations in properties or on land

During their time in the area the Team have:

• completed focused walkabouts with partners targeting areas of concern raised by residents
• held 6 face-to-face resident surgeries along with visits to other community meetings. These featured information from partners, including topics requested by residents.
• picked up 339 issues of concern reported to us
• served 241 legal notices have been served requiring owners to carry out works, with further legal notices also served by partner departments

Additionally the CAT and East Place Team have carried out pest surveys and taken enforcement action where infestations were found. The East Place team have also carried out drain camera surveys with Northumbrian Water.

An overview of activities carried out with our partners

The Fire and Rescue Service continued their work. They completed 71 home safety visits in the area. Peterlee crews have carried out 358 environmental visual audits and Blue Routes and 96 fire safety audits across the station’s area of responsibility, which includes Easington Colliery.

Neighbourhood Wardens have actioned 97 untidy yards/gardens, 28 fly tips and 3 litter case during the project period. They have issued 90 legal notices and 8 prosecutions. They are continuing to tackle untidy yards and fly tipping, alongside the CAT working on noxious waste.

Neighbourhood Wardens have also stickered bins and removed if not returned. Contaminated bins have been removed from the area. Additional signage has been installed in the rear of Ascot and Ashton Streets regarding fly-tipping. The Wardens have spoken to property owners with recurring accumulation issues to create long-term solutions. Street cleans were carried out to the rear of Ashton/Ascot and Bourne/Barwick.

The Empty Homes Team have written to empty homeowners in the area to offer assistance and to urge them to bring their properties back into use. 6 have come back into use during the project.

Community Economic Development are working with shops on Seaside Lane to support shop front improvements and grants.

Illegal Money Lending and Community Safety leaflets were distributed across multiple streets and promoted by Believe Housing.

Illicit tobacco leaflets were delivered to all shops and community buildings in November, as well as asylum leaflets information leaflets.

The Private Initiative Team have provided bin, refuse and fly tipping advice to local agents and property owners and encouraged to pass this onto their tenants.

Civic Pride have carried out a litter pick with Easington Colliery primary school in December.

Scam advice sessions were delivered at Paynote café and the Welfare Centre. Around 45 residents took part.

A door knock questionnaire took place on the streets with high numbers of private rents at the end of November. They got 13 responses and put leaflets through the door telling residents in private rents to contact Private Rented Housing if they have any issues.