Park Langley Residents' Association
To promote and protect the interests of the residents of Park Langley
Welcome to the website of the Park Langley Residents' Association.
The Association operates to promote and protect the interests of the resident's of Park Langley. Park Langley, situated in Beckenham, Kent, UK is a well defined geographical area bounded by three roads; Hayes Lane, Barnfield Wood Road and Wickham Way. A natural triangle is formed encompassing just over a thousand properties. Part of the triangle is located in a Conservation Area, the other in an Area of Special Residential Character. It is therefore worth preserving and enhancing the residential character of this area and the Residents' Association aims to do this.
This website should provide a means to keep us together as a community and so help to promote and protect our interests.
Our email contact is:
mail@plra.org.uk
May 2012
We express concern at the low staffing levels of our Safer Neighbourhood Police Team. Shortlands Ward is deemed a 'safe' ward and personnel are consequently taken for other duties. Meanwhile burglaries are up. We expect our Team to offer the same presence as other Wards.
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With a hosepipe ban in place, flowers and plants (remembering our street trees) all still need watering. Here are a few common sense tips:
- While waiting for hot water to run through at the kitchen sink, save the cold water to an indoor watering can.
- Check the water butts you might have. Leaves and dirt might block the flow. It is surprising how much water collects off the roof after a short shower.
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The new Performing Arts Centre at the Langley Park Boys School has been completed and we expected to see a programme of events during the summer on their website. This does not seem to be available and hope this Centre will be available to Park Langley residents.
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Please secure your properties against burglary, leave lights on, close gates and don't encourage scrap metal merchants onto your property. Remember the Safer Neighbourhood Police Team are there to protect us, so use them. Neighbourhood Watch also keeps an eye on things.
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Bonfires - With the accumulation of leaves, there is a temptation to light smokey bonfires. Could the bonfire be avoided and the leaves composted instead? Please be neighbourley and sympathetic! If necessary, please have a smokey bonfire at dusk.
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Special plastic bags for the food recycling boxes are available at Shortlands Library. There is now a charge for these.
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Park Langley on the morning of 2nd February 2009
Park Langley on the morning of 5th February 2012
