The Pinner Association
– The Voice of our Community
This is a tweet from Pinner Wood School.
Thank you to the Pinner Association who kindly donated £500
towards our play equipment. As they were so impressed by how the children had
coped with the events of recent months. They presented the cheque in assembly on Friday 26th January.
The Pinner Association is in need of a new Area Leader, the link between our many Collectors and our Membership Secretary. As there are too many Collectors for one person to handle, Pinner is divided into five areas.
Not only is it an essential task – without the Area Leaders The Villager could not be delivered – but it is also an interesting task, and I can vouch for this, as I was one once. I got to know many local people, whom I may not otherwise have met, all of whom, are of course, most charming or they would not have volunteered to be Collectors in the first place!
If you are already a Collector you will be aware of your Area Leader’s existence because of the thrice-yearly visits with the magazines and the wherewithal to collect the subs. Why not move up the hierarchy and become an Area Leader?
His or her duties involve delivering the Villager magazine three times a year to the Collectors, ensuring that all the subs are eventually collected and keeping a record of the subs, which the Collectors will have paid into the Bank. (You do not have to handle the money.) Having a computer is an advantage. Also a car is really essential as distributing several hundred Villagers can be a weighty task. That said, one Area leader has trained her Collectors to collect their Villagers from her!
Volunteers should form an orderly queue outside Jill Cock’s house at any time, but possibly phoning 8868 5795 or emailing [email protected] might be easier.
A statement from Harrow Council confirms that the libraries in the borough will remain open as usual despite being run under contract by Carillion:
“Information about Harrow’s Libraries
Harrow libraries are open and it is business as usual, following the announcements by Carillion.
We are engaging Carillion, working alongside our neighbouring local authorities, and we are confident we will ensure continuity in Harrow’s library services for staff and residents.
The refurbishment of Kenton Library is unaffected and the library is still on schedule to re-open on Thursday 1 March 2018.”
Pinner Wood School pupils and staff will be re-turning to their own site on Monday 8th January.
I have been informed that the reopening ceremony between 8am and 9am on Monday 8th January will be for children and parents of the school to mark its return. Sorry for any misunderstanding.
Below is hopefully the final communication from Harrow Council.
The pick-up points for the Harrow Times are changing. The distribution changes will be in effect from 4 January 2018.
In the Pinner area you will be able to get a free paper copy of the Harrow Tines newspaper only at Pinner Library.
The two other relatively local pick up points will be at Wyevale Garden Centre, Headstone Lane, and at the Bannister Sports Centre.
Other pick up points within Harrow Borough are listed here: Pick Up Points
For more information email: [email protected]
Get your dancing shoes on and join Harrow Borough on 1 January 2018 for the London New Year’s Day Parade.
Harrow’s going all out this year and their Moulin Rouge float is going to be the biggest showstopper, guaranteed to blow your mind and get everyone in the party mood!
That’s right they’re bringing the beloved Parisian cabaret into the heart of London this New Year and with the theme of ‘Showtime’, be prepared to be dazzled! Handcrafted by volunteers from Wiseworks and Nower Hill High School, there’s no way you’ll miss Harrow’s Moulin Rouge inspired float. It features the iconic red windmill at an impressive 6 metres high, flashing lights and dancers all dressed up in the fiery theme!
Volunteers from Wiseworks and Nower Hill High School have spent the last three months designing and building the float and are now adding the final touches to what promises to be a showstopper! They will also be taking part in the parade and will be accompanied by Beverley School of Dance, the Kodak Football Club, and Cllrs John Hinkley and Jean Lammiman who have worked so hard in preparing and organising this year’s entry.
The London New Year’s Day Parade is a free event expected to feature more than 10,000 performers. It begins midday on Monday 1 January in Piccadilly and ends around 3.30pm at Parliament Street.
You can support Harrow’s entry by donating to the Mayor’s chosen charities Harrow Women Centre and Harrow Law Centre – for more information email The Mayor’s Office [email protected].
To find out more about the New Year’s Day Parade, the route and other things going on visit www.lnydp.com.
A planning application to redevelop the Waxwell Lane Car Park was published on 22nd December, just before the Christmas break. The proposal is for: “Redevelopment of Car Park to Provide 20 Three Storey Dwellinghouses (Use Class C3) (14 X 3 Bedroom Houses & 6 X 4 Bedroom Houses), Associated Car & Cycle Parking Refuse Storage, Landscaping & Replacement Boundary Treatment”. The plans show that there would be 20 parking spaces provided for the residents of the new houses, but there would be no public parking on the site.
The Pinner Ward councillors knew that this application was likely to be submitted very near to the “festive season” and managed to gain a concession from the Harrow Council Planning Services department such that 32 days will be allowed for public comment rather than the usual 21 days, due to the holiday period. This means the deadline for comments to be received will be 21st January.
Like many who live and / or work in Pinner, the Pinner Association Committee members hold a wide range of views on the merit or otherwise of the proposed development of the Waxwell Lane Car Park. Therefore, there will be no comment submitted by the “Pinner Association Committee” to this application. However, we do urge all those interested in the future of Pinner to submit their own, informed, comments. There have been several public “consultations” held on the plans for the car park over the past two years, and a “Residents’ Reference Group” has given their views on aspects of the development to the architects. To have the most impact, any comments should be based on the plans submitted and be on relevant “planning” grounds.
The full details of the submitted planning application planning application are:
Address: Waxwell Lane Car Park Waxwell Lane Pinner
Ward: Pinner
Agent Details
Agent Name: Az Urban Studio Limited
Agent Address: 136-148 Tooley Street London SE1 2TU
Application Case Description
Application Number: P/5680/17
Applicant Name: London Borough Of Harrow
Application: PLANNING
Date Registered: 21/12/2017
Application Type: Local Authority Regulation 3
Case Officer GRAHAM MANSFIELD
Proposal Redevelopment Of Car Park To Provide 20 Three Storey Dwellinghouses (Use Class C3) (14 X 3 Bedroom Houses & 6 X 4 Bedroom Houses) Associated Car & Cycle Parking Refuse Storage Landscaping & Replacement Boundary Treatment
The full (and many and large) documents may be viewed, and on-line comments left, via this link to the Harrow Council Planning Search website:
and insert the reference number: P/5680/17 in the left-hand side search box.
Emailed comments may be sent to the Planning Officer via:
[email protected] and / or [email protected]
Nat West Bank have recently announced bank closures of which Pinner is one of them. Unfortunately Pinner isn’t the only local branch that will be closing. Below is the list of branches and their closure dates.
Below is the factsheet that Nat West has produced for Pinner Customers.
This year’s Pinner Panto organised by the “Pinner Panto Commitee” will certainly be one to remember. It was briefly interrupted by a car catching fire on Bridge Street – luckily no one was hurt and the police and fire brigade quickly bought the situation under control. Stewards were seen directing traffic to turn round using Station Approach to ease congestion as Bridge Street was closed to traffic.
The Mayor of Harrow started proceedings at 5pm by switching on the Christmas tree lights in the High Street and Bridge Street Pinner – the Pinner Association pays for all the festive lights in Pinner. MP Nick Hurd was also seen wandering around the Panto.
The Mayor, along with The Pearly King & Queen, judged the window dressing competition, which is sponsored by Northwood & Pinner Business Club. The winners were The Heath Robinson Museum, Robson Estate Agents & Andrew Pearce; four other shops got highly commended. It was wonderful to see new traders taking part.
The winners of the “Traders Fancy Dress Competition” that The Pinner Association sponsors saw Earth White, Dri & the trio of Lule Hair & Beauty, Eyesey & Osteria Modigliani (see photo) all win.
Visitors were regaled by different school choirs singing during the course of the evening.
It was great to see many different parts of the community volunteer as stewards including six formers from Hatch End High School. This event couldn’t happen without the army of volunteers and the hard work of the Panto Committee. Thank you everyone.