Hello all Thanks a lot for all the posts on here over the past few days. On the two substantive issues raised: -- Tree felling on St Francis Park I have directly messaged northernexile, who raised this first, but for the sake of everyone else: this park falls into Champion Hill ward, and not Goose Green. The local councillors there are Peter John (
[email protected]) and Sarah King (
[email protected]). I have no doubt that they will be happy to look into this if you email them. I would not like to tread on their toes by acting on it myself. -- Bulky waste collection Thanks for raising this Cora. JohnL and rendelharris have already raised the important points about these charges have become common across London boroughs (with many charging a lot more), and about the political context of massive cuts to local authority funding from the Conservative-LibDem and Conservative governments since 2010. I won't dwell on this any further as I do not want to overly politicise the thread. Feel free to contact me by email if you want more information on the subject. My email address is
[email protected] I have looked up the second issue of not being able to alter your booking once you have made it. This seemed odd to me but when I looked it up I discovered that when you make your booking the crews and vehicles are allocated to your order, and that subsequently altering your order comes with a cost to the council. In the current financial climate this sadly cannot be absorbed. I hope that this is helpful for you Best wishes James