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Latest Sewer News!
Householders will no longer bear responsibility for private sewers according to an announcement by DEFRA yesterday.
Private sewers and lateral drains which are currently the responsibility of the owners of the properties they serve are to be transferred into the ownership of the nine statutory water and sewerage companies (WaSCs) in England.
The move will release householders from a liability most don't even realise they have until something goes wrong and they face a bill for fixing the problem. It's estimated that up to 50% of properties connect to private sewers in some form or another and that most other properties connect to a public sewer by means of a lateral drain.
The costs of transfer will be met by an increase in the sewerage element of bills for the generality of customers.
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Shared Drains In Garden Village
A problem came to light recently concerning the ownership of responsibility for the maintenance of shared drains in Garden Village. The problem is currently the subject of discussions between Newcastle City Council and Northumbrian Water.
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Tree Felling
Newcastle City Council plans to fell a number of mature trees on the Grange estate, to combat an outbreak of Ganoderma, (heartrot) fungus. A meeting has been arranged at Grange First School, this Thursday, 6th January 7pm, between the council and Gosforth residents to discuss the replacement of felled trees in Gosforth and throughout the City.
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GGVA Subs Due
Annual Subscriptions to Gosforth Garden Village Association become due this week and will be collected door to door by the Committee when they call for the May Fayre collection next week (Tues, Wed, Thurs evenings). [See May Fayre details in the Local Events Section of the website]..read more
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COMMUNITY CENTRE FUNDING NEEDS MAJOR RETHINK
It was announced at the Gosforth Garden Village AGM last night that our applications to the Community Fund, the Northern Rock Foundation and the Community Foundation for grants towards the building of a new £200,000 community centre on the site of the current pavilion in Rosewood Avenue, have all been rejected.
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