Croydon Council is continuing its zero-tolerance approach to restore pride in Thornton Heath – by tackling antisocial behaviour caused by abandoned and rusty cars on a residential street.
As part of Croydon Council’s work to tackle roads blighted by unsightly, and unroadworthy vehicles, more cars and motorcycles have been removed from an address on the corner of Livingstone Road and Norbury Road, in Thornton Heath, after being left by a former tenant.
The work is an important part of making Croydon’s streets cleaner, safer and healthier to restore pride for residents – a priority for the Executive Mayor, Jason Perry.
The environmental enforcement team made the removals following resident complaints to the Council about the rusting, unsightly and potentially dangerous vehicles occupying parking spaces and making access to properties difficult for local residents.
Using powers available to it, the Council issued warnings, and then Community Protection Notices, before the vehicles were removed, to give the owner the chance to remove them.
After no action was taken, the Council removed the vehicles, which were in poor condition, unregistered, untaxed and had no MOTs. They have since been destroyed and the borough’s environmental enforcement team is looking to prosecute the person responsible and recover the costs of the enforcement.
The removal is part of ongoing work in the area focused on responding to resident reports of antisocial behaviour. Vehicles have previously been removed from the surrounding roads to Norbury Road, and also Parchmore Road in Thornton Heath, as well as Kilmartin Avenue, in Norbury.
“I, like many residents, have had enough of people behaving in antisocial and disrespectful ways that have a negative impact on our neighbourhoods.
“Having these unsightly and unroadworthy vehicles on your doorstep is depressing, makes it harder to park nearer homes, and can encourage other antisocial behaviours.
“We are listening to our residents who are reporting these issues to us and over the past year, we have removed a number of vehicles, and if residents continue to tell us it is a problem we will continue to tackle it.”
Jason Perry, Executive Mayor of Croydon
