Information Board

The use of postings on this information board has been superseded by the use of direct e.mails to residents and quarterly newsletters. Historical postings will however be left in place as a matter of record.

The Estate’s electrical contractors carry out a survey of the streetlighting columns in hours of darkness when the winter period is approaching. This survey identifies columns that are either not working, or not working effectively. The survey will be carried out around the end of this month, after the clocks have ‘gone back’, and any …

The Estate’s grounds maintenance contractor, Edges & Hedges, continues with its general duties, but for the next month or so will concentrate of clearing the leaves. There are over four hundred trees on Estate land and these, together with other trees that verge Estate land, shed over twenty tons of leaves annually. The leaf clearance …

The road frontage charge rate for year 2016/17 (1st October 2016 to 30th September 2017) has been set at £17.20 per yard frontage. This is an increase of 3%. Demands are now being issued and in the usual way there is a 5% discount for settlement by 31st October. The third Four Oaks Estate newsletter …

Four new drainage gulleys are currently being installed on Hartopp Road. These will be positioned on the odd number side of the road close to Four Oaks Road to improve the capture of storm water which has been eroding the verges and causing localised pooling at this point of the road and further ‘down the …

The Chairman announced at last year’s AGM that he intended to set up a strategic review to create a vision for the Estate and to safeguard and strengthen its long term future. The inaugural meeting was held on 9th March and was chaired by Sir Michael Lyons who is a resident of the Estate. The …

The Estate’s AGM will be held at 7.30pm on Wednesday 18th May at the Tennis Club. The ‘papers’ will be issued on 22nd April. There will be a free buffet from 7pm sponsored by Perkins Slade (the Estate’s insurance brokers) and Pennycuick Collins (the Estate’s managing agents). This will be a very important meeting and …

An exercise has just commenced to refresh the white road markings across the Estate. This will include the road markings at junctions and the sharks’ teeth on the speed bumps.

Re-surfacing of stretches of Hartopp Road (from Four Oaks Road to the Tennis Club), Bracebridge Road (between Luttrell Road and Ladywood Road) and Ladywood Road (between Bracebridge Road and the park) will be carried in week commencing 25th April. Traffic management signage will be erected, but some minor disruption should be expected. Following a competitive …

The Estate’s first newsletter was published on 18th March and has been very well received. The first one was posted to all residents, but in future will only be sent by e.mail. The newsletter will be published regularly to make sure residents are kept informed of everything going on around the Estate. A new tab …