Shortlands & Park Langley

London Assembly Member for Bexley and Bromley, Peter Fortune, has called on the Labour Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, to scrap plans for pay-per-mile road charging in Greater London. This follows Peter uncovering evidence of a ‘Project Detroit’- a TfL programme partly aimed at enabling forms of road charging based on distance.

Member of Parliament for the Beckenham constituency, Bob Stewart, has written to both the Managing Director of Southeastern Railways and the Secretary of State for Transport to call for the immediate reinstatement of the Cannon Street services from Hayes. This followed two emergency evacuations at London Bridge in January due to overcrowding.

At a meeting of Bromley Council’s Development Control Committee in January, Councillors voted to allow planning permission for a new Endoscopy Unit at the Princess Royal University (PRU) hospital.   The new unit will help to reduce wait times for local cancer patients, speed up diagnostic tim

Local Conservatives have criticised Labour’s record at City Hall after new figures revealed the Mayor of London has hiked Council Tax by 57% since he was elected in 2016, compared to Boris Johnsons record of cutting Council Tax during his term.

Tennis Courts across the borough are set to receive thousands of pounds worth of investment to restore the courts, improve security and enable online bookings. This is part of a £30 million nationwide investment in improving the nations tennis courts, jointly between the Department of Culture, Media, Sport & Digital and the Lawn Tennis Association.

On the 22nd November, Bromley Council’s Environment Committee voted to approve two-year trial to allow wildflowers to grow on grass verges at selected locations across the borough.

The Conservatives have accused Labour, Liberal Democrat and Green Assembly Members of giving the Mayor of London a blank cheque on the ULEZ Extension after they voted to amend the Mayor’s Transport Strategy, paving the way for the extension, before the results of the consultation has been published. Only the Conservative Group at City Hall voted against the move.

Shortlands & Park Langley Ward Councillors, Felicity Bainbridge and Aisha Cuthbert, have helped to secure a change of enforcement policy from Bromley Council with regards to the yellow box junction at Shortlands Junction.

Beckenham MP Bob Stewart has written to the Secretary of State for Transport to ask that the Transport for London (TfL) fares increases be calculated on the same model as the national rail fares.

Conservative Councillors in Beckenham visited Biggin Hill airport on the 5th July to hear about the investment and opportunities being created by the business across the borough.