Friends of Green Street Green

21/08/2026

FLY-TIPPING ESCALATES AT GREEN STREET GREEN GROT SPOT

Shire Lane, between Sevenoaks Road and the Salt Depot, straddles two wards - Chelsfield and Farnborough & Crofton - and is one of the local grot spots and fly-tipping hotspot.

So far this month, in addition to litter-picking over 500 drinks bottles/cans and take-away/cigarette/vape packaging mostly tossed out of vehicles into our local green spaces and verges, we have reported two record fly-tips (pictured) in Shire Lane - a quantity of building materials, and 52 large Fastgas nitrous oxide canisters.

Since the local elections in May, we have been finding more nitrous oxide canisters per week on average than before the ban in November 2023 - https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/nitrous-oxide-ban/nitrous-oxide-ban-guidance).

As Andy Burnham has said "sites like this tell people their community has been forgotten" - https://www.facebook.com/reel/1400342032203781

As ever, thanks to Veolia for clearing fly-tips after we reported via (https://www.fixmystreet.com):
🚯 19/08/26 - https://fix.bromley.gov.uk/report/9973730
🚯 14/08/26 - https://fix.bromley.gov.uk/report/9950307
🚯 13/08/26 - https://fix.bromley.gov.uk/report/9945034
🚯 13/08/26 - https://fix.bromley.gov.uk/report/9945012
🚯 11/08/26 - https://fix.bromley.gov.uk/report/9934574
🚯 08/08/26 - https://fix.bromley.gov.uk/report/9919600

14/08/2026

GOVERNMENT ISSUES WILDFIRE ALERT

31/07/2026

NITROUS OXIDE: IT'S NO LAUGHING MATTER
We regularly pick up nitrous oxide canisters on our in and around Green Street Green - 2,718 since the local elections in 2022.

Local residents often ask about the canisters, so we are sharing Chislehurst Matters excellent explainer below, with advice on how to dispose of nitrous oxide canisters.

📣Advice re disposal of nitrous oxide canisters and what happens to them. 📣

Although nitrous oxide (NOX) cannisters are now illegal to possess (without a valid legitimate reason), we sadly still see them littering our streets and open spaces within the Borough.

There are the smaller, silver bullet type (approx. 3 inches), now less common, and the larger size hairspray can type (approx. 12 inches); both are shown in the photos below.

The larger canisters can contain up to 600g of gas and can be pressurised to over 435 psi.

❌ Neither type should be placed in your green box, as the Council can’t collect them with a dustcart as this mechanically compacts materials in the rear hopper and creates a risk of combustion, and is also against safe working practices.

➡️ Instead please report them as fly-tipping or litter through Fix My Street and the Veolia street cleansing teams will remove them. They do this by using a cage vehicle that has no compaction and is therefore safe.

Residents can also call the CSC on 0300 303 8658 and report any cannisters seen discarded on the public highway.

The street sweeping teams will also pro-actively collect any they see when undertaking schedule street cleaning, again as these vehicles have no compaction element

If street friends find them, please separate them from other litter and place them in a purple sack, and the Veolia street cleansing teams will remove and dispose of them safely.

When disposing of this waste it must be treated as hazardous until they are permanently depressurised. This is why the Council does not accept them at the re-use and recycling sites or via the household kerbside collections.

♻️The cannisters that are collected are sent for processing where they are depressurised, and the metal recycled - more here:- https://www.veolia.co.uk/press-releases/veolia-starts-uks-first-safe-treatment-nitrous-oxide-canisters

28/07/2026

GREEN STREET GREEN RECYCLING BANK OUT OF SERVICE
Many thanks to Chislehurst Matters for sharing the reason recycling banks are being taking out of service. As well as the one shown in Chislehurst, one of the cans and plastics recycling banks at the recycling site in Pinewood Drive, Green Street Green, has also been taken out of service.

28/07/2026

Bromley Council
PARKS & OPEN SPACES SURVEY 2026

about the state of our borough's parks and open spaces in Bromley Council's annual survey, here: https://www.bromley.gov.uk/parks-open-spaces/park-user-satisfaction-survey

Parks and open spaces are a non-statutory responsibility of the council, which means that despite their importance to our health and wellbeing, funding their upkeep and improvement is increasingly challenging for the council and its delivery partners.

Our borough is fortunate to have over 50 Friends groups (https://www.bromleyfriendsforum.org/friends.html) whose volunteers play a vital role in the care and improvement of our parks and green spaces.

22/07/2026

Bromley Council Consultation
BROMLEY DOG CONTROL PUBLIC SPACE PROTECTION ORDER
on proposals for updating the existing Public Space Protection Order (PSPO) for dog controls, in support of responsible dog ownership, by completing the online questionnaire published here: https://www.bromley.gov.uk/news/article/1003/proposals-to-renew-dog-control-order

The four-week consultation period officially closes on Monday 27 July and residents, including parks visitors and others are being encouraged to respond to the online questionnaire designed to provide an endorsement of proposals, with little opportunity for residents to add comments or suggestions.

If you would like to make further comments and suggestions, we suggest contacting the relevant Portfolio Holder (former Chelsfield Ward Councillor and now Farnborough & Crofton Ward Councillor) Angela Page via email to [email protected] and copy in your local ward councillors.

Information about the existing Dog Control Order can be found on the Bromley Council website, here: https://www.bromley.gov.uk/DogControl

An introductory video featuring Cllr Angela Page was published two years ago, here: https://youtu.be/YnVyRve3b-4?si=18ESlymXfZhb8k0T

One week remaining to have your say in the Dog Control Order consultation.

Share your views on proposals to renew Bromley’s Dog Control Order, including a proposal to prohibit dogs from entering cemeteries.

🗓 Consultation closes 27 July.

Find out more:
👉 bromley.gov.uk/Consultation

12/06/2026

CLEANING UP GREEN STREET GREEN
Five local Street Friends, undeterred by the wet weather, litter-picked Green Street Green High Street, The Green and Crescent Way Open Space on Saturday 6th June, a few days after idverde had cut the grass and left a trail of shredded litter behind. We collect, count and put bottles and cans in the appropriate recycling bins opposite The Buff pub, and ask Veolia to collect the remainder on their daily litter-bin emptying round.

It was our 45th Community Clean Up and we collected:
▪️ 208 glass/plastic bottles and cans
▪️ 11 Fastgas nitrous oxide canisters
▪️ 3 purple sacks filled with litter and detritus

Since we started counting items we litter-pick in 2022 we have collected and recycled:
▪️ 26,664 glass/plastic bottles and cans
▪️ 3,521 small, medium and large nitrous oxide canisters
▪️ 721 single-use vapes (legal and illegal)
▪️ 521 purple sacks filled with litter and detritus

Sadly, there’s no sign of the casual littering epidemic subsiding, and despite the banning of nitrous oxide canisters in November 2024, and subsequent lull in their dumping locally in 2025, the numbers we (and others) are collecting has increased in 2026.

We represent a few of over a 1,000 Street Friends locally and across Bromley borough who regularly go litter-picking and, as John Read of Clean Up Britain said this week, “if it wasn’t for them, we would literally be living in a litter wasteland; it’s that bad” - https://www.facebook.com/reel/4473577399521187

Our 46th Community Clean Up will be on Saturday 11th July, meeting at 10.00 am by the Village Sign opposite the Waitrose store.

10/06/2026

Bromley Council
ENVIRONMENT & COMMUNITY SERVICES PORTFOLIO PLAN 2026/27
https://cds.bromley.gov.uk/documents/s50128586/Portfolio%20Plan%20Appendix%20Revised.pdf

Following the local elections and appointments of new portfolio holders for Environment and Transport, Highways & Road Safety, the first meeting of the Environment & Community Services Policy Development & Scrutiny Committee will be on Wednesday 17 June 2026, 7.00 pm, at the Civic Centre.

Included in the meeting agenda - https://cds.bromley.gov.uk/ieListDocuments.aspx?CId=127&MId=8300 - is the Portfolio Plan for 2026-27 (link above) and Performance Overview for Q4: Jan-Mar 2026 -https://cds.bromley.gov.uk/documents/s50128496/ECS%20PO%20Appendix.pdf

Notable mentions in the Performance overview include the "net loss of 466 street trees", and "exceptionally high numbers of KSI road casualties" in the earlier part of last year.

QUESTIONS FROM MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC
The agenda states that "Questions specifically seeking clarification of reports on the agenda should be received by the Democratic Services Team by 5pm on 11th June 2026." Members of the public may ask one question each up to a maximum of 50 words. If you choose to ask your question in person at the meeting, a supplementary question will be allowed. Otherwise a written response will be given. Email questions to the Committee Clerk: [email protected]

26/05/2026

Padel Xtra
PROPOSED PADEL COURTS
Westcombe Park Rugby Club, Goddington Lane, BR6 9SX

Planning Application 26/01242/FPA - https://planningaccess.bromley.gov.uk/pr/s/detail/a0lTv000003AzWjIAK?c__r=Arcus_BE_Public_Register - Formation of four covered padel courts and er****on of single storey clubhouse - consultation deadline 09/06/2026.