Over the Easter weekend Greenwich is hosting the start of the Rendezvous 2017 Tall Ships Regatta.  

Residents facing north towards the ramp up to Westferry Circus are being disturbed by the 'ker-clunk' sound of heavy vehicles passing over the security blockers embedded in the ramp.  This is a recurring problem, and we had hoped that the recent road closure of the North Ramp would resolve this issue.

Residents are reminded that road closures for the London Marathon on Sunday 23rd April will mean that there will be no entry or exit to our car park between 8am - 7pm.  The marathon route includes Westferry Road and, therefore, the entrance to the Canary Riverside car park.  

The landline numbers for the security control room and the building concierges have changed.  The new numbers are;

Security: 020 7516 0103

We've updated the website to include a 'leaseholder resources' page (accessed via the Information tab) with links to sites containing useful information for leaseholders, all of which RACR regularly utilises.  

The Westferry North ramp (leading up into Canary Wharf, in front of the hotel) will be closed on Saturday night (1st) from 23.00 to 6.00 on Sunday, for repairs to the vehicle blockers.  

Following the lessees' Section 20C application to the FTT to prevent the landlord from recovering any of its legal costs associated with the Section 24 application from leaseholders via the service charge, the FTT has now issued its Decision.

The Tribunal's Order states that the Landlord may not recover any of their costs of the proceedings from the service charge budget, and that they must reimburse the service charge fund £320,826 accordingly.

Tower Hamlets Council has approved the planning application (PA/16/03395/A1) to convert the two floors on top of the Virgin Active gym (previously a restaurant - Battery/Ubon by Nobu) into two residential apartments.

HML Andertons have advised that due to an issue with BT regarding transferring the telephone accounts from CREM to HML Andertons neither the security nor concierge landlines are currently functioning.  

In the interim they advise residents to contact security either via the apartment's entryphone (press the 'dot' button, bottom left) or the mobile contact number: 07841 917359

The 39-storey Novotel hotel on Marsh Wall has now opened.  Of particular interest to Canary Riverside residents will be the top-floor restaurant, Bokan, which has 360-degree views to rival our own, and an outside terrace.  

Canary Wharf management has advised us that due to essential road works on the Westferry South Ramp the South Ramp will be closed this coming Saturday (25th) from 8am to midnight.  

A new exhibition opens at the Museum of London Docklands today.  Tunnel: the archaeology of Crossrail spans 8,000 years of London's history.  

The High Court has refused the landlord permission for a Judicial Review, and has confirmed that this decision is final: the landlord has now exhausted every possible appeal option in respect of the FTT's decision to appoint a manager under Section 24.  

We incorrectly reported in our earlier post that the matter would be determined on the 4th and 5th April. The FTT will consider the case management of the S20ZA application to replace the electricity meters on 2nd March, and set a date for an oral hearing or a written determination as appropriate.  

The London Fire Brigade attended a fire at the neighbouring Landmark development on Saturday evening, caused by cardboard boxes being stored too close to a spotlight in a shower cubicle.

Are you interested in the future of the Isle of Dogs?  On Wednesday 8th February, 7.30pm,  the Mayor of Tower Hamlets' Council, John Biggs, will be holding a public meeting to discuss development issues on the Isle of Dogs. 

The First Tier Tribunal (FTT) has said that it will consider the S20ZA application to renew electricity meters at Canary Riverside on 4th and 5th April 2017, when it will also be considering variations to the Management Order.  A report setting out further details on the S20ZA proposals will be made at the end of February.

Lessees will have received a letter from HML Andertons together with a service charge demand in relation to electricity charges for the period 1st October - 31st December.  RACR has produced a briefing note for its members that can be found here.