HNI Report - Retford Central 26/03/2026

Estates/areas: Central Retford.

Officers and Councillors in attendance: 

  • Tammie Wareham, Housing Officer
  • Valerie Billings, Housing Manager
  • Lynne Schuller, Councillor
Address/location Issue identified Action to be taken
Eagle Place  Street Sign down  Email to street naming team 
Eagle Place Garages Blocked gutters Email to repairs
Eagle Place / Armstrong road / Kirke Close / Bescoby Street /  Gomersall / St Swithin’s  A1 signage on block signs, internal signs and parking signs  VB to email relevant team 
Eagle place / Armstrong Road Bin storage 
  1. Email to P and D about additional storage for tenants due to communal storage.
  2. Letter to all tenants to clear communal areas – copied in Robert Higgins, estate team leader. 
Eagle place Cracks to plaster at the front entrance and back entrance Email to repairs 
Block 87 Strawberry Road  Wire fence over with sharp edging, wooden fence to front rotten, 2 x windows smashed and leaning, post box doors broken and unable to lock, door to the store cupboard outside the front has not handle or lock. Email to repairs
Armstrong Road Drain pipe to the front has come away Rear low kick place to door has come away and a hazard Balcony drain pipe come away to the rear Email to repairs
Armstrong Road Wires/cables hanging down connecting Email to repairs
Armstrong Road Rear door not locking off Front door vents bent  Email to repairs
Armstrong Road Vent to front bent and eyesore Email to repairs
St Swithens Green  Shutters to rear doors and windows Email to Property and Development and management about removing. 
St Swithens Green  Cables hanging from the roof, concrete post smashed and half down exposing wires inside. Email to repairs
St Swithens Green  Concrete post smashed with wire hanging out to the side of the first block Email to repairs
Grove Street Rear door smashed Email to repairs
Kirke Street

Rear door glass smashed, rear door rot to the bottom.

Email to repairs
Bescoby

Rear door glass smashed, rear door rot

Email to repairs
N/A

Bird mess from top floor all the way down the front of the building 

Email to repairs
Gomersall

Door rot to the bottom

Email to repairs
Gomersall

Windows blown

Email to Property and Development
Alleyway to the side of Collins walk

Overgrown leading to dead end and concrete all cracking and chipped

  • Email to Parks and Gardens to clear 
  • Email to Property and Development to look at the concrete. 
Kirke St / Bescoby / Grove street / Gomersall / Strawberry 

Untidy garden areas & Drying areas

Email to Park and Garden
Eagle place 

2 x sofas 

Caretakers requested to move
All communal blocks

Window cleaning to communal doors/ windows 

Email to Tenant Services Manager with confirmation these are on plan to be started mid year 2026.

Last Updated on Friday, May 22, 2026