After a busy few months we thought it would be useful if we compiled an update for residents of what the Residents Committee have been working on over recent months and what lies ahead for 2021. To that end please feel free to download our January 2021 newsletter published both here and on the community facebook group.
Click the image below to download the five page newsletter in pdf format:
Minutes from the meeting of the Residents Committee held on 21 August 2021 are now online and can be accessed here:
Minutes from previous meetings can be downloaded from the Meeting Minutes page
Minutes from the meeting of the Residents Committee held on 22 April 2021 are now online and can be accessed here:
Minutes from previous meetings can be downloaded from the Meeting Minutes page
Minutes from the meeting of the Residents Committee held on 12 November 2020 are now online and can be accessed from the Meeting Minutes page along with a copy of RMG’s Property Managers Report. Past minutes are also accessible from the same page.
Dear Residents
You may be aware of some commentary surrounding the Resident’s Association decision to cease, with immediate effect, the private service contract for litter bins in Dargavel Village. We were looking forward to telling you this news in our New Year report but RMG’s newsletter piece, of which we were not informed prior to its publication, leads us to issue this response.
The Resident’s Association recently met with representatives from Renfrewshire Council’s Streetscene department to undertake a review of litter bin provision in Dargavel Village and their overall effectiveness. We are delighted to announce that a new litter bin infrastructure plan is currently being rolled out across Dargavel Village with facilities placed where they are needed most. You may have already noticed the new bins by Sainsbury’s and at the bottom of Slateford Road. The council provided these bins and will service them moving forward.
This new plan is anticipated to save the residents of Dargavel Village approximately £9,000 per year on private contractor waste servicing and we hope that the new infrastructure plan will be completed by the end of January 2021. Like all good plans that have good intentions, the rollout has not gone as smoothly as we, or Renfrewshire Council, had anticipated. We have been in continuous dialogue with council representatives and appreciate the role they undertake in these difficult times and have every confidence in their team to deliver.
In the meantime, we respectfully ask that residents continue to pick up after dogs and dispose of waste, along with litter, in a bin where one is available. If no bin is available or is full, please take it home and dispose of it there.
We appreciate your patience whilst we work through these teething problems however, we believe that £9,000 per year can be better spent, or saved, by implementing a Renfrewshire Council-led litter bin strategy.
Minutes from the meeting of the Residents Committee held on 15 July 2020 are now online and can be accessed from the Meeting Minutes page along with a copy of RMG’s Property Managers Report.
Minutes from previous meetings can also be downloaded but please note that you must log in to be able to access this content.
The Residents Committee have received a communication from RMG to confirm that, following guidance from both the government and Renfrewshire Council, BAE Systems have taken the decision to close the two estate playparks within Dargavel to prevent the spread of the Coronavirus. As the playparks are not cleaned or disinfected in any way they represent a potential infection risk to the children using the playparks.
As a result the smaller playpark next to the playing fields opposite Taylor Wimpey H3 has been locked and the playpark on Birch Road next to the Persimmon/Charles Church H2 parcel has had heras fencing placed around it to prevent access.
Given current government guidance this is sensible and will help to ensure that the risk of infection to young children, their families and friends is minimised as far as possible.
Extract from recent BAE Systems update:
If you have any concerns or would like to speak to a member of the Programme Team about Dargavel Village, please call BAE’s freephone hotline on 0800 130 3302.
Further to the AGM process carried out by RMG in October, we’ve recently been advised that the second AGM meeting dates have now been finalised. These meetings will now be held on Wednesday 12th February 2020 at Mar Hall and will last approximately 30 minutes per parcel as follows:
5.30pm: H6 Cala
6:00pm: H2 Persimmon/Charles Church (North)
6:30pm: H3 Taylor Wimpey (North)
7:00pm: E4 & E4B Persimmon (South)
7:30pm: H5 Taylor Wimpey (South)
If you are able/unable to attend your parcel’s meeting, we ask that you please complete the attached
attendance/proxy form or the attached mandate form and send these to your property manager,
Rebekah Clark by email at or by phoning RMG’s contact centre at 0345 002 4499, or handing them over to a neighbour who is able to attend.
For your convenience a copy of the proxy form is available here: http://www.dargavel.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Attendance-Proxy-Form-2-pages.pdf
The Dargavel Residents Association would like to express our thanks and congratulations to all at BAE Systems and their contractor Morgan Sindall for delivering the new motorway junction three months ahead of schedule. It is a significant milestone in the overall Dargavel project and we’re sure it will be welcomed by the local community.
Read BAE System’s press briefing here