Satisfaction with life on Millmead

More than 100 council homes in Millmead have been inspected, as part of the latest Operation Clean Sweep.

The operation, led by Thanet District Council, also brought in officers from Kent Police and the UK Border Agency.

The latest crackdown checked council homes for any damage and gave tenants the opportunity to raise any concerns that they had about their properties. Of the tenants that were spoken to, 81% said that they were satisfied with Millmead as a place to live.

The two day operation, held last week (Wednesday 13 and Thursday 14 January) identified a total of 20 repairs that need to be carried out to council homes.

A number of issues were also reported by residents, including more than 20 reports of anti-social behaviour, such as graffiti, drug dealing and youngsters playing football. Individual complaints about dumped rubbish in the car parking area to the rear of Biddenden Close and one complaint about bins not being emptied regularly enough will also be investigated.

Cllr. Zita Wiltshire, Cabinet Member for Community Services, said: “The results of the latest Operation Clean Sweep were really positive, particularly the fact that the vast majority of the tenants that our officers spoke to were satisfied with Millmead as a place to live. That reflects the enormous amount of work that both the council and the Thanet Community Safety Partnership have done there in recent months to tackle the problems that matter to residents there. We’ll now be working to deal with the issues that were reported to us during the operation.”