So, it seems TLERA continue to stall the SGM, and so the saga continues.

Despite a call for an SGM made earlier this week, we have still not heard of a date for the requested SGM, and today we have heard reports that Valerie Ward, vice-chair of TLERA has been knocking on residents' doors who are signatories to the request for the SGM, demanding to know why they "want to shut down TLERA".

Once again, some clarity required. The exact wording of the request for the SGM was as follows:


As is provided by the constitution of the Tewkesbury Lodge Estate Residents Association (TLERA), we the undersigned hereby request a Special General Meeting of the Residents Association.

We request that all members are invited, to include the personal invitation of Mr Philip Lee and Mrs Emma Lee of 5 Liphook Crescent, London.

The purpose of this meeting is:

1. To enable Philip and Emma Lee to answer questions and respond to statements/allegations raised in the recent TLERA newsletter 'Piplings Nursery - the facts'.

2. To clarify the involvement of TLERA road and committee representatives in the ongoing action against the family at 5 Liphook Crescent.

3. To discuss the implications of the legal enforcement of a Restrictive Covenant on other existing and future local businesses in the Estate.

4. To seek the opinions of those attending on their support and acceptance of Piplings Nursery as an integral part of the Tewkesbury Lodge Estate community.

5. Finally, a vote of confidence in the current committee members of the Tewkesbury Lodge Estate Residents Association

As you can see, this is not a meeting to request the 'winding up' of the association (and this has to be specifically requested so cannot be discussed at the meeting), but simply a request to get all interested parties in one room to see how things have got this far.

It seems that with Valerie's action, and the stalling in calling an SGM, that at every step TLERA appear more and more involved than they ever should have been in this issue between two neighbours.