Lorraine Dean

Councillor for Little Venice Ward

Lorraine has lived in Little Venice since 1983 and ran a family electronics business on Edgware Road for 17 years. She now works locally at the City of Westminster college as a teaching assistant to young disabled adults. Lorraine’s interests are education, social services and disability issues.

Lorraine is was first elected as a Councillor for Little Venice in May 2018. 

Contact Lorraine by email, via Westminster City Council on 020 7641 5377 or via the constituency office on 020 7289 9929.

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News

Expansion of electric vehicle charging bays in Little Venice

We know that the number of residents acquiring electric vehicles is increasing and, as your local Conservative councillors, we want to do all we can to support residents that make that choice. A number of residents have asked if we could provide resident parking bays for electric vehicles only.

Storms Eunice and Franklin clean up in Little Venice

Following heavy winds in our area due to Storms Eunice and Franklin, we liaised with council services to ensure that a number of fallen tree branches were removed. A lamppost also needed to be repaired on Clifton Road.

Deep cleaning at Warwick Avenue

Your Little Venice ward councillors arranged for a special Valentine’s Day deep clean around the micro recycling centre at Warwick Avenue station. The big black bin sites on Warwick Avenue, Clifton Gardens and St. Mary’s Terrace will also be deep cleaned. 

Utilities cabinet repainted in Little Venice

We arranged for the dirty, old Virgin utilities cabinet on Randolph Avenue, outside Melbourne Court to be painted. We are continuing to press BT and Virgin to remove, or at least paint, their cabinets around the ward as they make the area look very untidy.

Improved Public Realm and New Community Space at Parsons House

The development of 60 new flats at Parsons North (Venice Court), including 19 affordable units for local residents, is almost complete.   As part of the development, public realm improvements have been made in the area adjacent to the development and in front of Parsons House.

Say ‘No’ to Khan’s Plan for a High-Rise Westminster

Labour Mayor Sadiq Khan has called in the planning application for three new tower blocks on the former Paddington Green Police Station site. This application was rejected by Westminster City Council's planning committee in September, but the Mayor has the power to overturn this decision as he did

The chancellor’s measures are ‘putting bread on the table’

The following article, written by Westminster City Council Leader Rachael Robathan, originally published by themj.co.uk Up and down the town centres of the country, we felt the tectonic plates move on Saturday as, after four months of being cooped up, people finally got to go out. In Westminster,

New Pedestrian Refuge Installed

Your Little Venice councillors are delighted that a new pedestrian refuge has been installed at the junction of Randolph Avenue and Randolph Crescent. This is a major junction with significant pedestrian footfall.