Category Archives: Lambeth Council

September 19, 2025 · 8:48 am

Shurgard storage

Shurgard wants to build  a 2-storey storage centre on the empty site on Knights Hill SE27 0S at its corner with Chapel Road. This corner site is the just inside the West Norwood Key Industrial Business Area ( KIBA). A storage centre is considered an industrial use B8. To see the details and have a say about Shurgard’s plans please go to Lambeth’s Planning Portal  [https://www.lambeth.gov.uk/planning-building-control/planning-applications/search-submit-comment-applications] and quote the planning applications ref: 25/02646/FUL   The indicative deadline for comments is 3rd October 2025.

The decision on this application is likely to be taken by councillors on Lambeth’s Planning Applications Committee possibly in the next 2 months.

An earlier planning application for retail use on this site was turned down –  see our post 19/12/22

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September 11, 2025 · 1:56 pm

Julian’s temporary school

Entrance to Goldfinch School

Julian’s school at Leigham Court Rd SW16 2RB is moving to a temporary site in the former  Goldfinch school in Cunliffe St SW16 6DS, Furzedown, just off Mitcham Lane, following a serious fire.

The fire took place on Friday night of the August  bank holiday weekend and was attended by 19 fire engines and 70 firefighters. For details see:
https://www.london-fire.gov.uk/incidents/2025/august/fire-at-school-streatham/
and
https://love.lambeth.gov.uk/update-fire-at-julians-primary-school-streatham/

Julian’s staff team and teams from Lambeth council have worked tirelessly since the bank holiday to find a nearby school large enough to keep the 3-form-entry school together whilst their school building is repaired

Goldfinch, an academy primary school, closed in July 2025 due to falling numbers of pupils.. The site is returning to Wandsworth council but still has most of the facilities needed by a working school.

Bus stops on Mitcham Lane

Julian’s will run buses to take children from Leigham Court Road to the temporary school.. Alternative travel arrangements include the 333, 57 and 201 buses on Mitcham Lane. Goldfinch is not in a Wandsworth parking zone.

Julian’s is a foundation school, independent of its local council, and is working closely with Lambeth & Wandsworth councils to get the temporary site operational by Monday 22nd September. Parents should contact the school for further details.
https://www.juliansprimary.org.uk/

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April 28, 2025 · 2:59 pm

Permit parking in West Norwood town centre

The proposal

Lambeth council is consulting on a new controlled parking zone (CPZ) in West Norwood town centre. The proposed CPZ lies between Norwood Road, Auckland Hill, Thurlby Road and Knollys Road  (area outlined on the map) and is expected to be implemented by the end of 2025.

This informal stage consultation is asking for views and suggestions from local residents & organisations. It ends on Sunday 25th May.  For details of the proposed CPZ see here

Most parts of Lambeth are already in a CPZ. The West Norwood town centre CPZ is one of the last new parking zones in Lambeth. CPZs reduce commuter parking and remove abandoned & illegal vehicles from the road. Over time a CPZ encourages many people to use their cars less and make our air cleaner. Some London boroughs are already entirely within CPZs -for example Camden, Tower Hamlets. Kensington & Chelsea

Options to consider

A local CPZ needs to get the right balance. That is between reducing parking by commuters, taking up spaces in side streets all day to use the stations or buses for their onward journey, enabling short term parking by shoppers, workers in local organisations, visitors to homes, schools & care homes, and tradespeople carrying out work in homes.

Lambeth’s CPZs have variable operating or enforcement hours usually limited to Mondays to Fridays. These can be a two hour zone 10am to 12noon, as in many other Lambeth CPZs. This  is preferred by many local people over the longer hours of 10am to 4pm or 8.30am to 6.30pm.

Have your say

For residents and organisations inside the proposed West Norwood town centre CPZ please use the online survey. It has two “other boxes” to use for comments.  Alternatively please write to the email address:  CPZconsultation@lambeth.gov.uk saying its about the West Norwood town centre CPZ.

People not online can phone 020 7926 6799 for a paper copy of the survey & documents. You can also look at  paper copies of the documents in the  West Norwood Library SE27 9JU .

Cllr Rezina Chowdhury, the councillor leading on Clean Air, will take all the responses into account before deciding on the next steps.

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April 10, 2025 · 1:24 pm

A new parking zone starting in Streatham

 

A new parking zone is now operating on week days 10am to 4pm. This zone is between  Leigham Court Rd, Valley Road,  Oakdale Rd and Streatham High Road.

 

 

This new zone is called Streatham Wells or SW.

If you have not got a SW Residents Permit there are lots of Pay by Phone spaces. Set up your Pay by Phone account in advance  – it needs your email, a password, car registration  and credit card. Phone 020 7005 0005  or go online.  https://www.paybyphone.co.uk/

  • In Streatham (April 2025)  the CPZ zones are:
  • Streatham Hill West (G )- Mon to Fri 10am to 12noon
  • Streatham Hill East (M )- Mon to Fri 10am to 12noon
  • Streatham Wells (SW) -Mon to Fri 10am to 4pm
  • St Leonards North (I) – Mon to Fri  12noon to 2pm
  • St Leonards Central  (O)  – Mon to Fri  8.30am to 6.30pm
  • Stanthorpe Triangle  (U) – Mon to Fri 12noon to  2pm

When parking in Streatham on weekdays its best to always first check the local signs in the parking bay . Parking on red routes are managed by Transport for London  (TfL)

To see more details of existing Lambeth Parking schemes go to:

https://www.lambeth.gov.uk/parking/parking-restrictions/where-you-can-park

and for proposed Lambeth CPZs go to

https://haveyoursay.lambeth.gov.uk/en-GB/folders/parking-design

 

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January 17, 2025 · 12:57 pm

West Dulwich controlled parking hours

Lambeth council is consulting on a new controlled parking zone in West Dulwich (area outlined in blue on the map) .  The earlier August 2024 proposals were for controlled parking hours between 10am and 4pm on weekdays.

The new proposals, in response to concerns  from local people, have reduced the parking zone hours to between 12noon and 2pm weekdays. These changes are now out for statutory consultation ending on 9tH February 2025. This consultation is only on the changes to the scheme that went for statutory consultation last autumn.

See details of the new consultation here

To respond to consultation online use the  Appyway portal:

Open this link: https://consultation.appyway.com/Lambeth

  • Scroll down on left of screen under Active Consultations to “West Dulwich CPZ” heading and click
  • Click blue “Accept “ button on bottom of screen
  • At the bottom right of the screen click the a blue button  ”Respond to Consultation’”
  • Fill in your response and contact details
  • Click “Submit feedback” button

If you need a paper version of the consultation please call 020 7926 6799 and quote  West Dulwich CPZ.

For a summary of the overall parking scheme in August 2024 see our previous post here.

 

 

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August 31, 2024 · 5:33 pm

New flats at 2 Thornlaw Road

Developers have submitted plans to replace the Trinity Baptist Church SE27 0SA  on the corner of Thornlaw Road and Knights Hill, opposite the bus garage.

The plan is for 20 new homes  ( 5 x 1 bedroom, 11 x 2 bedrooms,  4 x 3 bedrooms). 7 homes for shared ownership make up the affordable housing. The proposed building is 4 storeys high plus a basement for community use and disabled parking.

To see the plans in detail and comment please go to the Lambeth Planning portal quoting ref 24/02054

The deadline for comments is 20th September  and any decision for approval will be made by councillors at the Lambeth Planning Committee.

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August 13, 2024 · 11:26 pm

A new CPZ for West Norwood

A new Controlled Parking Zone (CPZ) between Norwood Road, Lancaster Avenue, Rosendale Road and Robson Road is now out for statutory consultation. This CPZ will be the West Dulwich CPZ.

The proposed hours for controlled parking are 10am – 4pm Monday to Friday. The existing 30 min or 1 hour free parking bays in West Norwood town centre will be unchanged. Free bays (2 hours)  will be found near Chatsworth Baptist Church . There will be free parking bays and a loading bay  near the shops on Rosendale Road for 1 hour Mon-Sat 7am- 7pm.

See full details of the new West Dulwich CPZ.

Residents who buy a permit can park their vehicle in any resident bay in the same zone free of extra charges.   For details of residents vehicle permits here.

Most of the parking  bays will be shared between residents with permits and drivers paying-by-phone. The phone app used by Lambeth council to collect charges for pay-by-phone parking is Paybyphone.   Parking charges depend on your vehicle. See here for more details.

The statutory consultation deadline is Friday 20th September. To have your say please go online to take part in the consultation. Click the “accept” button and use the” submit feedback” button to make your comments. Or write to Parking and Enforcement Group (Resident Services), Lambeth council, PO Box 80771, SW2 9QQ quoting reference West Dulwich CPZ .

Cllr Rezina Chowdhury, the councillor leading on Clean Air, will take the final decision on the CPZ after the responses to the statutory consultation are considered.

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August 2, 2024 · 10:57 am

Summer of Food & Fun

Lambeth council is running a Holiday Activity and Food (HAF) Programme from Monday 29 July to Friday 30 August 2024.  It’s aimed at helping local families with children and young people aged 4 to 16 including SEND children.

 

 

 

 

 

Activities in the Norwood area:

  • AA2ndvoice CIC, Community Hall, Chatsworth Baptist Church
  • Allstars Activity CIC, Crown Lane Primary School
  • Ashdon Jazz Academy, The Old Library, 14-16 Knights Hill
  • BiG (Besty’s Inspirational Guidance) C.I.C, Rosendale Playing Fields
  • OurParks LTD, Julian’s Primary School. 226, Leigham Court Road
  • Parallel Youth Enterprise St Martin-in-the-Fields School, Tulse Hill
  • Rathbone Society, The Old Library, 14-16 Knights Hill
  • Rathbone Society, Central Hill Community Youth Hub
  • Upper Norwood Library Trust 39 Westow Hill

For more information and contact details of activities throughout Lambeth see:

https://www.lambeth.gov.uk/summer-activities-around-lambeth/summer-food-fun

See our previous post 13/7/22

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May 24, 2024 · 8:19 pm

Changes to our primary schools

Fenstanton primary school

Lambeth council wants to hear from children,  parents and the wider community about important changes to its primary schools.

London’s birth rate is dropping significantly and boroughs like Lambeth now have too many school places.

Across Lambeth there are over 500 spare places in reception classes (children aged 4 and 5 ) in September 2024. That is the equivalent of 18 full reception classes of 30 children.  Schools are funded by government on the number of children attending the school. So there will have to be changes to Lambeth’s primary schools to stop the schools getting into debt.

West Norwood schools are in the ‘south east’ area which has 114 spare reception places. A proposed change to the ‘south east’ area is the closure of Fenstanton school  SW2 3PW in 2026.

Lambeth’s schools team is consulting children,  parents and the wider community with a closing date of on Friday the 14th June. For details see:

https://www.lambeth.gov.uk/consultations/have-your-say-primary-school-places

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March 24, 2024 · 2:15 pm

The heart of West Norwood town centre

site 18 mapFollowing over a thousand objections from local people and businesses in 2022 Lambeth council has altered its policy plans to rebuild the heart of West Norwood’s town centre – known as Site 18.

The revised plan is now out for the next stage of consultation alongside policy plans for 12 other sites in the borough  known as  the Site Allocations Development Plan Document Proposed Submitted Version (SADPD PSV) – for details see here.

Site 18 is now a smaller area  ( see map) and proposes 150 to 170 new homes and new business spaces. The policy includes a block up to 9 storeys  (31m) high and a new open space. Full details of the Site 18  policy –are  here [pdf].

This stage of Planning Policy consultation is called Regulation 19 and comments must be under one or more of the four headings of “soundness”. The policy plan must 1) positively meets the area assessed needs;  2) be justified –based on evidence; 3) be effective – deliverable over the plan period and   4) be in line with national policy . The independent Planning Inspector will then look at all the comments, evidence and proposals in the SADPD PSV .

There is an online survey or  you can email comments to sadpd@lambeth.gov.uk . The deadline is 5pm Friday 3rd May 2024.

Knollys Goods Yard (Site 19) has been taken out of this Planning Policy process. Of course, all actual plans by developers will go through the usual planning application process and public consultation.

See our earlier posts:

5/4/22

26/1/22

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