Developers propose to demolish the former Bainbridge Artists Studios, off Lansdowne Hill, and at the back of 358 &360 Norwood Rd SE27 9AA. Two 3 storey town houses are proposed with front gardens and private courtyards & gardens at the back.
To see details of the plans and comment please go to the Lambeth Planning portal and quote planning ref 25/02771.
Filed under Arts, Housing, Local Business, Planning, Planning Applications
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
Filed under Employment, Jobs, Lambeth Council, Local Business, Planning, Planning Applications, West Norwood
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.
Filed under Environment, Health, Labour Councillors, Lambeth Council, Local Business, Parking, Planning, Schools, Shopping, Traffic, West Norwood
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/
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
Filed under Environment, Lambeth Council, Local Business, Parking, Planning, Shopping, Traffic, Transport
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.
Filed under Labour Councillors, Lambeth Council, Local Business, Parking, Planning, Shopping, Traffic, West Norwood
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:
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
Filed under Arts, Charity, Churches, Community / voluntary, Lambeth Council, Leisure, Local Business, Parks, West Norwood
Thames Water plan sewer replacement works during the school summer holidays between Thursday 25 July 2024 and Tuesday 3 September 2024. The works means Leigham Vale will be closed to traffic near its junction with Knollys Road for 6 weeks. Traffic diversions will follow the 315 bus route between Leigham Court Road and Norwood Road.
Knollys Road will be closed at the same junction between Friday 26th July and Monday 29th July for Thames Water to fix a leak.
For any queries please speak to the contractors on site. Or telephone Thames Water at 0800 316 9800 , select option one and quote reference BB409776
Here is a copy of the letter Thames Water sent to homes across the neighbourhood [pdf or word]
Filed under Environment, Local Business, Traffic, Transport, West Norwood
Sunday 2nd April 10am to 4pm is the return of West Norwood Feast Festival for 2023.
Music, food, shopping, meet up with friends – something for everyone.
Pictured is Helen Hayes MP & Cllr Ibtisam Adem at 2022 April Feast.
Check out all 4 sites where Feast activities are taking place:
Feast Festival is run by local volunteers on first Sunday of each month from April to December.
For more details see: https://westnorwoodfeast.com/
And follow
twitter @WN_FEAST
facebook https://www.facebook.com/wnfeast/
instagram https://www.instagram.com/wn_feast/
The local West Norwood community objected strongly to 3 tall towers 12-20 storeys high in Knollys Goods Yard ( site 19) pictured right when the council proposed new development policy plans for 14 sites across Lambeth. Last week Cllr Danny Adilypour decided to drop Knollys Goods Yard from the next stages of the formal policy process.
Cllr Adilypour’s letter to the local community can be read here.
Danny Adilypour visiting Waylett Place in Site 18
Hundreds of local people and businesses also objected to the demolition of the heart of West Norwood’s town centre ( Site 18) and its replacement with 12 storey tower. In his letter Cllr Adilypour says he has asked for the Site 18 boundaries to be redrawn and to exclude housing at the Lansdowne Hill and York Hill ends of the site .
Cllr Adilypour took on responsibility for regeneration and town planning in May 2022. Since then he has been listening to the West Norwood community who want improvements and more new homes but not tall towers. The next consultation stage of the development policy plans will be published in summer 2023.
The council has delayed plans to 2024 to improve buildings on Norwood High Street -from St Luke’s church to Gipsy Road.
See our previous posts:
West Norwood’s main shopping street will be closed to traffic at night-time 9pm to 6am from Monday 9th January to Saturday 21st January. Norwood Road between Chestnut Road and Avenue Park Road is being resurfaced over 10 working days. Everyone is requested not to park in Norwood Road during the works.
There are no works or road closures on Saturday or Sunday nights.
Buses & through traffic using Norwood Road will be diverted, mainly along Leigham Court Rd and the South Circular road. Best places to catch a night-time bus will be near West Norwood Bus Garage or Tulse Hill one way system. Other local vehicles can use some of the side streets. See details of diversions here [Word file] or here [pdf]
If you have any queries about (for example about noise, parking, access or delivery) about the night-time road closures please email HIPresurfacing@lambeth.gov.uk or contact Ringway Jacobs, the contractor, on 0845 646 0059.
Filed under Local Business, Parking, Shopping, Traffic, Transport, West Norwood
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