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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July 24, 2024 · 2:22 pm

Temporary road closures this summer

A set of road closures are planned  for works by Thames Water over the summer holiday period when traffic is reduced.

Casewick Road will be closed for 5 weeks either at its junction with St Julians Farm Road or the junction with Thornlaw Road between Thursday 25th July and Saturday 31st August 2024.  St Julians Farm Road, at its junction with Knights Hill, will be closed Wednesday  21st August to Sunday 25th August. Only one junction will be closed at a time to allow for short local diversions. See map above.

For any queries please speak to the contractors on site or phone Thames Water on 0800 316 9800 quoting project ref BB70048918

Thames Water‘s sewer replacement project will close Leigham Vale for 6 weeks between Friday 26th July and Tuesday 3rd September .  For the first few days Knollys Road at Leigham Court Rd will be closed too.  See our previous post 14/7/24

A 6 month water mains replacement project is starting in Palace Road on  Monday 29th July when the road outside the school will be closed.

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July 14, 2024 · 12:09 pm

Leigham Vale temporary road closure

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]

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July 14, 2024 · 12:04 pm

Helen Hayes MP

Helen Hayes was re-elected as MP for Dulwich & West Norwood on July 4th.

27,356 voters supported Helen – giving her 60.3% of the vote and putting Helen in the top 8 constituencies nationally for vote share. Her majority is 18,789 on a turnout of 57%.

See detailed election results for Dulwich & West Norwood  in this pdf.

Helen is a popular MP and was congratulated by many constituents at West Norwood Feast markets on Sunday 7th.

Constituents can meet Helen at her advice surgeries starting in September. For details please email : helen.hayes.mp@parliament.uk

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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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May 6, 2024 · 4:34 pm

May 2nd election results

Emma Nye and Marina Ahmad

Labour’s Sadiq Khan was re-elected as London Mayor on Thursday 2nd May 2024 and Labour’s Marina Ahmed was re-elected as our representative for Lambeth & Southwark on the London Assembly.

On the same day Emma Nye, the Labour candidate,   was elected in a by-election in Knights Hill ward.  She gained 2,677 votes.  For full details of the results see: https://moderngov.lambeth.gov.uk/mgElectionAreaResults.aspx?ID=230&RPID=76214078

The London wide turnout for this election on 2/5/24 was 40.5%.

Details of the full London election results are at:  https://www.londonelects.org.uk/im-voter/election-results/results-2024-0

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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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February 1, 2024 · 10:13 am

Streatham Wells LTN

Valley Rd -Leigham Ct Rd junction

The neighbourhood of Streatham Wells has been transformed by stopping up Valley Road as a through road and closing off other through routes.

This new Low Traffic Neighbourhood ( LTN) lies between Leigham Court Road, Streatham Common and Streatham High Road. The LTN started  on 13th October 2023 . Unfortunately there was a series of signficant utility road works at the same time & these created a lot of extra traffic congestion. The A23 is nearly always congested between Pendennis Road and Streatham Common where the road narrows through the heart of old Streatham. The council is discussing improvement options with Transport for London.

The LTN scheme is still at an experimental stage. Details can be seen on CommonPlace:  https://streathamwells.commonplace.is/news

A 6 month statutory consultation started at the same time as the LTN and is published here:  https://www.thegazette.co.uk/notice/4463437 .  Any comments on the statutory consultation can be submitted before 23 April 2024 direct to RWilliams@lambeth.gov.uk

The LTN is a result of the Lambeth Climate Action Plan based on recommendations drawn up by a Lambeth Citizens Assembly in 2021.  LTNs are expected to lead to a change in drivers behaviour over time and help reduce traffic in Lambeth by 27%.

See our earlier post:

23/11/22

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January 10, 2024 · 8:46 am

Have your say on the future of private renting in Lambeth

The council wants to improve private rented homes in the parts of Lambeth with the highest levels of renting and where many are in poor condition.

Lambeth already licences privately rented Homes in Multiple Occupation (HMO) with 3 or more tenants sharing a kitchen/bathroom. The council is now proposing a new scheme to register ALL privately rented homes and wants to hear the views of both Landlords and Tenants. There is an online survey and details of the scheme here:

https://www.lambeth.gov.uk/consultations/have-your-say-licensing-privately-rented-properties-lambeth. The deadline for responses is Thursday 14th March.

There are two online events to discuss the proposed scheme on 17th January or 21st February at 6.30pm. To take part please book online. Use the links at the bottom of the above linked web page.

34% of households in Lambeth live in the private rented sector and one in five private rented homes are estimated to be in poor condition. The new scheme proposes to pilot the licensing in a few areas with high levels of privately rented homes where many are in poor condition.

In the Norwood area Knights Hill ward would be a pilot area starting late in 2024 for the new scheme.  Landlords will need to pay a fee of £923 and apply for a licence for each privately rented property they own in the pilot area. The fee lasts for 5 years.  Landlords will have to meet certain conditions.  The proposed list of mandatory & discretionary conditions is here:[pdf]  https://www.lambeth.gov.uk/sites/default/files/2023-12/Appendix%202%20Proposed%20Selective%20Licence%20Conditions.pdf

To get a paper copy of the survey please contact the Private Sector Enforcement and Regulations Service at Lambeth Council,  PO Box 80771, SW2 9QQ;  email:  PRSlicensing@lambeth.gov.uk  or phone: 020 7926 8591 .

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January 8, 2024 · 12:26 am

Latest plan for West Norwood town centre

Following the many community comments & discussions two years ago, the council has reworked its policy plans to upgrade West Norwood’s town centre and Knollys Goods Yard.

Site 18 , land identified for potential re-development in West Norwood town centre, is now much smaller in the latest policy plan. See map pictured below.

The new Site 18  now leaves out the existing social housing on Lansdowne Hill & York Hill and also the new housing.  The number of new homes in the policy plan is reduced to between 150 and 170 with 52 to 85 at affordable rent. A tall building up to 31 metres high would be considered in Site 18  if it was surrounded by more public open space. For details see the Site 18 description  here.

The policy plan for site 19 in Knollys Road will not go ahead.

Details of all 13 sites in Lambeth with  a policy plan can be seen here.

These new versions of the policy plans will be agreed by senior councillors on January 15th for the next round of consultation. See https://moderngov.lambeth.gov.uk/ieListDocuments.aspx?CId=225&MId=16363&Ver=4

The next round of consultation is limited to the ”soundness” of the policy plan. Soundness is defined by government as a plan that is positively prepared, justified, achievable and in line with national policy.  Information on the procedure to comment on soundness will be available soon.

See our previous posts

5/4/22

12/2/22

26/1/22

10/1/22

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