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I'd love to know where our local councillors stand on this? Any comment from those councillors who frequent the forum?

Well you don't have to, some if us choose to.

They are still doing bloods and long may they continue to do so. The hospital provides a vital local service, especially for the elderly and infirm. Results depend on lab tests necessary but the technician can normally tell you sort of time to expect.

If the planners had anything about them they should have seen that the combination of the new, much larger development and shop with more deliveries, plus the carwash, is a no no. You have to look at the impact of both because that is the reality. Instead the planners/ Southwark have doffed their caps to the developers and welcomed them in to create further chaos. Those councillors that sit on the planning committees should hang their heads in shame except I believe that those that pushed hard for CPZ knew all along how this would finish and have played both ends to the middle.

Ditto.

It is interesting and the parking wardens are regular visitors to the carwash premises, with smiles and bonhomie all round.

Re the forthcoming larger development of the Iceland site, it was interesting this morning to watch clientele for the carwash lined up on double yellows and their cars washed while the pavement was blocked by further cars waiting to get into the car wash. Don't see how the carwash will meet demand when the new development gets going. Additionally, with the ever present Southwark parking wardens always busying themselves around on their scooters just how is it that the carwash gets away with breaking parking rules over and over again? Would any councillors like to look into that? If the OP is indeed Councillor Smith, which is doubtful, I would say to him too late, the developers had their little long game all figured out and Councillors, including those that frequent this forum and sit on planning committees somehow did not figure out what the developers were up to...odd that. Still with the very likely increase in parking some councillors will be delighted when fraught residents looking for a solution look afresh at CPZ. Ah, the art of politics and the long game.

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Alice, not sure what you mean.

I also dislike age apartheid and think pursuits that encourage integration of all age groups is healthier for society. I would not want to be hived off into groups that only have elderly people. Equally teens should be encouraged to mix with older people and to value them.

Sounds to me like another way to catch people out. If details are not already on the open register it's probably because those people don't want them on there. Why should you have to opt out of something you have not agreed to in the first place? Can't people be asked to opt in instead? Janes, any comment?

I think the legislation you cite has been repealed. Any dog fouling us now covered by the Environment and Clean Neighbourhoods Act 2005. The Act covers various forms of environmental stuff, from graffiti to littering, there is a section on dog control orders and fouling comes within that. The police would not deal with this, it is a council matter.

What does that mean? Did the woman nit clear up after her dog?

Feel for you. It probably is the same dog and owner. Dogs are promoted to go by their own scent, so this is probably why it happens in the same place. i'd definitely try to monitor and see if you can catch the idiot who is leaving their dog's poo. As advised dashing out with a bag and asking the owner to collect might shame them into being more responsible in future. Btw, bleach won't remove smell as far as dog is concerned...rinsing area with surgical spirit will.

Wow, are these free courses available for adults too. Where are they and how does one get access?

What kind of response/guidance would you give alice if confronted with this kind of behaviour?

Melbourne groover, that is appalling. I too think the let's try to be positive with the poor, bored teenagers is sending them the message that they can behave as badly as they like and they have a right to do so.

First let me say that I completely support cycling in town...a good thing etc.. However, over the last few days I have had witnessed some hair-raising cycling as well as driving in town. We all know that some drivers are selfish and careless to the point of criminality, but I have seen cycling that really makes me nervous- the phrase 'death wish' springs to mind. Add to that the adult 20/30 something male who felt it his god given right to cycle on the path down Lordship Lane yesterday, clearly expecting pedestrians to part and make way for him. The path was full of people and children. I did not make way and he had to stop and unplug his earphones so that we could have a 'conversation' about his behaviour.

Goose, This was my point. Let's not forget that it is not only applicants and developers who know the game and how to play it, some councillors will also understand the 'game', especially perhaps those that sit on planning committees.

This is appalling. In conclusion, if you have the financial muscle you can do the wrong thing and get away with it. It is hard to believe that someone, somewhere in planning/council might not have forseen how this would go? It always felt that come hell or highwater this application was going to go through and that leaves one feeling that the will of the developers and large companies will always prevail despite the legitimate concerns of local residents. Part of me wonders if a very elaborate long game has been played out with local residents as the chumps, given the illusion they had a chance to change the application by the process of consultation, where in reality it was always only going to go one way. I really do think that CPZ will be back on the agenda soon.

Healey, again I can only point out that 6 deliveries a day, by 1.7 articulated lorries, on a narrow residential street,can hardly be described as occasional. However, the car wash also causes disruption and is a pain fir resudents close by. The current application plus the car wash could make life very miserable indeed.

davey, Not scaregmonering, a simple statement of fact. It hardly stacks up to say that just because the current parking situation is just about holding that this means you can keep increasing pressure on particular streets by over development. This particular space is too small for the changes proposed. If it is true that Waitrose would take the site on with its current footprint, without losing the parking space or developing out, then the current application just smacks of developer greed.

Note that aside from the obvious difficulty of getting to the offices to object there has also been no formal notice given to those living close by enabling them to make the relevant plans. A thread on this forum is not sufficent notice in my view. This really does look like a stich up. Mr Barber is noticeably quiet/absent on the whole issue. I wonder if he is on holiday, if so will he be absent for this very important meeting?

LM, As ever a balanced and fair reply from you. Please though, if you have not visited the site go and take a look and with any luck you may see a delivery taking place and see for yourself the issues. Also factor in the pressures created by the car wash on a busy day and the shortcomings of this application should be apparent. Again, where is James?

e-dealer, a fair point but lifts and escalators would not be so hard to install and would take up less space than the current proposals. As it is those who are disabled will not be any better served by the current application, is my understanding. Those 6 deliveries a day will cause sufficient disruption, I am sure, to make negotiating the path/road difficult enough.