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Feliway diffusers can also help when you move him back in and try to keep him in. Not cheap but worked well when we resettled our two.

According to this, there are other forms of verification that you can supply if you don't want to give your NI number: http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2015/apr/16/do-i-need-my-national-insurance-number-to-register-to-vote

I've always thought it was clear from the road markings that you can't cross the unbroken white line to move into the left lane until close to the lights where it changes into a dashed line. That said, I've also found that cars who've gone up the left hand lane are generally pretty good about letting people in to turn into DKH/Sainsbo's. You do need to keep a close watch out for cyclists who are going straight on though.

Totally agree, front deliveries have to be better for residents - but I would expect restrictions that mean rush hour traffic (buses) aren't affected - there are already restrictions on early morning or late night deliveries so it wouldn't be too hard to amend these so that deliveries are the middle of the day. The question is if the Council (and I guess TFL) will agree to change the condition - they were clear back in 2012 that the development wouldn't be acceptable with deliveries on Lordship Lane. What would be unacceptable (IMO) is for M&S just ignore the current delivery restrictions which were formally agreed and do what the heck they want because the store is open now and it's easier all round. If the developer and M&S wanted deliveries at the front they should have fought for it as part of the planning rather than spending months convincing everyone that deliveries at the back of the store work.

@rahrahrah - based on comments from residents of Chesterfield Grove at the time, it didn't always work with Iceland, lorries occasionally got stuck and hit cars. The concern in 2012/2014 was that M&S wanted to up the number of deliveries to up to 6 a day so there were lots more opportunities for deliveries to go wrong. The other thing is (again from recollection) that the layout of the back car park has changed so the way that deliveries turn into the delivery area has to be different from what Iceland was doing - and it was this new layout that residents said didn't work based on their own traffic mapping report.

It must be incredibly frustrating for immediate residents. They said that the delivery arrangements didn't work, provided a lot of detailed analysis as to why, and ultimately their views were overcome by a whizz bang consultants presentation which has been ignored by the developer once they got permission. As I understand James Barber's recent post, Southwark are seeking enforce the original delivery arrangements at the back of the store - but if these really don't work in terms of size/access, the real losers will be the residents of Chesterfield Grove who will get their cars clipped and the road blocked by deliveries. And if Southwark don't enforce, then the developer gets away with it again, and those of us who regularly take buses down LL will be held up by M&S deliveries. Either way, it's us who lose out. I wasn't/aren't pro or anti M&S but I am massively frustrated that this entirely foreseen issue just wasn't dealt with properly at the time by the planning process. *end rant*

Either I'm getting better at searching for this stuff or I have managed to mindmeld with the Southwark Council website (a scary thought). The approved delivery arrangements can be found here: http://planbuild.southwark.gov.uk/documents/?casereference=15/AP/2896&system=DC The arrangements that were proposed and approved can be found at Appendix C of the Transport Statement. It's all about Chesterfield Grove deliveries, nothing about deliveries on LL. In particular it says Edited to add, finally, that M&S were clearly involved/aware at some level of the delivery arrangements because their delivery info and code of conduct for deliveries formed part of the application pack and approval was subject to that being complied with.

It's an absolute b***er to find any of the original docs as Southwark has moved to a new planning site, but I think I've found the right ones but they are too big to attach. The relevant bit of the permission says: From reading the officer's report, it appears that the permission was done of the basis of deliveries to the back of the store, "using transit vans and 10.2m articulated lorries, which are the same size as those currently used by Iceland and up to 6 deliveries per day are anticipated". I'm now starting the Kafkaesque process of trying to see if what was approved by Southwark in accordance with the permission is also publicly available.

The planning application was made on the basis that deliveries would be the back of the building, where the car park was, accessed via Chesterfield Grove. Several residents pointed out that this was unlikely to work because of the changes to the layout of the car park, the size of lorries etc, including an amazingly professional traffic analysis by someone. The developer (and I think M&S was involved) convinced the Council that deliveries could be made to the back of the site, including by using smaller lorries and more frequent deliveries and this was incorporated into the planning permission I believe. So yes, it's good for the residents of Chesterfield Grove who have been proved right and are not getting large deliveries in large lorries which scratch up cars or block the road. But the point is that permission wouldn't necessarily have been granted on the basis of deliveries at the front of the store, not least because TFL would have to have been involved because it's a bus route. It can't be right that a development gets permission on a particular basis (deliveries at back) and then turns round and says "oops, doesn't work after all" when they have vociferously argued that it does in order to get the permission in the first place. It makes (even more) of a mockery of the process.

From this morning's Times re changes to the compensation regime. I guess we'll need to see what the actual rules are but this sounds promising:

The role of a company secretary is normally administrative - making sure all company filings are made, directors properly appointed, meetings held etc. So it's not that surprising to me that the company who is managing the property day to day is also the secretary. I can understand your concern that they may not pass your complaint on to the directors of the company though. It's the directors of the company you need to engage with - which it sounds like you are doing - if one of the directors is unhappy, presumably he can contact his fellow directors to discuss and deal with your complaint as well as get you a copy of the contract between the Ltd Co and the Management Company? It's the directors that hold the power in the company and have duties to the shareholders (i.e. you as a freeholder) so I would be pushing them for action.

James Barber Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Sadly DB&B the saga continues. It appears that the > 3rd floor flats have been built higher than the > approved plan. I can;t believe that's an error > from professional builders. The electric > substation condition about noise hasn't been met > and so it and the development dep. on its power > are operating illegally disturbing nearby > residents with humming noises. > > So at public expense these will now be > investigated and eventually after the developer > slowly drags feet having caused this expensive > resolved. Depressing news but totally predicable given how this developer has chosen to go about the process - as shown on numerous previous occasions. Here's hoping that Southwark Planning Enforcement will have the desire and resources necessary to sort this, rather than backing down when threatened with costs. Thanks for the update.

BarefootTennis Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- Wondering if my hot water tank has no pressure. It depends on your set up. We have a combi boiler and when the water pressure drops it's necessary to top up the pressure in the hot water system before hot water will come out, using the filling loop. Decent general instructions on how to do this here (except my filling loop isn't copper - it looks like this - http://www.screwfix.com/p/combi-straight-filling-loop/46605?kpid=46605&cm_mmc) http://www.baxi.co.uk/information-and-advice/heating-advice/water-pressure-hints-and-tips.htm

Judging from the banging pipes, we got our water back around 5am. We have good hot and cold pressure, but I did need to top up the pressure in the hot water system first.

After 6 hours without water, Thames are supposed to make supplies available - bottles, standpipes etc. After making that point on the phone just now I was put through to a supervisor who said she had no idea when the water would be fully back on as they still didn't have a repair crew available on site and that they didn't have the ability to put alternative supplies in place on a Bank Holiday which is why none have been offered. So full marks for honesty but makes me wonder what on earth all the other people at TW we've been speaking to thought was going on all day.

So, the latest update (after spending 45 mins on hold to TW). The rerouting has been done but the number of people/flats/houses is too large for pressure to build back up. So the current plan is to deliver "a large number of tankers of water to the reservoir" to build pressure back up and restore some kind of service tonight. Only after that will they engineers return to site and fix the leak and restore full service. "Maybe tonight, maybe tomorrow". At this point I have no idea if this makes any sense or if it's even the truth, as the story went from "we have engineers on site" to (when I said no they aren't) to "we have engineers at the reservoir" in less than 10 seconds.

And we have a trickle of water back on in the ground floor taps. Not enough pressure for upstairs but it's a start! Underhill/Melford.

Just got a similar update from TW, they are trying to reroute and inject water into the system, both so they can get the water on and repair the leak, but "it's not going quite to plan". Aim is still to get water back on by this afternoon.

Just driven past Thames Water people who appeared to be fitting stand pipes at the junctions of Overhill and Melford with Lordship Lane. If that's what they are doing, suggests this may be a while to fix yet.

It's the same leak as yesterday, on London Road/Sydenham Hill nr the Horniman. The temporary repair they did yesterday has failed so they need to do a further fix (according to Thames Water).

lavender27 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > link above for really maria, why did they call it > "really maria" , who knows? I assumed it was a Sound of Music reference...

Here is the list of VW related cars tested/found to be vulnerable in the academic paper mentioned above, but it goes on to say that other makes/models may be similarly affected. Also some of the hack methods aren't particularly simple and require "eavesdropping" on a particular car's unlock frequency. There are other kinds of wireless key attack though - see this reported earlier this year which potentially affects a whole bunch of other cars - http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/2016/03/23/hackers-can-unlock-and-start-dozens-of-high-end-cars-through-the/

Normally this means your post contains a banned word, like "bump". Try re-wording the post and seeing if that helps. http://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/forum/read.php?12,1624435

A new low point today - waiting for a Sevenoaks train from Blackfriars - due in 1 minute - then changed status to "cancelled". But we could see it outside the station waiting to arrive. It pulled into the station, disgorged all passengers, shut doors and then left empty and out of service. The staff had no idea why (and took a lot of flak from everyone stranded there). Their best guess was that the driver wasn't able to continue with the route. No announcement as to the fact of the cancellation or why. It is an absolute joke.

a_m Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > What on earth is going to happen next week if the > 5 day strike goes ahead? Or in September when people are back at work and children are back at school? The Southern website still says that the revised timetable will be in place "until train crew availability returns to normal" - which doesn't sound like it will be any time soon.