James Barber

Hi UncleBen, They're traffic count cameras. Usually record number plates (but not stored permanently) at several locations and then work out the routres traffic is flowing and the numbers involved. You'll also see a number of plain traffic counts with just a pair of rubber tubes across the roads e.g. Lordsihp Lane close to goose Green. Regards james. UncleBen Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Dear JB. I was wondering what the purpose of the 2 > cameras outsite Upton Ct on East Dulwich Grove > were for? They're facing towards what is left ot > the hospital.

Hi Cyclemonkey, How very odd. I'm really sorry you've been given the run around and such poor service. This isnt right. If you PM me or better email me ([email protected]) your home address and any ticket references I will try and get things resolved for you ASAP.

Hi Loz, Isn't that an over reaction. More unsinsured cars are being driven around, with many crashing, than all the cyclsits cycling around. The former cause far more damage. 13% of cars believed to be unisured - http://www.standard.co.uk/news/capital-tops-league-of-uninsured-drivers-6778723.html Hi susiq, 95% of roads in Southwark are provided and maintained by Southwark Council from Council Tax. So non car drivers who don't cycle pay as much as cars drivers or cyclists to maintain our roads. If you argue for cyclsits to pay a road tax then perhaps you should also be seeking a refund for those that don't drive or cycle.

46% of all the families 63/138 in Southwark who didn't get a one of their 6 preferences come from our area. This probably helps explain many of the posts here. The detail by political ward - I've added a star for wards partl of whooly in the East Dulwich area: Brunswick Park 4 out of borough 11 Nunhead 5 Peckham 5 College 25 * Camberwell Green 3 Rotherhithe 4 Faraday 2 East Walworth 1 Riverside 4 Village 7 * Chaucer 2 East Dulwich 7 * Surrey Docks 1 Grange 7 Livesey 6 The Lane 6 Newington 5 Cathedrals 1 Peckham Rye 24 * South Camberwell 3 South Bermondsey 5 total 138

Hi puzzled, I thought I had. I understand Crawthew is to enable a cycle contraflow.

Hi Bkk, If you're sure it has an odd taste and you think its your home with this and not shared with lots of others - ask for a glass of tap water at a cafe perhaps to test or neighbours or friends in the area. IF you stil lthink you have a problem them I would contact Thames Water so its quality can be test and confirmed.

Thanks the-e-dealer. Yes, tomk, the site now has three states. Office, retail or nursery.

Hi UncleBen, Hmm.I 've not spotted those. I'll take a look tonight on the way home.

The choices for this site are between a large nursery, and we have a terrible shortage of nursery places, or a retail shop but our existing shops on Lordship Lane tell me they re are really struggling. Sadly Southwakr Council refused the nursery due to loss of office space that allows employment but granted permission for a shop which would employ less than a nurery. At appeal we managed to get the nursery granted permission. Hi gsirett, A number of shops on Grove Vale would have liked controlled parking running for 1 hour each day as it would enable their customer to come and go as well as deliveries to more easilly come and go. Equally a number of shops feared it. It didnt proceed and your view prevailed. Well done. If you recall my instance the decision was referred to the Dulwich Community Council helped give you that opportuntiy to win. You may hat emy views on this issue but I helped ensure your views could win.

You've looked at a list of street properties for the Nunhead and Peckham Rye area only. That's only a part of Southwark.

I was really saddened to see this thread. Such misinformation and wild accusations. 95% of Southwark roads are paid for and maintained through Council Tax. Vehcle Excise Duty goes to the treasury and not directly to pay for our local roads to be maintained. So the half of Southwark residents who dont own cars pay for the roads as much as those that do have cars. Robin is a great local councillor - if only more were as hard working and diligent. She drives me nuty sometimes but that's reciprocal. We both share a passion to make our area better. She'll be chairing the Dulwich Community Council tonight - she's been a great chair person. Ironic for her to be criticised for clearing a public path outside your own home. If only more people were so publicly spirited. For the record I salt the public path outside my home after clearing it.

Hi Abney, If you accept you'll still be on the waiting list of all 6 schools you showed a preference for. If you truly wont ever send your child to Langbourne - and for many it is a very remote school with extremely poor public transport - then I'd pop along to Cator Street for a drop in admissions session. Talk through your circumstances. Make contemporaneous notes of the session as so much info. THEN decide whether to reject. If you reject it's likely a place will come up at some point during the reception year. Most oculdn't hold out that long but if you can that's an option if unusual. Home schooling is a lot of work but can be very fulfilling for children and parents.

Just admissions by distance. simonethebeaver Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > James, do those distances include sibling places > and other entry criteria, or just admission by > distance?

The planning application for this has just been granted planning permission - please see attached. I'm amazed. It probably means the planning permission for a new 120 place nursery wont now be used and one of the two major improvements to new nursery provision wont proceed. I hope my pessimism is proved wrong. Hopefully if this shop unit does proceed it wont detract from Lordship Lane retail vitality.

Attached is a partial list of Southwark primary schools - shows max. distances for admissions this year (so far in the process). Goodrich - 457m Heber - 263m Bizarrely Goose Green, Judith Kerr, religious schools not listed. Hope to have them later. Hi Chillaxed, It seems clear the extra supply such as Judith Kerr free school and bulging has helped again. More data to come. The next two weeks people on hand at Cator Street to help people steer through all this. Lots of places do free up. It's not as bad generally at this thread might at first appear. But we do have at least 139 unhappy families across Southwark we all needto help.

Hi UncleBen, It was clear from our cllr meeting with Southwark Police chief John sutherland that the changes he plans - that start 24 June - have had no operational analysis. Apparently organising the Police is "more art than science". He couldn't say what the new organisation would feel like for Dulwich or any other residents of Southwark. No ideas about how many hours a week we'd see officers or how often they'd 'come over the hill' to Police our area. It was clear that as the plans are actually thought through that they'll change. He announced the Seeley Drive College SNT would not be the SNT base for College - effectively moth balling it. He announced they'll have a minibus. Both were new developements. In the Tuesday article he gave himself some wriggle room for a Dulwich "patrol stop off point". That's a start. He has also committed to consider a Dulwich cluster for our next cllr meeting with him on Tuesday 30 April. East Dulwich cllrs are going to start a petiton to keep a Dulwich Police base - http://eepurl.com/sPKmf

Hi Alex, Apparntly the fuse blew. Not sure why but reset it. Hopefully just an aberration. I've asked about the tarmac blob. regards james. Alex K Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Back to those uplighters, James -- none of them > lit yesterday, and the one at the Domino's end of > the arc is still a plug of cement rather than a > light. > > Broken already? > > And the contractor needs to be chivvied into > finishing the job, or so it seems. **sigh** > > I liked the twinkly multicolour bit of sidewalk > and I should be sorry to learn that it is already > a thing of the past.

hi Kes, Yes, you're placed on wiating lists but it helps to keep tabs on that and potentially ask to be placed on other schools waiting lists. Huge shake out will occur.

New electric charging point will be installed on Underhill Road close to Barry Road. The exact site is described thus: "the north-westward side, from a point 12.6 metres north-west of the north-western kerb-line buildout of Barry road north westwerd for a distnace of 5 metres" The new point can be used for 4 hours at a time no return 2 hours 7am-7pm and any amount of overnight time. Any Q's let me know.

Langbourne has been bulged again. Hence its use for all the families officers couldn't think of any other options. But it is pretty remote and about the most unhelpful school to bulge that could be found. Most families will find it impractical to attend without using a car. Not ideal for play dates etc. So much for the councils sustainable transport policy. But an awful lot of people will get far more practical options from the waiting lists. And with so many private schools more places come up from them closing down options they may have pursued in state schools. Sadly we're still waiting for officers to brief us. We've had a politicised incomplete briefing from the labour cabinet councillor. And we still don't know why the eAdmissions system also reissued all the original secondary places again. Not a good admissions year.

Bizarrely the eAdmissions system has just emailed me a repeat of the secondary school place we were offered. Suspect I'm not the only one.

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Hi cle, I agree the service has taken a dive since the South London Line was closed last December. This is a DoT and TfL decision about how to use the funding they have. Starting another petiton, but you leading and encouraging other commuters and users would potentially be more powerful than another politician led petition. I can help with printing if you'd like a leaflet or postcard.

Hi Alex K, I know. Last night I reported them not working at 21.55 on my way home from a meeting. And yes that tarmac plug while the replacement slab is arranged is beyond frustrating.

Hi wee quinnie, Can you please pm me your address so I can give yours as an example. Many thanks, james