James Barber

The cost of motoring is below the cost of living increases as per the Royal Automobile Club -https://www.racfoundation.org/data/cost-of-motoring-index So in real terms it has become cheaper to own and drive a motor vehicle. This is absolutely crazy for air pollution, climate change, etc reasons. It can not be right that we allow a public health crisis to continue to ensure motoring in real terms keeps getting cheaper and cheaper. I'm in favour of the ULEZ and it extending as far as the north and south circular. I want my kids to breath cleaner air. I want to reduce my risk of pulmonary and other health problems by being able to breath cleaner air.

Great to see many saying they've completed the consultation. Please spread the details to friends and family to maximise responses. I've personally responded against this change and will be doing so on behalf of the local Lib Dems. People decide where to live in a balance of public and private transport options to live, work and play alongside work, school and recreation considerations. A number of people will be here in East Dulwich based on where buses can take them. For many changing buses to get from East Dulwich to wherever wasn't part of the equation. So these proposals will have a huge impact on many for no obvious gain - if you wanted to travel directly by bus to Clerkenwell you probably don't live here. Background is the 2016 London mayoral elections all candidate knew that the government subsidy for London public transport was going to be massively cut. The current mayor knew this and also made an election commitment to freeze fares without mentioning the method of achieving this - beware politicians offering freebies. He was relying on Crossrail being delivered on time, which is forecast to generate almost ?1bn of revenue pa, filling that subsidy cut. Sadly the London Mayor and TfL have screwed up and Crossrail is now 9 months late and expected to be delayed further. That's a loss of revenue of ?125 for every resident of London pa. This has create huge extra pressures to cut services to fulfil that election promise. So these bus changes, on top of the already reduced no.40 and 176 bus route frequencies, are part of trying to fulfil that election promise and save money for TfL to avoid fare rises. But their are other ways to see money. The London Mayor has a number of different organisations - TfL, Met Police, London Fire Brigade to name the obvious ones and they don't share back office function, supplier contracts, or offices, etc. I'm amazed no effort is being put into this sharing.

Champion Hill has the same traffic levels as the parallel A Road Champion Park. Champion Hill is part of quiet way and London Cycle Network route 23. That's why the council is proposing this filtered restriction. It will make it harder/longer for residents making some car journeys. It will make it more attractive for those walking and cycling. If we're ever to solve obesity levels, global warming. air pollution we need many more of these proposals being implemented. Hi P68, London's population has risen by 2 million in the last 25 years and is forecast to do the same. Doing nothing will see our residential road suffer the same levels of use/.congestion as our A roads. As indeed is already happening to Champion Hill. People, when faced with congestion, changes routes and travel modes - it evaporates. Much as when you build roads, allow new routes for motor vehicles new traffic is generated.

General point - Southwark Council have typically been taking 6-12 months to respond to such requests. Hi m.rbsn, Email and let's see what we can do to help.

Hi worldwiser, We had hoped for it to be painted on the road side as well as the pavement/station side but that would have required the road to be closed and temporary traffic lights to be installed. That would add about ?5,000 of traffic costs.

What strange proposals. On crystal Palace Road the council plans to remove the traffic islands put in years ago to slow traffic down. The council thinks removing them will reduce conflicts between motor vehicles and people cycling and wont lead ot people driving faster. Then they propose to install islands on Barry Road to slow vehicles down. How topsy turvey - left hand not knowing or caring what the right hand is doing. The obvious measure is average speed cameras. They would kill the speeding problem totally and overnight and cost nothing. They're funded by offering speeders the opportunity of speed awareness course instead of points and the fees for those courses funds the cameras.

Hi Hazel81, This sounds like a great project to apply for funding from the councils Cleaner, Greener, Safer project - https://www.southwark.gov.uk/engagement-and-consultations/grants-and-funding/cleaner-greener-safer/applications Previously I used this route to ensure all local East Dulwich schools have AED's. you'd ideally find locations for them locally and ideally some training as part of any application. If you need any help or advice on how to apply please get in touch with me.

James, Your offer seems disingenuous. Southwark Council highways team are blocking 130 charging points being deployed across Southwark. The locations have already been identified and have the required planning permissions. Southwark Labour are not managing the council to ensure these happen - https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/sep/09/sse-claims-london-councils-are-holding-up-rollout-of-electric-car-charging-points "The Guardian understands that 130 charging points are in limbo in Southwark, a borough which is otherwise seen as good on electric cars. While the points were given planning approval in 2016, permission has not been given by highways management, meaning they cannot be installed. Planning permission expires next year."

Hi Amanda1979, I've chased council officials about this. They have assured me this is being incorporated into the overall view Southwark Council is taking with the site owner. If my Public Right of Way is pursued by the council then the site would have 280m2 of ground so materially important. If you'd like copy of my email chain email me! Hi chazzle, I came up with the idea in 2005, objected to a prior scheme at appeal and then spoke with the developers. I don't recall at what point social housing was dropped. I do recall speaking to several Housing Authority directors who at main planning committee's were saying they would not take on low numbers of social housing - the costs were too high to manage. With respect to 18-22 Grove Vale - council officers stated in reports the library value outweighs the value of social housing and councillors of all parties voted for planning permission being granted. I parallel I have proposed and the council is now exploring building new council housing on garages on Bassano Street and Henslowe Road.

HI Deanna, I lodged, when I was still a councillor, a request for the planning application to be called in if officers were minded to grant permission for A3 use. I asked officers for the report they suggested they had showing Lordship Lane is well above 50% shop use - as past planning applications officers produced reports that we were right on the border of this. We have local policies to not allow fewer than 50% shop units. So good to see one of my and former Cllr Rosie Shimell last acts worked.

Hi Pecksniff, Sadly you've just missed the consultation on the internal fit out and book purchases. Importantly the new library wont have a wall down the middle so will have much more flexibility - the central book cases will be on wheels so they can be moved about. The caf? is really a kiosk with the seating area being roughly twice the current seating area. Overall it should result in roughly twice the current books. I suspect it will feel like the John Harvard Library on Borough High Street - just not so big. The approved scheme is for 250m2. The difference I understand is for Library staff facilities. The current 144m2 I believe includes Library staff facilities. Hi colville09, My lot warned the then Labour government we would have a crash, repeatedly. We were told Labour had 'ended boom and bust' and ignored. The tories were equally complicit in not wanting stronger banking regulation which could have avoided it. No recession in western countries Sweden and Australia; non western China, India, Brazil. i.e. countries with stronger banking regulations.

Very exciting the new Grove Vale Library is to open shortly. If you'd like to help decide the books it stocks go here - www.southwark.gov.uk/grovevalelibrary I came up with the idea of incorporating a library in 18-22 Grove Vale development. I ensured the new library will have a 125 year lease on a peppercorn rent of ?100 per annum releasing the ?25,000 rent paid at the current Grove Vale location is released for longer opening hours. The new library will also have lower running costs being super insulated, etc. Sadly it has taken 8 years longer than originally planned due to the 2008 Labour recession.

Whatever their property rights Southwark Council has SASBU - Southwark Anti Social behaviour Unit - to help in such cases. I would contact the local Police officers in thE SafeR Neighbourhood Team or a local councillor to get the bal rolling in parallel to making noise complaints. If this fails to get traction contact me via PM for further advice.

I've chased this up and await a response.

HACAN East http://www.hacaneast.org.uk/ are highlighting the noise consultation for London City Airport - https://t.co/SWNqUdWHYI Significant proportion of the over flights of the area due to this airport.

You are not paranoid. This is typical operating method for burglars. If suspicious at the time call 101. If you had opened the door and were even more suspicious 999. NEXT are useful deterrents as they video someone approaching the doorbell and while they're waiting - local Police officer recommended them to me.

ideally you would have called 999...

This coming week Lordship Lane will have road works 135-141 Lordship Lane outside cafe to the food&wine shop by Morrisosn. 23-28 August inclusive. So no parking there and pavements will be disrupted.

The sub Post Office on Crossthwaite Avenue was also closed for the same stated reason on Friday pm.

Hi Sue, The West Norwood Post Office Sorting Office was proposed for closure at the same time but the employee union the CWU opposed this and the campaign keep it was successful. The CWU support the closure as their members will have better facilities at the Peckham Office. The ideal would be Southwark Council using Planning policy to ensure the site keeps the parcel collection element but the post sorting office moves to Peckham. I fear this is not being done.

It is certainly true that the current administration is keen on installing double yellow lines where they are not needed. circa 7,500m have been installed in the Dulwich area on corners to 'reduce crashes' based no statical evidence. Th new cycle quiet way along Crystal Palace Road has been designed with significant extra double yellow lines - despite the proposals being opposed by the majority of cyclists and residents. The new Dog Kennel Hill area CPZ is supported narrowly by the majority of respondents. The details of it include again lots of excessive double yellow lines. I find it totally puzzling why our roads are having all these unnecessary parking restrictions. Flip side is driving has never been cheaper.

Hi Habitualbridesmaid, I think it is beholden on all of us to avoid buying things with excess packaging. Reduce. Vote with our consumer purchasing power. Where we do generate waste we need to maximise what we recycle and separate it properly. We need to support campaigns such as Friends of the Earth who give useful advice -https://friendsoftheearth.uk/latest/plastics Depressingly recycling in Southwark is going down - see attached - and it isn't a hot political potato. You could run street stalls, raise petitions, etc to get this pushed up the local agenda. It is now so low on the political agenda that virtually everything not recycled is being incinerated causing air pollution issues!

Hi mini69, you can also ask the local councillors - both of the ward and it is across the road for Goose Green Councillors whether they think it should be 'called0-in' to be decided by a committee of councillors IF council planning officers plan to grant planning permission under delegated powers. When this happens it means you get a chance and others to speak for and against any scheme - at worst it often sees a few tighter conditions for a scheme and sometimes councillors refused planning permission when council officers would have granted permission.

If someone is or has just tried knocking you from your bike call 999. They are imperilling you and the Police will priorities this amongst other emergencies and send a car as appropriate. Where possible the Police want to catch such people and only 999 gives them that opportunity. Robert Poste's Child Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I was buzzed twice in the space of one and a half > hours tonight. Neither came to anything so I can't > call them thieves but posting for awareness. > > As I cycled up towards the top of Woodwarde Ave at > about 8.30pm one came up very close behind and > then alongside me, pushing me in towards the > parked cars. I braked hard and shouted something > stupid, as you do, like, 'are you trying to push > me off?'. He then braked a few yards ahead and > started shouting abuse at me about my '#hit bike' > and me not paying road tax (hello, you can own a > car and a bike). He then rode off, looking back at > me from time to time. He was young, very dark > skin, greyish moped, I think with an L plate on > the front, a light-coloured helmet worn partly > back off his head, and I think a Deliveroo box > carried on the front. > > Later, cycling back up CPR about 9.50pm a very > similar guy, except no turquoise box, passed me > two or three times driving up and down the road > looking closely at everyone he passed. > > I assumed the first one was going for my bike > panier, but like I said, nothing was taken so I > could be wrong. I suppose it could even have been > sexual - female in a pretty dress seen from > behind, so he wouldn't see I'm older at first. > Theft more likely though. > > Tried calling 101 twice, once at DLC (thank you to > the very nice girls on reception tonight) and once > when I got home, but couldn't get through so gave > up. I've tried the online tool a couple of times > before and it seems to be a dead end or placebo. > > Getting really tired of all the antisocial > behaviour every day. If anyone knows of a campaign > to fix the policing crisis without actually > joining a right wing party, please tell me. > > And be careful out there.

Virgin Media don't use this exchange so that is an alternative. Relish Broadband unfortunately don't cover our patch yet.