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James Barber

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  1. Hi gsirey, Cllr Toby Eckersley is one of the councillors for Village ward and clearly trying to stir things. No part of the proposed CPZ is in Village ward. The western part of Melbourne Grove from East Dulwich Grove to Lordship Lane is in his ward. He was very much in favour of extending the Herne Hill CPZ. The meeting is not planned to talk about this CPZ, it is not on the agenda, as the consultation doesn't end until the 11 November. The soapbox 5 min section could be used but you have a consultation which will have more import.
  2. And if you know neighbours are away put back their bins in the right place - so its not obvious they're away.
  3. Hi first mate, What do you mean by East Dulwich - some view all of SE22 as East Dulwich, others a mile around East Dulwich station? Nothing stops you printing forms for your street and calling on your neighbours - especially as you clearly have strong views on this. What do you mean by democratic. Usually that means people voting in a constituency. So what constituency do you think relevant for this consultation and does that mean you'd be happy for decisions about your street be taken sometimes by a majority of people not living on your street? My answer would be streets views are really important but neighbouring streets vies should be taken into account but not final. The final decision maker will be Cllr Barrie Hargrove.
  4. To be fair to the bin people with the introduction of food waste collections and fortnightly collections all the rounds have been redesigned and they're learning it from scratch. So to begin with they are slower learning the new rounds and days and they're probably trying to cope with that. Also, to minimise comms many residents haven't noticed the changed collection days and rythm creating more work for them. It should settle down and be more normal as residents get used to the new collection days and the bin people get used to the new rounds. They'll probably then have the headroom to show more consideration. But if you have any problems please email and I'll continue to work on particular problems for you.
  5. Please check Southwarks website - http://www.southwark.gov.uk/info/200066/street_trading and call them on 020 7525 6000.
  6. Hi tomsav, I've not been on the forum as I have a normal regular day job, family and various councillor commitments. So please occassionally give me a break! 56% car ownership. Is the average for Southwark. But much of Southwark isn't very close to a station or lots of bus routes as this part of ED is. Equally its at the bottom of a hill discouraging some people cycling. All these factors mean I don't know. But I will ask what car ownership levels are and assuming this data is available would of course share it. The CPZ fees are set by the council cabinet member Barrie Hargrove. They recently increased from ?99.30 to ?125 but politically I think they'll stay at this new level until after 2014 the next election - massive rise for people to forget about by the time elections come up. Council estate parking permits are free for the 1st one. I only discovered this recently and the difference does seem od. It is a tough balancing act. Surplus from parking enforcenet, parking, CPZ fees is used to fund things like lollipops patrols, and other rosd safety measures. Personally I'd do more targetting with that surplus and expect less and keep CPZ fees down in this economic climate. Oct21 - I recalled seeing a couple of instances about Nunhead and Forest Hill. Perhaps they've since been edited. It also related to private emails and as you can imagine I've received a few on this subject. Residents selling their cars? I can't possibly know the personal circumstances of residents selling their cars. Having a relatively thick distribution of car club cars we can expect over time some residents to not replace cars when their current one is uneconomic for them and rely on the few times they kept a car going to instead use a car club car. If it works for them great. But for others cars are an essential part of their lives. Commuters 27%/33%. The forecast for London bridge is moveing from current 48M passengers pa to +35% by 2016 and ultimately +67%. What I hadn't appreciated was ED station has over 1.56M passengers in or out pa already. Data comes from the Office of Rail Regulation, Southwark planning website, South Eastern train website for a simple summary. Hi Spendlidlikepeckham, If you have views about the limited consultation area - the cabinet member taking the decision about that was Cllr Barrie Hargrove - tell him. Not sure it would ever have gone as far as Peckham as your pseudoynm would suggest you live. I can confirm that all responses will be read, collated and presented in the final officer report. I've already asked the council official to ensure that streets in the area are listed seperately and neighbouring streets with sufficient responses so unless the cabinet councillor over rules this that is what I'm expecting to see. Clearly if someone responds from well outside the area they're response will carry less weight in the report and decision making process. The officer report will be presented at the Dulwich Community Council and Camberwell Community Council for local councillors to comment and make their recommendations. The report and these recommendations will then be reviewed for the cabinet councill Barrie Hargrove to make the final decision/s. Anyone can present a petition at either or both community councils - the threshold is 500 signatures and a few weeks notice and they'll be meeting to discuss this proposed CPZ in mid January.
  7. Hi gsirett, To me the East Dulwich Forum is a useful place to quickly find out what some people in East Dulwich think. But it only one format and although online is one of my preferred comms methods it is only one type. Some people have multiple EDF logins and its unclear where people live. So I can only take input via the EDF with a 'pinch of salt'. The consultation is receiving a very high level of response - partly from publicity via the EDF - and partly because it's a marmite issue. But thank you for your input to me here and I ask that you please respond to the formal consultation to ensure your views are in officers reports. Hi tomsav, I'm sorry to hear that the sinusoidal humps have such a dramatic impact on your speeds such that 7-8mph is the limit for you. These humps are designed to keep all types of vehicles at speeds below 20mph. Speed cushions are ignored by larger cars, vans amd lorries having no speed reduction and lower humps mean such vehciles go faster than 20mph. And I have seen plenty of vehicles going along Melbourne Grove at around 20mph with the humps installed. and yes it is a real shame that we have such selfish colleague, freinds, families, residents who don't get why they should show consideration speeds - until after they crash into someone. Hi marcus, I'm sorry abotu the buses even temporarily going down Melbourne Grove - must bring back unhappy memories about the no.37 bus route that used to go via Melbourne Grove. Full hunmps make it less likley some bright spark will propose no.37 going down your road or the proposal to extend the no.42 via Melbourne Grove bypassing Lordship Lane to Sainsburys. Yes that has been proposed in the last 18months. Hi KateFord, Yes, Southwark Council does not cope or support flats above shops well. I will ask again that each flat is contacted and the system explained to them again. And their is a simple system they need to follow.
  8. Hi Loz, Yes it does feel counter intuitive but London Bridge expansion is only factoring in the impacts it has in SE1 not on he whole of Southwark. I'm not sure I've fully digested the significance of London Bridge station being expanded to support 2/3rds more passengers from more frequent and longer trains. So instead of 48M passenger a year something upto 80M max. capacity a year with definite 35% growth by 2016 (presumably from the likes of the Shard etc) ie. 65M. But for this ED station CPZ we could expect the current average 20% parking from commuters by +7% by 2016 and upto +13% when London Bridge gets close to capacity. I'm sure this wont change anyones views either way BUT if people are aware they can't say they didn't know!
  9. Hi Ko, How did you report the problem? It should be removed very promptly as its a health hazard but I do know the Environment call centre is in chaos following the huge volume of calls as a result of the changes to food waste collection and fortnightly collections, etc. I don't see this getting any better for some time as many people just don't seem to know the new collection days which have all changed or got used to the rhythm of fortnightly alternating collections. Please email me all the details of your call and I will obtain answers as to why you've been ignored. Hi Herroeey, Yes, the western end of Whateley Road does have issues which are beign investigated. This isn't the forum to detail more. Please call me tonight on 07903 964130.
  10. Hi puzzled, As a councillor I can only take being called a mega busy body as a compliment. Thank you. The day I stop being interested in trying to make East Dulwich and Southwark a better place for everyone is the day I resign. And yes I'm sure I sometimes get it wrong. I don't have a pathalogical hatred of cars. What a silly suggestion. I have a full driving licence. As a child I thought fast cars were the best thing ever and was a horrible back seater driver asking for speed - but I grew up. In East Dulwich we're fortunate that most people have lots of transport choices - walking, cycling, buses, trains, car clubs as well as cars and motorbikes. I've just been fighting to ensure that when the new crossing on Lordship Lane go in more legal car parknig is in palce afterwards than before by removing yellow lines that frankly shouldnt have been put down in the first place. And I've ensured East Dulwich has a greater density of car club cars than anywhere else in Southwark. But I am for 20mph speed limits on the roads people live, shop and go to school. And I am in theory for controlled parking where residents clearly want it. Back to the proposed CPZ. The streets proposed are where people have made the most complaints to council officers. Could a larger area been consulted - yes but minimising communications spend was one of the administrations pledges when they were elected with a majority - people voted for less money on comms which means less money for consultations. Why not a 12 month trial. Because every CPZ is reviewed at regular intervals. If it goes in and officers and councillors get complaints then it would in my mind be reviewed to be changed or removed depending on the level and problems reported. Whatever people input it needs to cover the next 10 to 20 years. So no whinging after the fact ;-) It was raised earlier in this thread. London Bridge station is planning for expansion and will from 2018 be able to cope with 2/3rds more passengers (currently 48M pa/ED station 1.6M pa). So for those that are really against a CPZ here you should be objecting to the Planning Application that will increae parking pressures around East dulwich station - http://planningonline.southwarksites.com/planningonline2/AcolNetCGI.exe?ACTION=UNWRAP&RIPNAME=Root.PgeResultDetail&TheSystemkey=9540800 Would a CPZ around East Dulwich station displace parking to North Dulwich station area - potentially yes espeically as season ticket prices are identical from both stations.
  11. Blimey peckhamboy, Apologies I passed on informaton in good faith council officials gave me. Let me track down this information myself and come back to you. This will take up to 7 days due to commitments.
  12. Hi Sue, If you email me your smaller green bin orders I'll chase that up for you. Ridiculour you've been given the run around and please accept my apologies on behalf of the council for this. Please keep me posted if library doesn't quickly restock with brown bags. Hi DulwichFox, I've not heard of any plans for 'chipping' Southwarks wheelie bins. When I raised this with council officers last year lots of sniggers with clear implication they thought I was kidding. BUT Windsor & Eton council has done this and they offer rewards to those households that are doing really well recycling. I like the idea of carrots rather than sticks. But get the paranoia that such 'chipping' could be used for sticks approach. Hi Evie, I'd hope fining people wont happen. Most people leave bins on the pavements as they don't have anywhere else to put them or physically can't move them around. When full wheelie bins can be really heavy. As an experiment I've asked if the Vale residents association could consider applying for Cleaner, GReener, Safer funding to trial helping households to create wheelie bins spaces on Derwent Grove. Hopefully, they like the idea, will apply, be successful. Hi wee quinneie, Contact me and I'll ensure the teams stop dumpnig blue boxes on your plants.
  13. Dear Mrs scoop, Yes and no. Certainly they would avoid the need to come out again but then the works their removal has supported shouldn't need to happen again for another 40+ years. Speed cushions - smaller rectanglar humps - which i think is what you're suggesting can be ignored by vans, trucks and larger cars which So I'd expect the same sinusoidal speed humps to be returned to ensure all vehicles have to stick to 20mph or below.
  14. Hi gmckenney, I have engaged and highlighted potential negative consequences. I have higlhighed front gardens beign built on. A risk of displacement. etc. I wasn't aware of the HH Lambeth side as I'm a Southwark councillor not near the borough boundary. In Southwark the HH CPZ has had one extension to add Holmedene Avenue. Clearly CPZ have negative conseuqneces. Clearly they have positive consequences. The balance between them will vary depending on a residents lifestyle and current parking pressure impacts. Thier is no universal truth on this.
  15. Hi Moos, Visitor passes currently cost ?16 for the first book of ten and then ?36 for subsequent books of ten. One of the proposals is for the parking controls to operate from 10-12 mon-fri. So most current visitors would arrive and leave outside those times and days and those that are with would cos either ?1.60 or ?3.60 prt visit if they parked in e area. Not sure where ?6 comes from. I'm sorry if I've given any impression of bias. I'm really not clear what residents will decide they want. So far some streets having given me the impression they're in favour and others theyre not and if EDF is representative people outside the proposed streets are against. But I do want the debate around facts not buried in irrelevant detail. It is clear that where CPZ's have been implemented in Southwark residents find it easier to park. The nearest CPZ to ED at Herne Hill has spread by one street in I believe 7 years. So I don't believe in a huge domino affect. I also don't believe the administration is conisidering this as some kind of Trojan horse to rollout CPZ's. The decision is really about easier parking for residents and their visitors versus payments and enforcement. So I look forward seeing the final officer report detailing what people have said they want and encourage everyone whatever their views to respond to the consultation.
  16. Hi Siduhe, I'm afraid i don't know. Worth contacting the offers to ask how they've done this. Hi kr988, An officer report states that ?125 for a parking permit is one of the cheapest in London. but it's not zero. If someone was to park in a pay and display space they could use their mobile to pay for 2 hour parking I guess but that would cost them ?5.40 for the 2 hours and they'd have to very accurately judge it to. That's over a ?100 a month. Someone suggested 80% of homes have a car. The last figure I recall for Southwark was 56% and had declined by 2% since then but as someone else suggested 30,000+ new office jobs at London Bridge may lead to more commuter demand to park in the area. Hi chener books, I'm afraid I don't know the dimensions for car parking - I used. You should be able to find it in planning documents. Hi mackenney, As I said asked your questions of officers and hope they have ready answers for them but not sure they make a difference to the consultation. Either the residents on the proposed streets feel parking stress or not and whether they feel a CPZ is a solution if they do for them.
  17. Hi Penguin68, We want more non car visitors. Schools, restraurants etc work perfectly well in other parts of Southwark with 8.30am-6.30pm mon-fri controlled parking. So I don't get the either/or proposition.I've ensured an option of controlled parking operating 10-12 to minimise the inconvenience for visitors other than commuters. Equally if I ran a business I'd be pretty stupid to park close to my business if I think shoppers need to park nearby. Hi Trizza, My understanding is no legal parking would be lost. Space currently unenforced would be enforced so it would reduce that type of parking. If residents don't want it I'll be defending their rights to not have it. But I don't get that it would be the end of the world/ED and I have lived in a CPZ and on a Red Route before - and the enforcement was thorough.
  18. Hi Peckhamboy, Some other posts indicated posters concerned about the knock on effects of these proposals to Nunhead and Forest Hill. Clearly if you live 20m from the edge you may well be affected if the proposals proceed. Hi trizza, 100% of what the surveyors considered safe parking would be provided. Hi gmckinney, Clearly any reduction in parking pressure is a reduction and all streets would go below 100% but yes even with controlled parking some streets will still feel stressed - my hunch is 80% means people can park very close to their homes. So yes people wont necessarily be able to park as close to their front doors as they like. Hi peterstorm1985, On reflection I suspect Elsie Road is about people parking across dropped kerbs - parking above the theoretical/safe/legal maximum. Those residents have been asked to indicated that if it progresses whether they would want double yellow lines to protect access or take pot luck. Talking to the western side residents even numbers on Saturday they have terrible problems with parents parking across their drives at school drop and pick-ups. Some also find the drives of double benefit as effectively they privatised the highway - if somone else parks there they complain to the police and the vehicles gets towed away but if they or their friends park their they don't report it and they have the parking off street as well. One alternative would be to keep the drives as they are but that would require larger controlled parking signing on the entrances to Elsie Road.
  19. It will be interesting to see what residents on the proposed streets input. mikeb, how can you saying stopping commuter parking wont make it easier for residents, if that's what they indicate they want, to park? peckhamboy, Virtually all the the streets are under parking strees i.e. 80% and above. hi Loz, If you look at the word document I think it explains. People that drove into the area after 6am and left the area much later that day were assumed to be commuters of some description. I can;t recall if Grove Vale is proposed controoled parking - assuming you live in the area please do take a look at your consultation pack. 10am. On average 20% of the vehicles Mon-fri are commuter parking. Remove them and the streets will be easier to park in for those that have permits - again, if that's what residents indicate they want. I don't understand why everyone is bluring what is a simple decision for residents. Do they mind the current parking stress. If they do are they willing to pay the price for controlled parking - heavy version or 2 hour lite version. It would be really helpful for people posting to say what their relationship to this consultation is - do they live on a proposed controlled parking street and if not how far away.
  20. Please see attached parking data and generic letter. So some cold hard facts! Let me see if I can get the answers to the other questions.
  21. And I confirmed my reference for Goose Green School making such a bid to other funding stream yesterday.
  22. If anyone has problems ask your councillor to help find out what is going on. The process should work smoothly if you've submitted all the right documentation and drawings.
  23. My understanding is the smaller libraries run with 3 staff - minimum requirement of 2 at any one time so third to cover lunches. I would have thought moving to 2 staff with a part timer to cover lunch times would ensure the smaller libraries make the savings required but keep the same opening hours.
  24. Hi Renata, Please. See your administration Southwark Events Strategy 2011-13 decided in September by your cabinet. Section 20 and 21: " 20. The proposal for a festival celebrating light, bringing together annual cultural events including Guy Fawkes Night, Diwali, Christmas and Hanukkah, all of which take place around a similar time of year and use light to celebrate in some form. 21. Based around a November 5th, we would work with local communities, traders, TRAs, faith groups and local schools to commission two or three light based projects. These could be lantern parades, projection based, night walks, lumiere type events, late night openings etc. They work across all cultural mediums and with a range of local organisations. These commissions could be part of the fireworks night event or as stand alone happenings. " This Stratefy was published 13 September. Presented to Dulwich Community Council 15 December. At the DCC it was stated a two weeks consultation on what the community wanted. Then a decision point and Cllr ward and officers said 5 weeks would be plenty of time to organise the event. The whole thing was BONKERS on so many levels. I'd hope we could all move on by now. But if you want to keep digging be my guest.
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