James Barber

Hi first mate, You can see details of Section 106 and Mayoral CIL para 87 & 88 in this report - http://planbuild.southwark.gov.uk/documents/?GetDocument=%7b%7b%7b!WLifyEsVJxByQH0917qAsg%3d%3d!%7d%7d%7d You can see about London Mayoral CIL here - https://www.london.gov.uk/what-we-do/planning/implementing-london-plan/mayoral-community-infrastructure-levy

Hi rch, I understand you may be trying to get M&S to make lavatories available and you appear to want to go easy on M&S. As an East Dulwich councillor I have seen many complaints about M&S current behaviour - both from Chesterifeld, Ashbourne and Lordship Lane residents. What is proposed is simply unacceptable. M&S current behaviour and ignoring of planning conditions is unacceptable. I can't turn a blind eye whatever the appeal of maybe lavatories from M&S.

Sadly too many vested interests in big government. Also the local Labour party prefer big centralised local government. Hence removal of almost all the powers that had been devolved, such as local planning decisions, from the Dulwich Community Councils.

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Hi koolbanana, Please record any details of deliveries outside the allowed hours. Southwark Planning should take note and reject because what M&S are asking for is contrary to what the planning inspector refused. So incredibly easy for the council to reject and win at appeal. Hi first Mate, CIL is meant for strategic issues. Local paving wouldn't meet that criteria. Hi Bargee, After 11 years as a local councillor I've not seen any roads or pavements repaved by making the loudest or most noise. I think Robin got carried away in what she wrote. Can you imagine the chaos if the council prioritised based on councillors making the most fuss. 63 councillors trying to out shout each other for attention. The opposite of good governance - it would also make the council extraordinarily partisan.

Hi first mate, Robin wrote this "Technically repaving shouldn't be done with devolved CGS funding, but the system is such a mess that I used to rock the boat with CGS so often when I was a cllr that the roads I whinged about got pushed up to the top of the list" We are renewing residential streets. Rodwell, Landcroft and Landells have recently had either road or pavement works. Landcroft Road is going to be finished next week. But huge backlog of such works locally and across Southwark. Local residents were not heeded because the decision making has been so centralised. When local planning application's were decided by local councillors we would have stuck to our guns and not approved what was finally approved. That local decision making was removed by Southwark Labour. I have repeatedly raised planning enforcement, called-in planning applications, called n noise enforcement.

Hi rch, Road and pavements were repaired based on need from central budgets. Robin I really don't think council officers would chance their jobs doing personal favours for you by prioritising your past ward roads and pavements. Need is now factored with interventions to stop roads getting much much worse over some of those worse roads. We do have ?33,333 devolved budgets but as you know that doesn't go terribly far. Repaving Lordship Lane. Yes. The section you proposed central Southwark funding had tried to repair but it needed all the businesses to agree and they didn't. Hence why that bid was refused. Local businesses are extremely wary of experiencing the huge disruption the last time repaving occurred. I think it could be blitzed to minimise this but that isn't on offer. We need to solve this. M&S. You are so wrong. They have stated they can't use their delivery yard - the lorries can't turn around despite all their expert witness it would be fine. They are also applying for increase opening hours. This has nothing to do with M&S trying to make life better for Chesterfield Grove residents. They are still under investigation for excess noise from plant not meeting the planning conditions disturbing residents. I enjoy M&S goods but they have repeatedly broken planning conditions and shown flagrant disregard for local residents. Hi Abe_Froeman, Yes staff will come earlier and parking stress will be increased for residents from increased opening hours - despite a planning inspector at appeal saying this should not be allowed. Hi cl, Please do formally object. M&S has been a particularly anti social business locally. I've been quite amazed, perhaps na?ve, that they would show such disregard for their supposed brand values.

Hi Ginster, All works within 10m of railway land have to be agreed with Network Rail. They are incredibly hard to work with - from my work experience over a number of projects/years. We always moved heaven and earth to find solutions that didn't need Network rail agreement. At one point I met with Network Rail about this development to see if the developer could deliver a new ticket office, lifts, etc. Sadly Network Rail wouldn't talk unless ?1M was stumped up first to reinforce the railway embankment. Working with the rail company was much more successful getting the final ramp put in place. Network Rail will be all over this. The required permissions would take minimum 6 months to obtain. Network Rail will be monitoring this. Nettles and brambles are the train operating company responsibility. I've contacted the TOC and related both issues asking they come back to me when they'll be fixed.

The proposed changes would allow deliveries disturbing many on Chesterfield Grove and Lordship Lane from 6am rather than current 7am. 6am would allow servicing by other vehicles - rubbish trucks etc from 6am via the delivery yard. The opening hours also proposed to be increased putting greater parking stress for longer hours in the area.

Hi sally buying, Yes salaried officers but council officers complete timesheets and time is allocated against project codes. This is pretty standard way of working in most organisations.

Hi first mate, I can't guarantee that the imminent decision whether to place around 10km of double yellow lines wont be taken by the Labour councillor in charge of these things - we used to make these decisions locally and would have rejected them - and indeed that is our request - but very recently Labour in Southwark have centralised such decisions. So if they add lots of double yellow lines and that coincides with its then the current junction would have had them so the new junction would have them. Long winded way of saying definitely if local councillors get to say. I can't give dates when we'll used devolved budget for fixing Melbourne Grove or Chesterfield Grove pavements. This year we allocated our funds to complete Landcroft Road, Landells some of its pavement and finish Rodwell Road. The annual budget is ?33,333. We will get asked in the summer for this years spend and all pavements and highway works not covered by the central core budget we will consider. We also need to look at Lordship Lane pavements which are a real pickle and Lordship Lane where it meets East Dulwich Grove as well at Friern Road where it meets Lordship Lane. Our highways and pavements are in a real pickle generally. Hi rch, I'm baffled why their would be any loss of parking. Officers are currently looking at this and when they have a view I'll share what I have. If they meet you on site that gets billed to the CGS funds so please don't spend that. IF their is a problem with the final design then a meeting on site might be required. Hi Siduhe, M&S have been at best disingenuous throughout. I had previously thought they were reputable company but boy... So please do object to this latest planning application. I emailed local residents I had email addresses for a week or two ago about t his latest application.

Hi Abe-Froeman, Every time I type something on this forum I don't write a treatise with all possible bits of related info. The Melbourne Grove (south) people haven't asked for this junction to be changed. But we have had two past CGS applications to do this and with M&S confirming in writing they're no longer using this route seems a great chance to act along with the Melbourne Grove (south) changes. One Traffic Management Order will save money to implement physical changes rather than advertising in local newspapers. If we're able to proceed it should make the junction slower - wide arcs allow greater speeds so reducing this should slow things down a little, give a little more kerb space for parking, make a much shorter distance for people walking to cross..

Hi first mate, I can't guarantee anything while an opposition councillor. I'm currently fighting the reduction by one car parking space Worlingham Street due to a raise entry treatment - there we are reducing speeds but officers want to increase sight lines for no discernible reason. But what i do feel comfortable committing is that there will be more kerb line for parking there.

Hi first mate, Normalising the junction should result in a longer kerb line and therefore more parking - but this will be very marginal amount compared to a near perfect quarter circle kerb line we currently have. Fixing pavements. We have a separate highway renewal devolved budget for that.

Ministry of Justice latest quarterly report on Knife crime sentencing - please see attached - this link - https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/597771/knife-possession-sentencing-statistics-oct-dec-2016.pdf Summary Oct-Dec 2016: 4206 knife possession offences - 41% of adult offenders immediately imprisoned for average of 7.7 months, 11% of youth offenders. People prosecuted are not getting slaps on wrist.

Hi DF, I disagree. The reasons people feel the need to carry knives in the problem. The chances of Police catching people relatively low. Young male adults aren't mentally wired to weigh up risks of being caught and consequences. You and I being nowhere near our teenage years get it but we're hardly likely to carry knives! Weirdly the more fuss we make about knife crime then the primary reasons for teenagers carrying knives (research suggests 85% carry them for self protection), the teenagers are likely to carry knives. Fortunately few teenagers read this forum. Police stats of reported crime - https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/crimeandjustice/datasets/crimeinenglandandwalesbulletintables Attached is relevant table appear to show a slight reduction in knife crime over recent years. Hopefully recent incidents are a stats blip made much more alarming by recent local incidents. Interesting Guardian article form last month - https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/mar/28/beyond-the-blade-the-truth-about-knife-in-britain

What art deco building? The hairdresser warehouse shop closed last year and is nearly demolished but it didn't look art deco.

Sonic plug/s worked a treat - or did for me. Very hard to ensure you have no gaps a mouse can get through. But also work doing as if nothing else will make your home better insulated and less drafty.

Hi first mate, Yes, to your first two points. We're fighting to avoid this earlier deliveries. CGS ?15,000. Over the years we had numerous complaints from Chesterfield Grove residents about Iceland lorries. The fact at the moment M&S are stating they're not accessing their site via this junction doesn't preclude this n the future. So we want to block this delivery route for 18 wheelers once and for. Hence the proposal. So the current junction is designed to allow 18 wheeler lorries to turn left from Melbourne Grove and access what is now the M&S shop. A normal junction would not have such a huge curve - swept path - to allow such long lorries. Fixing the pavement - Ill log that on our list for our devolved highways budget. Thanks for raising. Hi eddeal1, I don't think that's terribly fair. Cllr Rosie Shimell covers our face to face surgeries - I have kids so covering more online activities works better for my circumstances Especially considering work and family commitments. Hi ipool, if you email me the details and ideally a picture of two to support your appeal I'll raise with the head of parking. Often the ticket, where compelling case, is then cancelled. As you highlight that saves lots of time and money for both parties. Best email to read me is [email protected]

Cllr Rosie Shimell and I are organising personal hand held metal detectors for East Dulwich ward local Police. We did this some years ago for the whole of front linePolcie in Southwark - but officers move on. They make it far quicker, less intrusive and safer for Police to check during a search if someone had any metal on them - knives, needles, etc. It's a tiny step towards helping the Police. Local Police ask that people report suspicious activities. Give them more intel to work with.

I really can't emphasis that to fully understand how to protect your home better this survey is the bees knees and it only takes 5 minutes - https://goo.gl/gGG3BT Hi Lcpt, This is terrible. When we had this happen to us it took some time to get over it. In the mean time we installed a Manchester bar and a London bar protecting re enforcing the wooden door frame. We also added bolts projecting from the door on the hinge side. That then meant the back door needed to be looked at and window locks. I hate to be miserable about this but burglars have a tendency to repeat on the same victims and their neighbours. So you need to upgrade your home security and tell all your neighbours so they also act to avoid becoming victims. The Met call this cocooning. The research I've read is to treat burglaries esp. as infectious diseases that we need to inoculate through home security upgrades against.

Hi ianr, They have and are being installed in properties owned by the people living there, tenants of council properties, tenants of private properties. So no, the beneficiaries are not all relatively well-off. I would suggest the reduction in crime benefit us all - as residents and as tax payers. The cost. Yes bike anchors can be bought for ?50. The ones we're providing are really solid and go 30cm down. See attached schematic. We're providing for a concrete solid base 45cm deep etc to be built for the anchors to be attached onto that can't be budged. Most paving is not sufficiently deep to attach a proper anchors to. ianr Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Since it's only property owners who can give > permisison for the installation of a motor cycle > anchor, isn't this ?500 going just to those who > are relatively most well-off? The anchors I've > seen advertised on the web seem to be in the ?50 > region. What exactly is done for the additional > ?450?

Hi sonis, Please report it. If it isn't resole within a week email me directly escalating the issue and I'll take it up.

Hi Broyal, i hate to be negative but burglars have a propensity to repeat - not just the same victim but neighbours as well. The latter as they think neighbours typically very similar home layout and goods. Former because you'll get replacement stuff. if you have a wooden door frame I would suggest you get a Manchester and London bar and those bolts things that stick out from the door on hinge side that made it so much hard to break door down. Ensure you have good windows locks or bolts for sash windows. Please do tell your neighbours - they are at risk now. And ideally they'd be 'inoculated' from this by knowing.

Hi geobz, You do the Police a disservice. Crime has fallen dramatically in the last 20 years. Both reported crime and crime levels recorded through annual crime surveys. This is partly from an aging population. Partly from lead being removed from petrol. Partly from designing crime out. And I thought I made the point mobiles should be designed to be useless once deactivated remotely. That gov't legislation. I 'don't eat from the same table' as the London Mayor. Apart from being different political parties being a councillor is something I do as well as have a full time day job. As indeed do almost all other councillors or they're retired. As for listening. If you don't try you definitely wont get a response from the London Mayor. You can ask the mayor questions via this page - https://www.london.gov.uk/about-us/london-assembly/questions-mayor