James Barber

I have an update. Southwark Council are obtaining a quote for new signs to match the website stated opening times so the physical signage and online signage match. No clear timescales of when this will be fixed but council officers are on the case.

Rictus & Bibo have applied for a music licence at 377 Lordship Lane.

Hi Duvalier, You're referring to the private car parking controlled by Dulwich Hamlet Football Club that has a car wash at home end. I think you're also referring to the tiny car park facing onto Abbotswood Road. I'm not clear who owns that one. But all the land was once Kings College sports ground so unlikely Southwark Council land. The owners are responsible for ensuring their land is kept in good condition. They have a public duty to keep it safe - especially for children. unattended land can cause greater levels of anti social. in the first instance you should ask the club when they plan to tidy this eyesore up - [email protected] I'll also ask council environment officers what if anything they can do about the public dangers of this private, but open to the public, car park.

Hi sizemore, If someone did paint or add something else on such an illegal advertisement would that be or not be a criminal act? It appears council officers won't act unless it causes visual harm. Someone could have some fun with this...

Some time ago I was asked about the right turn East Dulwich road into Peckham Rye. I have a reply that indeed the right filter is broken: " There are no current faults at this site, which suggests that the detector calling in the right turn is functioning correctly. However, whilst I haven?t been able to visit site I have watched the staged sequence from the office and I can see the right turn filter doesn?t come in very often so I?ve asked our maintenance contractor to check the alignment of this equipment. I?m afraid that I do not have a timescale for when this is likely to be completed. I will also not be provided with a report, or in deed be notified of when this has been completed but I?ll check our system and see what feedback there is. " My hunch is within a fortnight it will be fixed.

I think you're confusing planning permission with the actual building of things. Most developers get planning permission and then sell the scheme on. Or they bank it for a few years. Developers rarely have in house construction and building capacity. They rely on contractors being professional. So the system won't consider putting any planning application 'in 'ice. I'd also suggest that the court system we have will mean many years of legal wrangles. Which is why it was such good news about the homes coming under NHBC insurance meaning that legal wrangles can happen in parallel and into the future without delaying actually fixing and replacing homes.

Hi Kibris, You mean longer opening times when the small indie shops are all closed? How on earth does that help them? The Planning Permission condition allows them to be open from memory: Monday to Friday - 07:00-22:00 Saturday - 08:00-21:00 Sundays & Bank holidays - 10:00-18:00. Residents are entitled to have down time. These hours are significantly longer than what went before and almost exactly match the Coop.

The attached photo is a large advertisement on the side of the Londis star - corner of North Cross Road with Lordship Lane. This large isn advertisement doesn't have advertising consent - permission to be there - and is illegal. Southwark Council Planning Enforcement official have said they think it does'n't cause enough harm. To me that feels like a very slippery slope. What do other think? Is it fine if this remains and we essentially give up trying to restrain mass advertising in East Dulwich? Or should we fight this one. Officer stated "It was not considered expedient to take enforcement action owing to the location of the sign and the immediate character of the surroundings. Insufficient visual harm resulted to warrant formal action." I do have concerns that council officials didn't want to take on a firm of lawyers over this - ironic that a law firm would breach so flagrantly planning laws.

Hi 1st Timer, You should expect and receive a much better service than this. Please email me privately so we can get to the bottom of this. Last week I had a similar case involving a Blue Bin.

Hi Robbin, I objected as I didn't want M&S to have longer licensing hours than their planning permission. I was trying to avoid them then coming back for longer opening times. I failed. We now run that risk. The new M&S will already have much longer opening hours than the previous Iceland store.

We used to locally have Clarkshaws until they moved to Brixton. Wouldn?t it be great to have a new local East Dulwich Brewery? Any takers to make this happen? I'll buy the first half dozens cases...

Clearly the obvious compassionate thing to do is allow the brother to visit ASAP. But I also wonder why they don't ship the bone marrow overnight from Nigeria now? That may be why the home office is resisting.

Cool :o) Well done everybody who objected.

Hi cella, The promise of free swim and gym technically is happening as you describe but not exactly the spirit when this election promise was made. It didn't come with such caveats even when challenged. it was simply and directly stated as free swim and gym.

One of three possible reasons in my mind: 1. They intend to seek a change to the planning permission they have - and seek longer opening times. 2. Tidiness 3. Incompetence. We can probably discount the 3rd. We'll see in the next few months if it's the 1st.

Hi Azalea, rendelharris, And long may it remain that way for you. Hi rahrahrah, I live on Champion Hill. This has been public domain since 2006. Of course people who are the most materially affected carry more weight in such a discussion. Hi P68, Yes knock on effects occur. Weirdly I didn't see anyone complain when the new CPZ at N.Dulwich station was implemented which clearly will push people parking more towards E.Dulwich.

The new contract starts 21 June a Tuesday and lasts for seven years. The provider will be Sports and Leisure Management.

Hi rahrahrah, Do you live near East Dulwich station? or do you live somewhere else and want to maintain your free parking options? I've asked you this before on this thread and you've blanked the question which I assume means you fall in the latter category. Your argument to me would carry more weight, would appear principled, if you were from the former category.

Now you mention it - this is weird. I'll find out.

Yes the M&S store applied for longer times to sell alcohol than their planning permission allows. I objected to the licence application. Pretty standard conditions have been added to the approval. The key will be resisting if they ever seek a new planning application to amend that condition on opening hours to match the alcohol licence. They've also submitted another licence application to revise the drawings they submitted around the self service tills. No substantive change.

Upland road pavement closure close to Crystal Palace Road. Council officers have responded to me: " Dear Councillor Barber Thank you for your enquiry dated 13/05/2016, in which you requested information regarding the following: The ongoing footway closure on Upland Road.I can now provide you with a full response to your enquiry. We share your frustration regarding the footway remaining closed, and I can assure you that we do not approve footway closures without justification. In addition to our regular inspections I have visited the site with our Traffic Manager Ian Law. We have made it very clear that we want to footway open as soon as possible. The developer has stated that their program has fallen behind several times and they are extremely keen to clear site as soon as they possibly can. We cannot open the footway until it is safe to do so. If we forcefully have the scaffold removed we are left in the position of having an incomplete building that cannot be finished without further footway closures at some point in the future. Due to the proximity of the build to the narrow footway it has not been possible to have a usable width at any point during demolition or construction. The other option available to us was to have a temporary barriered footway located in the carriageway. This was deemed unsafe due to the narrow carriageway and position of the walkway in relation to the junction. In addition, we would not approve a temporary footway that would push pedestrians across an access point for construction vehicles. The developer has requested that the licence was extended beyond the point we have granted it for. We will not issue it for long periods because we want to keep pressure on them to finish. In the meantime we have asked that site hoarding closest to the junction of Crystal Palace Road is moved inwards to improve visibility at the pedestrian crossing that has been kept open throughout the works. In addition, we have denied another developer across the road any licences at all until the works on 97 Crystal Palace Road are finished. We also managed out the need for any footway closure for another development on the opposite side of the road. " I;ve asked why line in the sand have they expressed to the developer.

Hi ruffers, Around October time the next round of Cleaner, Greener, Safer funding will be open for applications. Get in touch and I'll guide you through completing the paperwork - anonymously. I have even persuaded Labour councillors about applications, filled the forms in for them and successfully applied in there names in the past - no names. So I've lots of practice.

Red Post Hill outside North Dulwich station will be closed 9pm-6am 11-13 June for Network Rail works. Any queries call 020 7525 2014 and speak with the council highways team.

I formally asked and was my request was rejected for the Judith Kerr playing field to be given the status of Metropolitan Open Land. The current administration of Southwark Council decided to go for Borough Open Land. This has a lower less important legal status than MOL. So it is correct that the two cases are different. Southwark is duty bound to offer more protection from development of MOL than of Borough Open Land. If Hadley's gain planning permission then it bodes badly for Judith Kerr School and well for replacing playing fields with Almshouses. As you've said taper we will see.

No I've not heard and have chased. Will escalate via Caroline Pidgeon Assembly Member.