James Barber

I was sent a link to video of a whole new Dutch underpass built in less than a weekend - https://t.co/ryhTaJxkGV Hi Worldwiser, I'm agog at the FOI response you've had. The budget wasn't anywhere near ?190k. I think your FOI response is wrong. Let me get a proper response for you as only Cleaner, Greener, Safer funding was to pay for this and we've never been asked or even had that kind of devolved budget to spend. And if we did we wouldn't spend that on this.

Hi rabbitears, The obvious profit of the permit per vehicle. Controlled Parking on council estate permits are from memory charged at ?20 each pa to cover the cost of issuing them. Effectively the same permit on public highway are charged at ?125 each. So direct profit of ?105 per permit. The council then makes money from issuing parking tickets. 2014 again from memory Barnet increased their permit charge from a low to a similarly high cost. It was challenged in the High Court and Barnet council lost on the basis the fee should only cover the admin cost of issuing such permits. Hope this helps.

Hi TheArtfulDogger, I've not heard of any new proposal for a CPZ in East Dulwich. But a new one is going in around North Dulwich station.

Hi dulwichgal, Clear plastic bags are for blocks of flats, and flats above shops without room to store wheelie bins of off the public pavement. Does that cover you guys? IF you're still stuck drop me an email and I'll help you.

Hi scrawford, Email [email protected] or call 020 7525 2000. If you don;t get a sensible helpful response escalate the issue to me. Ideally via an email.

Hi BNG, Not that I'm aware. Have you looked? Hi fm, I have called in planning decisions related to this. Promoted people objecting to the negative aspects of it. I'm sorry I've failed to make as much headway against the negative aspect as I and I suspect you would like.

Hi Abe-froeman, The latest proposed SOuthwakr Plan by Southwark Labour does not restrict high rise towers to only the urban NW corner. My Lib Dem colleagues and I will fight to keep the current restrictions. I have no interest in playing any part other than opposing anything that I think ruins the character of the area. So if an out of character building was proposed there I would oppose it. Certainly the council has a commercial interest in maximising development - new council tax, new homes bonus, and in the future 100% of business rates. But that doesn't mean I wont fight to stop over development. Hi first mate, I'll come back fully on all your requests this weekend.

Hi Richard tudor, Short answer yes. Could be tricky if house divided into flats and some flat occupants want one and other don't. But lets cross that bridge when it occurs.

We're trying to get them placed outside people who have requested them. Lambeth now has over 150 of these installed. Southwark is aiming for another 89 to add to 11. With the right scale this could become a strategic transport project and that is the angle I've taken with council officials. With regard to attractiveness. Lambeth in some cases have bookened them with street streets in the road. Seems a great way of doing it.

Hi first mate, When a request for BikeHangar is received officers assess where best to place it and I will ensure when they suggest locations in East Dulwich ward that I ask they have considered this. Thanks for the suggestion first mate. NB. all council tax payers pay for our local roads. Of the 5,250 homes in the ward have collectively 3,276 cars. No roads in East Dulwich are paid for by anything other than Southwark Council. We have no controlled parking to support these maintenance costs. So if a resident wants to park a bicycle in a BikeHangar and that will encourage them to cycle more often then it seems only fair - as they contribute an equal amount via Council Tax for road maintenance as any neighbouring resident who parks a car - that we support them. But we clearly need to maximise how efficiently we do this. Across London 1% of transport budgets support cycling facilities but they make up a much higher proportion of all journeys than this.

Hi pebs, To get a CycleLockers/BikeHangars as per attached picture - send me an email. Sotuhwark is looking for locations to place these on streets and TfL have said if all 89 new BikeHnagers are used they'll probably fund more. These are only placed as a result of resident demand. So please demand one for where you live!

Hi Nattaliec, As a local councillor I used to get several complaints a year. I'd complain to Royal Mail and it seemed to get a little better. But with the removal of early morning post deliveries I no longer get any complaints. This doesn't mean no disturbance. If I was you I'd knock on the neighbours houses of the house you plan to buy and be frank and ask them their recent experiences. And don't forgot in the summer you might want to have open windows over night so ask about what it's like in the hot summer months. Hope this helps.

Worth going through this Ofcom list of issues and if not resolved by your broadband provider complaining to Ofcom: http://consumers.ofcom.org.uk/internet/problems-and-complaints/broadband-landline-faults/

Hi Alan Medic, Sydenham Woods is nurtured by the London Wildlife Trust - http://www.wildlondon.org.uk/reserves/sydenham-hill-wood-and-coxs-walk Best to ask them but I'd be surprised if they wanted a Christmas tree for 11/12 months of the year. Hi pebs, I agree the new ?25M E&C traffic island/non island is a nightmare. I responded to the consultation against these proposed changes - I suggested with others traffic lights that could have been constructed without causing 18months of mayhem. I suspect the new layout wont last and will be replaced by something that actually meets the objectives.

Hi ITATM, Numerous applications and even the odd successful appeal. Permission granted to extend the store and build 8 flats where the offices are. Separate permission applied for to turn the current offices into lots of mini offices each with a bathroom and 2 apartments on a new third floor. The developer appears now to be building an amalgam of those two applications. I have highlight this to Planning Enforcement and will follow up.

I've asked repeatedly for Southwark Council to check names and addresses to proactively look for fraud. They don't and have yet to even agree to a trial of this. I do (and sure other councillors do and council officials and schools) get occasional reports from unhappy parents about families that obtain school places and they're investigated reactively. Hi kslotts, greenwater, Do you know of other councils that require an uploading of proof of address?

Hi CN, If I were to comment without making it clear I'm a councillor some would accuse me of being less transparent. You can register on the Southwark Council website to be email when any documents with the key words your log are posted on the council website. If you were to use this service you shouldn't need to randomly check notice boards any more or read the small ads section of local newspapers for public notices. Hope this helps. If you get stuck working out how to do this I'll did out a link for you.

Hi first mate, Why do I think they're building 10 flats contrary to planning permissions. Heber School did a radio documentary about it. This was reported in Southwark News as the builder talked about building 10 flats and apparently can be heard in the interview - http://www.heberprimaryschool.com/hrad/

Hi CN, The one-way system when I've walked through the area appeared to me to encourage speeding making it harder to cross the road especially with children. Sorry I assumed this was obvious to anyone walking in the area. I used to live on a one-way gyratory road. We also had it ended and made a huge improvement to the area while reducing the number of vehicles sent on a detour through the one-way system. After talking to a Labour councillor about it he told me the only person who was going to fix the problem was me - cack handed inspired me to get involved in local politics. Seems pretty obvious win win to me for all residents and people travelling through the area.

Hi fazer71, To be fair to M&S they did add that newer to July when they're fitting out they would expect to be responding to any such problems themselves.

A new post about graves about to be dug up seems reasonable to me. I've ancestors buried there and will be checking our family tree for those surnames. I don't think this level of detail has been available before. And I never check the Lounge for news which this is.

www.crashmaps.co.uk shows a number of reported crashes around the area of proposed changes. I'm a pretty confident cyclist and don't personally have trouble cycling this route - except the occasional driver not giving me sufficient space to be safe. But it's actually about encouraging non cyclists to cycle as well as making the area easier to walk and residents having a more pleasant area. And the changes shouldn't make through journeys a bit quick not being diverted around a one-way system. This assumes they're not already speeding.

I've just been forwarded an email received by a resident complaining to the M&S CEO about inconsiderate building on site. First they say they plan to open the new store July 2016. Second that as they're not on site the developer is responsible.

Part of TfL's response to proposing NOT to have a Bakerloo line extension to Camberwell and Peckham was for a Thameslink station at Camberwell. But I would imagine they intended for Sevenoaks trains only to stop at Camberwell which don't go to Loughborough station. So we'd keep Loughborough station and get a re opened Camberwell Station. But an extension of the Bakerloo line to Camberwell would have included an intermediate stop. So if the sop for not getting the Bakerloo line to Camberwell is over ground station - and proposals from TfL that the Sevenoaks trains e moved to London Overground franchise - then a station serving Walworth would also be needed to do the job properly. In fact a re opened Walworth station - both being closed at the same time in 1916 due to manpower shortages and didn't reopen due to competition from trams.

Hi first mate, I agree the system has let you down. The system in Southwark has been lead by Southwark Labour since May 2010. I can only do so much within this system. Hi XIX, I DO NOT represent the council. I represent the people of East Dulwich and Southwark to the council and try shaping what the council does as an opposition councillor. I haven't distanced myself - I have been representing residents complaints. But they have the planning permissions bar the sub station they need and I have been trying to ensure the building works are done more considerately. 1. I have alerted them. 2. We will need to be vigilant about the conditions being followed. I hope after having one legal notice served on the developers as a result of a complaint where I represented some residents that they'll be sensible to avoid more of this.