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James Barber

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  1. https://www.together-uk.org/southwark-wellbeing-hub/the-directory/9540/meals-on-wheels/ Probably a good place for them to start. It also means they'll be logged as potentially vulnerable.
  2. DEFINITELY all fines and overdue payments are stopped. Sadly the council website is woefully behind saying libraries open. But definitely no overdue fines while COVID-19 causing libraries to remain shut. If you have any problem please get in touch.
  3. Southwark libraries ar enclosed for the foreseeable future But you can access eBooks, newspapers, magazines online with Southwark Library membership. Really easy to organise and register - https://www.southwark.gov.uk/libraries
  4. One brilliant local suggestion is that those who can afford to pay in advance for cafe/restaurant visits and each establishment record it in a BookofHope.
  5. Yes, I am wondering how to support local businesses.
  6. Grove Vale has been 30mins parking limit for ages - but the sign keep being vandalised/removed. Even a whole post with sign removed. DOn't know if it still is but used to be red location for parking enforcement needing a Police escort.
  7. Such a package of measures should include permit restrictions to travel along Melbourne Grove. Else much of the Village and Townley Road traffic will divert via Lordship Lane/Melbourne Grove.
  8. If new upgraded street lights causing light problems in bedrooms ask your local councillor for a light shield to be added - results in shadow facing bedroom windows.
  9. I sometimes had complaints about upgraded lights shining in bedroom windows and would get the council to add a light shield to cast a shadow on said windows. White light is better for people walking around ot see whites of eyes and whether someone looking at you. Apparently better for street safety. I had been seeking for street lights to be remotely monitored and controlled - fab cost saving as avoids having council officers on 'night patrolling' looking for dead street lights. They can then also be remotely turned down. Sadly not implemented yet.
  10. I came across two cars with smashed windows 8.20am today - East Dulwich Grove near Greendale and Melbourne Grove. Seems prolific. Hopefully the arrest is for the person that caused these and all the others.
  11. I'd ask quickly - the council are planning to charge ?25 per wheelie bin or REPLACEMENT wheelie bin if one is stolen or misplaced when emptied - http://moderngov.southwark.gov.uk/documents/s86788/Appendix%20C%20Income%20generation.pdf
  12. Hi geh, Public transport is controlled by TfL. TfL have been cutting buses so not really practical to ask the council to consult on something they know would never happen. Generally. With Climate Crisis and air pollution we all need to change many habits. Ability to drive anywhere is one of them. The main industry for the Dulwich area is private schools serving a huge area of London - with many driven in cars to school. These proposals would make that less attractive. The Townley Road proposals lack clarity. But we do know half traffic on Southwark roads during am/pm rush hours start and end their journeys outside Southwark. Lots go down non A roads and this approach could go a long way to fixing this if applied on some other key roads. I suspect this is using Dulwich as guinea pigs for wider ideas. Seems clear the denial that the current administration does not want CPZ everywhere has been shown to be incorrect. Overall these proposals are likely to make some journeys impractical by car and see some people change habits.
  13. With contactless personal use and resulting less business cash to bank, people using far less cash for everyday items, this feels inevitable.
  14. And record the Police crime number you will be given from reporting the theft for likely bills for from the likes of Dartford tunnel, ULEZ, CCZ, etc. As points out get special screws to make life harder for thieves to steal plates.
  15. It's a Southwark Council Housing maintained road - paid for by rent/freehold payment from the home owners there. I do not believe formal parking resections exist other than the gate which could be locked at any time if the council was more organised. Similar exists the other wise of East Dulwich Grove running alongside the railway line.
  16. And here - http://www.suttonlibdems.org.uk/parking_update_what_s_the_difference_between_a_cpz_and_a_ppa - they're looking for Parking Permit Area instead of Controlled Parking Zone. PPA does not equal any loss of parking, doesn't have oodles of yellow lines, etc. Does have permits.
  17. No. The East Dulwich station mural was paid for from CGS funds - I applied for the money. sunshine77 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > They?re not murals. Most of them are street art > commissioned by Dulwich Picture Gallery as an > outdoor exhibition. There used to be tours but > sadly the lady who did them passed away. > The one by the station was commissioned by the > East Dulwich Action Group as part of the Southwark > funded High Street Challenge - who also ran the > photo competition for the banners. > The one on the side of Superdrug is being > organised by a new group.
  18. Dulwich & West Norwood - The United To Remain candidate is from the Green party. Lib dems have stood aside to here to ensure one true Remain candidate. So Lib Dems can not print and deliver any literature in DaWN without breaking election law. Hence silence from us. Even printing and delivering letter support The Green Party candidate would count towards their election expenses. Camber & Peckham - I've been leafletted by Labour and Lib Dems. Bermonsey & Old Southwark - huge campaigns going on there. But as reported recently 200 parliamentary seats have not changed hands from one party to another since WW2. It can make for parties being very complacent.
  19. If anyone is unhappy with their GP practice - DMC or any other - then make a formal complaint...https://www.england.nhs.uk/contact-us/complaint/complaining-to-nhse/
  20. Creating more parking begets more traffic. Which then begets more pressure for parking..... The key is to stop creating more parking demand for the extra parents and staff this planning proposal would create. The new CPZ will alleviate some of the pressure for residents. It is likely to displace parking pressure from school staff and parents onto Townley Road / Calton Avenue etc.
  21. Hi Hammerman, I think you're talking about JAGS and the Sea Cadets and the hut they rented from the Dulwich Estate.
  22. The owner should build a fence there - it is never used for parking. FEncing this private land would remove the dump spot.
  23. No, if the school is refused planning permission by Southwark Council the applicant can appeal that decision. A planning inspector then re runs the decision either based solely on written evidence or holding a F2F element for oral evidence to be heard. The inspector then writes a report making a recommendation to grant or refuse permission. The relevant minister usually rubber stamps that decision but can and does rarely take a different view to that planning inspector recommendation. The only route to challenge IF Southwark Council were to grant permission would be via a Judicial Review within 3 months if there was evidence Southwark had not followed their processes or the law in reaching its decision. The planning system is biased towards applicants (clearly in my personal view).
  24. It is a universal problem of children being driven to school - but especially pronounced when the entry requirements for local provide schools are not based on distance from the school. Alleyns is a sub-regional school. Admissions to the Junior school near 100% result in pupils gaining admission to the secondary school - so super attractive to some families from some, for London, significant distances away to get into the Junior School and drive pupils until old enough to use the coach service. For a number of years I've suggested to Southwark Council Development/Planning teams that a limit of further private school development via a Supplementary Planning Guide is required.
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