James Barber

I can only ask for a call-in via my colleagues sittingon OSC. We'd have to have specific reasons of how this decision has been made incorrectly process wise or is contrary to plans and strategies. I don't think it meets this criteria so any call-in would fail - BUT let me know why you think it should be called-in. Ideally in an email.

Hi KirstyH, If the noise troubles you then please consider joining HACAN who campaign to reduce the noise impact of Heathrow and HACAN East who campaign against the noisei mpact of London City Airport. And the balance between all interested parties in when, where and how noisy planes fly over us is entirely political.

Hi first mate, I don't think so. A lot of time and effort has gone into these proposals by all parties and I can't see how the decision breaches any policies or strategies - which is reqired for a call-in to Overview & Scrutiny Committee. Unless you tell me otherwise...

and if you have ideas for more public located tabel tennis tables let me know...

In the past applications to use Cleaner, Greener, Safer funding have been made to light this path. It was refused on the basis of public safety! If the police have changed their minds then a CGS application in the Autumn when the next round will open for application would be one was of making this happen.

Apart from any concerns about being sited next to a school. Siting a 25m tall 60cm diameter pole with numoerous street cabinets on a prominent street corner aesthetically would be unacceptable. Their are smarter places to house these masts.

Hi landsberger, Yes, and Southwark Council interpret the GLA forecasts. I'm keen to meet with the Southwark people who interpret GLA forecasts. We#ve seen no change in birth rate, rate of people leaving the area, etc but a big reduction inthe forecast pupil numbers. Where would you build the permanent Harris East Dulwich Primary school if not the former East Dulwich Police station?

Good. Cllr Rosie Shimell and I had called-in this planning decision so if officers had been minded to grant permission it would have gone to a planning committee. Fingers crossed we wont have another 10+ year saga.

Hi simonthebeaver, I commented more here - http://jamesbarber.mycouncillor.org.uk/ I hope it proves to be fabulous news. In about 6 months time Southwark Council will announce it latest pupil projections. I'm still very very nervous about Sotuhwark Council having forecasted a gap of 215-235 primary school places based on a birth rate and with no change to the birth rate or other factors is now forecasting a much lower gap allowing for news schools. I don't get where children have vanished between the two forecasts with no change in any factors. I have asked to meet the forecasters to really understand the detail that has caused this - I can then agree it's fabulous news. Hi Otta, I agree. They said they would. They have. Especially so after putting a lot of unfunded effort into this that they can now never recoup. The good news is we can focus on sorting out the Harris East Dulwich Primary School planning permission - stalled for a great many months with Southwark planning.

Hi Sue, I think uncleglen was alluding to Tessa introducing new betting laws allowing addictive gaming machines, betting shops being allowed to open unless people proved they would cause harm - previously applicants had to prove they wouldn't cause harm. Huge expansion in betting shps resulted and still rising. Labour campaigning for the coalition to stop the betting shop bonanza having allowed Tessa to cause it. Same with drinking culture. Tessa changed the laws reversing the burden of proof from alcohol licnese applicants proving they wouldn't cause harm to objectors having to prove they would. Huge expansion in late and all night drinking estlablishments. 500% increase in alcohol ambulance calls and A&E admissions from alcohol - part of why A&E's across the country have a much higher workload than ever before. I'm sure Tessa and her team have done much casework well. But I would hope that's table stakes for any MP. The dramatic expansion in problems betting and drinking and addiction and all the harm this causes from laws she introduced means that England & Wales would have been a better place if she had not been an MP. Debate! Regards james.

Very sad that a man died - http://www.standard.co.uk/news/london/male-pedestrian-dies-after-being-hit-by-bus-outside-station-in-south-london-10142391.html Apprently hit by a car and then a bus. It will be some time before we hear all the facts.

Hi Sue, That sounds very odd. We share the same udnerstanding. Let me ask and come back to you.

The key will now be to turn this into the new secondary school actually having 19,550m2 of land to build on. Currently NHS Property have only release 17,000m2 via my Right to Contest which ...I'm now contesting!

Sorry ITATM, I was answering your questions during lunch and should have read your request more thoroughly: How did this policy come into being with no one seemingly aware of it ? My reading is that there should be consultation which at a very early stage involves Community Councils . Did this happen ? I am not aware of the design manual being consulted upon at any community council. I came across it when an approved Cleaner, Greener, Safer bid for new cycle parking was refused by officers after approval by local councillors as the design manual didn't allow them - this would have been circa 2 years ago. It might have come through as an email to all councillors when an IDM is made. But we get 5-20 of these a day each linking to web pages with multi page documents - so we don't always spot the item. It might also have been in the forward plan. Given that DCC have already tried to have applications with this rule modified approved and failed ,what are the chances of it being reviewed ? And the time scale ? And how can we influence this process ? I think their is a good chance itwill be reviewied. We have lots of mechanisms to beaver away at changing it and I know of several Labour councillors who also agree the manual isn't fit for purpose. Hi Landberger, True but you'd expect that also of Village ward and College ward families and the stats don't bar this out. You've listed a number of schools but all the popular one's have admissions radii of around 1km. Harris Boys isn't that popular yet. I'm sure it will become really popular as in its first year it acheived stunning GCSE results. So big hole between all the schools you listed in SE22. Hi Lowlander, I'm not aware of this. I've just checked the rail timetable online and 3-5 trains per hour depending on when you measure. Not great. Really should be more.

Hi ITATM, 2.5 years ago Southwark council issued the Southwark Street Design Manual. At DCC we agreed to ask the Director to attend the next DCC and explain why 2.0m was so critical. It is clearly an arbitary value being stuck to before the borough was made 20mph. Hopefully they'll have the sense to say it can be drastically reduced for 20mph streets. When my lot lead Southwark Council again we will scrap such sillyiness. Hi MarkT, Yes, it is a very silly design manual in a number of ways.

Not surprising with all parties promoting residents and employees and patients to respond to the consultation and more people likely to benefit i.e. live/work/visit the Camberwell area.

Hi chassle, I believe the hoardings are on the boundary for the developers land and ultimately will be returned back. The delays are with Southwark Planning vacillating between agreeing and disgreeing to some fine tuning of the approved scheme. I have suggested to the developer - as I did with the 265 Lordship Lane developer - that the hoardings be decorated with pictures from the nearest local school. For 265 Lordship Lane that was Heber School. For this site it would be Goose Green school - this assumes the school would be interested in taking part.

Hi Savage, I have the data for SE22... 245 places appleid for. 115 obtained 1st preference 46.9% 39 2nd preference 15.9% 26 3rd pref 10.6% 22 4th pref 9.0% 10 5th pref 4.1% 7 6th pref 2.9% 10.6% were offered place the family had expressed no preference for. 26.5% not offered one of their 3 main preferences The Sothwark wide averages for these respecitvely 6.0% and 12.6% so SE22 families really suffering from not having enough secodnary school choices. really explempl;ifies why our campaign for a new East Dulwich secondary free school so important. It wont open until Sept 2016 but should transform loca choice and people getting admissinos to schools they want. Hope this is the data you wanted?

Hi lpool, This is weird. Let me chase again. TfL provide the traffic lights to Sotuhwark for free. Which appears to mean they do what they want.

Hi wpl, The Dulwich Society look at larger schemes and do include East Dulwich in their work. So I would suggest you do join the Dulwich Soceity and seek to join their Planning and Architecture sub committee - http://www.dulwichsociety.com/planning-and-architecture I'm sure they'd welcome more volunteers to increase the breadth of work they undertake. A neighbourhood plan would be great for the area as any future planning gain via Section 106 funds would have a much higher proportion spent in the area - 25% rather than 10% from memory. I have suggested to the Dulwich Scoeity that a neighbourhood Plan led by them would be a great start.

Hi landsberger, Well we got something right - we initiated the secondary school campaign, fought successfully to change Southwark Councils utter opposition, attracted two great free school applicants and the school is proceeding on land we secured via the Right to Contest we submitted. Numbers. The birth rate is stable at all time high. Southwark forecast on that basis a big shortage which they had been accurate on. using the same numbers with no change in assumptions they're now saying we'll be over provided. I#m seeking to meet the person coming up with these forecasts because something smells fishy. I get where some children go but do you sense a mass exodus from the area or massive doubling in private school uptake? I don't.

Hi ITATM, It goes from silly to ridiculous. WE had approved new dropped kerbs in Jan uary IF officers only implemented them with 1/2m double yellow lines each side. They've refused. They've tried to bounce us again last night into Southwark Council absurd positino of 2m double yellow lines and we've said no with one exception where the ward councillor doesn't think it will make a difference. The same street guide is against active speed signs, cycle hoop cycle parking, etc. Weird to see Labour councillors campaigning against this design guide when they introduced it two years ago. What a waste of public money all round.

Hi DB&B, We'd need to be much more precise for someone to be sent out and sit in wait. OR do you know where they live? Please don't answer here but email me. DulwichBorn&Bred Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Is it possible that we could get someone to patrol > Fellbrigg/Cyrena Road as there is a severe dog poo > issue there , it's obviously a repeat offender as > its every single day there is poo on the pavements > , road , people's front yard and by the trees . > It's disgusting and a popular route for the > children .

Hi jules, Apologies for delay. I have called you and started fighting for your Peckham aunt. Fingers crossed we can get some common sense on this. I've a number of similar items of casework for the same issue of council street properties with rotten windwos that they refuse to replace despite them not meeting any realm of decent home standard. Jules6862 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > James . > you ask for my contact details re Oap living > conditions. I sent them to you.Have not heard from > you

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