James Barber

Hi Lynne, Can you please email me your concerns. Lynne Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Hi. Have a look at the section about the > second-hand furniture shop on Upland Rd and give > it a thought about whether the trading standards > people would be interested. I'd be glad of your > opinion

Hi theboycj, Yes WRT to the 185. From 1 November Mon-Sat more 185's will run such that isntead of every 10mins they will run ervery 8mins. Quite a hefty service improvement. We also raised the 176 frequency and will raise again along with P13, 40 and 484.

Hi ZT, That's weird. I walked along it twice on Sunday - once eachside - and didn't spot any. Is it a particularly day of the week. Perhaps I missed it. Where abouts on Beauval Road.

In response to the latest message about Fellbrigg Road dog mess. Officers on receipt of my requests inspected Fellbrigg Road and the surrounding area on Monday and found two instances of dog poo. These were cleared during Monday. Council officers are aware of the general problem in the area. Dog poo is removed by litter pickers and street cleaners as part of their normal scheduled activities. Fellbrigg Road is litter picked every Monday, Wednesday and Friday and receives a full detritus sweep every four weeks. They have confirmed all litter pickers and sweepers have been reminded of their responsibilities regarding the removal of the dog poo. How unpleasant for them. My request for two more litter bins - one each side about a third of the way in has been accepted and they will be installed in the area with stickers on them to inform people that they may be used for bagged dog poo. My request for more anti dog poo stencilled markings on the pavements where the worst is occurring has also been accepted and will soon be installed on the pavements.

Hi first mate, I've been a member of planning committees since first elected. The demise of the local Dulwich Community Council planning function means such local decisions aren't presented to a local committee of local councillors. It was replaced by Planning Committee sub-committee A and B - two seperate committees. The conditions for a planning application going to a planning committee was changed from any three people objecting to five different planning objections agreed by the head of planning and chair of planning. A hugely higher hurdle. So we had local planning committee oversight and Southwark Labour took this away. hi redjam, I agree I don't believe it will be as detrimental or dramatic as some have suggested on this thread. Hi katgod, No they don't. I'm not expecting this bus stop to move. Although some have suggested swapping it with the pelican crossing I see no money for this to take place and also I'm not clear it would be a good idea.

Sadly councillors on planning committees are not hat engaged. They hear applications that largely officers decide, unless a councillor has called inthe decision or it clearly has raised a lot of angst among residents. Councillors get an officer report a week in advance. Applications upto 50 homes were decided by local planning committees such as the Dlwich Commnuity Council. We made some good decisions there and had a good overview of all local applications - but they were closed by Southwark Labour several years ago supposedly to save money. It used to be that each main planning committee reviewed all the plans of an application. Some meetings finished at 3 or 4am with huge amounts of scrutiny. Planning committees are now much more driven by the chairperson and don't review plans. I think a lot has been lost and that helicopter view is no longer taken.

Hi alice, I understood that a higher proportion of single sex schools were selective.

Not just that they also now offer godless promise for atheists: http://www.christian.org.uk/news/scouts-to-offer-new-godless-promise-for-atheists/

Hi first mate, I can see M&S having a parking impact.Which is why I spoke against the planning application losing the current car park etc. I genuinley think the cinema will have most custom in the evenings and weekends. In the evening when almost all the shops that attract customers and staff/owners aren't around should be ok. The weekends could well be an issue but I've yet to see a Southwark CPZ operate only on Saturdays so definately that wont be on the table. The cinema has to provide a plan it intends to operate by. I've asked to see that plan as I want to help ensure they have things around encouraging customers to not come by car. If you've any ideas to help with this please do email me. Primary school. It will have around 30 staff and by the fifth year of operations have an admissions radius of around 500m. So hopefully vast majority, as with Heber School, walk, cycle or scooter to school. I'm sure a few teachers/staff as you've suggested will park on local streets. But even 30% would represent an extra 9 cars in the area. All those staff will also have opportunities to spend money. So it will help in a small way to get a little more cash into local shops during the quiet Mon-fri day time period.

Perhaps my friend is a weird exception. He's a primary school teacher and cycles over Crystal Palace every day and a numkbe of miles to/from his school and doesn't have a problem taking books home to mark. I think Otta has a point about a hardcore of people who just prefer to drive full-stop. As part of any planning application as parknig survey and transport study will be required for this site. Last week I ensured this will be taking place and submitted as the planning application. This will be publicly available when available. Hi first mate, If I'm the councillor you were suggesting. If I wanted a CPZ locally around Lordship Lane why would I have helped so many people get white lines back in rather than double yellow lines which would limit local parking capacity?

Several factors will help. Le Garage opposite on Whateley Road has submitted a planning application to become a home - residents and businesses there will know what a positive impact on parking etc that would have if granted. All going well this new school will becoem as popular as Heber School which doesn't seem to have a parking problem due to the much reduced admissions radius. I suspect the biggest impact will be the School Keep Clear area on Landcroft Road. Critical for fire engines in emergencies. NB the cycle and scooter parking is planned along the southern edge of the site. Lots of it proposed, more than any other primary school int he area.

Southwark Council used to run this but now supports, since 2011, the Southwark Heritage Association running the scheme - http://www.southwark.org.uk/SHAFrame800.htm. Southwark News promote the annual vote for which of a number of suggested blue plaques receive the award. If anyone has a suggestion for a BLue Plaque then contact the heritage assoication - 020 8299 0470 [email protected]

Hi spider69, This issue was raised a few weeks ago after I put in considerable time getting all the white lines re installed on Ashbourne Grove and Elsie Road. I haven't had any further casework so far that would drive me spending time on this other than investigating in a more general way.

My fear is the EFA is confident they can fund the amouint of land they think is the absolute minimum ofr both a secondary and primary school. Less than any of us want for any of the schools. That if we then protest they explain they can't afford the ?64M+ that the land would cost if priced at the same land pricing the former ED police statino was sold for in December 2013. By the time it is sold we'll have had around 16months land inflation. So for me the critical aspect is how valuable is the land. And it will matter how much one department charges another.

HI IATATM, No lack of interest. Lack of time - and I short change my family too much as it is. And my new day time job is more demanding that the previous two.

Hi Peggy37, I haven't read it again in detail because I received it yesterday while at work at my day job. I then attended back to back meetings last night and today am back at work. I literally haven't had any free time to do the letter justice YET. Hi Londonmix, Becuase they have told that to the Harris Federation and apparently Southwark Council. But they have yet to fund a ?64M+ land purchase for any secondary school. And I keep reminding people NHS Property AFTER being told their land was needed for a secondary school soft marketted the land via several large housing developers. You don't do that if you intend to sell it at the much lower book value rather than housing land values. I'd be delighted to be wrong. And I honestly I hope I am. But the former ED Police station went to auction and was only sold for a new primary school when the EFA matched the highest housing developer offer of ?6M for 1,800m2? Do we really think NHS Property - the people who told me school places had nothing to do with them and they didn't care suddenly becoming altruistic. They are targetted on obtaining maximum ?'s to reinvest in the health service. They would consider themselves unprofessional if they didn't use every avenue they could to achieve this. Simple maths the site, dependant on the re provision of health, could house both a primary and a secondary school. I'd prefer just a secondary school but that would take Sotuhwark Council being helpful to find an alternate site for the primary school. Harris have met Southwark Council property people.

hi first mate, It doesn't sound like you went to the public exhibition yesterday. Harris do not get to design or lead or spec. this school. It will be delivered by the Education Finance Agency for Harris to then run. Practically the head teacher is happy with how he can make the school work really well. But the proposed design is dull. So I think it a bit unfair to criticise Harris for something they don't get to design or deliver. They would I suspect be far happier in the driving seat to make this all happen. I personally prefer the outlook the Haberdashers' people have achieved with their new primary school.

Hi miga, Yes old UK research has suggested pupils from poorer background do less well. International research shows this should not be happening. The Pupil Premium (bounty per pupil from poorer families) appears to be rapidly helping resolve this. Last year London schools 63% of pupils from poorer backgrounds went on to university. This is a higher ratio compared to any other part of the country for any socio economic group.

I popped along to the exhibiton yesterday at Christ Church. It was open 3-9pm. Hopefully some of the people highlighting problems with the proposals had a chance to also pop along. It is clearly designed to be functional. The head teacher is happy with the design. Parents of children already there on the temporary site told me they were happy with the design. As others have said it won't win a Stirling price. In an ideal world it would be on a bigger site. So keeping the set-back from Lordship Lane is useful and completly understand why the set-back of the current building on Whateley Road is being removed. Talking to the Project Manager no building works or demolitions will occur until after they have planning permission. All the design and funding is organised by the Educational Finance Agency who clearly are not inspired sponsors of great architecture. I think this a shame. One thing I did like. I asked about how modular the design is. It is now proposed to be steel framed which will cause less disruption to the area while building than originally proposed poured concrete. This will also make possible additions in the future. I'll alert people when the planning application is submitted so formal objections and support can be submitted and put into the mix.

Cross-overs. Southwark Council has changed it policy. It no longer installs new white lines across cross-overs. White lines mean a resident can ask for a vehicle blocking a cross-over/drive to be removed if blocked in by them. It means residents can choose who parks across their own driveways. Resolving blocked drives is a low level response from the Police unless extentuating circumstance. One local case was an on-call surgeon who was required urgently in theatre and the Police were stunningly quick and rightly so. But seeing people parked across driveways where white lines clearly tempts some to try it themselves. Instead Southwark Council now offer double yellow lines to keep driveways clear. Clearly this is much more enforceable. But it means residents can;t choose who parks across their driveway. So overall parking capacity is down. The yellow lines are extended to 2 metres either side of the driveway. That removes another 2 x 1/2 car parking spaces. So I don't see why Southwark Council would want to add to parking stress across Southwark. Removing so much car parknig capacity clearly hasn't been thought through. IF you have a current white line. I woudl suggest you collect all the documentation you can about it and take some photos of it. Where they've been removed in East Dulwich and I've been told I've been able to get the white lines reinstated. This was where residents had paid for the whitelines, had a signed a legal agreement with Sotuhwark Council and paid money for it. If anyone needs help getting a white line put back under these circumstances please get in touch.

I havent had a chance to read victoria's letter other than a skim read so far. It feels weird to write to Cllr for regeneration and then the council leader and be ignored repeatedly about such a critical matter for East Dulwich. To then only to receive a letter from a different third Labour councillor after I've written a public letter to the Minister of State for Schools. BUT Southwark Cabinet committee on 21 October when reviewing the new draft new Southwark Plan made only one change - which I would suggest is from our campaigning - http://moderngov.southwark.gov.uk/documents/g4863/Printed%20minutes%20Tuesday%2021-Oct-2014%2016.00%20Cabinet.pdf?T=1 " Page 105, end of the first table, the footnote: 73P East Dulwich Hospital site: instead of reading "This site is allocated for use as a health facility with ancillary community use", should read "This site is allocated for use as a health facility, once this is provided the remainder of the site should be a secondary school. " Sadly they didnt take the opportunity to withdraw the Dulwich Hospital planning brief which still carries significant plannig influence http://www.southwark.gov.uk/download/downloads/id/4156/dulwich_hospital_planning_brief which still states as its objective AS: " The objective of the brief is to provide a framework for the redevelopment of the East Dulwich hospital site as a Community Hospital. This brief also sets out the parameters for development of a mixed-use scheme comprising the Community Hospital (health facilities), ancillary office and community facilities and residential development. " NHS Property have engaged the likes of several international property delivelopers to tell them how much the site is worth as housing. This is likely to drive the value of the site as it did for the former East Duwlich Police station. So I ask again publicly - Southwark Labour please withdraw the Dulwich Hospital planning brief and ideally replace it with something that supports a secondary school. As offered previously over 6 months ago I'm sure we would be willing to fund this work through our Cleaner, Greener, Safer revenue funding if necessary.

Hi SR, I organised my own intensive course by booking 2 hours every day after work for 2 weeks + an hour at a weekend. It also meant I learnt on local roads. It really helped that I cycle around so road sense, looking ahead was largely in place - or that's what my intructor said. I think I used BSM. Good luck.

I have not heard this rumour other than this thread. I very much doubt such an application would be made. It would represent out of town shopping. However the Sainasbury's was approved and built so you never. It depends on the policies and focus of whoever is running the council at the time. Southwark at the recent MIPIM conference went with the slogan "Towers, Sky & Ambition". Places such as Dulwich will no longer be off limits for skyscraper applications.

Wednesday 22 October 3pm-9pm a public exhibition is being held of what is planned for the former East Dulwich Police station at Christ Church, 263 Barry Road (close to the junction with Lordship Lane. Harris people will be there but also their architects and builders. GSS Architecture, Farrans and Lambert Smith Hampton. They will add the proposed details to their website 24 October after the public consultation.

Hi LS1234, tiddles, Yes we can. A colleague has offered to help us get this started. It does seem a barmy set of changes.