James Barber

Hi swati.clark, Southwark aims to litter pick every street every two days. And sweep every street monthly. If you feel this is not being adhered to please complain online here - https://forms.southwark.gov.uk/beta/ShowForm.asp?fm_fid=1541&np=1 Hi Monkey, I'd follow the same link as above. Repeatedly. Failing that engage a local councillor to escalate. NB. Sometimes rubbish is put in recycling or brown bin and then they do not get emptied. Is that the problem in this instance? Hi Willard, At some point the council will remove this recycling point as they've done from all large Southwark super market car parks for this very reason of dumping.

Hi tomskip, I'm sure for many you're right. But it is a new additional form of regressive taxation. Many who have houses with gardens have low incomes. Also many hundreds of council properties with gardens in SE22 with people on benefits who will find ?30 a struggle. Similar numbers of social rented Housing Association properties with gardens. At least taking the money to run this service from Council Taxation is flexed based on the capital value of the property in 1990. So those living in large properties pay more. Their were savings found that the Labour administration chose not to make that could have funded this OR given an exemption for people on low incomes.

Schools could install evidential quality CCTV and could even apply for funding for this from the council Cleaner, Greener, Safer funding streams. Perhaps even better option is the School Zone approach where the road is physically closed for school door and pick-up. Again apply for CGS funding to for the capital element of gaming this happen. Possibly moves the problem further away but that would dilute it at least.

Hi Bagpipes, Does this count ;o)

Hi trinidad, those percentages are on different parts of the bill. So the aggregate % rise is between those two rates you've listed. From memory works out as 4. something % rise. Hi Bic Basher, Grove Vale library was my idea. I started talking to the developer in 2005 before I was elected in 2006, and due to 2008 crashes, building cost inflation only completed in 2018 after I left office! But glad you like it.

For those that can't afford to pay this you could order a second green wheelie bin -https://forms.southwark.gov.uk/beta/ShowForm.asp?fm_fid=728

Home vibrations from vehicles passing is usually caused by potholes or the like. But Lordship Lane has been relatively recently resurfaced. So assuming not an issue with road surface then I'm puzzled as indeed would council officials be.

southern Melbourne Grove seems much quieter when I was out delivering People's Vote leaflets all day yesterday. Perhaps this was part of the route people took including Champion Hill?

Any tax on doing the right thing results in people doing it less. ?30 per household and increase Bulky Waste collection charges are taxes. The incumbent councillors voted for this at February Council Assembly. They must know what they voted for. So if they know what they voted why do they need to 'come back to you' about it? Their silence is an attempt to disassociate themselves from these charges and assuming people will forget. Hi dc, Kingston Council is an Outer London council with very different problems with much less fly tipping and their recycling rate is much higher than ours already. I would not vote for such policies and never did in our Inner London council. And the Lib Dems showed a number of ways the council could have made more savings to more than cover the assumed revenue. But as these ideas came from Lib Dems were rejected out of hand.

The current Labour Southwark Council are introducing garden waste charging -http://moderngov.southwark.gov.uk/documents/s80710/Appendix%201D%20-%20Income.pdf Predicting net income of ?330,000 pa. See page 7 of this for the ?30 per household for garden waste collections - http://moderngov.southwark.gov.uk/documents/s80713/Appendix%201G%20-%20Proposed%20Fees%20and%20Charges%202019-20.pdf Expect more garden waste fires to avoid this fee. and potentially more fly tipping. Homes with gardens already typically pay more Council Tax than those without. I would advise stocking up on garden waste bags ASAP. Expect a run on them and for them to be withdrawn soon. Also plans for more street advertising, CPZ's, parking in parks, etc. P.S. The Bulky Waste collection fee is also increasing from ?16 to ?18 - so expect more fly tipping from this as well.

Hi Gerry, You might want to put a short letter about this to neighbours in the area to encourage attendance. Even better if you door knock at the same time. If you plan to do this let me know and I?ll come and help in a non political way.

my recollections of costs from several years ago... 1,800GBP per hump which should be placed every 20-50m. 5,000GBP for legal paperwork, design and advertising. Road closure 5,000GBP for physical closure. So closures work out significantly cheaper than adding humps and bumps. Average speed cameras can be installed for zero pounds as can be self funding. Politics means only allowable within London where London Cameras Partnership allow them - and they rarely do except typically after road deaths which is obviously too late. Does this help talfourdite?

The road works are at the junction of Underhill with Friern Roads occupying one lane. Someone has helpful repositioned the barriers to open up one of the lanes allowing two way traffic with consideration. Sadly whoever agreed the road closure didn?t actually ask any questions of Thames Water to get the closure minimised to one lane. Much quieter though was nice walking along there earlier.

Hi TheArtfulDogger, I have been transparent that I live on Champion Hill. If this scheme to stop A road levels of traffic on a non A road was implemented on another road I would still most likely be supportive - Friern Road two different road closures for example. We must collectively change out of our bad habits for sedentary transport choices that damaging local air pollution and the climate. The changes were implemented less than a month ago. Way too early to say this trial has been a success or failure. Road closures are a particularly good and cheap way of changing traffic patterns. Hugely successful towards making cycling so popular in Netherlands and Germany. And the partial closure of CH impacts negatively over 50% of ALL the journeys we make by car. Access to East Dulwich for us has always been by foot or bicycle. Consultation responses. Do you favour those living on a road or those who live elsewhere. Equally double yellow lines were imposed on Champion Hill E-W section against the wishes of local residents - to support the cycle quietway. These consultations have worked for and against CH residents. I look forward the ULEZ change in the CCZ and then pushing these out for the north and south circular with corresponding reduction in air pollution and traffic levels.

I used to make the journey from Champion Hill to Tulse Hill as only place we then found for a nursery place. With a pushchair I found the journey fine via E.Dulwich station to Tulse Hill and then took train to work in central London. This was easy enough and straight forward. I could have driven but I always found public transport much more fun with kids. We have air pollution problem, child and adult obesity problem and Climate Change disaster. These will only ever be solved by changing habits. This is a tiny nudge towards making those critical changes we all need to make for the good of ourselves, our children and if our children are going to have any chance of a decent future.

I agree with wulfhound.

East Dulwich and the wider Dulwich area are still defined as suburban.

I suspect that lack of simplicity is just another way of selection - selection of parents who are likely to ensure their children do their homework, turn up on time, etc.

hi Nigello, Where that is the norm what you're suggesting can work well. But where it would then dominate and overlook others it doesn't work well. Which is why Southwark has policies specifically aimed at not allowing what you've suggested in areas like East Dulwich.

The garages are 0.05 hectare. So that would be 10 to 17.5 rooms 18m frontage = circa 3 x typical Bassano Street homes. So 3 houses wide to deliver those 10 - 17.5 habitable rooms. 3 x houses x 3 bedroom each(1 attic bedroom) would be at the top end of the acceptable range.

Hi talfourdite, I get the feeling we should all be able to driving our children to school if we so wish. On a practical note... Local primary schools maximum admissions distance home to school typically 300-1100m. Secondary schools typically circa 1,250m. These distance are easily walkable for 99% of children. Thankfully the majority do not drive their children to school else we'd have even higher traffic and pollution levels. Given the choice most children prefer walking, cycling, scootering to school. And in Southwark we have a child obesity epidemic. Unless parents are ensuring lots of exercise, outside of driving their kids to school, they may well be doing their children physical harm by restricting their activity levels. And also harming other peoples children from increased air pollution.

Hi sarvester, After chasing via Lib Dem councillors I've obtained this for 'on time' applications for secondary school places: " The data below relates to Southwark residents only and will be used to produce London-wide statistics that form the basis of the Pan London press statement, coordinated by London Councils, that will be released at 5pm today. ? All 3,048 of Southwark?s on-time secondary school, applicants have been offered a school place for September 2019. ? 2,742 (90.0%) applicants have received a place at a secondary school of their first to sixth preference ? 2,530 (83.0%) applicants have received a place at a secondary school of their first to third preference . ? 1,813 (59.5% ) families received a first preference school. ? 306 (10.0%) families without a preference have been offered an alternative school. ? 3,042 (99.8%) of Southwark applicants submitted an on time online application this year. " This doesn't compare will to London or England. Stats across councils and nationally will be available from April and summarised by Dept For Education in June - https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/715650/2018_School_Application_Offers_Text.pdf 2018 secondary school offer day 82.1% offered first choice secondary school in England vs. 59.5% this year in Southwark, 93.8% across England offered fist 1-3 choices vs. 83.0&% in Southwark. Was this what you were looking for?

Hi Passiflora, I specifically stated a Lib Dem will be there. Baffled how you have morphed that into no Lib Dem will be there! Hi geh, gerry, My understanding is four storey building are now being proposed. Contrary to my original officer discussions. The current Core Strategy from 2011 p57 states area should remain suburban - https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=2&ved=2ahUKEwiuvIDRsffgAhWMDOwKHToSCKoQFjABegQICBAC&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.southwark.gov.uk%2Fassets%2Fattach%2F1675%2F1.0.2%2520DL%2520Core_Strategy_2011.pdf&usg=AOvVaw1_K9P70Ij7_TRp_BgcGLrl p.78 shows that East Dulwich issei's in the Suburban Density Zone Middle. Definition of Suburban Density in Southwark can be found on p.79 stating 200-350 habitable rooms per hectare. Sizes of room and outdoor space are requirements. So four storey building there would breach these room range without the excuse of being on top of a station for example. Southwark Council will argue it's next to the church hall which is high. But of course we wouldn't expect homes to be as tall as churches! Details of home design and repeat of suburban definition p.8 here -https://www.southwark.gov.uk/assets/attach/1811/1.0.4.1%202015_Technical_Update_to_the_Residesign_SPD__2011_.pdf

You are very welcome. I'm just sorry it took quite so long to be delivered and finally delivered 9 months after I stopped being one of the local councillors. Still a few more projects bubbling along to completion from my Councillor days...

Hi Pugwash, if you email I will seek to get this sorted.