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Take some encouragement from this: [www.southwarknews.co.uk] gsirett I have covered Ashbourne Grove, some of Chesterfield and Melbourne Grove. A lot of people not in, I have not found one person for this scheme yet. What do you want me to do with the sheets of signatures?

I also have only one login and live in a road adjacent to the CPZ! Where there is liars, and big money you will always get corruption. And Southwark Council is full of it. This stinks of TFL, taking control of our streets. I think that the EDF is a great place to air your views, especially when The Council and councillors ignore petitions? and complaints. We in our street have been campaigning about traffic and parking for over ten years, and all the Council can do is, place humps in the road that would not even stop a snail from speeding. The Council is always asking people to get involved, when people do get involved, they cannot wait to get rid of them, because it?s not what they want to hear. They block off rat runs when it suites them, other rat runs they ignore, we have asked for tonnage restrictions, our street to be blocked off, and made a one way, but it has all been ignored, why, probably because there is no money in it for them.

Its because we know the affect it is going to have on our streets, they are bad enough now, let alone the commuting cars looking for new parking spaces.

Hi James, Thank you for your reply. Money is always a problem with the Council, because they waste so much, i.e.; Melbourne Grove, you resurface the road with new humps, then you take out the humps because of the buses going down there, then you put back the humps. Cost approx ?80,000. And so on. Perhaps it?s time the council started to use the 80 million pound it has in reserve. As for the consultation, it?s a farce; all the roads that you mentioned should have been included in the consultation, as it is going to affect them all. Unless the idea is to force them into accepting PCZ. I appreciate all that you try to do, and I admire you for taking the flack on these sites, it?s how you learn by your mistakes. Keep up the good work.

I think the current consultations should be abandoned, as all the areas that will be affected by this, have not had a chance to air their views. And that is quite a few roads in East Dulwich that are not on the consultation list, in fact it seems to have been kept really quite about.

In reply to gsirett, you did a good job with them figures. And in law parking revenue should not be for Profit. But we all know it does make huge profits, another stealth tax. Parking in East Dulwich has slowly got worse over the last three years, and one of the reasons is a change in the planning laws, so wisely done by Councils, they allowed flats etc to be built without considering where the new residents of the flats would park their vehicles. Whereas the old law said, ?you had to have parking facilities before you get planning permission. They just flattened half of St Francis hospital; years before they develop it, why not turn it into a station Car park. No, we cannot do that, where would all our new flats come from, with no where to park their cars. It can only get worse not better

Would like to help with the petition in Ashbourne Grove. Have already signed it. I only found out about this today.

Hi James, Can you tell me why Ashbourne Grove was left off the list for consultation on Grove Vale PCZ. As you know this will affect Ashbourne Grove quite considerably, as if it isn?t bad enough now. A lot of residents in the surrounding area are quite annoyed about it, as it will have a knock on effect, which could force residents to accept PCZ when in fact they are dead against it, why should residents pay to have visitors. Best regards FR

It would appear that Southwark Council is at it again, not consulting the right areas. They did this on Somerfield?s planning permission for flats above their shop and the car park. They only consulted one person in Ashbourne Grove. This time they have not even bothered to put us on the Consultation list, and the effects of PCZ in Grove vale will have a profound effect on Ashbourne grove and the surrounding area. Ashbourne Grove has been having parking problems for the last 15 years, and the Council have done nothing to alleviate the problems, in fact they waste money on calming measures like humps, which don?t make the slightest difference to the 20 mile per hour speed limit, they still tear down the grove and block the end of the turning. It is a money making concern along with everything they do, it?s for profit, not to help the taxpaying public, we are the ones who, just foot the bill, for their mistakes, and no one is accountable. It?s the Governments, Councils and the Government departments that have got the Country in the mess that we are in. This is, just so as, residents just outside the PCZ zone will be forced to except the PCZ because of the amount of commuting cars be forced into our areas.

Hi All Councils do ignore the law when it suites them, It is TFL that applied for the special permission. I did appeal and won, after having to get freedom of information out of TFL, they are not bothered weather it is legal or not, they just lose your papers .if you have them by the short and cur lies, after all the unnecessary hassle of appealing, they just drop it, and no more is said. Does anyone know where Southwark Council publish their Revenue accounts for Parking? As I have not been able to get this information on the Councils site, or indeed on their statement of accounts. according to one judge, parking is not for profit, but the excess that they make is profit, and yes, it does go to other things in the borough, But at the end of the day, it is for profit, and is not just to keep the roads clear, because they put meters on main roads, half the main roads are taken up with Bus lanes and parking bays, no wonder our roads are so congested.

Hi All Councils do ignore the law when it suites them, It is TFL that applied for the special permission. I did appeal and won, after having to get freedom of information out of TFL, they are not bothered weather it is legal or not, they just lose your papers .if you have them by the short and cur lies, after all the unnecessary hassle of appealing, they just drop it, and no more is said. Does anyone know where Southwark Council publish their Revenue accounts for Parking? As I have not been able to get this information on the Councils site, or indeed on their statement of accounts. according to one judge, parking is not for profit, but the excess that they make is profit, and yes, it does go to other things in the borough, But at the end of the day, it is for profit, and is not just to keep the roads clear, because they put meters on main roads, half the main roads are taken up with Bus lanes and parking bays, no wonder our roads are so congested.

My Problem is, I don?t like being ripped off by Councils, TFL and the Government, and this is one of the reasons we are called rip off Britain. One of the reasons that there is such a shortage of parking spaces, is the Councils and the Government changed the law in regards to planning, they allowed car parks to be built on, and allowed flats and new builds to go ahead without any consideration as parking spaces. 90 per cent of the people caught in yellow boxes, do not do it deliberately, but by accident, and I cannot see them justifying ?60 to ?80 fines for 10 seconds in a yellow box. As for parking permits, they are an infringement of our freedom to go and visit friends and relatives on estates when we feel like it, without having to pay to do so. , but in the main they are used as revenue generating devices, not really as methods of restricting parking to residents. As for the 26% increase, its scandalous, it?s to increase revenue for the Council, and TFL, who all work together, in raising money for profit, and to rip off the motorists.

Quite agree with you, it?s the Council and TFL that cause most of the traffic jams today, and going on experience, the Council, only do, what they want. Consultations, just a waste of public money, but, we must keep trying to get through to some of these, pig headed Councils. Will be getting the forms and voteing. Thanks to you.

Hi all, We all know that the Councils are raking it in, but where is it all going? Parking fines, Red routes etc, are money spinners for the Councils and Government, that?s why Southwark Council can layout for brand new Spy Cameras, and on the other hand cut disabled facilities. They change laws to suite them, Peckham Bus Garage, West yellow Box. A total of 3,048 PCNs were issued in the Peckham/High St/Peckham Bus station for contraventions between 5 January 2010 until 21 August 2010. In eight months this one box ripped off at least, ?182,880. According to the law this box should not be there, Quote: A yellow box must be at the junction of at least two roads. Thus for example a yellow box at a bus garage exit and a road would not be valid. But because it is a good money spinner they applied for special permission to put it there, Planning said, they were not happy with the situation, but would let it go through. It?s the Councils and Government that are causing most of the pollution in London, by creating more and more traffic jams.

For anyone interested in our Local Services. It appears that among the cuts being made by Southwark Council is the Noise Team. The noise team, is only one of the essential services, essential to today?s way of life, for the general public, they avoid individuals being abused and attacked, when they complain at 3.00am in the morning, because a neighbour in the next Road is having a Disco in there garden. No one can sleep, kids awake. You are supposed to be able to phone the noise team and they come and sort it, and in the past they have done a good job, but now because of cut backs they finish at 2.30am, after this time, you have to put up with it, until it finishes, phone the police, nothing to do with us, it?s the Council Noise Team you want, but there not there, nothing to do with us. What do you do apart from tear your hair out with frustration and lack of sleep? It makes you feel like taking matters in to your own hands. There?s is no one there to up hold the Law. All wiped there hands of your right to a good night?s sleep. No wonder the Country is in the state that its in. the Labour run council decided to dramatically reduce the noise team service. They didn't need to make ?9M, which included reducing the noise team, of their cuts but they have chosen to pile up ?9M of extra unallocated reserves every year going forward. The Council already has 80 million pounds in reserve, earning interest for what, none of the rates payers, suffering, now, from these savage cuts, are getting any benefit from this money. Use it to stop some of these cuts that are only affecting the not so well off.

For anyone interested in our Local Services. It appears that among the cuts being made by Southwark Council is the Noise Team. The noise team, is only one of the essential services, essential to today?s way of life, for the general public, they avoid individuals being abused and attacked, when they complain at 3.00am in the morning, because a neighbour in the next Road is having a Disco in there garden. No one can sleep, kids awake. You are supposed to be able to phone the noise team and they come and sort it, and in the past they have done a good job, but now because of cut backs they finish at 2.30am, after this time, you have to put up with it, until it finishes, phone the police, nothing to do with us, it?s the Council Noise Team you want, but there not there, nothing to do with us. What do you do apart from tear your hair out with frustration and lack of sleep? It makes you feel like taking matters in to your own hands. There?s is no one there to up hold the Law. All wiped there hands of your right to a good night?s sleep. No wonder the Country is in the state that its in. the Labour run council decided to dramatically reduce the noise team service. They didn't need to make ?9M, which included reducing the noise team, of their cuts but they have chosen to pile up ?9M of extra unallocated reserves every year going forward. The Council already has 80 million pounds in reserve, earning interest for what, none of the rates payers, suffering, now, from these savage cuts, are getting any benefit from this money. Use it to stop some of these cuts that are only affecting the not so well off.

Hi James Hope you are keeping well, after the amount of stick you get on here, Thanks for taking an interest in Ashbourne grove again. If Chesterfield Rd was made a one way, from Melebourne Grove end, and Ashbourne Grove was made a one way from Lordship Lane end,the carts just need to go up one road and down the other,Loading for the shops can stay the same,parking just round the corner in Ashbourne grove. Could you please let me have the web site for the committee meetings that took place for Northcross Road stalls Thanks again

Most of the indigenous people, who live in Dulwich are of C of E religion, and to that extent, so are most of the English people. Part of that religion, was that Sundays was a rest day, and no one used to work, time out day, with the kids etc, which I happen to believe in, now the council is multicultural, we have to put up with changes that suite other cultures, to the detriment of our indigenous culture. I am sure that most home owners in London, do not want a market on their doors steps, with all the noise and hassle that markets create, and especially opening on a Sunday

I never said the council does not listen, what I said was they set up consultations?, and then go ahead a do what they want. I.e.: the local residents did not want Sunday opening, and, in fact, I would think the residents in Northcross Rd,Nutfield Rd, Shawbury Rd, Felbrigg Rd, and Frogley Rd are highly delighted with more traffic using there parking spaces and tearing through their streets. The proposal was thrown out once, but somehow got back in again, I think a few councillors did not like the result and wanted their own way. I don?t think it?s a case of, what I want rather than what the councillors want. When the residents of Ashbourne Grove petitioned to have the Road cut off or made into a one way, it was totally rejected on the grounds of No access for the Fire Brigade, is this not the same in Northcross, the Council should be pandering to the local residents, not people from out of the area, the roads were made for vehicles to use, not stall holders and markets, Why should local residents have to put up with these inconveniences, just so as the council can make money out of the licences, and eventually cut off the whole of Northcross Rd.

It would appear that Southwark Council have taken no notice of the local residents, and gone ahead, and done their own thing. I have lived in Dulwich for 48 years and it is worse now than it ever was. Typical Southwark Council, We will consult with the public, what a load of rubbish, it?s just another way of saying, we will listen to you and waste public money, but we are going to do what we want and not what the public wants, this seems to be the attitude of all politicians in Government and Council. Power to the politicians not the people, we just pay for their mistakes, and let things happen. After all, at the end of the day, they just walk away from it, go to a nice home with a nice income and pension, whilst people are trying to find where the next penny is coming from to pay the rent and taxes so heavily imposed upon us, and wasted by Councils and bureaucracy.

As usual the Powers to be are saying, don?t do what I do, you do as I say, all this talk about get the people involved, load a rubbish. When ever has Southwark Council done what the people want, they screw people?s lives, and think nothing of it; they just seem to want their own way all the time. It seems to me that they spend more money on Road restrictions, and jutting out bus stops, to cause more congestion on the roads, than they do on doing the pot holes, thousands of pounds wasted on putting three Humps across, knowing full well, cars will be permanently park on two of them, all the time. I am against extending the market, cutting the road off, and opening on Sundays, Why should the local residents have to put up with these inconveniences to accommodate mainly people from out of the Borough. All this when we are asked to make Sacrifices for the economy, when in fact Southwark Council have 86 Million pounds in reserve for a rainy day, wonder when that day will be.

No wonder we are in so much SH**.

Always said, Southwark Council could not run a piss up in a brewery, even if they Tried. But what do you expect when they allow Contractors to use "Creative Accounting".

It?s another way of getting rid of the excess money at the end of each year, They are just wasting rate payers money on a road that has worked well for the last 70 years, they know it cause more congestion for normal traffic, but not for buses, just another way of squeezing the car of the road. Driving today is like a nightmare, because of the stupidest of Councillors that put traffic lights where they have never been before and are not needed, Bus stops that stick out in the road so no traffic can get pass, moving traffic causes less pollution than traffic standing still. It?s the buses that causes more congestion than anything else, and they then have the nerve to put in Red Routes, bus lanes which are always empty, and parking facilities, all to get money of the motorists, and then on top of all that they say they have not got enough money to keep the vehicles going for the DISABLED, and all the other cut backs they are making. I say fewer services less Council Tax; after all it?s not us spending all these billions of pounds on Computers that don?t go and planes that don?t fly.

According to the Lib Dems, Southwark Council have 86 MILLION POUNDS of tax payer?s money in reserve for a rainy day.[/b] I THINK THAT RAINY DAY IS HERE NOW. It is after all, rate payer?s money, how long do they have to keep saving our money, whilst increasing our rates, year in and year out. Its money that can be spent back, on the rate payers, on front line services, and reducing taxes. Nine out of 13 elderly day centres are being closed, the buses for the disabled people are being stopped and they now have to travel on Public Transport, these people are DISABLED and seriously ill, where are the brains of these politicians. All the Governments have got us in this mess, and yet with constantly rising prices, they expect the people to suffer more for their mistakes. And to top all that up, they want to keep 86 MILLION pound in reserve, FOR WHAT.? Let?s have some uproar about it all, perhaps other people would like to add their views as to the cut s and Southwark?s Reserve.