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"The Aylesham Centre Shopping Centre, car park and Bus Garage look set to be redeveloped by Tiger Developments. Plans application expected to be submitted later this year The multi-storey car park and Peckhamplex area is mentioned for 82 homes ?comprehensive mixed-use redevelopment? included in ?taller buildings?, but with 50 per cent of the site reserved as small business workspace" So - no buses, no supermarket and no cinema/arts emporium? How on earth do the planners think the people of peckham go about their daily business??

Hopefully this won't add hours onto my travel around my neighbourhood as we all queue to turn right onto Holly Grove...! However, whatever the outcome of this I will still find trying to pull out of Choumert (west) across Bellenden into Choumert (East) tricky due to the amount of bins, street furniture and other visual obstacles which mean you have to slowly edge forwards just to see round corners! All of which makes cyclists scowl!! The parked up cars and general ignoring of yellow lines in this bit of the road are far more obstructive yet haven't been included.

Traveller children do often have a base school which is the one where they are registered. A system of dual registration exists so information can be shared with temporary schools if the family are travelling. Not all travellers are on the road, there are several traveller communities in Peckham whose children attend school like any other child. Families often use the same schools so there is a sense of continuity/familiarity for the children and their families. Traveller children or circus children didn't feel any more disruptive in my class than any other mid year entrants really, in my experience.

I went the first evening and waited about 10 miutes! it was fabulous!

Awww - I'm Choumert. There was I getting my hopes up but I guess it will just be tarmac not a tree... Might try the Tree Oficer and see what's what. MarkL Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > We had a similar situation outside our house in > Waghorn Street, which is the Lane Ward > After many emails and phone calls someone from > Southwark Council eventually visited and said that > the tree would not be replaced as the pavement was > not wide enough (2.1m from memory). > Not long after this the original site of tree was > tidied up, i.e. neatly squared off, then later > tarmacced over. > Needless to say this was disappointing. > > If there's any advice on what steps we could > follow to get any type of tree replanted please > post them here. > > I've actually seen freshly planted saplings around > the borough on pavements which are clearly below > the width threshold so I guess getting a new tree > is just a matter of engaging the right people?

That sounds positive - I've noticed the hole around my tree stump (an ex-flowering cherry)has been lengthened and neatened so maybe a tree is going back?? rch Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Just so you guys know... I'm still in the process > of addressing some of the restrictions on planting > replacement trees under the new tree policy, > working in tandem with the Dulwich Society Tree > Committee. > > If nothing else, I'm hoping to get a palette of > smaller trees to be agreed for the general Dulwich > area by the relevant cabinet member if our > pavement doesn't meet the required width policy. > > I'll try to keep everyone better updated - but if > you can post the location (street name and closest > house number) of the empty pits and maybe the > species of tree that was there previously, I'll go > have a look and see what we can do to lobby in > tandem. > > I believe that East Dulwich ward has a CGS tree > planting budget available via councillors plus I > also have a CGS budget for Village ward which I > applied for personally, so hopefully we can get > trees replaced if we can overcome policy > restrictions...

I was trying to find this out too - I had a lovely tree removed outside my house, but I think in this case the gap between tree and pavement may not nnow meet the council's metre square rule. this despite noone can get down the street because of all the dustbins that litter it!!! All i have now is a stump and two of those plastic railings in the way!

I'd be a bit annoyed if I had to pay for brown bags just because I have no spaceor routine use for a brown bin! Is that some kind of extra tax on hard working ordinary, don't have a spacious front garden with room for umpteen bins I don't use frequently person??? James Barber Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Hi Nigello, > I popped in on Saturday and asked for brown bags. > Given 5 and asked for more and given another 5. > This was Grove Vale library. > > Hi 73jem, > Southwark announced plans some months ago to > charge for them. I wonder if they're running them > down in preparation for that. Get them free while > you can. > I'll also ask again for more to be supplied to > both our local libraries. > > EDIT: Add link to Southwark Council plans to > charge for brown bags when bottom of page 3 > -http://moderngov.southwark.gov.uk/documents/s5973 > 0/Appendix%204%20Waste%20Services%20fees%20and%20c > harges.pdf > at rate of ?7.50 for 10 down bags. This was meant > to start 1 April this year - but I've yet to be > charged for this. Looks like a daft decision the > council hasn't been stupid to implement....yet.

There's always Peckham?

Junctions are all different - 10m of yellow lines behind you will not change the reduced sightlines for the actual manoeuvre because of hedges and lamposts (Choumert road onto Bellenden Rd) or multiple lamposts (Chadwick onto Bellenden)or the angle of the junction (Danby onto Bellenden). This is far more of a risk to other road users. How will it change anything??

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So I looked on crashmap.co.uk and found that from 2011 it indicates 1 serious incident (Lyndhurst grovej/w lyndhurst way and 6 minor incidents in the broad area covered by the consultation. Whilst any incident is unwelcome (and without creating a crashmap login which I can't be bothered with right now I can't see the reports)these could just be car to car and have nothing to do with pedestrians and cyclists. Having lived in the area for a long while now and as a pedestrian and driver (I don't cycle, I feel that what is really needed is some more pedestrian crossings to cross Chadwick maybe further up towards the j/w Lyndhurst Way and a way to better manage the roadcrossing from Chadwick rd east over Bellenden rd to chadwick Rd west. I have witnessed a bad accident here, but it was caused by both drivers not following the highway code - ie pulling out without due attention and driving too fast so unable to stop in time. Changing the road system won't change bad road use or pedestrian behaviours! The rest of the system works fine.

I have the same situation re a tree in my street - it was diseased so had to go but it was a lovely tree and with the new rules they won't replace. Although bins can be left all over the pavement, reducing the width with impunity it seems.

Rockets Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > It is incredibly confusing - deliberately so I > suspect. The whole thing is an example of council > scatter-brain ideas poorly executed with no > consideration for the impact it causes for other > members of the community. Whomever is responsible > for it should be fired - and by the look of the > weight of public opinion against these closures > someone higher up in the council will start > worrying about how it portrays their leadership or > lack thereof. > > From what I can gather they are only policing this > with one of the those mobile spy cars which lurks > either under the bridge or on the road opposite - > so you might be ok. That's what I have been hoping! I felt stupid not being able to make sense of a road but really - it is just bonkers!

Oh Heck, wish I'd read this before I went out last night. Due to huge confusion with signs and no advance warning until it was too late to stop I stupidly must have gone though here last night - it was just so unclear what was what, with some signs painted over and blocks pulled to one side I thought it was something that was over, until I read the signs above me as I drove under them...suspect I'll just have to wait for some fine then! There is no warning that the road is closed, no "no right turn" at Loughborough, no closed road ahead or similar coming along from the other end of the road that would warn you - it's completely confusing. Bah!

Indeed, coming from Cornwall, I find the width of Bellenden Rd quite amazingly wide to be honest! As for the one way system, it serves to keep day trippers lost in a continuous spiral until they are spat out somewhere nearer Peckham Rye and enables us residents some space to park and shop. I suspect the crowds of school children are staying at the Peckham Lodge. If people were to only park where the actual parking spaces allowed there is, I believe, space to get by, but that doesn't happen. However I do find the comment "The standards were set in Balubaland" rather puzzling.

I had no idea DMC had introduced this and they have it at Chadwick Road too (my practice)I'm hoping this will make a difference to my access to an appointment!! Thanks for the info. Cx katanita Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Is this online booking system new? Has anyone had > any success with it? From the DMC website: > > "When demand on the phone lines is very high, > usually early mornings, please note that you can > pre-book appointments on the Patient Access at > https://patient.emisaccess.co.uk Once you have > registered and have your log in, you will need to > provide the practice with your ID to complete the > process. This is the national system where you > will soon be able to view your own medical > records, send us a secure message and update your > personal information. > > You can also email to us directly at > [email protected] for appointments or any > query regarding DMC Crystal Palace Road."

Blimey - only 3 weeks for an appointment at DMC Crystal Palace rd! It was 5 weeks at the last count at DMC Chadwick Rd!

Pickle Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I drove up from Honor Oak Station towards ED last > night at 9pm, at 20mph. The person behind me > became so impatient he overtook on a blind corner > and came very close to a head on collision with a > bus. Aggressive overtaking has also happened on > Sydenham Hill on a Sunday morning. I am all for > 20 mph on side streets, but on the main roads it > does feel ridiculously slow and is at risk of > causing accidents due to the impatience of people > not wanting to drive so slow. I had the same thing on that stretch by the Rye - I was being aggressively tailgated by a driver because I was keeping to the new limit. He finally overtook me with lots of hand waving and horn blaring. It's just a bit unnerving!

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kitchen, shop, small children? What's the link between these elements??

Given that Grumpygranny posted the original query in 2011 I'd be interested to know how they've fared for the past 3 years! New friends, new horizons, a dirt bike...come on GG spill the beans!