CPR Dave

Are those images all AI or artists impressions?

It's probably time to ban dogs. On top of all that plastic waste, and the biohazard crimes left on our pavements every day, the average pet dog has a worse annual carbon footprint than a new Range Rover. Keeping "pet" dogs adds a terrible burden on our climate and is an anachronism that has had its day.

Hopefully it fares better than the public space outside the library / leisure centre

It's just a war on motorists Jazzer. First mate, I think you are spot on - raising that area must have been to liberate the street space for the revolutionary utility of the people when not being used for loading. It's the public who own the street space, let's not forget. Even though the planning for the desperately needed housing above M and S would necessarily include a shop which in turn would necessitate deliveries by lorry, using and parking on a road.

Last night I went to M & S and there were three cars parked in that bay facing towards the shop front (i.e. parked perpendicular to the road rather than parallel to it in the bay). That meant the front wheels of all three cars were across the brand new paving. I accept that is a total liberty and they should have been ticketed. It will destroy the appearance and possibly sink the new paving stones causing ponding and an uneven footpath. It's incredibly selfish. However, if the loading bay had been at road level rather than raised, I don't believe this would happen.

The works on Melbourne Grove are part of the Low Traffic Neighborhood scheme that cyclists campaigned for so vociferously. The bay outside M and S is a loading bay. It is intended to be used to park vehicles for loading, notwithstanding that it is raised. It has different paving to mark it out from the footpath and different curb stones that are angled to make it easier for vehicles to mount the curb, so they can park there and load.

The situation outside Oru is far worse with their large tables immediately adjacent to badly parked bikes using the bike racks there. And the lamppost also blocking the pavement.

Presumably a sub-post office could choose to use the shop space to replace unprofitable services with other commercial activities that a crown post office can't (like having an off licence business instead of taking back everyone's over-ordered clothes that don't fit etc)?

It's not, it's fine. Leave it alone.

Not at all. One of the EDT's best moments was the historic celebrations of Dulwich Hamlet being promoted. That night there actually were people all over the roundabout and it was great fun and wonderful coming together of large numbers of the local community. I wouldn't go that far, dogkennel, but I do think a more continental style approach to restaurants and bars on our high street would be great fun.

They do that in Chelsea. Bars and cafes can buy the parking space in front of their shop to put tables in. We should be more like Chelsea.

This would be no problem for me.

Do they have any stuff that could be used to fix a swimming pool filter? That would have been the most useful expenditure for this leisure centre.

Give over Lee. Seeing young people enjoying the local amenities is one of the things that makes life great around here. We're in the middle of London, not some leafy village in the arse end of nowhere. If it's too much for you, maybe move to SW1 or a sheltered housing estate in a boring shire county.

They all charge the same though. None of them are "cut" price.

Amazing clean up job done too. You wouldn't know this had happened if you walked past today. All credit to Veolia for doing what they do best I suppose!!!

"God's Gift" shop, I guess, which is next to Dulwich Tandoori (the old French House) I've seen some work going on in there recently, although the Landlord's phone number is still up in the window for all enquiries.

None of them are ever likely to live in this development though.

The wood they are made of looks rotten though. They look derelict, like they are about to fall to pieces. They've also been graffitied. A terrible eyesore.

Has this planning permission has now lapsed without a spade hitting the ground?

My suspicion is they will drop the 53 affordable family homes once they have planning and will apply instead to add another student block there. No one wants to bring their family up on hit site of student halls of residence. I would expect them to be completely unmarketable and would not be at all surprised if an amendment is put after this is granted planning permission tomorrow.

Well done James, and Robin. A lasting legacy that makes the area look special many years later and will do so for many years to come. Unlike the ridiculous rotten street furniture and planters the current lot put in. I wish we still had sensible and forward thinking councillors like both of you.

That’s an interesting map! The houses on the north of East Dulwich grove next to greendale look like they would have been typical Victorian terraces at that point.

£85 well spent eh.

It's all part of the ED Charter school.