former East Dulwich councillor - how can I help?

[pilsbury]

Hi James

I'm about to send the management of Everyone Active an email, but wanted to give you a heads up first. Perhaps this has been covered elsewhere on the forum or earlier in this thread, so apologies if so...

The a/c is not working in the upstairs exercise class rooms (or quite possibly in the whole building i am not sure) and apparently is not going to be fixed until march 2018. in the rooms instead Everyone Active have placed one solitary plug-in a/c unit which gives someone within 3 feet of it a nice cold blast... but nothing for everyone else!

i have just come out of a HITT class where the room was dangerously hot - i certainly felt faint and i am sure others did too - plus the floor is getting slippy with all the extra sweat... in the current heat it will not be long until someone has a serious (and potentially litigious to southwark?) accident

What can we do to expedite the works so that the a/c improves before march 2018?

thanks

[goldilocks]

Thanks for your response re the leisure centre James. Its disappointing that's what the council agreed, but thanks for letting me know.

[LocalMum]

Dear James

I live on Shawbury Road, just off Lordship Lane. It has become a beacon for deliveroo drivers who park here - I'm guessing as it's so close to the restaurants they pick up from - rather than where they are supposed to park at their depot. Several times a week our evenings or weekends are marred by motorbikes and scooters revving up, going up and down the road and tonight I saw one of the motorbikes going up and down doing wheelies. We are a residential road with lots of young families. I, and other residents, have contacted deliveroo about their drivers anti-social behaviour before but nothing changes. What can the council do?

[Nigello]

Take a pic of aforesaid anti-social behaviour and send it to the press office of Deliveroo, saying you will be inclined to publish it on social media if you do not get your complaints addressed within five working days.

[James Barber]

Hi LocalMum,

Cllr Rosie Shimell has taken up this casework.

Hi pilsbury, goldilocks,

The Leisure centre aircon and lift problems are unreal. The total renovation took place finishing 2011. So not exactly old and the lifts and aircon keep failing taking inordinate time to get fixed.

[seenbeen]

Hi James

One of my near neighbours had a disabled space installed about a year ago. The elderly person who it was for has not lived there for 9 months or so. The space is never used except for delivery vans being there for 5 minutes now and again. How can we request it to be reversed since I do not feel comfortable approaching the neighbour directly?

[ruffers]

Hi seenbeen

I did this on our road a while back. the bay hadn't been used since I'd moved into the house 5 years previously. Email the council http://www.southwark.gov.uk/parking/disabled-parking/disabled-parking-bays-on-street?chapter=3

James may know something quicker but it worked for me.

[Emmie42]

Hi,

The pedestrian/ bicycle pathway next to Dulwich Hamlets that leads from Abbotswood to the Dulwich Village/ Denmark Hill cycle path is getting incredibly overgrown and is barely passable in places. Who should I contact about getting this cut back (ideally on a frequent basis!). There are lots of stinging nettles overhanging the pathway and lots of small children are using it!

Thanks.

[Emmie42]

Hi,

The pedestrian/ bicycle pathway next to Dulwich Hamlets that leads from Abbotswood to the Dulwich Village/ Denmark Hill cycle path is getting incredibly overgrown and is barely passable in places. Who should I contact about getting this cut back (ideally on a frequent basis!). There are lots of stinging nettles overhanging the pathway and lots of small children are using it!

Thanks.

Completely by coincidence (I assume!), the pathway was actually being cleared this afternoon and is much better already. Hopefully whoever is responsible for it (I'm not sure if this is the council or a private owner) will keep on top of it for the rest of the summer!

[kford]

Hi James, just a small one - there are two recycling bins outside Londis that haven't been emptied for ages and are now overflowing.

[James Barber]

Hi seenbeen,

If you email me Ill ask council officials to review it - usually they get removed once the original applicant is no longer using it.

Hi Emmie42,

GLA Assembly member Caroline Pidgeon reported this issue to me several weeks ago. So you can thank her.

Really should be on a proactive maintenance list - I'm pushing for this.

Hi kford,

This seems a systemic issue. I reported it yesterday and several other instances. It should take long to get fixed...

[Mimmum]

Hello,

I would like to bring something to your attention once again Councillor Barber..

As you know, there is an illegal garage operating from Bawdale Road and I would really like to know what is being done about it? - we have sent numerous pictures and flagged this up with you on numerous occasions, but nothing is being done. If you remember, this was an issue back in 2013 on Whateley Road where the garage was previously. The mechanics are on the road constantly mending vehicles and parking cars. This is leaving mess, oil and general debris on a daily basis. They use foul language around the kids that live on the road and one of the mechanics is sleeping in the back of one of the vans now. They are constantly drinking and two of the cars have basically been abandoned on the road. As you are aware, parking is a nightmare around here anyway, let alone running a business on it. This is illegal and I can't understand how you are turning a blind eye to it time and time again. For residents on this road, it's becoming a pain and we would like it rectified.

Please let me know what you propose to do regarding this matter please. We are getting tired of reporting this to the council and to you....

Thanks in advance!

[James Barber]

Hi Mimmum,

I'm just back from holiday and starting to catch-up.

Let me talk to officers first thing tomorrow and come back to you.

[Sally Eva]

Dear Councillor Barber,

The sign on the bus stand at the top of Barry road has changed and it's operation is no longer limited to overnight. There is no time limit set for the operation of the stand.

Cars are still parking in the area marked for the bus stand.

Are they risking a PCN or is there a further stage before that?

Sally

[Pugwash]

Where was the sign displayed? The sign I saw yesterday and today is on the lamp post and states Bus Stand. No stopping from 11 pm - midnight and midnight to 8 am. Local Buses only.

[Sally Eva]

I'm probably going mad. I'll look more carefully on Monday which is the next time I go through there

[gabys1st]

Carpark next to cafe on Peckham Rye Park has now closed............. You said that you wd look into the matter for me, see if could use access rd. Very much upset by fact tht am being made to feel more disabled than I am.

[first mate]

gabys1st

A number of elderly and disabled people have commented on how far the new car park is from cafe and toilets- not very well thought through. You have my sympathy.

[Renata Hamvas]

Sorry James for posting on your thread, but Gaby has posted about an item I have looked into.

Hi Gaby, I was told by officers that there were not going to be disabled bays put on Strakers Rd (the access road) as disabled drivers are able to park there presently.

[worldwiser]

James - wondered if you knew who to speak to: The people in the new flats above the Foxtons on LL are regularly dumping rubbish outside their building on the pavement. Would this be classed as basically fly-tipping?

[James Barber]

Hi Renata,

Many thanks, that's what I've now been told.

Hi worldwiser,

Yes that would be flytipping.

Homes above shops often are tenants new to Southwark and don't know how collections work and their landlords don't tell them. Let me get this seen into.

[worldwiser]

Cheers James!

[Callo143]

There's a brown bin on the footpath outside my house, which does not have a lid. I've asked the council to collect it a few months ago, but it didn't happen. When I previously reported it, it was full of random rubbish and had filled up with, presumably, rain water so it absolutely stank. I cleared all of the rubbish and water out of it, still not collected. It's now filled up again with rubbish. I presume it's because it's open and passers by use it as a dustbin. I contacted the council this week again, for the 5th or 6th time and there's still no response or advice on how to resolve.

Any ideas?

[first mate]

Unless you are using it for rubbish yourself perhaps turning it upside down or sealing off the opening with a black plastic bag, might deter others?

[James Barber]

Hi Callo143,

Can you email me your address please and any reference numbers form your contact with the council and I'll get it sorted for you.

Hi first mate,

i'd rather people didn't empty such bins on the road - possibly gets things resolved but what a res and work for the street cleaners to clear-up. Not good.