This  is your the update on the Future Clapham area regeneration. As you will be aware the developer Cathedral are currently continuing to fundraise for the Future Clapham scheme. While this process is ongoing preparations for the anticipated demolition works are underway. If you live in an adjacent or adjoining property to the development site Cathedral will be contacting you shortly with further details and surveying information.

Cathedral are preparing to demolish Mary Seacole House in November 2009 and we will keep you informed of progress further over the coming weeks. During this time the Leisure Centre will remain open and continue to offer a full range of services.

We are committed to keeping you updated with news as it develops and will pass on further information as soon as we have it.

The Future Clapham Team

For more information visit www.lambeth.gov.uk/futureclapham

The hugely popular FREE fireworks event will take place on Thursday 5 November on Clapham Common – with events taking place at the same time on Brockwell Park and Streatham Common.

Below is notice of traffic restrictions however it is important to note their will be additional restrictions for tube travel with restrictive access to local tube stations.

In past years following the fireworks Clapham High Street becomes incredibly packed so it is wise to avoid the area if you are driving or add time to your journey.

ROAD TRAFFIC REGULATION ACT 1984 – SECTION 14

TEMPORARY TRAFFIC RESTRICTIONS IN CLAPHAM COMMON NORTH SIDE, DULWICH ROAD, LONG ROAD, NORWOOD ROAD, OLD TOWN, ROOKERY ROAD, STREATHAM COMMON SOUTH, THE PAVEMENT AND WINDMILL DRIVE AND TEMPORARY PARKING RESTRICTIONS IN ROOKERY ROAD, STREATHAM COMMON SOUTH AND WINDMILL DRIVE FOR FIREWORKS DISPLAYS

1 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Council of the London Borough of Lambeth, subject to the agreement of the Council of the London Borough of Wandsworth and Transport for London, intend to make Orders the general effect of which would be on Thursday 5th November 2009:-
(a) to temporarily ban vehicles from entering or waiting in:-
(i) that length of Rookery Road which lies between Clapham Common South Side
and Long Road (an alternative route for vehicles would be available via Clapham
Common South Side, The Avenue, Clapham Common West Side and Clapham
Common North Side);
(ii) Streatham Common South (an alternative route for vehicles would be available via
Streatham High Road and Baldry Gardens and vice versa);
(iii) Windmill Drive (an alternative route for vehicles would be available via Clapham
Common South Side and The Avenue and vice versa);
(b) at certain times to temporarily ban vehicles from entering:-
(i) Clapham Common North Side between Cedars Road and Orlando Road (an
alternative route for vehicles would be available via Long Road, Clapham Common
South Side, Clapham High Street, Clapham Road, Union Road, Wandsworth
Road, North Street and Old Town and vice versa);
(ii) Long Road between Clapham Common South Side and Clapham Common North
Side (an alternative route for vehicles would be available via Clapham Common
North Side, Old Town, North Street, Wandsworth Road, Union Road, Clapham
Road and Clapham High Street);
(iii) Old Town between the south-eastern kerb-line of Grafton Square and its junction
with The Pavement (an alternative route for vehicles would be available via The
Polygon, Old Town, North Street, Wandsworth Road, Union Road, Clapham Road
and Clapham High Street);
(iv) The Pavement (an alternative route for vehicles would be available via Old Town,
North Street, Wandsworth Road, Union Road, Clapham Road and Clapham High
Street),
(v) The slip road fronting the Herne Hill entrance to Brockwell Park linking Norwood Road with Dulwich Road.

2 The Orders would only apply at such times and to such extent as shall be indicated by the placing of the appropriate traffic signs. In practice it is anticipated that the bans referred to in paragraph 1(a) (i), (ii), and (iii) above would have effect from approximately 4 pm until approximately 10.00 pm and that the bans referred to in paragraph 1(b) (i), (ii), (iii) and (iv) above would only have effect at certain times from approximately 7.20 pm until approximately 8.15 pm and that the ban referred to in paragraph 1(b) (v) above would have effect from approximately 6pm until 10pm but if it is deemed necessary in the interest of public safety the Orders may also have effect at other times.

3 The prohibition referred to in paragraph 1(a) (iii) above in relation to vehicles entering Windmill Drive would not apply to any vehicle requiring access to or egress from properties in Windmill Drive.

4 The prohibitions are necessary because of the likelihood of danger to the public which would otherwise be caused by an increase in traffic and parked vehicles, as a consequence of fireworks displays on Clapham Common and Streatham Common.

Please find below a notice from Lambeth council which includes notification about changes to parking on Clapham Old Town

PROPOSED CONVERSION OF AN EXISTING ON STREET PARKING PLACE IN OLD TOWN TO A LOADING PLACE AND THE REDUCTION OF AN EXISTING ON-STREET PARKING PLACE IN MERVAN ROAD

(NOTE:- This notice is about proposals to reduce an existing on street parking place in Mervan Road and the conversion of an existing on street parking place to a loading place in Old Town. Objections may be made – see paragraph 6.)

1. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Lambeth Borough Council propose to make the Lambeth (Brixton ‘B’) (Parking Places) (No. *) Order 200*, the Lambeth (Clapham) (Parking Places) (Revocation No. *) Order 200* and the Lambeth (Loading Places) (No. *) Order 200* under sections 6, 45, 46, 49 and 124 of and Part IV of Schedule 9 to the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984, as amended.

2. The general effect of the Orders would be to:-

(a) revoke an existing shared-use residents’/pay and display parking space in Old Town, so as to provide a new loading place in Old Town, on the north-east side between No. 59 Old Town and a point 9.4 metres north-west of the north-western kerb-line of Wingate Square which would operate at any time for the purpose of loading or unloading vehicles;

(b) reduce the length of an existing parking place on Mervan Road to accommodate the construction of a new crossover (the operational times of the remaining length of parking place, the classes of vehicles that use it and the charges for its use would be the same as those that currently apply).

3. The Orders are necessary to provide loading/unloading facilities to enable the delivery/collection of goods in the vicinity and to enable access to and egress from premises that have off street parking facilities.

4. For further information about the Orders please telephone 0207 926 8983.

5. Copies of the proposed Orders and other documents giving more detailed particulars of them are available for inspection from 9.30 am until 4.30 pm on Mondays to Fridays inclusive (except Bank and Public Holidays) until the last day of a period of six weeks beginning with the date on which the Orders are made or, as the case may be, the Council decides not to make the Orders, at the offices of the Transport and Highways Group, 3rd Floor, Blue Star House, 234-244 Stockwell Road, London, SW9 9SP. Please contact 020 7926 9000 and select the Transport and Highways option to arrange a viewing.

6. All objections and other representations relating to the proposed Orders must be made in writing and all objections must specify the grounds on which they are made and should be sent to Barbara Poulter, Transport and Highways Group, London Borough of Lambeth, 3rd Floor, Blue Star House, 234-244 Stockwell Road, London, SW9 9SP, by 5th November 2009. Any objection may be communicated to, or be seen by, other persons who may have an interest in this matter.

There is one week left for Lambeth residents to choose how Lambeth Council spends £250,000.

As part of the Lambeth Community Action Fund, £250,000 has been allocated to local projects and the local community will choose which ones get the money.

This is the first ever participatory budgeting scheme run by the council The scheme is called “Your borough, your budget, your choice!“

Participatory budgeting involves local people directly in making decisions on the spending priorities of the council.

“This new initiative will give citizens a greater say on how council funds are allocated to community projects,” said Councillor Jim Dickson, Lambeth cabinet member for finance and resources.
“I urge all residents to get involved in deciding which projects are funded – your choice will really make a difference”.

The council has shortlisted twelve projects, which have been divided into three bands of £125,000, £75,000 and £50,000. People can vote for one project from each of the three bands. The winning projects will be announced at the end of October 2009.

Only Lambeth residents on the electoral register are eligible to vote. Voting takes place between 14 September 2009 and 18 October 2009.

There are several ways to make your choice, including online at www.lambeth.gov.uk/yourchoice, by post using the voting card that you will have received in a previous issues of Lambeth Life or by text to 07786 206 955.

To text vote enter ‘Lambeth’ followed by the band number and letter of the project you are voting for and then your full name and postcode. For example text: Lambeth 1a, 2d, 3b Sarah Smith SW6 6HT.

Voting ends on Sunday 18 October 2009.

The Clapham Gateway consultation has been extended to run throughout the remainder of October.

An additional information board has been added to the display in Clapham Library and this gives more detail about initial proposals for the Station Island and Venn Street.

The four proposals by the shortlisted artists also remain on display in the library for the next few days so please make sure you get down to see them.

A group of squatters that were making the lives of local residents hell with late night parties and other anti-social behaviour have been evicted following action by local Labour councillors.

Councillors Haselden and Wellbelove outside Rileys Snooker Club

Following the closure of Riley’s Snooker Club on Wandsworth Road local councillors received several complaints regarding the activites of  the squatters who had occupied the building.

 To ensure action was taken your local councillors

• Wrote to the Police highlighting the issue and asking for them to take urgent action.
• Wrote to Rileys demanding that they take action to secure the building.
• Contacted Lambeth council calling on them to take action against the owner of the building.

After extensive work by the council and local police the solicitors of the freeholder finally accepted their responsibility and they agreed to take the case to the High Court to proceed with eviction notice, the case was upheld and the squatters were succesfully evicted.

This is excellent news for local people and now our attention needs to turn to the long term future of the building and stopping it turning into a large night club or something similar that could disturb local people.

If you have concerns regarding a local venue you can apply to the licensing authority for a review of a premises licence or a club premises certificate on a ground relating to one or more of the licensing objectives:

• Preventing Crime & Disorder
• Public Safety
• Preventing Public Nuisance
• Protecting Children from Harm

An application for the review of a premises licence or club premises certificate must be given in writing and be in the prescribed form.

Premises Review Application Form

The road surface of Peardon Street has been in poor condition for some time and as you may know, a new surface will be laid on Wednesday. The work will take just two days and will make the street a much safer and more pleasant place. Your local councillors have asked that disruption be kept to a minimum.

The work in Peardon Street is being done as part of Lambeth Council’s Better Neighbourhoods environmental improvements scheme. In partnership with Lambeth Living, the council is undertaking a £3.5 million programme of environmental works to make Lambeth cleaner, greener and safer.

Your local councillors have strongly supported the Better Neighbourhoods approach, which targets key areas where housing estates that are in most need of environmental improvements are next to the borough’s roads that are in poor condition.

Your councillors believe that by improving estates and streets together, residents will have a far better experience of moving around their local area.

Roads and pavements are only part of the Better Neighbourhoods story. New street trees will be planted, recycling facilities will be improved on estates and tired and outdated street signs and furniture will be replaced.

WAITING RESTRICTIONS VARIOUS ROADS

(Note: This notice is about the introduction of new waiting and loading restrictions and changes to existing
waiting restrictions in the lengths of roads specified this notice.)

1. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Lambeth Borough Council on 20th May 2009 made the Lambeth (Waiting and Loading Restriction) (Amendment No. 164) Order 2009 and the Lambeth (Waiting and Loading Restriction) (Order 1978) (Amendment No. 127) Order 2009 under sections 6 and 124 of and Part IV of Schedule 9 to the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984. The Orders will come into force on 2nd June 2009.

2. In brief, the general effect of the Orders will be to:-
(a) ban waiting by vehicles at any time in the lengths of streets specified in the Schedule to this Notice;
(b) ban waiting between 7am and 7 pm Mondays to Saturdays inclusive in that length of Lyham Road which lies on the north-east side, between a point 14 metres south-east of the southern kerb-line of Lyham Close and a point 10 metres north-west of the north-western kerb-line of Dumbarton Road;
(c) ban waiting between 8.30 am and 6.30 pm Mondays to Fridays inclusive inclusive in that length of Fentiman Road which lies on the south-west side, between a point 7 metres north-west of the north-western kerb-line of Rita Road and a point 11.7 metres north-west of that kerb-line.

3. Any existing bans on waiting by vehicles in the lengths of streets specified in paragraph 2 above will be revoked.

4. The bans are necessary to prevent parking which obstructs access for vehicles and hinders the free flow of traffic.

5. If you have any enquiries about this matter, please telephone the Council’s Transport and Highways Group on 020 7926 0436.

6. Documents giving more detailed particulars of the Orders are available for inspection between 9.30 am and 4.30 pm on Mondays to Fridays (except bank holidays) until the last day of a period of six weeks beginning with the date on which the Orders are made, at the offices of Lambeth Borough Council’s Transport and Highways Group, 3rd Floor, Blue Star House, 234-244 Stockwell Road, Brixton, London SW9 9SP.

7. If any person wishes to question the validity of the Orders or any of their provisions on the grounds that it or they are not within the powers conferred by the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984, or that any requirement of that Act or any instrument made under that Act has not been complied with, that person may within 6 weeks from the date on which the Orders are made, apply for the purpose to the High Court.

Dated 1st June 2009
Tim Jackson
Assistant Director – Street Management

SCHEDULE (Items specified for Clapham Town Ward)

LILLIESHALL ROAD, the north-west side, between a point 3 metres north-east of the vehicular entrance to Bobbin Close and a point 3 metres south-west of the south-western kerb-line of Bobbin Close.

ROAD TRAFFIC REGULATION ACT 1984 – SECTION 16A

TEMPORARY TRAFFIC AND PARKING RESTRICTIONS IN EDGELEY ROAD
FOR A SOCIAL EVENT

1. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that, to enable a social event to take place, the Council of the London Borough of Lambeth subject to the agreement of Transport for London, intend to make an order the effect of which would be on Saturday 27th June 2009, to ban vehicles from entering or waiting (including waiting for the purpose of loading or unloading a vehicle) in that part of Edgeley Road which lies between Clapham High Street and Voltaire Road, whenever indicated by the placing of the appropriate traffic signs.

2. An alternative route for vehicles would be available via Clapham High Street, Clapham Manor Street and Voltaire Road and vice versa.

Dated 29th May 2009
Tim Jackson
Assistant Director – Street Management