11-Jul-08
Last year, Upland Road residents held a street party in September. Everything was paid for by the residents and by all accounts a great time was had by all. The highest cost of the event was the price tag charged by Southwark Council for carrying out the consultation for a temporary road closure. This year, [...]
03-Jul-08
After over eight years of campaigning and two years since the Government approved the council plans for a new school, the plans for a new boys' school took a decisive step forward last night as the planning committee voted unanimously to back the plans for a school on the old boys school site opposite Peckham [...]
A great day on Saturday as we distributed cotton and jute bags to SE22 residents on Lordship Lane.
The Say NO to Plastic Bags is a community campaign, supported by locals and traders, to promote cloth bags in and around Lordship Lane. The East Dulwich councillors have been involved from the beginning. We gathered signatures in support at the [...]
18-May-08
Dulwich Going Greener are thinking global and acting local. They want to see what impact the way we live in Dulwich is having on the global environment. How much does each of our households contribute to the current trend of climate change?
They have launched a Dulwich-wide survey to find out more about local emission levels, and [...]
11-May-08
After weeks of deliberation, the Government's Planning Inspector has made her decision on the Caffe Nero case.
As reported previously Caffe Nero opened its premises without planning permission. Faced with the enforcement action by Southwark Council, Caffe Nero then applied for planning permission. But they were refused because allowing another cafe would have broken rules designed to protect the balance [...]
This week I joinedlocal GLA candidate Caroline Pidgeon and Simon Hughes MP to present our petition to save Southwark Post Offices at the Post Office HQ. Its a vital service for so many and has a very important role as part of the local cluster of shops on Melbourne Grove and Grove Vale. The Lordship Lane alternative [...]
At Wednesday's full council meeting I questioned the Leader of the Council about the Council's position on Labour's plans to close East Dulwich Police Station. Unsurprisingly, he thinks we should retain a local police presence in our area - just like the thousands of local people who have signed our petition.
We have suggested that if the building really is [...]
The Labour controlled Met police are still proceeding with their plans to close and sell off East Dulwich Police station.
Thousands have signed our petition against this.
The Met are now at least consulting about their plans and the East Dulwich councilors have responded.
I notice that in the press Labour's GLA incumbent still supports closing police stations. (You know [...]
08-May-08
Six days after the London elections, Labour have confirmed that all eight post offices in Southwark that were under threat will get the chop - including Melbourne Grove. You can't help but wonder at the cynicism of the timing of this announcement.
Clearly the consultation exercise was as much a sham as our local MPs opposition [...]
Tessa Jowell is accused in the Telegraph of hypocrisy because she is apparently supporting a campaign to stop the closure of the Gipsy Road post office. She was a member of the cabinet at the time that the post office closure plan was agreed upon and remains a Government Minister.
Tessa Jowell has form on this cynical approach [...]
