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Surprised at how many people take the 'oooh it's great it got approved, something is better than nothing' view. This is exactly Southwark council's approach, pandering to greedy developers for the absolute bare minimum of social and affordable housing. It's exactly why, under their leadership, only a fraction of social and affordable housing has been built in the borough - weirdly Mccash chose to highlight their own failures in his 'near unprecedented' (yet unbiased 😆) submission. All the objectors i have met support redevelopment, to benefit those in need of homes and the community - not change it forever. The council could and should be bolder, demand twice the social and affordable housing in these schemes, and not concede to 8 storeys of unneeded student bedsits. If it is a question of viability, publically disclose the business plan to prove how impossible it might be to turn a profit. Once the thing is built these sites can never be used for social or affordable housing. The council blows every opportunity, every time. Its pathetic. Developers admitted the scale was, in this instance, not required for viability. The student movements data seemed completely made up. The claim that 'students are taking up private rentals' was backed up with no data. There is empty student housing on denmark hill, needs to be fixed up but it's there already built. The council allows developers years to build cosy relationships with planners such that the final decision is a formality - substantiated objections are dismissed with wooly words and BS. Key meetings and consultations are scheduled deliberately to garner minimal engagement or objection. Local councillors, who we fund, ignore their constituents concerns. Those councillors that dare waiver in the predetermination are slapped down. Not very democratic. They've removed management and accountability by having no nomination agreement with any of the 'many london universities needing accommodation' - these direct lets MAKE MORE MONEY. A privately run firm will supposedly ensure everyone that those living there is actually a student and adheres to any conduct guidelines. There's no separation to residents - especially to ones on their own development. Could go on... We'll see how many of the 53 social/affordable units that we're all so happy to have approved actually get built.

In case it hasn't been mentioned. Southwark planning committee voted to Approve the scheme. None of the concerns were properly addressed. The myopic view of the panel was 'this gets us 31 social and 22 affordable properties' including our own Councillor Mccash who spoke broadly in favour of the scheme on this basis. Very disappointing for those objecting.

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Hambledon Court is not student accommodation. It's for key workers and NHS staff. It's also less than 1/3 size of The Sidings proposal and, as you say, not as high.

The application has now been notified and the local community have only 14 days to respond to the proposal consisting of over 100 documents. Almost impossible to digest the proposal and fairly assess its impact. PBSA should have separation from residential homes, this does not. As many have pointed out, there's no demand for student housing round ED. Also, it's huge. Will tower over the school and surrounding area. There seems to be no direct link or partnership with any university so this looks to be a giant investors HMO. More decent homes would be a much better use. If you want to comment or review the docs the link is here. https://planning.southwark.gov.uk/online-applications/applicationDetails.do?activeTab=makeComment&keyVal=SHWOSNKBJXR00

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Hi Doug. No that's nonsense. The Halloween decorations on Melbourne Grove pre date LTNs by a couple of years. both LTN supporters and detractors partake as do some businesses. There was no victimisation of the businesses. There wasn't a party but if some councillors saw some sort of PR opportunity then who's to stop them.

The Head teacher at ED Charter has already stated the Jarvis Road entrance will not close and refert to EDG even when the old hospital building is made fit to use. Even if LTN on MG North is removed its likely to be replaced with school Street so not 24/7 closure. Not trying to argue here HB, just pointing out the switch in intent for the main school entrance. The nodal point is also on Jarvis but that's another story

Dogkennelhillbilly Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > ED_moots Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > I'll > > try to forget you clamouring for your own LTN > on > > CPR. > > > oooooOOOOOooooohhhh! 👜👜👜 LoL. "Of course, it also means that for one day only children will be unable to play in the street." Also lol. Has anyone actually seen this?

CPR Dave Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > If the residents of Malbourne Grove don't want > this market then I will vote in favour of it. > > Let's see how they like having their street ruined > by people who live elsewhere. Thanks Dave. You've summed up how divisive these decisions are. Try not to forget not all residents on MG supported CPZ or LTN but here we are. I'll try to forget you clamouring for your own LTN on CPR.

If it is a consultation James why doesn't southwark ask whether people want it or not? How many of the 6 remaining businesses on Melbourne Grove support the market? When did anyone at southwark last speak to them? Middle of last year wasn't it? How many of the other ideas that these businesses suggested will southwark be consulting on or enacting? These businesses have been kneecapped by CPZ and throttled by LTN - neither of which southwark saw fit to speak to them about before they came in. I thought arrogance and hubris was a tory trait. Best of luck on May, comrade.

Waseley Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Then fill in question 8 on any other comments and > say you don't want the market. The form seems > acceptable to me. If there is no demand businesses > will not flock to join. I don't see this as a > conspiracy. Thanks Waseley I managed to work that out myself. Pointless though, this isn't a consultation, southwark just want feedback; they might call it a consultation later though, depends what the responses say. The decision was made a while back and they didn't feel it warranted a consultation. Concerns and objections were raised at the online council meeting where Charlie Smith waffled on about putting up wrought iron gates and water fountains on NCR while Lordship Lane businesses were asking for serious solutions to the drop in trade due to Covid, CPZ and LTNs. No conspiracy, just Southwark doing their thing, backing up their ill formed decisions with misrepresentations and not much else.

The market is not widely supported by residents of Melbourne Grove. It's 50:50 at best and none of the residents at the shops end support it as far as I know. Businesses were not consulted on CPZ or road closure, both have had a negative impact on footfall. Businesses tried to engage with the council and suggested lots of ways the council could help... better signage to the shops, more pay&display parking and better promotion and marketing of this strip of shops but the only thing the council listened to was the market idea. It was pitched as a last resort. A few shops have closed/moved for various reasons. Those that remain have suffered a lot but there's no justification for the market but, as Rockets says, tokenism.

I walk my dog on greendale and met a guy who is on a council panel for reporting crimes. He said there's a lot of drug dealing activity and that path is used as a route. He also said armed police are sometimes used to move on people smoking dope and to evict the homeless people there because a visit from the PCSOs doesn't cut it. Could be BS of course but that's why he said lots of cops around there.

Brideshead Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > A lot of the posts seem to take the form of > flippant disingenuous answers like: > > - use the internet > (Already said it?s unreliable, patchy & rationed > to 45/50 usable minutes.That?s even if it were > equivalent in any shape or form!) This was true in 2001, n/a in 2021 and you've got unlimited data right?! Its equivalent in the sense that the exact same articles are published online. > - go to the other library (take & pay for a bus to > another library that can manage a simple thing. > Maybe wait in a queue (which often happens for a > popular service). And then take & pay for bus back > again.) You object to waiting in queues now. You'd like a free paper service available just to you whenever you need it. Got it. Isn't your time worth more than the cost of a paper? > - buy a paper as you should ?pay for journalists?. > (Hmm why not apply that to the books as well ?you > should pay for writers?) Hmm. A false equivalence. Economics of book deals are completely different to that of daily newspapers. 110% troll. Well done 8.5/10 - except for your grossly ignorant comments about autism.

This is the weirdest moan I've seen on EDF, and the benchmark is pretty high! Did you write your post on the library computer Brideshead? If not, you seem to have spent at least 20 minutes writing this on a personal phone or computer which could've been much better spent catching up on the news. It's all there on the Internet. As you mentioned there are several paper shops within a minutes walk, maybe just buy one or two? Quality journalism doesn't come for free. Or maybe take a 5min bus journey to Dulwich library. There are myriad reasons why the papers aren't being provided... maybe southwark provides no petty cash to the library anymore. But you have presumed to question the competence and honesty of the staff. Your nostalgia for 'Rachel' is touching but, in the same way you say "we" need to be more understanding, perhaps "we" need to accept that Rachel has moved on and "we" should probably do the same.

There's one by the ticket machines at ED Station. Yellow bow on the wall.

Can't relate as I'm a man but vast majority of men would find this behaviour as bemusing and shocking as you and the article writer. Leisure centres and especially pools should be safe for everyone and staff should be empowered to ban people who are aggressive and threatening, regardless of gender.

How did he manage to make it a one-way mass evacuation?? Not completely sure! The bait hive comprises a rubber capping for the nest chimney with a hole cut out and a vacuum cleaner type tube attached. The tube runs to the bait hive which has lavae and eggs. The pic attached shows a hatch on top of the bait hive which I presume has a clever one way mechanism. It's a few days later and it's been a real success. A few bees have come down the chimney but the vast majority left in their new home. He removed the comb and capped the chimney with very fine mesh. Sadly the queen is unlikely to have transferred but they will get a new queen. He said he will bring me some honey if they produce any.

In the station zone it is not much better. Lots of double yellow lines came in with CPZ and removed perfectly feasible parking. Staff at the new school and the med centre were issued with 'emergency' passes to use the CPZ despite assurances they would use public transport. I don't use my car much except as a kid taxi so may get rid of it but when I do use it during peak times it's very unlikely I'll be able to park near my house or even on my stretch of road. The people who have really suffered are the business owners on our street. The local residents, within walking or cycling distance, are not enough to sustain these businesses. Coupled with limited access from only one end of the street and they will be lucky to survive. The supporters of CPZ and LTN and the blinkered councillors need to own this impact.

We found a nest of honey bees in one of our chimneys last week. They have been coming in our house via the fireplace in big numbers but are very docile and almost dead from exhaustion when they come out. We received lots of advice on how to get rid of them. Here's what we learned: Honey bees are not protected and can be killed in situ if you use a pesticide approved for use on bees (although the UK doesn't have such a pesticide) If you kill them you must seal the chimney as other bees will come for the poisoned honey and take it back to their nest. You should alert local beekeepers if you're going to use pesticide. If you want to remove the nest and transfer it somewhere else it might mean dismantling your chimney - very expensive. The solution provdide by Tevja at Bromley pest control is humane and very clever. He installed a bait hive on the adjacent pot. The bees can exit the original pot but cannot return. The bait hive has larvae in it and the bees with will start to look after them. Sadly it's unlikely the Queen will leave her nest and will starve as she is nit being fed anymore. But the bees in the bait nest can be easily removed in a couple of weeks and a new queen introduced.