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I would like to highly recommend Vic and Carl. Vic and his son Carl have just finished a few jobs for me: they fixed some rotten decking and I then asked them back to jet wash and re-oil the whole decking. Great job! Yesterday they came to put together a trampoline with a safety net which I had just bought for my daughter. The instructions said that it would take two people, two hours. They put it together for me in less than 1 hour! Very friendly and efficient team. Most importantly, my daughter is very happy indeed! Highly recommended.

Nope - Ashbourne, Chesterfield and Bassano street will be the parking lot (more than now) for those avoiding the CPZ. Hurrah...(from a resident of Chesterfield.

tortor Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > What do people think of this plan? Strikes me as a > bit of a cop out. And the worst news for people > living in southern Melbourne Grove, Ashbourne and > Chesterfield Grove, who will now bear (even more) > of the brunt of cars "displaced" from northern > Melbourne Grove. > > If the argument for restrictions is that it's to > stop commuters parking (which seems to be the > case) then they need to cover all the roads where > it's feasible for commuters to park and still > reasonably walk to the station. > > It really seems the worst of both worlds to me, > but maybe I'm just being pessimistic! Completely agree. It's a pretty obvious outcome of the proposals as they stand. Melbourne South, Ashbourne and Chesterfield are going to bear the brunt of displaced parking commuters, and even residents of the new CPZ zone who don't want to buy a residents permit. Dos anyone know why they are excluding these roads from the proposals?

I too have had ?25 debited but no receipt, or sticker as yet

Congratulations on such a great initiative. I love the fact the ED is able to offer street artists the exposure they often struggle to get, compared to conventional 'canvas' artists. Well done! I have voted.

My daily commute is to Green Park from the Goose Green end of Lordship Lane: Any double decker bus to Denmark Hill station and then the train to Victoria. The 38 bus from Victoria station goes down Piccadilly and stops at Green Park station. This morning my commute took 45 minutes door to door.

Sorry to hear that the Cabin is closing down, I liked it there. Did the owner say what was happening to the place?

first mate Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Worldwiser, those objections were made and some > upheld but then the developers out maneouvered the > council planning dept and got the penultimate > application ( inlcuding for the 8 > residences)upheld.Those in know see that there are > real H&S risks re transport, deliveries and so > on. > > As LM infers, that horse bolted long and the > developers are clearly going to be relentless in > asking for more and more and seems to have little > regard for the impact. James Barber - do you agree with this? I would be interested to hear what you think can be done to pressurize the planning committee into taking note of neighbours objections.

That's the main problem here. The council is up against a very well funded backer of the planning application, meaning that the council is reluctant to object to any proposal by them as they would need to finance the legal argument, or deal with the subsequent appeal. Let's all just go home...

Agree completely with worldwiser. James - it's the disruption to the lives of the residents of Chesterfield Grove that is the main concern to my neighbours and me. We already have to suffer the constant Iceland delivery lorries hurtling down our road, a bigger supermarket will only make things worse. Coupled with this, the additional vehicles that will be parking on Chesterfield Grove to visit the new M&S AND the parking requirements of the new residents of the proposed flats! My elderly neighbours already find themselves having to park a couple of streets away because of the lack of parking spaces available on our road.

My wife heard the objector at the meeting yesterday raise this, however, the development representatives made it very clear that this has already been refuted, and they had the legal documentation to prove it.

James - my wife was at the planning meeting yesterday (we're residents of Chesterfield Grove). It seemed that the increase in parking space requirements with a larger supermarket wasn't on the agenda. Is it thought that this just won't be a problem, or that nothing can be done about it?