Latest News
- Campaign for a lift at Loughborough Junction Station
- The Platform Cafe’s Cost of Living Programme Winter 2024
- Say No to the Hinton Road Development
- Social Prescribing Day with Thriving Fiveways at the Akerman Centre
- Maude and Hazel’s Craft Workshops, Tuesdays at Carnegie Library
- Thriving Fiveways Call-Out for Community Event Ideas
- LJ Neighbourhood Forum Wednesday 28 February 2024 at 7pm at The Platform Cafe
- Co-living planning application for Hinton Road has arrived
- LJAG Away Day 28th January 2024
- Cost of Living Programme at The Platform Cafe
Loughborough Junction Neighbourhood Forum 7pm on 1 May 2024 at The Platform Cafe
This month we continue to focus on fighting the co-living development in Hinton Road/Hardess Street/Wellfit Street. We have produced a poster and leaflet and will need help distributing some more. A quick look at the Lambeth planning website shows 74 objections and only 4 in favour. Click here for the link to the planning portal where you can comment or click on QR code above.
Grounds for opposing this development would have been easier if Lambeth had moved speedily to adopt its Site Allocations Development Plan Document (SADPD) which covers the Hinton Road site. The revised SADPD is now out for consultation until 3 May 2024 and shows that the number of homes recommended for the site has been reduced from 70 to 90 self-contained homes to 50 to 70 self-contained homes, compared to the proposed 320 bedsits. At a meeting with planners we were told that the policy gains planning weight as it goes through its journey to adoption which gives us some more ammunition for opposing this development.
We are hoping that Lisa, a local resident and parent of children at St Savour’s School will join us to talk about the Herne Hill Road Project, a campaign to improve local road safety.
Cllr Jim Dickson has had a response to his member’s enquiry concerning the Section 106 payment of £174,240 Carbon Offset Contribution.
The campaign for a lift at Loughborough Junction continues: at the last check we are at 1,318 signatures, but we still need more. Add your signature here.