Good news! Planning regulations have changed since then and most new developments have no parking!!Responses so far are fully in accord with car industry requirements - don't get rid of cars - just restrict their use.
BTW love the way Raphael House on Coldharbour Lane (also Metropolitan like Moorlands) was rebuilt with car parking on the ground floor to replace a furniture store.
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Giving people other options, eh? But not public transport options because you hate those just as much as cars?
I'm not sure where I've said that, can you elaborate?Giving people other options, eh? But not public transport options because you hate those just as much as cars?
Sorry gran, no bus pass for you. On your bike.
God that’s shocking - a reason why all parking should be paid for. Constant stream of abandoned cars on St Martin’s Estate that the HAs can’t be bothered to do anything about.Most of the cars inside haven't moved for years, if not decades
BTW, Southwyck House has a whole abandoned floor for parking (the mysterious level 2)
Well at least the Paulet Road flats crack basement was turned into The Remakery.
Wow, that’s absurd, never knew that. Could the space be used for something useful? Like flats to house people even?!Most of the cars inside haven't moved for years, if not decades
BTW, Southwyck House has a whole abandoned floor for parking (the mysterious level 2)
It's buried right in the middle of the building, purpose-made for car parking, so the ceilings are all really low and there's no natural light. Inadequate fire escapes too IIRC.
Here are the directorsHere is some kind of new anti-LTN entity
Social and Environmental Justice
Social and Environmental Justice's mission is to develop and promote environmental and social policies that benefit ALL communities. Cleaner air for everyone.socialenvironmentaljustice.co.uk
presented with an obviously deliberate image of sensible/serious.
Their "mission statement" says they will develop and promote policies. If they actually do that, and the policies are not just "scrap LTNs" then that will set them aside from most other groups.
It’s depressing how much energy John Stewart is putting into opposing LTNs on flawed assumptions - that they increase pollution on boundary roads and boundary roads are where poorer households live. He presents no evidence for either of these.Here is some kind of new anti-LTN entity
Social and Environmental Justice
Social and Environmental Justice's mission is to develop and promote environmental and social policies that benefit ALL communities. Cleaner air for everyone.
presented with an obviously deliberate image of sensible/serious.
Their "mission statement" says they will develop and promote policies. If they actually do that, and the policies are not just "scrap LTNs" then that will set them aside from most other groups.
Clair Battaglino, who stood as an anti-LTN candidate in Hackney at a by-election in 2021 and again in 2022 and got less thand 3% of the vote each time
Palace Road estate in West Norwood also has some weird closed off car parking too. Seems too small for modern cars to use it anymore.
Most of the houses have garages which have been converted. Of course then everyone just parks their cars outside and makes it awful to walk there. It’s basically a land grab. Where was the consultation on that!
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I was randomly watching one of those dire property shows and they were showing a 1960s set of garages built next to a housing block that were now redundant because modern cars were now too big to fit.
Genuinely curious what they will propose on Amesbury Avenue. Parklet would be a mistake when it's a stone's throw from an actual park. Community space would be a mistake when the St. Margaret's hall community space is nearby. What's left?Tulse Hill and Streatham Hill LTNs – Lambeth want you to have your say
Lambeth Council is working with Sustrans to gather public feedback on street designs for parts of the Tulse Hill and Streatham Hill low traffic neighbourhood (LTN) schemes.
I personally think they could have chosen a space adjacent to either St. Margaret's or the park to maximise the community value and provide some synergy with existing community spaces.
What's more, the spaces they want to take away are widely used, while some of the ones next to the park/church are mostly unused. Go figure.
Strange that no one ever questions why we need parking everywhere when there’s some around the corner but people are always saying that about parks.Genuinely curious what they will propose on Amesbury Avenue. Parklet would be a mistake when it's a stone's throw from an actual park. Community space would be a mistake when the St. Margaret's hall community space is nearby. What's left?Tulse Hill and Streatham Hill LTNs – Lambeth want you to have your say
Lambeth Council is working with Sustrans to gather public feedback on street designs for parts of the Tulse Hill and Streatham Hill low traffic neighbourhood (LTN) schemes.
I personally think they could have chosen a space adjacent to either St. Margaret's or the park to maximise the community value and provide some synergy with existing community spaces.
What's more, the spaces they want to take away are widely used, while some of the ones next to the park/church are mostly unused. Go figure.
That's not what I said, I just think out of the entire LTN they're only improving one place and it's an odd place to improve.
Parks only work if they're big enough to kick a ball. Literally no one uses parklets.
When I had a car I remember looking at a garage to rent in Blenheim Gardens estate. Good job I took my tape measure as my car (a ford estate, nothing fancy, defo not an SUV) wouldn't have fitted! Cars, like people were smaller back in the day.....
Sorry but really hate these sort of comments. It’s not up to transport/street planners to design out social problems. Lack of benches is awful for the elderly/infirm that anti-LTNers claim to care so much about.Benches - you might get the odd person sitting and drinking lager they have bought from the Londis but that's not going to improve the area much sadly
Ah yes, that's right, sorry.
Isn't it the same approach as in Railton and Oval? I dont' think they consulted on all of the filters in those LTNs at the same time, but they have now and all of the filters are having the wooden planters replaced with permanent road changes AND there are some areas (sensibly focused near businesses so that they benefit) that are not filters that are being improved (as on Atlantic Road)
I broadly agree here. Top of the list when I responded to the consultation to the filter design for upper tulse hill was "make sure motorbikes can't mount the pavement" but second was "don't build something that needs ongoing maintenance" because it's just not realistic to expect from Lambeth.
When my Mum first bought a house in the UK it was a 60s semi in Kent with a built in garage. She bought a Volvo which did just about fit into the garage; but no one could get out of the car. By the time I had a Mini the garage was full of junk and remained so til she sold up and moved back to Australia.
