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Brixton news, rumour and general chat - June 2015

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Gramsci said:
Saw these naked cyclists this afternoon in Brixton. Not sure what it was about. Got some applause at the lights.

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Good job they're not in Malaysia - that's all I'm saying
 
CH1 said:
On a more cheerful note, the Weekender has just advertised planning application for the Granville Street Market. Comments by 22nd June.
In my day (yawn) applications had to be made before doing something. Retrospective applications were almost always rejected.
http://planning.lambeth.gov.uk/onli...ils.do?activeTab=summary&keyVal=NOPETYBO0IB00
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See Brixton Green are one of the "Stakeholders"

Brixton Green
Brixton Green are a nonprofit, registered mutual society, set up by Brixton People,
they are spearheading the longer term plans to redevelop Somerleyton Road and de-
liver hundreds of new affordable homes for Brixton residents.
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"Spearheading" a bit over the top to say that.

When Carlton Mansions HC were in court the Council were insisting that if they could not get the fire risk argument to work to get us out they would be seeking vacant possession of site for the reason that works on the site would start summer 2015. That is was reasonable to get vacant possession on that basis alone. Its what stumped us in court as we could not prove otherwise. It was on Council docs that was the planned date.

So I do find it somewhat strange that this date has changed without any reason being given by the Council. In the application they say Cllr Hopkins is supportive and they are asking for a year of use.

If I was cynical about the way the Council acts I might think the Council kept the date of Summer 2015 on there docs until the court case ended. As they wanted a cast iron reason in court to fall back on.
 
David Clapson said:
Private Eye has been investigating Helen Hayes MP, hinting at conflicts of interest regarding the Network Rail plan to kill the shops on Brixton Station Road. Is all the info below already known to the campaigners?

http://www.private-eye.co.uk/issue-1394/hp-sauce
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Private Eye picked up on the Brixton Buzz piece that we published back in April.

Just before the election Hayes told us:

“I didn’t work on the drawing up of the SPD. When I became a Cllr in 2010 I took the decision that I wouldn’t carry out work in the vicinity in which I represent.”

It's odd though that as a senior partner at the firm she wouldn't be aware of the recommendation of "improving the arches" that her company then sent on to Lambeth Council.

She was VERY keen to press the point that there is 'NO STORY" here.

Like Brixton Buzz, Private Eyes seems to disagree.
 
Tricky Skills said:
Private Eye picked up on the Brixton Buzz piece that we published back in April.

Just before the election Hayes told us:

“I didn’t work on the drawing up of the SPD. When I became a Cllr in 2010 I took the decision that I wouldn’t carry out work in the vicinity in which I represent.”

It's odd though that as a senior partner at the firm she wouldn't be aware of the recommendation of "improving the arches" that her company then sent on to Lambeth Council.

She was VERY keen to press the point that there is 'NO STORY" here.

Like Brixton Buzz, Private Eyes seems to disagree.
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Looks like LJAG may be having her as guest speaker at their AGM - proposed date 9th July.
If so people would no doubt people can ask questions about this - though my feeling is that LJAG want the arches round LJN developed.
So it could all end up a bit conflicted.
 
anyone know what was going on over Saturday night/ most of Sunday morning in Ferndale Road? Very loud house/garage music and a LOT of talk - sounded like a really large assembly of people, maybe into the hundreds. Seemed to be coming from somewhere in the almshouses? Didn't bother me at all, I'm just curious ...
 
I'm trying to find out more about the sudden closure of Plan B. Website gone, phone line unanswered, nights cancelled.

It seems it's the second Brixton venue to be bought up by the Columbo Group (the other being the Blues Kitchen)...
 
trabuquera said:
anyone know what was going on over Saturday night/ most of Sunday morning in Ferndale Road? Very loud house/garage music and a LOT of talk - sounded like a really large assembly of people, maybe into the hundreds. Seemed to be coming from somewhere in the almshouses? Didn't bother me at all, I'm just curious ...
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Maybe a private function at The Duke which spilled out onto the street (or the other side at The Trinity). I think the flats next to the Almshouses had a street party a few weeks back, so maybe they had another. I wouldn't have thought the Almshouses would be 'hosting' an event like that, so would have expected police sirens as well.
 
editor said:
I'm trying to find out more about the sudden closure of Plan B. Website gone, phone line unanswered, nights cancelled.

It seems it's the second Brixton venue to be bought up by the Columbo Group (the other being the Blues Kitchen)...
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Had not heard about Plan B.

I heard that they literally walked into Electric Social, which was doing very well and was not for sale, and made them a ridiculous offer which they could not refuse.
 
Rushy said:
Had not heard about Plan B.

I heard that they literally walked into Electric Social, which was doing very well and was not for sale, and made them a ridiculous offer which they could not refuse.
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I've got a contact and am finding out more. Plan B has definitely gone though.
 
Rushy said:
What's the latest on that? Do you know?
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Licensing meeting 7pm tomorrow.
http://moderngov.lambeth.gov.uk/ieListDocuments.aspx?MId=9521
This is an application for the Summary Review of the Premises Licence made under Section 53A of the Licensing Act 2003. The application has been made following a serious incident occurring in associated with the premises on 16 May 2015 in which a member of the public was assaulted. This incident follows another serious incident occurring at the premises on 19 April 2015 that has lead to the Police submitting a review application.
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friendofdorothy said:
for us non twittering old fogies can you explain?
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It's just a feed of news relevant to Lambeth. This is their web page bit.ly/1MUPhC3. I suppose it's harmless enough. But the 'curated by top Lambeth influencers' shite gives me an aneurysm. I am boycotting anything which is 'curated'. Wanky hipster nonsense. Unless it's in a proper museum, with proper curators.
 
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