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hiraethified
I was up there earlier and talking to residents. It's all down to Lambeth's inability to maintain the properties.
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So disgusting. Shame on Lambeth.
this should never happen on housing, hopefully no one was hurt.
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billythefish
toad licker
This has happened before. I can't believe they don't use simple restraint straps on a building like that, especially when they should have learnt from experience.
wemakeyousoundb
hopefully not gimboid
isn't that "inability to maintain the properties" to do with their redevelopment plans?
CH1
"Red Guard"(NLYL)
Environmental guidance required
Where do you put dead low energy bulbs these days?
I've got several of the antique fluorescent type
and will have several more coming up.
There used to be a street bin on Loughboriough Road - but I think the contractor went bust some years back.
Currys Argos etc do electircal items and batteries, but don't mention LE fluorescent bulbs.
Any suggestions?
Where do you put dead low energy bulbs these days?
I've got several of the antique fluorescent type
and will have several more coming up.
There used to be a street bin on Loughboriough Road - but I think the contractor went bust some years back.
Currys Argos etc do electircal items and batteries, but don't mention LE fluorescent bulbs.
Any suggestions?
friendofdorothy
Solidarity against neoliberalism!
I've got a bag of old bulbs and small electrical bits and bobs, that I've not known what to do with since the local bins in herne hill disappeared.
Are there no local facilities anymore? Don't think either of those centres are easy to access on public transport.
colacubes
Mr Hot Cookie
You can get to Vale Street on the 322. It stops right outside but it’s on the hail and ride section.
Rushy
basically a scrotum
I've always dropped lightbulbs at currys along with other small electronic items like cables, wires, chargers. They tell you to dump a bag by the desk on your left as you walk in.
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Ol Nick
beer in Brixton
For anyone interested in the Acre Lane Tesco site: Proposed Site 20
ash
Inittogether
Im confused. - is it just me? Is the plan to rebuild Tesco with flats etc on top?
Feels like they have given planning permission already you just need to roll up with some cash
madolesance
Well-Known Member
Are all these proposed sites property of Lambeth Council and what they are trying to do is encourage with their permission developers to come along and
'realise the potential' of the land?
Puddy_Tat
naturally fluffy
i'm nowhere near brixton, but possibly worth checking you're even allowed in as a pedestrian. round here you're not allowed in the tip (or recycling centre or whatever fancy name it's got these days) except in a car...
Gramsci
Well-Known Member
No most are private.
However in the case of LJ. See LJ thread the two private sites their are contentious.
Looks to me like Lambeth are saying to developers you can cram a lot into these sites with our blessing.
sparkybird
ask the bird...
I've entered Vale street on foot with no problem.
technical
stripey
Well a site allocation formally establishes the principal of development on that site, and is supposed to give some outline detail of what it will look like and how it will be used. So there's a degree of certainty for owners, developers, neighbours etc.
Lots of local authorities are now looking at supermarkets in inner london - the amount of car parking they have and how infrequently that parking is actually fully used means in lots of ways its an inefficient use of land. Particularly given development pressure and need for new housing
Rushy
basically a scrotum
Making better use of the Tesco and Halfords sites is surely a good move in principle and long overdue. What that means in practice is another question. But I think the consultation documents they have produced are pretty hard for most people to engage with with and comment on in a meaningful way.
cuppa tee
Well-Known Member
The Tesco with flats on top thing has already happened on the Kennington Lane site by Vauxhall
felonius monk
Well-Known Member
It's a way for supermarkets to make money buy selling off or co-developing the "airspace". Sainsbury at Nine Elms did it a few years ago.
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hiraethified
CH1
"Red Guard"(NLYL)
Vale street was totally accessible for pedestrians pre Covid - but it's a bloody long ride on the 322 from Coldharbour Lane.
Last time I took a heavy electrical item (computer CRT screen) on the 322 the vibrations from the diesel engine cause my trolley and load to collapse.
I suppose one could argue that a taxi or man-with-a-van might be required in such cases - especially as Lambeth's bulky items service is £17 apparently.
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stripey
I wouldn't disagree that the way they're presented is unlikely to get a very broad range of people to respond - but I actually think Lambeth are doing a reasonable job here. Planning is a complex process to a large extent - the way this is being done (other boroughs using same/similar formats as well) does present the underlying evidence and analysis as well as the 'visions' in a much better way than this was being done relatively recently.
That said - there's a bit of a gap between the evidence and their conclusions on several sites IMO.
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