Knight’s Hill eco-camp sparks ‘shanty town’ fear
An eco-camp has been set up in a residential area of West Norwood that neighbours fear is fast-becoming South London’s squatting capital. A group has set up the ‘Knights Hill Ecological Peace Camp’ with makeshift tents on the old Lambeth College site at the junction of Chapel Road and Knight’s Hill. Meanwhile, illegal squatters are [...]
Lambeth Council to dump even more trucks in Norwood
Labour-controlled Lambeth Council has let Norwood down badly. Local residents and ward councillors asked the Council to remove the dustcart depot from Vale Street by this September, as the council had promised. The Council’s decision? It has decided to keep the dustcarts in Norwood for at least four more years and increase the likely frequency [...]
Vale Street dustcarts must not stay – sign our petition
Residents in West Norwood have been badly let down by Lambeth Council and the local MP. In 2006, Lambeth Council decided to site a dustcart depot in Vale Street, West Norwood. This was supposedly temporary until September 2009, in order to create space for a much-needed new school in East Brixton and to…
Another Lambeth cock-up delays games area
Bungling Labour Lambeth has had to knock back its own planning application for a kids’ games area because it was so badly drafted. The council’s planning department turned down an application from Lambeth’s housing department to create a multi-use games area (MUGA) on council land in Vale Street, West Norwood. The application was ruled “invalid” [...]
New West Norwood Fire Station Plan in danger
The London Fire Brigade has officially agreed to spend a whopping £7.1 million of taxpayers money plus up to £900,000 in professional fees on demolishing and replacing West Norwood Fire Station, which was built in 1917. The plan involves a complete rebuild following a government decision to list the facade of the front of the [...]