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 of truck visits on Saturdays.

In 2007, Lambeth Council gained temporary planning permission to site dustcarts at the Vale Street Depot.

Labour-controlled Lambeth and the local MP said this was only a stop-gap solution.  Residents and ward councillors strongly opposed having dustcarts on Vale Street at all, as we didn’t trust the council to remove them as promised.

Now, at a Planning Committee, the Council has confirmed its betrayal.

Gipsy Hill councillor Andrew Gibson says:  “The best way to get rid of the dustcarts from our residential area now is to bring about a change in control at Town Hall.  We have the opportunity to do that next May at the council election.  We must never forget Labour’s betrayal of Norwood.”

Kemi Adegoke lives in the Dulwich & West Norwood constituency

Kemi Adegoke, a local conservative activist has been selected by the Dulwich and West Norwood Conservatives to fight Tessa Jowell at the next General Election.

Wimbledon-born Kemi has an Engineering Degree from the University of Sussex and is currently studying for a law degree part-time at Birkbeck College.   She is a Chartered Member of the British Computer Society and currently works as a systems analyst at the RBS group.

Kemi is active in the local community as a school governor at St. Thomas the Apostle College in Peckham and at Jubilee Primary school in Tulse Hill.   She takes a keen interest in housing, education and youth issues in South London and apart from her activities as a school governor, is also a board member of Charlton Triangle Housing Association.   She also teaches chess to pupils at the Bishop Challoner School For Girls in Tower Hamlets in her spare time.

Kemi says:  “It is a privilege to get the chance to chance to fight an election and hopefully represent my local area in parliament.  I live in one of the most deprived boroughs in the country and believe that we need someone who actually lives in the area and who understands what is happening locally to represent our interests in Westminster.”