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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 of truck visits [...]
Lambeth should work with ‘five borough’ charity
Crystal Palace residents living in Lambeth are missing out on possible new community projects because Lambeth Council is not sending a representative to meetings of a charity, according to Gipsy Hill Councillor Andrew Gibson…
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…
Views sought on £12k ‘purse’ for community projects
Conservative councillors in Gipsy Hill and Thurlow Park are consulting local residents and community groups about a new grants project from the Council whereby each ward has a £12,000 “Ward Purse” to allocate to deserving causes or projects.
There are rules regarding the allocation of this money. The main ones are:
No more than three projects per [...]
Vale Street depot to close – sign our petition
Lambeth Council has decided to close the Vale Street Waste Depot to general waste. It will in future take recycling only. This decision was made without any consultation with local residents. Conservative councillors in West Norwood forced the Council to reconsider and won concessions, but the closure will still…