Saturday, February 23, 2008
A MOMENT OF YOUR LIFETIME
LAMBETH COUNCIL CONSULTATIONS
Thanks to Alan Piper of the Brixton Society for the following.
In addition to "Future Brixton", there are several other planning documents out for comment at present. There is some further detail about all of these on the Lambeth Council website, but I will try to advise if you want to know the background.
Please feed back to me any comments that you think should be included in a Brixton Society response to any of these (even if it's only "ignore it"!).
SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITY STRATEGY
This is a borough-wide document that embraces the work of most public agencies in the borough, including Health and Police. There are strong emphases on crime prevention and job training but little about sustainability.
Comments by Friday 29 February.
PLANNING OBLIGATIONS (Section 106)
This concerns the sort of community benefits or public works that the Council would seek as an official "bribe" from developers in exchange for granting planning permission for a development.
Comments by Friday 14 March.
LOCAL DEVELOPMENT FRAMEWORK
In particular, to identify any planning issues or policies that need revision.
Comments by Monday 17 March.
PLANNING APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS
Essentially, to confirm what information the Council should ask to be included with any planning applications.
Comments by Wednesday 26 March.
SUSTAINABLE DESIGN & CONSTRUCTION
A draft "Supplementary Planning Document" has been produced to clarify the Council's requirements for energy conservation, micro-generation and more efficient modes of transport etc. in any planning applications.
Comments by Friday 25 March.
RESIDENTIAL DESIGN STANDARDS:
An important Supplementary Planning Document because it sets the standards of space and quality for new and converted housing. However this was withdrawn at the last minute from the January Cabinet agenda for a re-write, so for the time being it's rather vague about what developers should provide.
FUTURE BRIXTON
The Regeneration team aim to write up their report from the current consultation events during MARCH in order to present it to the Council's Cabinet for approval on 28 APRIL.
We were due to have a presentation on 14 February, but the Council speaker got the time wrong. I am still trying (as the meeting requested) to re-arrange for our next committee date on Thursday 13 March. Given that this is a late date in the process, it might be best to focus on one or two specific areas OR issues that have arisen from workshops/ roadshows/ conversations in the pub etc. so far - but tell me soon!
I will try to circulate more material soon, but subject to currently working 6 days a week on the day job. Thanks for recent feedback - it is valued, even if I cannot always respond directly.
Regards,
Alan Piper,
Hon. Secretary, The Brixton Society.
Please feed back to me any comments that you think should be included in a Brixton Society response to any of these (even if it's only "ignore it"!).
SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITY STRATEGY
This is a borough-wide document that embraces the work of most public agencies in the borough, including Health and Police. There are strong emphases on crime prevention and job training but little about sustainability.
Comments by Friday 29 February.
PLANNING OBLIGATIONS (Section 106)
This concerns the sort of community benefits or public works that the Council would seek as an official "bribe" from developers in exchange for granting planning permission for a development.
Comments by Friday 14 March.
LOCAL DEVELOPMENT FRAMEWORK
In particular, to identify any planning issues or policies that need revision.
Comments by Monday 17 March.
PLANNING APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS
Essentially, to confirm what information the Council should ask to be included with any planning applications.
Comments by Wednesday 26 March.
SUSTAINABLE DESIGN & CONSTRUCTION
A draft "Supplementary Planning Document" has been produced to clarify the Council's requirements for energy conservation, micro-generation and more efficient modes of transport etc. in any planning applications.
Comments by Friday 25 March.
RESIDENTIAL DESIGN STANDARDS:
An important Supplementary Planning Document because it sets the standards of space and quality for new and converted housing. However this was withdrawn at the last minute from the January Cabinet agenda for a re-write, so for the time being it's rather vague about what developers should provide.
FUTURE BRIXTON
The Regeneration team aim to write up their report from the current consultation events during MARCH in order to present it to the Council's Cabinet for approval on 28 APRIL.
We were due to have a presentation on 14 February, but the Council speaker got the time wrong. I am still trying (as the meeting requested) to re-arrange for our next committee date on Thursday 13 March. Given that this is a late date in the process, it might be best to focus on one or two specific areas OR issues that have arisen from workshops/ roadshows/ conversations in the pub etc. so far - but tell me soon!
I will try to circulate more material soon, but subject to currently working 6 days a week on the day job. Thanks for recent feedback - it is valued, even if I cannot always respond directly.
Regards,
Alan Piper,
Hon. Secretary, The Brixton Society.
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