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Lambeth Council Leader Lib Peck did a good job chairing Council’s well-attended Overview and Scrutiny Committee consultation meeting in Vauxhall on 20 March, writes Martin Stanley of TVS affiliate the Fentiman Road, Richborne Terrace and Dorset Road Residents’ Association. Cllr Peck appeared genuinely concerned to hear people’s views and to get a good result for the neighbourhood. Minutes of the meeting should be available by 27 March, www.lambeth.gov.uk/committee. Cllr Peck noted that Lambeth needs both homes and jobs, while...

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TfL is about to apply for an Order under the Transport and Works Act 1992 for compulsory purchase and other powers to do just about anything it wants along the NLE route from Kennington to Vauxhall Cross. Sound far-fetched? Then look at the link below to TfL’s draft Order and Deposited Plans. You have until 9 April to tell TFL what you think. Do read Schedule 4 (Compensation) (PDF on the link below) very carefully. LU(NORTHERNLINEEXTENSION)ORDER-11.03.13 For further information:...

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The council is reviewing the Lambeth Local Plan, which is supposed to development for the next 15 years. The Council’s Cabinet has approved a draft for consultation, which now runs until Friday 26 April 2013. You can find out what the draft says by viewing the draft document and sustainability appraisal at any Lambeth library and at the planning advice desk on the ground floor of Phoenix House, 10 Wandsworth Road, London SW8 2LL. A consultation booklet and questionnaire...

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Venture with historian, publisher and community activist Sean Creighton into border territory, where Vauxhall meets Wandsworth, and where massive social and environmental changes are under way. What happened to the nine elm trees, how many are left, where are they, and what happened to the rest? Plus, royalty, railwaymen, when and where candles were made from coconuts, how Nine Elms became a London rail terminus before Waterloo ever did; how Nine Elms then became home to New Covent Garden...

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The Walcot Foundation has been helping out Lambeth people since the 1620s, and spends about £2 million a year on projects to helping them escape the benefits trap or to become financially self-sufficient. There are grants to projects, organisations and schools working with the Walcot target group – low-income Lambeth residents – and schemes must be focussed on: Helping parents to prepare their children for learning Mastering literacy and numeracy, especially at primary school age Encouraging secondary-school pupils to...

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Vauxhallian Andrew Nunn writes to the Vauxhall Society and Kate Hoey MP: I would like very much to support Helen Irwin’s letter about the advantages of the Vauxhall Gyratory. When I first moved to live in Vauxhall over twenty years ago I had friends who refused to come and see me because of the chaotic traffic system then in place. The Gyratory was an enormous improvement. Further I would be very sad to see the Bus Station go. To...

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The tatty old Rotunda at Stockwell – which has many Memorial themes in the design – is soon to get a much-needed refresh. In order to prepare for the re-paint, the Friends of Stockwell War Memorial and Gardens in association with the London Mural Preservation Society have organised a special volunteer day. They need to remove or brush down the old paint and seal the surface before the artistic team – which includes Brian Barnes, the original artist – can get to work....

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