Archive for the ‘Planning’ Category

Lambeth Weekender

Posted on: 15th September, 2011 in Brixton Stories, Planning

Lambeth Weekender is a new, free, fortnightly publication. Its current edition (9 September) includes articles on Brixton market and the Stockwell Festival. It also includes Lambeth's statutory notices: planning, licensing, etc. This is where you can discover if something is…

Elm Park Tavern

Posted on: 6th August, 2011 in Planning

The Elm Park Tavern recently applied to modify their existing dormer windows to increase the daylight available in the top floor living accommodation.  The Brixton Society supported the application on the grounds that improvement to the living accommodation above the…

1A Brailsford Road

Posted on: 2nd August, 2011 in Planning

The Brixton Society, in common with other local people and groups objected to a proposal to build a large block of private flats on this derelict industrial site overlooking Brockwell Park. Our objection was based on the detriment to the…

Coldharbour Lane carwash

Posted on: 3rd July, 2011 in Planning

It turns out that the new carwash on former Texaco filling station site in front of Southwyck House (the Barrier Block) is authorised for 3 years under a Lambeth Planning decision taken by officers under delegated powers.  Although the planners…

In search of Edinburgh Terrace

Posted on: 3rd July, 2011 in Brixton Stories, Planning

  Last year I took a fresh look at the origins of Railton Road when evidence was requested for a court case, a boundary dispute over an access path behind some of the shops halfway along the road. One side-effect…