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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 [...]

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 traffic lights at the junction of Gipsy Hill and Central Hill offer no safe opportunities for pedestrians to cross. Residents trying to get to Sainsbury’s on Westow Street, for example, take their life in their hands. You can sign our petition online…

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There has been an ongoing problem with privately hired refuse vehicles parking overnight on residential streets around Elder Road, Norwood Park Road and Eylewood Road.  This anti-social behaviour is affecting quality of life in the area.  To make matters worse, the trucks have been started up in the middle of the night and woken people [...]

A number of trees have been lost on Oaks Avenue.  We have been pushing the Council to replace them during the next planting season, which runs from October to March.
The Council has told us:
“[We] can confirm Oaks Avenue and in particular these pits are on our planting list for replanting in the coming season, subject [...]

We recently asked the Council to make sure that all disabled parking bays in Camden Hill Road are still needed after concerns were raised that some bays are no longer in use.
The Council has agreed to carry out a review of all bays and a statutory consultation will start in August, when all residents will [...]

Lambeth Council has published a notice proposing to ban vehicles over 18 tonnes in weight using part of Aubyn Hill due to a weak bridge. The proposals won’t affect emergency vehicles. The notice states…

The Council is considering proposals to introduce parking restrictions along sections of Rommany Road and Gipsy Road. We would like to know what residents think about the plans before a decision is made…

A Conservative councillor is calling on Lambeth Council too step up its efforts to combat climate change.
Cllr Clare Whelan, who helped set up its green programme, spoke out after Labour Lambeth failed to meet its commitment to reduce energy use and cut pollution.
Clare chaired a cross-party commission which studied how the council could become greener.  [...]

Thurlow Park Conservative Councillors are working with Peabody residents and voluntary groups to ensure the continuation of the Community Hall on the Rosendale Road half of the estate.  Peabody Trust officials at a meeting last week said there were no resources immediately available for the replacement or refurbishment of the hall which is a listed [...]

The impact of Gordon Brown’s recession has hurt many households’ budgets in Dulwich and local Conservatives are doing their best to help Southwark residents cope by imposing a total freeze on your Council Tax bills this year. 
Conservative Councillors, who hold the balance of power in Southwark, insisted that the Council Tax should be frozen – [...]