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What will make Vauxhall A Lovelier Place? It could be argued that a great deal of development has got through  planning without a proper or engaged debate about the needs of the existing communities around  the Vauxhall Nine Elms development area (VNEB). The VNEB development is 195 hectares- a colossal area- larger than Hyde Park [...]

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One of London’s first two ‘cycle superhighways’ is due to run along Clapham Road and should be operational along its full length from Merton to the City by the summer.  The scheme promises ‘a safe, fast, direct, continuous and comfortable way of getting from outer to central London by bike along recognised commuter routes’ according [...]

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Tracking the Tube

As many residents are all too well aware, we live on top of the Victoria Line, a largely benign subterranean neighbour since its arrival forty years ago.  In the last few years, though, the level of noise and vibration has grown to the point where it is a serious problem for some people who live [...]

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If you haven’t already received the newsletter through your front door you can download it here. The newsletter for this quarter contains: Tube noise: the rumblings of change? Clint Eastwood’s visit and details on filming in the area Call for ideas on how to spend ASSA community £s Rubbish collections and bins in Albert Square [...]

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Latest dialogue with Lambeth Council – suggestions and questions sent to them in March, responses received today. ASSA proposal:  That the top of Lansdowne Way (between the Clapham Road and the South Lambeth Road) be returned to being a two-way road. Lambeth response:  Unfortunately we are unable to progress this request due to what would [...]

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The latest proposals for the development of Battersea Power Station include the idea of extending the Northern Line from Kennington through Nine Elms to a new station at the power station itself.  Given the track record of Battersea Power Station proposals – a special shuttle service to Victoria was proposed twenty years ago and never [...]

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Two new speed limit signs have appeared in the last few days.  The first pair, at the entrance to Aldebert Terrace, add to what is now a fairly unpleasant clutter of signs, but are now clear enough.* Another new sign at the entrance to Albert Square, finally confirming the road marking which has been there [...]

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Lambeth Council has produced a draft Vauxhall Supplementary Planning Document (SPD), which was published in July, and is open to consultation until 15 December.  It’s a long and detailed document covering the area from Lambeth Bridge in the north down to Wyvil Road in the south.  The plan is seeking to encourage significant redevelopment in [...]

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The new Transport for London business plan, published on Thursday, promises much for the next ten years: The Programme will focus on the upgrade of the Tube, building Crossrail, extensions to the DLR and London Overground networks, supporting the 2012 Games and securing a legacy from them, smoothing traffic flows, leading a revolution in cycling [...]

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Residents in the Albert Square conservation area should have today received updated consultation material from Lambeth Council about the proposals for traffic calming measures in the area. The last meeting of the Albert Square and St Stephen’s Association (ASSA) Committee considered these and came to the following conclusions, which we hope will assist you in [...]

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