The Government is attempting to gradually ease the Coronavirus lockdown in England and under Covid-19 Secure guidelines social distancing will continue as a mean to protect shoppers and workers. One of the early changes was the reopening of garden centres such as Floral Hall on Norwood Road from 13 May as the risk of transmission of the virus was seen as "lower in these outdoor and more open spaces".
Hopefully you have all read about the Southwark Metals proposal and have come to the same conclusion as us and the other community groups involved in fighting this planning application: it would disastrous for West Norwood because of the increase in traffic and mostly from huge lorries, as well as many other reasons.. NAG estimate that the total of site vehicle movements would be around 60,000 each year. Within a six mile radius that's around 350,000 vehicle miles every year in and around our neighbourhood.
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London Learning Consortium have some free classes for residents in Lambeth that are unemployed. These short courses are run online, have tutor support and start from 1 June onwards.
492 Korna Klub requires Windrush Elders and their kin for an online drama performance project that explores Windrush stories called Mapping Lives.
A Small Studio (local architects), in collaboration with Station to Station, the Business Improvement District for Tulse Hill and West Norwood, is proposing a radical re-think of the use of a section of Norwood High Street, as a month-long digital consultation.
Georgia Ladbury Gallivanter is an infectious disease epidemiologist and has posted on various platforms about the current Coronavirus pandemic. The following post is republished here with her permission.
The London Borough of Lambeth submitted the Draft Revised Lambeth Local Plan to the Secretary of State for examination on 22 May 2020, in accordance with Regulation 22 of the Town and Country Planning (Local Planning) (England) Regulations 2012.
As some of you may know one of the negative consequences of lockdown has been a rise in domestic abuse. Domestic abuse takes many forms and is often unreported. Below is a note from Lambeth's Gaia Centre for those that are victims or know someone who is at risk.