Agenda and minutes
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Contact: Tim Murtagh, Constitutional Officer
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Introduction and welcome
Minutes: The chair welcomed residents, councillors and officers to the meeting. |
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Apologies
Minutes: Apologies for absence were received from Councillors Al-Samerai, Hamish McCallum and Eliza Mann. |
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Disclosure of Members' interests and dispensations
Members to declare any interests and dispensation in respect of any item of business to be considered at this meeting. Minutes: There were none. |
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Items of business that the Chair deems urgent
The chair to advise whether they have agreed to any item of urgent business being admitted to the agenda.
Minutes: There were none. |
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Minutes
To confirm as a correct record the minutes of the meeting held on 29 November 2014. Supporting documents: Minutes: RESOLVED:
That the minutes of the meeting held on 29 November 2014 be agreed as a correct record of that meeting. |
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Deputations / Petitions (if any)
The chair to advise on any deputations or petitions received. Minutes: There were none. |
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7.05pm |
Community Announcements
- Youth Community Council - Neighbourhood Fund - Southwark Safer Neighbourhood Board (SSNB) - Shad Thames Area Management Partnership (STAMP) - Public consultation on the latest revision of the Southwark statement of licensing policy Minutes: Youth Community Council Councillor Evelyn Akoto (vice-chair) introduced the members of the youth community council (YCC) and explained that she had recently attended one of their meetings. One of the biggest issues for the YCC was police profiling. The YCC were concerned that young black males in the area were being picked on. There was an extensive discussion which concluded that profiling was used by police in identifying potential criminals but some times it can be abused. Local police would be invited to a future meeting of the YCC. In terms of interaction with the main community council, young people wanted more interaction, visuals, stalls and less jargon. The YCC meet fortnightly at 5pm at the Canada Water Library. All are welcome to attend.
Three members of the YCC attended and gave their views on transport. - Buses were often overcrowded and non-school users often had to put up school children making lots of noise during journeys. Perhaps more buses and schools only buses could be considered. - Oyster card delivery delays were mentioned. - Safety on public transport was a big issue for young people. Passengers under the influence – drink or other drugs - could often be frightening for young girls. Transport for London (TfL) should not allow people on board that are under the influence. - Bus drivers should take care when opening and closing doors as injuries have occurred to young people when not done properly.
Councillor Michael Situ, cabinet member for community safety, explained that the administration had recently introduced a women’s safety charter (WSC) to support the experience of women, especially during the night. As part of the work there was dialogue with TfL to improve the travel experience of women and girls on public transport. The YCC said they would interact with work done by the council and TfL on that.
Farhan Ghafoor, Southwark youth service, said that young people could get involved with the YCC via the website or by contacting him. Contact: farhan.ghafoor@southwark.gov.uk or Tel. 0207 237 9312
Neighbourhood Fund 2015/16 Marian Farrugia, community council development officer, explained that this new fund was an amalgam of the cleaner, greener, safer revenue programme and the community council fund. The application period was 6 January – 16 February 2015. Applications were welcomed online or via paper application form. The neighbourhood fund was for projects benefitting the community that would encourage people to work together and improve their local area. Contact: marian.farrugia@southwark.gov.uk or Tel. 020 7525 1780.
Millwall FC Community Match Marian Farrugia, community council development officer, announced that Millwall FC were playing Huddersfield on 7 February 2015. Free tickets were available via an application form.
Shad Thames Area Management Partnership Janet Morris, Shad Thames Area Management Partnership (STAMP), explained that the group was formed a few years ago by people wanting to give the area a bit of energy. The group arranges events and meetings that all were welcome to attend. Contact via the website - www.loveshadthames.org or ... view the full minutes text for item 7. |
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7.20pm |
Community Safety Update
Local Police Teams Minutes: Zander Gibson, Borough Commander presented.
Safer Neighbourhood Board Commander Gibson explained that the Mayor’s office for policing and crime (MOPAC) had required each borough to have a main conduit for engagement. That would be the Safer Neighbourhood Board (SNB). It replaces the police consultative group and links together all the ward panels. There were about 24 board members, most of those were from the community. Quarterly meetings would be held. At the start of each meeting there would be a one hour open forum session for members of the community to raise any concerns.
In response to questions, Commander Gibson made the following points: - There had not yet been a meeting of the full SNB. - Dates of meetings should be checked to avoid, where possible, meeting clashes. - Each of the four clusters in Southwark would have a representative from their panels that would sit on the SNB. - Each group of ward panels were asked to self select board members. - There was a member from the multi-faith forum on the SNB. - The continued feedback from the community was essential to tackle crime and that had been a key part of last week’s operation that had followed 6-7 months of police work.
There was some disagreement from ward panel chairs present who said they had not been consulted about board membership at all.
Inspector Richard Auty was introduced as the new Inspector for the area. He explained that he had been a police officer in Southwark for three years. In response to a question on police numbers, Inspector Auty explained there had been some officer movements recently but there would remain an experienced ward officer along with a police community support officer (PCSO). There were currently 41 officers in the North East cluster who would be used where they were needed. |
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7.30pm |
Transport Theme Item
· Transport for London presentation · Councillor Mark Williams, Cabinet Member for Regeneration, Planning and Transport · Discussion Minutes: David McKenna, Transport for London (TfL), presented. He explained that he worked in the road space management directorate in connection with modifications to the road network. David made the following points:
- Several schemes on Tower Bridge Road were due to start within a month. One was safety improvements at the junction with Abbey Street, where a cyclist had died some time ago. Another was an upgrade to the footways. A diagonal crossing was planned for pedestrians at Bermondsey Square. - Consultation was currently taking place on the Southwark Quietways cycle route in the area of Tower Bridge Road, Webb Street and Rothesay Street. - TfL colleagues were working on Cycle Superhighway 4 in the area of Jamaica Road. There would be public consultation in due course.
In response to questions, David made the following points:
- An enhancement in the frequency of the 381 and 21 bus services routes had recently taken place. Usage would be monitored. - Curtailments of the service can be frustrating and sometimes they happen due to road works or incidents. Some time curtailments happen when operators try to avoid bus bunching and followed by a long gap in the service. - Driver training programmes dealt with handling of incidents of bad behaviour on buses. David said he would find out more specifics and report back. - The work on the Abbey Street junction would take about eight weeks starting in February 2015. - Jamaica Road presented challenges: Tower Bridge Road had the inner ring road and competing demands for green time at the signals, whilst at the other end the width restriction at the Rotherhithe roundabout was necessary to protect the structure of the tunnel but resulted in traffic queues. - The Old Kent Road junction with East Street at the corner of the library was noted as an accident heavy area. - A resident’s concerns about buses with disability ramps that were faulty and so denied access to wheelchair users was noted. It would be fed back to TfL. - David was aware of the proposed programme of works related to the Thames tunnel. Detailed discussions were taking place between TfL and Thames Water. TfL would be pushing Thames Water construction lorries to have the latest safety equipment including bleepers and signage as well as driver training. He agreed with the general safety concerns about the construction.
Councillor Mark Williams, cabinet member for regeneration, planning and transport explained that transport policy was about the council serving existing and future needs. He made the following points:
- A lot of work was done with TfL who controlled about 5% of the roads in Southwark as well as the overground and underground trains. - Problems with certain buses including the C10, 381 and 415 in the area had been highlighted. Ward councillors and the assembly member had been lobbying TfL to improve the routes. - The council had been lobbying the Government with other boroughs to push for TfL to run all ... view the full minutes text for item 9. |
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8.10pm |
New Southwark Plan
Alison Squires, Planning Team Leader
Presentation Minutes: Susannah Pettit, planning officer, presented the item.
What is the New Southwark Plan?
· A new local plan for Southwark with policies to determine planning applications · A replacement to Core Strategy (2011) and Southwark Plan (2007) · Area visions · To be adopted in 2017 after three stages of consultation.
The New Southwark Plan will sit below the National Planning Policy Framework and the London Plan.
· Consultation would run from 31 October 2014 to 6 March 2015 · Lots of events, workshops and meetings across Southwark · Respond via email or in writing · Paper and online questionnaires · We can attend your community meeting.
New policies for deciding planning applications
· New area vision for Southwark’s neighbourhoods · Homes · Travel · Business, employment and enterprise · Town centres · Social infrastructure · Design, heritage and environment · Sustainability · Identifying sites for development
How to get involved – Visit www.southwark.gov.uk/newsouthwarkplanto:
· Download the plan and supporting documents · Complete a questionnaire · Check the calendar for area and theme-based events across Southwark, and come along… · Monday 2 February 6.30pm - 8.30pm at the Alfred Salter Primary School · Monday 9 February 6.30pm - 8.30pm at the Crypt at St Peter's Church, Liverpool Grove · Thursday 12 February 6:30pm - 8:30pm at Southwark Council offices, 160 Tooley Street SE1 2TZ.
Questions or comments - Email planningpolicy@southwark.gov.uk or Tel. 020 7525 4530
Revised Canada Water Area Action Plan 2013
· The council are revising the area action plan (AAP) to put in place a policy framework to guide a redevelopment of Harmsworth Quays and take account of the implications of this for the wider area. · The council consulted on the revised draft AAP in 2013 and 2014, and an examination in public was held at the beginning of October 2014. · A further consultation would take place in spring 2015. · A decision was expected in summer of 2015.
Old Kent Road
A 15 year area action plan (AAP) was taking shape and once agreed would be used to make decisions on planning applications. It would also be an opportunity area planning framework (OAPF) and would be endorsed by the Mayor of London.
· A new opportunity area has been designated by the Mayor around Old Kent Road and a strategy for growth in jobs and businesses · Locations for housing, including new council homes · New shopping and town centre facilities · The designs and heights of buildings and spaces · Improvements for pedestrians and cyclists, including new links and making existing routes safer · Public transport improvements · The infrastructure that would be needed to support growth, such as schools, open space and public realm, health and other community facilities
The plan was at an early stage. Officers had been out talking to businesses to gather information to be used for a business atlas. |
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8.40pm |
Cleaner Greener Safer Capital Programme 2015/16
Note: This is an executive function
Councillors to consider the recommendations contained in the report. Supporting documents: Minutes: Note: This is an executive function.
The community council considered the information contained in the report.
RESOLVED:
That the following projects be approved for cleaner greener safer capital funding for 2015/16:
GRANGE WARD
Bermondsey hanging baskets 2015/16 £11,000
Southwark park improvements – contribution to bandstand £3,000
Setchell Way walled and gated garden £5,850
Community hall tables (Setchell and Longfield) £680
Grange cycle hangers £4,000
Improved landscaping on Harold Estate / Pages Walk £18,750
Better Stevens Street £15,000
Positive Youth Swanmead Games Area £13,244
Bermondsey Village Hall £18,000
LIVESEY (ROTHERHITHE) WARD
Silverlock safer bikes £1,150
Tustin Estate bin stores £10,000
Livesey ward hanging baskets 2015/16 £10,000
Southwark park improvements – contribution to bandstand £3,500
RIVERSIDE WARD
Bermondsey hanging baskets 2015/16 £10,200
Lupin point forecourt improvements £16,200
Vertical garden at Old SSFA building, part-funding £17,562
Lighting for Keetons Estate £5,200
Better community lighting (Wrayburn House, Dickens Estate) £15,000
Dickens Estate (DETRA) information – notice boards £5,200
Pattball – Four Squares £2,600
Spenlow House basketball pitch resurfacing £17,562
ROTHERHITHE WARD
Peaceful Play & Safer Play £15,000
Red Lion youth club – equipment only £4,860
Surrey water bird identification board £3,300
Cavendish School outdoor space regeneration £1,510
Cathay Street / Fulford Street Thames path upgrade £33,000
Nesting discs in Albion channel £7,150
Addy House motorbike / moped parking rails £3,250
Fenced and planted area outside Bradley House £4,600
Mayflower garden in Mayflower TA Hall – planting only £2,160
Canada Estate planting – part funding £6,054
Grow local network £3,240
Green, Grow, Cook and Eat £5,400
SOUTH BERMONDSEY WARD
Bermondsey hanging baskets £11,454
Southwark Park improvements – contribution to bandstand £3,000
Rouel Road Estate notice boards £4,550
Manor Estate netting £14,000
Light up the Longfield – lighting improvements for Craigie House £9,400
Multi-activity playground on the Longfield Estate £18,000
Bermondsey Community Kitchen – van and catering wagon £27,500
Galleywall Nature Reserve water tap – for rainwater collection £1,620
SURREY DOCKS WARD
Southwark Park improvements – contribution to bandstand £3,000
River walk improvement £36,000
Surrey Docks adventure playground rejuvenation £17,500
Boardwalk replacement at Lavender pond £10,800
Landscaping safety into Acorn Walk £7,020
Chicane / iron adjustments Acorn Walk £2,500
Surrey Docks nesting rafts £7,304
Russia Dock woodland rain shelter £5,400 |
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8.45pm |
Public question time
A public question form is included at page 20.
This is an opportunity for public questions to be addressed to the chair. Residents or persons working in the borough may ask questions on any matter in relation to which the council has powers or duties.
Responses may be supplied in writing following the meeting. Supporting documents: Minutes: The following public questions were asked at the meeting:
1. Many people across the area, notably Rotherhithe and the Canada Estate, have ongoing anxieties in regard to ‘misrepresentation’ and inappropriate motivation by existing tenants and residents associations (TRAs). Many residents have been actively ‘discouraged’ from voicing their concerns in the way their estates and blocks are being represented and feel bullying, intimidation and misrepresentation is pandemic. Please could you assure the floor that all residents – irrespective of being private or council tenants are – actively encouraged by Southwark Council to have a voice in the way their communities are being managed by the council. Councillor Livingstone responded, that as a council we want to encourage as much participation as possible. Different TRAs would have different constitutions about how they were represented within that estate. They might have individual block representatives or something less formal. All those constitutions had to be agreed with the council and SGTOs (Southwark groups of tenants organisations) are usually consulted as well. It’s very important that the council ensures that the TRAs are representative. If residents had any complaints about their TRAs then they need to report those to be investigated.
2. The speed humps on Rotherhithe New Road, from the Bonamy estate to the Old Kent Road, are still creating noise when large lorries go over them early in the morning as well as in the evenings. Residents can hear the impact and the chains rattling along.The chair said he would ask officers to look into it.
3. A resident said that in Rotherhithe Street (Surrey Docks Farm end), near the new community hall, a fire engine had recently crashed into a car on its way to a fire. After dealing with the same fire, the fire truck couldn’t get past the turning due to parked cars. Councillor David Hubber said he was hoping to have a meeting with developers / officers in the area soon which would look at the issue of parking in the whole area. It may be necessary to introduce parking restrictions to. Councillor Cryan added that the council were looking at controlled parking zones (CPZs) around Canada Water and the peninsula. Residents should advise of any suitable places they thought should have CPZs. If taken forward the schemes would be subject to resident consultation.
4. On Southwark Park Road the parking situation is atrocious. Traffic wardens park for several hours yet residents are restricted to 30 minutes. Who tickets them? The chair asked for this to be followed up with officers.
5. The Ship York public house had recently closed and has received planning permission for flats above it and a bistro where the pub used to be. Unfortunately, a group have gone in there and opened a shisha bar that children can look through the window and see the smoke. It had become a private function room and was bringing the area down. Councillor David Hubber said licensing officers had been there with ... view the full minutes text for item 12. |
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9.00pm |
Local Parking Amendments
Note: This is an executive function
Councillors to consider the recommendations contained in the report. Supporting documents: Minutes: Note: This is an executive function.
The community council considered the information contained in the report.
RESOLVED:
That the following local traffic and parking amendments, detailed in the appendices to the report, be approved for implementation, subject to the outcome of any necessary statutory procedures:
· Pages Walk – install double yellow lines at all vehicle entrances off Pages Walk to provide access at any time and along the east side between Willow Walk and Grange Road.
· Raymouth Road – install double yellow lines adjacent to an existing vehicle crossover that will improve sight lines at No. 38.
· St James’s Road – install double yellow lines to prevent parking on one side (west side) to improve traffic flow and that the temporary double yellow lines at the junction with Blue Anchor Lane are made permanent.
· Cadet Drive – install double yellow lines adjacent to a vehicle crossover that provides access to off-street parking. |
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9.05pm |
Local Traffic and Parking Amendments
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Riverside Traffic Management Proposals
Supporting documents: Minutes: The community council considered the information contained in the report.
RESOLVED:
That the report be noted and approved. |
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Southwark Park Road loading bay
Supporting documents: Minutes: Note: This is an executive function.
The community council considered the information contained in the report.
RESOLVED:
That the following local traffic and parking amendments, detailed in the appendices to the report, be approved for implementation, subject to the outcome of any necessary statutory procedures:
· Southwark Park Road – between houses 383 and 393
- Amend the existing traffic management order to revoke 1 on-street parking bay
- Provide a loading bay to operate between the times of 7.00am and 7.00pm Monday to Friday (maximum stay 40 minutes). |
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9.10pm |
Community Council Question to Council Assembly
Each community council may submit one question to a council assembly meeting that has previously been considered and noted by the community council.
Any question to be submitted from a community council to council assembly should first be the subject of discussion at a community council meeting. The subject matter and question should be clearly noted in the community council’s minutes and thereafter the agreed question can be referred to the constitutional team.
The community council is invited to consider if it wishes to submit a question to the ordinary meeting of council assembly in March 2015. Minutes: Following issues discussed during the transport item, the community council considered whether to submit a question to the Council Assembly meeting on 25 March 2015.
RESOLVED:
Can the cabinet member for regeneration, planning and transport set out what steps the council is taking to improve traffic flow at the Rotherhithe tunnel on Lower Road and to ensure the C10 and 381 bus routes better serve the Rotherhithe peninsula. Can he also explain what steps he is taking to lobby Transport for London (TfL) on these issues. |