Agenda and minutes

Venue: Harris Academy Peckham, 112 Peckham Road, London SE15 5DZ

Contact: Beverley Olamijulo, Constitutional Officer on telephone 020 7525 7234 email  beverley.olamijulo@southwark.gov.uk 

Items
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1.

Introduction and welcome

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    Note:

     

    The theme for this meeting is about digital inclusion, so Peckham and Nunhead community council will be experimenting with live streaming at this meeting.

    Minutes:

    The chair introduced himself, and welcomed councillors, members of the public and officers to the meeting.

     

    The chair thanked Harris Academy Peckham for hosting the meeting and arranging for the community council meeting to be live streamed with the assistance from officer, Fitzroy Williams in the scrutiny team.

2.

Apologies

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    Minutes:

    There were apologies for absence from Councillors Victoria Mills and Barrie Hargrove.

3.

Disclosure of members' interests and dispensations

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    Members to declare any interests and dispensation in respect of any item of business to be considered at this meeting.

    Minutes:

    None were disclosed.

4.

Items of business that the Chair deems urgent

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    The chair to advise whether they have agreed to any item of urgent business being admitted to the agenda.

    Minutes:

    There were no urgent items.

5.

Minutes from the previous meeting

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    To approve the minutes of the meeting held on 16 September 2015.

    Supporting documents:

    Minutes:

    RESOLVED:

     

    That the minutes of meeting held on the 16 September 2015 be agreed as an accurate record of the meeting and signed by the chair.

7.10 pm

6.

Deputations/Petitions

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    The chair to advise on any deputations or petitions.

    Minutes:

    There were none.

7.20 pm

7.

Youth Community slot

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    ·  Youth community council – update on their work.

     

    ·  United All Stars FC – neighbourhoods funded project (Joe Dobson).

    Minutes:

    Joe Dobson, main spokesperson and secretary of the board of Trustees for the United All Stars which was formerly Carrib FC addressed the meeting.  United All Stars received funding from the neighbourhoods fund and the representatives were present to talk about the local community work they do for the children in the area.  They run the project from Peckham Rye Park. 

     

    Also in attendance was Rilwan, one of the coaches at United All Stars. He said the project was a voluntary organisation which he attended previously as young person. The representatives said the project was awarded £1,000 from the neighbourhoods funding. The project organised a trip to York for around 30 young people.

     

    The were recently asked to share their thoughts about their local area and issues relating to crime.  The representatives also spoke about the youth champions and the activities they do and those that show leadership skills would lead on activities.

     

    The speaker mentioned that some young people from United All Stars were involved in clearing up the Peckham Rye park.

     

    The chair thanked both representatives for attending the meeting.

7.30 pm

8.

Community announcements and presentations

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    ·  The launch of the neighbourhood funds – 2016 – 2017

     

    ·  Dulwich Helpline and Southwark Churches Care – neighbourhoods funded project www.dhscc.org

     

    ·  Create Peckham – neighbourhoods funded project. To talk about what they do.

     

    ·  Peckham Vision, will be present to talk about the community planning project (neighbourhoods funded).  An information stall will be at the meeting.

     

    ·  Short film (produced in collaboration with Peckham Vision) in Peckham on 4 November 2015 (launch), largely focused on local traders and community groups in the area. 

     

    ·  Announcement: Resident Led Service delivery (Jessica Leech, participation team).

     

    ·  Police updates.

    Minutes:

    Neighbourhoods fund 2015 - 2016

     

    Gill Kelly, community council development officer announced the launch of the neighbourhoods fund for 2016-17.  Gill explained the neighbourhoods fund was a pot of money available to the community where they could do some excellent projects in their area.  The funding programme is ward based fund and has to benefit the community.  It was open from 2 November 2015 to 6 January 2016.

     

    Details were available at the website.  People were encouraged to think about what they could do in their area.  Gill asked those present to speak to her during the break or their ward councillors.

     

    For more information contact: gill.kelly@southwark.gov.uk or Tel. 020 7525 7690

     

    Peckham Vision

     

    Eileen Conn talked about the work Peckham vision, a neighbourhood funded project and the development and regeneration of the Peckham town centre.  Peckham vision work with local residents and traders on planning matters and planning process over the last ten years which led to the creation of planning network. 

     

    Eileen said that there were any local people who were interested in planning should join the network and get themselves involved in various planning aspects of the town centre, whether it was a planning application, development site, conservation area, historic buildings and planning policy (the new Southwark plan).  The consultation for the plan had just begun so she wanted to encourage people to get involved in project.  The planning network were also involved in the Peckham area action plan because the network were very much involved in the process and fifteen residents attended the public hearing.  The network was also interested in spaces between buildings.  The transport for London study with Southwark highlights how to improve walking spaces around Peckham and the town centre.  The networks also look at community rights in planning which arose out of the localism act.

     

    Eileen said having a keen interest in planning also allows one to know the history of Peckham which has an amazing collection of buildings with various types of architecture. One of the key points to this people working together to improve their neighbourhood.  Eileen thanked the community council for their funding contribution.

     

    Councillor Ali mentioned the funding allocation was money well spent because it helped with a lot of projects like the clean up event in Rye Lane that was scheduled in December last year and working in partnership with Peckham vision and local traders.

     

    Bellenden traffic calming proposals

     

    The chair announced that officers would be consulting on the proposals for the Bellenden Road traffic calming review by the end of the year with a view to consult formally with the community council at the meeting in February 2016.

     

    Create Peckham

     

    Paula Sky Crook from CREATE Peckham, a new arts and craft project based in Livesey ward.  The project was set up through a community group on the Unwin and Friary Estate.  Many local residents at the time felt there was a lack of regular activities for people to meet and try out new things in the  ...  view the full minutes text for item 8.

7.45 pm

9.

Theme - Enterprise and Digital Inclusion

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    ·  Councillor Johnson Situ, chair - to introduce the theme.

     

    ·  Presentation from SGTO on digital awareness – Southwark Group of Tenants Organisation: Ahmed Kabba, what work they are doing for the TRAs.

     

    ·  Digital inclusion presentation: - tell the community council about “Go-On Southwark” (Zoe Pye).

     

    ·  Presentations and workshops.

    Minutes:

    The chair introduced the theme and welcomed Councillor Radha Burgess, deputy cabinet member for Digital Strategy.

     

    Councillor Burgess presented the three major priorities the council were focussing on for digital inclusion:

     

    ·  How to improve services – example house repairs

    ·  Increase transparency and trust

    ·  To help the community and the council work together effectively.

     

    Daniel Rankin, Housing service management was present to talk about how the council were delivering its services to the local community for both those that used online services and those that did not.

     

    The meeting then went into workshops and the representatives that facilitated the workshops mentioned that “my Southwark” on the council’s website proved quite popular amongst residents.

     

    Ahmed Kabba spoke about the digital work the SGTO (Southwark Group of Tenants Organisations) do with the tenant associations.  He talked about “Get online with SGTO” in order to bring awareness of digital inclusion. 

     

    The chair thanked everyone that participated in the workshops.

8.15 pm

10.

Introduction to the Budget process

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    Minutes:

    Councillor Fiona Colley, cabinet member for finance, modernisation and performance, explained that, as in previous years, the council was carrying out a consultation on its budget. The council had to make a substantial amount of saving since the last spending review. Councillor Colley explained that the council had been forced to make savings over the last five years of £156 million. Over the next three years, there would be a further funding reduction of about £96 million.

     

    This year’s consultation exercise was interactive voting, in response to a series of questions on the council’s future funding priorities.

     

    Residents in attendance were given voting pads and their responses were noted for analysis.

8.45 pm

11.

Pedestrian Safety "Walk in Peckham"

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    Short presentation (Simon Phillips)

    Minutes:

    The item was deferred to a future meeting.

8.55 pm

12.

Public question time

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    ·  You said, we did!

     

    ·  Public questions

     

    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.

     

    Public questions submitted will be announced by the chair.  Any questions submitted in advance will receive responses at the meeting or a future meeting.

    Minutes:

    The following questions were raised at the meeting:

     

    Public question 1:

    Could the community council agree to support in let’s make London the first ever national park city. No public funding would be used or asked of. The idea would be to help local councils to protect their local parks, create tree wardens and park rangers. The national parks for England are behind this proposal and is also fully supported by the London Greater Assembly.  Lesley called upon the other areas of Southwark to support the proposal.

     

     

    Public question 2:

    When will the Peckham Town Centre – Rye Lane and Peckham High Street be free from clutter with local shop keepers blocking access and pavements with boxes and other street clutter – when will this be addressed by the council?

     

     

    Public question 3:

    Neighbourhood fund – how can people get involved in activities in the local area?

     

     

    Public question 4:

    When will the community receive an update on the Peckham Co-design and is there likely to be a full consultation on this so that people can look at the plans?

     

     

    Public question 5:

    Why are the council owned swimming pools are of poor standard and lack regular maintenance – they need to be brought up to an acceptable standard (e.g. Peckham Pulse and Elephant and Castle swimming pools)?

     

     

    Public question 6:

    Clear bags for recycling – these bags have not been delivered to residents for over a year – why is that?

     

     

    Public question 7:

    Bulky waste and collection of large of items which is free at the moment – if the council intends to impose a charge for the collection of such item, this could lead to fly tipping which rarely happens at the moment.  Also consideration should be given to elderly residents who may not afford the cost of disposing large items.

     

     

    Public question 8:

    Rubbish around Thomas Calton Learning Centre and the Leisure Centre (Peckham Pulse?) 

     

    Public question 9:

    The community council should encourage young people to attend and engage more with the community particularly at the community council meetings.

9.05 pm

13.

Community Council Question to Council Assembly

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    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.

    Minutes:

    There were no community council questions at this meeting.

     

    Note

     

    The chair reminded the community council that the question which was submitted in July 2015 concerning the update on Peckham Square arch would be tabled at council assembly on the 25 November 2015.  Following council assembly, a response to the question is provided below.

     

    The question which was submitted at the meeting in September 2015; regarding a new the bus stop along Peckham High Street would be tabled at council assembly in January 2016.

     

    Community council question in July 2015

     

    “Will the cabinet member for regeneration give an update to the Peckham and Nunhead community council on the Peckham Square arch?”

     

    Response

     

    Since December 2014, residents and local businesses have been invited to take part

    in a CoDesign process for the development of 91-93 Peckham High Street and improvements to Peckham Square. A total of seven workshops have been held, the

    last one being on the 9 November 2015.

     

    After discussing the options for redeveloping the square and with local residents and whether to remove or retail Peckham Arch, in July 2015 a decision was made by the

    council to remove the arch and develop the two new buildings. Since then, three more workshops have been held to develop options for the two new buildings to create an attractive, accessible and active gateway in to the square.

     

    The architects, CTA, have listened closely to what local residents have said they would like to see in this development, from the materials on the outside, the height and massing to the internal layout and uses. The proposals are also being taken forward in the context of Mountview’s proposal for the theatre academy at Eagle Wharf.

     

    The final workshop was held in November and the scheme will shortly be submitted to the planning department to commence pre-applications discussions ahead of the submission of a full application early in the new year.

     

    The key benefits of this scheme include:

     

    ·  Up to 17 new homes, some of which will be council homes.

     

    ·  A new co-working space at ground floor to increase employment and small

    business opportunities for local people.

     

    ·  A new community gallery space that opens up into the square and provides a

    more active frontage.

     

    ·  An opportunity to address a number of accessibility issues regarding ramps and stairs into the square.

     

    ·  An opportunity to redesign the entrance to the square to ease pedestrian / cyclist

    conflicts.

     

    ·  Better views through to the square making it feel better connected to the high

    street.

     

    ·  A better environment, encouraging more people to spend time in the square

    rather than just pass through.

     

9.15 pm

14.

Cleaner Greener Safer - change control report

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    Minutes:

    The item was withdrawn.