Future Brixton - find out more and have your say

Brixton tube station
by Richard George

What is 'Future Brixton'?

The Future Brixton programme is a 15-20 year regeneration programme that started with the Future Brixton Masterplan, approved by Lambeth in 2009.  

It aims to pool the council’s assets, along with the energy and enterprise of local people, to get the best deal for Brixton and lead to a number of transformational projects to improve the fabric of the town centre and the lives of residents and businesses – such as better homes, employment, training, leisure facilities and public realm improvements.

How can I give my views about the Future Brixton plans?

In the next couple of weeks there will be a number of opportunities to feed into the drafting of the Brixton supplementary planning document (SPD).  

Pop-up market stalls will be set up in Brixton town centre on the following dates so that you can find out more and have your say:

• Thursday 19 July – Tunstall Road, 2pm - 8pm  
• Saturday 21 July – Windrush Square, 11am - 3pm
• Tuesday 24 July – Electric Avenue, 12 noon - 4pm.

What next for Future Brixton?

The next stage of the process will take place in September 2012 where there will be public workshops to discuss the Brixton SPD in much more detail. A statutory consultation phase is scheduled for early 2013

For more infomation

Website - www.lambeth.gov.uk/futurebritxon

Telephone - 0800 052 633

Email - futurebrixton@lambeth.gov.uk

Stockwell Park 'Fun Day' - Saturday, 14th July 2012

Community Trust Housing, landlords of Stockwell Park and Robsart Estates, held their annual residents 'Fun Day' in Slade Gardens, Robsart Street, SW9 on Saturday 14th July 2012. Despite the erratic weather and rain, a large number of residents enjoyed themselves with a variety of activities from football matches, circus rides and clowns, information stalls and lots of delicious food!  Community Trust Housing used the day to consult residents on their plans for the next phase of the regeneration of the estates, including demolishing and rebuilding a taller Wayland House. 

Local Ferndale Councillors Paul McGlone, Sally Prentice and Neil Sabharwal had a "Meet your local Labour Councillors" stall. We were joined by fellow Labour Councillor Adrian Garden, as Slade Gardens is just inside Vassell ward which he represents. This allowed us to meet and talk with local residents about the regeneration plans, carry out a survey on residents views on local leisure facilities provided in Brixton, and pick up individual problems that we will help them with.

The cake Sally made as a prize for filling in our leisure questionnaire was won by a local resident who donated it to the Community Trust Housing staff for their Monday morning tea break!

Councillor Paul McGlone commented, "The rain did not dampen the fun people had! These events are important to generate community cohesion and I know we councillors enjoyed the day immensely." 

 

Disorder and looting in Brixton - message to Ferndale community representatives and groups

Brixton is a strong and united community that utterly condemns the scenes we saw last night. People were shocked and appalled by the vandalism and hooliganism we witnessed and this kind of criminal behaviour has absolutely no place in our community.

Let’s be very clear that this is simply opportunistic criminal activity that has no justification whatsoever - it’s criminal disorder not riots. Relations between the community and police today are strong, and this incident will not undermine the huge progress made over the past decades.

We are now determined that the borough gets back to normal as quickly as possible and will be offering all the support we can to the police and reassurance to local people and businesses.

Please also see a message from the Leader of the Council, Cllr Steve Reed.

http://www.lambeth.gov.uk/News/2011/080811AMessageFromCouncillorSteveReed.htm

Please feel free to contact any of us if you have any concerns or questions.

Regards,

Councillors Paul McGlone, Sally Prentice and Neil Sabharwal

Ferndale ward

Brixton riots: Joint statement from the three party leaders on Lambeth council

8 August 2011

Joint statement from the Three Party Leaders on Lambeth Council

"Brixton is a strong and united community that over recent years has benefited from strong community relations and sensitive policing.

The vandalism and looting by a tiny minority in Brixton and Streatham last night has no place in our community and everyone we have spoken to has been united in their condemnation of this behavior.

Our job now is to get the borough back to normal as quickly as possible so people can get on with their lives. The community in Lambeth is strong and resilient and last night’s incidents will not damage that.

All three parties on the Council unequivocally condemn the mindless violence and looting we saw last night, and offer our support to the people and businesses that were affected."

Cllr Steve Reed                               Cllr Ashley Lumsden                          Cllr John Whelan

Leader of the Labour Group         Leader of the Liberal Democrat         Leader of the Conservative Group