Changes in on-street parking charges

LONDON BOROUGH OF LAMBETH

CHANGES IN ON-STREET PARKING CHARGES

(NOTE: This Notice is about changes in the cost of residents’, business, motorcycle, visitors’ and traders’ parking permit’s and for the use of on-street metered parking places and on-street parking places by the pay and display method in the borough’s Controlled Parking Zones (CPZs).)

1. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Council of the London Borough of Lambeth under Section 46A of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 intends to make changes to the charges for the purchase of Residents’, Business, Traders’, Visitors’ and Motor Cycle parking permits and for the use of on-street metered parking places and on-street parking places by the pay and display method.

2. Charges for the use of on-street metered parking places and on-street parking places by the pay and display method, will be as follows:

(a) in the Waterloo Controlled Parking Zone, where the current charge is £4.20 per hour, to
increase that charge to £4.50 per hour;
(b) in the Kennington Controlled Parking Zone, where the current charge is £3.15 per hour, to increase that charge to £3.40 per hour;
(c) in the Brixton “B”, Brixton “E”, Brixton Hill East (known as Brixton “Q”), Camberwell,
Clapham "C", Clapham "L", Herne Hill, Poets’ Corner, Stockwell, Thornton and Tulse Hill
Controlled Parking Zones, where the current charge is £2.10 per hour, to increase that
charge to £2.30 per hour;
(d) in Cavendish Road, Hazelbourne Road and Robertson Street, where the current charge is
£1.80 per hour, to increase these charges to £2.00 per hour.

3. The current charges for residents’ permits are as follows:-
(a) residents’ permits for petrol cars or diesel cars registered before 1st March 2001 and for
light goods vehicles registered on any date, are as follows:-
(i) vehicles with an engine size less than 1550cc: £14.20, £32.50, £60.00, £115.00 for
1, 3, 6 and 12 months respectively;
(ii) vehicles with an engine size which falls between 1550cc and 3000cc inclusive:
£15.45, £36.25, £67.50 and £130.00 for 1, 3, 6 and 12 months respectively;
(iii) vehicles with an engine size higher than 3000cc: £21.25, £53.75, £102.50 and
£200.00, for 1, 3, 6 and 12 months respectively;
(b) residents’ permits for petrol cars, diesel cars or alternative fuel cars (original constructions
only) registered on or after 1st March 2001 are as follows:-
(i) vehicles with carbon dioxide emissions of 100 g/km or less: £7.10, £11.25, £17.50
and £30.00 for 1, 3, 6 and 12 months respectively;
(ii) vehicles with carbon dioxide emissions of 101 to 120 g/km inclusive: £12.95, £28.75,
£52.50 and £100.00 for 1, 3, 6 and 12 months respectively;
(iii) vehicles with carbon dioxide emissions of 121 to 165 g/km inclusive: £14.20, £32.50,
£60.00 and £115.00 for 1, 3, 6 and 12 months respectively;
(iv) vehicles with carbon dioxide emissions of 166 to 185 g/km inclusive: £15.45, £36.25,
£67.50 and £130.00 for 1, 3, 6 and 12 months respectively;
(v) vehicles with carbon dioxide emissions of 186 to 225 g/km inclusive: £17.95, £43.75,
£82.50 and £160.00 for 1, 3, 6 and 12 months respectively; and
(vi) vehicles with carbon dioxide emissions of 226 g/km and above: £21.25, £53.75,
£102.50 and £200.00 for 1, 3, 6 and 12 months respectively.

4. Changes to the charges for residents’ permits will be as follows:-
(a) residents’ permits for petrol cars or diesel cars registered before 1st March 2001 and for
light goods vehicles registered on any date, will be as follows:-
(i) vehicles with an engine size less than 1550cc: £14.20, £32.50, £60.00, £115.00 for
1, 3, 6 and 12 months respectively;
(ii) vehicles with an engine size which falls between 1550cc and 3000cc inclusive:
£16.25, £37.50, £70.00 and £135.00 for 1, 3, 6 and 12 months respectively;
(iii) vehicles with an engine size higher than 3000cc: £21.25, £53.75, £102.50 and
£200.00, for 1, 3, 6 and 12 months respectively;
(b) residents’ permits for petrol cars, diesel cars or alternative fuel cars (original constructions
only) registered on or after 1st March 2001 will be as follows:-
(i) vehicles with carbon dioxide emissions of 100 g/km or less: no charges will be
incurred for residents’ permits for vehicles that fall into this category;
(ii) vehicles with carbon dioxide emissions of 101 to 120 g/km inclusive: £11.70, £25.90,
£47.25 and £90.00 for 1, 3, 6 and 12 months respectively;
(iii) vehicles with carbon dioxide emissions of 121 to 165 g/km inclusive: £14.20, £32.50,
£60.00 and £115.00 for 1, 3, 6 and 12 months respectively;
(iv) vehicles with carbon dioxide emissions of 166 to 185 g/km inclusive: £16.25, £37.50,
£70.00 and £135.00 for 1, 3, 6 and 12 months respectively;
(v) vehicles with carbon dioxide emissions of 186 to 225 g/km inclusive: £20.00, £49.00,
£93.00 and £180.00 for 1, 3, 6 and 12 months respectively; and
(vi) vehicles with carbon dioxide emissions of 226 g/km and above: £21.25, £53.75,
£102.50 and £200.00 for 1, 3, 6 and 12 months respectively.

5. Residents’ living within the Waterloo Controlled Parking Zone or in that part of the Kennington Controlled Parking Zone which lies north of Kennington Lane and Bridgefoot (including the north side of Kennington Lane) that purchase residents’ permits will be eligible for discounts of 10 pence, 65 pence, £2.50 and £10.00 when purchasing permits for 1, 3, 6 and 12 months respectively for those vehicles referred to in paragraph 4 (a) (i) and (iii) and 4 (b) (ii), (iii) and (vi) above. Those vehicles referred to in paragraph 4 (a) (ii) and 4 (b) (iv) above will be eligible for discounts of 15 pence, 70 pence, £3.00 and £10.00 when purchasing permits for 1, 3, 6 and 12 months respectively; and those referred to in paragraph 4 (b) (v) above will be eligible for discounts of 20 pence, 80 pence, £3.00 and £11.50 when purchasing permits for 1, 3, 6 and 12 months respectively.

6. Changes to the charges for Business, Traders’ and Visitors’ permits will be as follows:-

(a) Business Permits
(i) the current cost of a business permit is £495.00 for 12 months;
(ii) the new cost of a business permit will be £525.00 for 12 months;

(b) Traders’ permits
(i) the current cost of a trade permit is £2.50 per day;
(ii) the new cost of a trade permit will be £2.60 per day;

(c) Visitors’ Permits
(i) the current cost of a visitors permit is £3.50 per day;
(ii) the new cost of a visitors permit will be £3.70 per day.

7. Changes to the charges for Motor Cycle permits will be as follows:-
(a) the current charges for Motor Cycle permits are: £11.00, £17.00 and £29.00 for 3, 6
and 12 months respectively;
(b) the new charge for Motor Cycle permits will be: £12.00, £18.00 and £30.00 for 3, 6
and 12 months respectively.


8. If you have any enquiries concerning parking permits’ or the changes described above please telephone Lambeth’s Parking Services on 020 7926 9000 or e-mail T&HCallcentre@lambeth.gov.uk.

9. This notice comes into force on 23rd February 2010, and the charges referred to in paragraphs 2, 4(a) and (b), 5, 6 and 7 above will have effect from that date.

Dated 1st February 2010
Martin Sachs
Head of Transport and Highways

Coffee morning a big success

Saturday's councillors' coffee morning was a big success, with around 50 local residents popping by for a cup of tea and a chat.

Kate Hoey MP, Cllr Steve Morgan and Cllr Mark Harrison spoke to residents and took up dozens of pieces of casework.

Local Labour party members Roberta Hamilton and Miranda Townsend kindly helped out by serving drinks.

St Anselm's planning consultation

St Anselm's Church at Kennington Cross has launched a consultation with residents about major plans for redevelopment of their site.

Rev Angus Aagard (pictured) told several hundred people about the groups he wants to bring together on the site.

Into University will move from Centenary Hall to a new classroom on the site. They have provided additional tuition and support to over 1000 local school children to help improve their achievement and raise their aspirations.

The Pelican Nursery will continue working on the ground floor of St Anselm's Church Hall, providing high quality nursery places for a social mix of young children.

The London Youth Support Trust's business units for young people starting up on their own have already been built in the top floor of St Anselm's Church Hall.

Tomorrow's People provide work experience for young people on their flower stall. Currently outside the church, it's hoped they will move to the middle of Kennington Cross and be based out of the ArtsLav project in the discused gentlemen's convenience.

The Clink is a restaurant project based in a prison in Sutton. It provides work experience in a high quality restaurant environment to the prisoners there. The Clink hope to open a brasserie on the ground floor of the Church, open to all, providing work for carefully selected exoffenders who have left prison. They will be housed in flats at the back on the site.

A new community hall will provide a subsidised space for community activities and meetings.

Several new flats will replace Havilland House on Sancroft Street, providing accommodation for clergy, young people working in the business units, and exoffenders working in the brasserie.

The Church will be in the same building, but on a raised floor above the brasserie and new hall. It will preserve the architectural feel of the church whilst making it much easier and economical to heat.

The initial reaction from local residents, the Kennington Association, and ward councillors has been hugely positive. The scheme has the potential to create a bustling community hub, providing services of benefit to everybody in the area. A planning application will be launched shortly - if you support the scheme please consider writing to Lambeth's Planning Department to let them know. Demonstrating community support will be crucial to the application's success.

The consultation continues today (Friday) and tomorrow (Saturday).

Labour activists remind residents about Saturday's coffee morning

Three volunteers from LGBT Labour helped Councillor Mark Harrison deliver 1000 leaflets and calendars to homes across the Vauxhall Gardens Estate today.

Richard, Roy, Charlotte and Mark were reminding residents about Saturday's coffee morning, being held at 11am at St Anselm's Church Hall, Kennington Cross.

Temporary road closure - Salamanca Place

LONDON BOROUGH OF LAMBETH
ROAD TRAFFIC REGULATION ACT 1984 - SECTION 16A

TEMPORARY CLOSURE OF ALBERT EMBANKMENT (SERVICE ROAD),
SALAMANCA PLACE AND SALAMANCA STREET AND TEMPORARY WAITING RESTRICTIONS IN BLACK PRINCE ROAD

1. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that, to enable an event organized by Riverbank Park Plaza to take place, the Council of the London Borough of Lambeth subject to the agreement of Transport for London intend to make Orders the effect of which would be to ban vehicles from:-
(a) entering:-
(i) that length of the service road fronting Nos. 9 to 20 Albert Embankment which
lies between Black Prince Road and the southern wall of Queensborough
House, Nos. 12 to 18 Albert Embankment (an alternative route would be
available for vehicles via Black Prince Road and the main carriageway of
Albert Embankment and vice versa);
(ii) Salamanca Street, between Albert Embankment and Randall Row (an
alternatice route would be available for vehicles via Albert Embankment,
Black Prince Road and Vauxhall Walk);
(b) waiting in that length of Black Prince Road which lies on the south-west side,
between Albert Embankment and the north-western side of the railway bridge
over Black Prince Road,
on Saturday 30th January and Sunday 31st January 2010.
2. The bans would only apply at such times and to such extent as shall be indicated by the placing of the appropriate traffic signs.

Dated 15th January 2010
Martin Sachs
Head of Transport & Highways

2010's rent setting process

The Chair of the North Lambeth Leaseholders' Forum (a prominent Liberal Democrat activist) has put out a misleading statement about rents and service charges which we need to correct.

At Monday's meeting of the Labour Group of councillors the Cabinet member for Housing explained what officers have recommended as a rent and service charge rise for tenants (there was no discussion about leaseholder charges).

A rent rise of around £4.13 on average (5%) has been floated as possible; and an average of 83p (8%) service charge increase for tenants.

This is the very first stage in the rent setting process. At the moment, all figures are estimates, because the government has not yet confirmed what Lambeth's final financial settlement will be. The next step in the rent setting process is a series of scrutiny meetings and Tenants' Council.

Lambeth's Labour councillors will be looking to keep this year's rent rise as low as possible. We are looking for savings from Lambeth Living and Lambeth Council as well as greater investment in areas such as repairs which needs more money. However, councillors have a legal duty to balance the Housing Revenue Account, so our room for manouevre is limited.

To be absolutely clear: no decisions about the level of rent have been taken. And there was no discussion of charges to leaseholders at Monday's meeting. Leaseholder charges are set precisely according to the contracts between leaseholders and the Council.

Labour councillors are working tirelssly to try to achieve value for money, decent homes, good robust management and action on ineffective staff and processes. Transforming Lambeth's housing services takes time. Setting a fair, affordable rent which covers the cost of the service is part of that process.

Your Labour councillors in Prince's ward

Inaugural meeting of the Friends of Lambeth High Street Recreation Ground

Lambeth High Street Recreation Ground is a small park which was once the burial ground for nearby St Mary's Church, Lambeth Palace.

Local residents have decided to set up a 'Friends Group' for the park, so they can input into the park's development and defend the park and its users' interests.

Lambeth Council will be investing heavily into the park over the coming year, and more money from new developments in the area can be expected in the future.

The first meeting of the Friends takes place this Thursday, 14 January, at 7pm, at the Garden Museum, St Mary's Church, Lambeth Road. Anyone with an interest in the park is welcome!

KOV meeting: 19 January

The Kennington, Oval and Vauxhall Forum is the umbrella group representing organisations and individuals in our area.

The next Forum meeting will be on Tuesday 19 January, at 7.00 for 7.30 start, at:

Montgomery Hall
58 Kennington Oval
SE11 5SW

The venue is on the Vauxhall side of the Oval House Theatre.

The main item will be:

Vauxhall Nine Elms Battersea Opportunity Area Planning Framework - What could this mean for Vauxhall? What do you think?