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May Elections – Our new ward candidates speak – 28th March 2018

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OBF OLD BERMONDSEY FORUM
MEETING and UPDATE
6.30pm Wednesday 28 March
Globe House | Corner of Bermondsey Street & Crucifix Lane 

MAY COUNCIL ELECTIONS
OUR LABOUR AND LIB-DEM WARD COUNCILLORS ARE INVITED TO TALK ABOUT THEIR RESPECTIVE POSITIONS ON NEIGHBOURHOOD PLANNING TO INFORM YOUR VOTING
As our followers are now aware, the Council have refused to allow St Thomas St or the areas between the railway line and Tooley St to become part of our neighbourhood plan.  This is a brazen reassertion of their rejection of the whole principle of neighbourhood planning – at least in so far as it is anything other than another sham engagement of the community in the development of their neighbourhoods.  It is of course in line with their sham ‘consultations’ on planning issues generally.  We have instructed our specialist planning QC to advise on the legality of this decision as it makes neighbourhood planning meaningless; essentially, neighbourhoods can only have a plan if it endorses exactly with what the Council themselves want to do. We are allowed only to be their puppets.

It is obvious that the present Council are likely to continue their steadfast resistance to anything that stands in the way of their secretive cash-driven deals with developers, done behind closed doors.  So what support can we expect from at least our local Councillors? The Council elections on 3 May are our once-in-four-years opportunity to select at least three members of the Council so we have invited candidates for our redefined ward, London Bridge and West Bermondsey, to share their views and state their positions.

Currently confirmed to attend are:

Julie Eyles, John Batteson and Ed McDonagh of the Labour Party

and

Damien O’Brien, Ben Johnson of the Liberal Democrats

Also to be discussed is our response to the Council ‘s refusal of our area extension.  By the time of the meeting we expect to have legal advice on the prospects for a Judicial Review of the decision.

All Welcome

Consultation update: New Southwark Plan

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Dear Sir/Madam,

UPDATE: The council has published its evidence based documents and has extended the consultation dates for the New Southwark Plan: Proposed Submission. Formal consultation, will run for 6 weeks from 16 January 2018 to 27 February 2018. 

The plan and supporting documents are available to view and download on the council’s website here

Make representations on the plan’s legal compliance and ‘soundness’on our consultation hub page here

You can find out more information about what we mean by legal compliance and ‘soundness’ in the link below and at the front of the plan.

More information about the consultation can be found here, including where to view the plan and other ways to make representations.

Information about the New Southwark Plan

Southwark Council is preparing a new borough-wide development plan called the New Southwark Plan. The New Southwark Plan sets out how the Council will deliver further regeneration and wider improvements for the borough in the years to come. Planning decisions must be made in accordance with the development plan, unless other material considerations indicate otherwise.

Following the consultation the Plan will be submitted to Government for an independent examination where an inspector will consider any comments submitted to the Council during the consultation period.

Yours faithfully

Planning Policy Team

Southwark Council

0207 525 5471

Planningpolicy@southwark.gov.uk 

Revised neighbourhood area boundary for Bermondsey

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Good morning all,

For your information:

The council is currently consulting on a revised neighbourhood area boundary for Bermondsey. The consultation is underway on behalf of the Old Bermondsey Village Neighbourhood Forum who submitted an application for a revised boundary to the council in late 2017. Consultation is open until Thursday 1 February 2018. More information, including the application, maps of the proposed boundary, and general information about neighbourhood planning can be found on our website here. Hard copies of the application are available to view in John Harvard, Blue Anchor and Newington temporary libraries. Comments can be submitted online via our consultation hub page, by email to planningpolicy@southwark.gov.uk or by free post to the address on our website.

Regards

Tom Weaver

Graduate Planner

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