Tag Archives: consultation
What are your policing priorities?
The Metropolitan Police Authority are currently consulting on the policing priorities. It is always a bit of a motherhood and apple pie exercise, since the results do tend to come out with things like ‘fighting crime’ which, I would contend, is pretty much a given as a police priority. However, it might be worth having [...]
Battersea Power Station exhibition
The council is starting its formal consultation on the Battersea Power Station planning application and, to coincide with this, Treasury Holdings are holding another public exhibition this Thursday (between noon and 8pm), Friday (from 10am to 6pm) and Saturday (from 10am until 5pm). The Power Station is a key part of the regeneration of Nine [...]
What do you want from this blog
Over the past few months I’ve been developing this blog as a way to communicate with residents, to let you know what I am thinking, what I’m doing on your behalf, and to highlight issues in which you might be interested. But now I want to ask, what do you want from this blog and [...]
Crime reduction priorities for the year
I’m currently putting the finishing touches to my presentation for tonight’s public meeting on our community safety priorities for the year. I’m told that, from the acceptances we’ve received so far, the venue is nearing capacity and we may have to open up the public gallery as an overflow! However, if you are interested in [...]
Crime falls in Wandsworth, so what next?
The latest crime figures show crime continues to fall in Wandsworth, and that it remains the safest inner London borough – there’s been a 6.9% drop in overall crime in the past year. But what next? One of the things the council, along with the police and other partners, have been working on recently has [...]
Clapham Junction planning application
Many may find it odd that this blog doesn’t contain a single mention of the Clapham Junction planning application, often referred to as the ‘twin towers’. How can a councillor whose ward is right next to the area concerned not say a word about one of the biggest planning applications Wandsworth (and even London) has [...]
Why are Labour failing Roehampton?
Last night’s Regeneration and Community Safety Overview and Scrutiny Committee was something of a blast from the past, since the Labour Party spent a lot of time presenting a paper prepared by Stuart King. Stuart was a councillor in Wandsworth from 1998 until 2006 when he lost his seat. He was also the Labour group [...]
Shaftesbury Park Estate Conservation Area
The council is currently reviewing all the borough’s conservation areas and it’s now the turn of the Shaftesbury Park Estate Conservation Area which covers a large part of Shaftesbury ward. I should declare an interest because I live on the Shaftesbury Park Estate, and what attracted me was the unique nature of the area – [...]
