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I'm a councillor in the London Borough of Wandsworth; this blog mainly covers that, sometimes general politics and policy and occasionally anything else that takes my fancy.
Tag Archives: St John’s Hill
The new ten point plan for Clapham Junction
Almost five years ago the council launched its ten point plan for Clapham Junction. It was one of those things that was more aspiration than anything. The council had little control over the implementation of most of the ten points, but it did form a great basis for lobbying by creating a coherent vision of
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Weekly wrap-up, 18 September
St John’s Hill Festival I’m cheating a bit with this week’s photo, since it’s not mine, but was taken by Emma Jane Clark at last Sunday’s St John’s Hill Festival. I’ve used it without permission but hope she doesn’t mind because I really like it. And congratulations to everyone involved in putting the festival on.
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Posted in Community Safety, Regeneration, Weekly report
Also tagged crime, drinking, fear of crime, gun crime, Roehampton, St John's Hill, Stuart King
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St John’s Hill Festival
The first St John’s Hill Festival takes place this Sunday (13 September). The event will take place from 11am to 5pm on the pavements and in participating shops on St John’s Hill between Plough Road and Marcilly Road. The festival will have the usual mix of entertainment, food and drink and, naturally, shopping! It follows
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Posted in Regeneration, Wandsworth
Also tagged Festival, Lavender Hill, Marcilly Road, Northcote Road, Plough Road, St John's Hill
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Battersea’s neighbourhoods – a renaissance?
At last week’s Northcote Road Carnival I was having a chat with Essential Local magazine about the event. One of the things they asked for was a quote about the day. And it was virtually impossible to give, because pretty much anything you could say was put on the bottom of a list of other
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Posted in Shaftesbury, Wandsworth
Also tagged Battersea High Street, Battersea Square, Battsea, Falcon Road, Lavender Hill, Northcote Road, Old York Road, Southfields, St John's Hill
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Local control of business rates
One of my colleagues, Piers McCausland, has written a little piece over on ConservativeHome about the lack of local control of business rates. Assuming many readers of this blog do not read ConservativeHome’s local government pages I have copied the article below. It raises an interesting point. Part of what makes a successful community are
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Posted in Regeneration
Also tagged business rates, Piers McCausland, small business, St John's Hill
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New pavement control policy
Upper Tooting Road Last night I attended a meeting of the St John’s Hill traders to discuss the use of A-boards on the street outside their shops. It is fair to say that the council’s enforcement of this had put a few backs up, not just there, but also on my own ward on Lavender
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Posted in Regeneration
Also tagged Clapham Junction, Lavender Hill, St John's Hill, Tooting, town centres, Upper Tooting Road
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