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Hyde’s proposed development of our Community Centre and Harleyford Road site – an update

Back in March 2015 we reported on Hyde’s plans to redevelop the Harleyford Street and Community Centre site on the Estate. Their plans involved nine flats for sale, a replacement community centre with outdoor space and either offices or a small retail space on the ground floor facing the main road. Those plans can be found here. Hyde’s Saba Choudhury (New Business Project Director, Group Business Development) wrote to the TA recently as follows: “Sainsbury’s has told us that TfL has given them feedback on their application for the Harleyford Street loading bay, but not a final decision.  The feedback is that TfL are very unlikely to allow a peak time use of the loading bay but will almost certainly allow off peak use of a bay on Harleyford Street which is a positive step forward.  Consequently Sainsbury’s are revising their application to request a loading bay for off peak…

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Local traffic and transport plans and work

We receive frequent updates on the various work being carried out around our Estate, particularly the Northern Line Extension and the highways work around the Oval. The latest bulletins are about work on the Northern Line Extension at Kennington Green closing down for the holiday season (sighs of relief from the neighbours!) and upgrade work that’s starting at Waterloo Station. They (and future such bulletins) can now be found here.

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Vauxhall Cross consultation & Our Vauxhall alternative masterplan

Transport for London is holding public consultation on the redevelopment of Vauxhall Cross.  You can fill out their survey online at this page – scroll ALL the way to the bottom: https://consultations.tfl.gov.uk/roads/vauxhall-cross When I visited the KOV Forum meeting, a lot of local residents were raising serious concerns about TfL’s proposals.  In fact, an alternative masterplan for the area has been created, and can be viewed here: http://www.ourvauxhall.com Our Vauxhall have a ‘support us’ page on their website – you can copy and paste their letter of support to Lambeth Council.  Image of the Our Vauxhall scheme below. UPDATE!! Local representatives Kate Hoey MP and Cllr Jack Hopkins have expressed their views on the proposals and they can be found by clicking here for Kate Hoey and here for Jack Hopkins.  

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Stockwell Winter Wonderland Family Christmas Party

Winter Wonderland 2015 – Family Christmas Party Invitation! Hyde Plus in partnership with Oasis and the Studley Estate Residents Committee invite local children, young people and their families to join us at the Stockwell Winter Wonderland Family Christmas Party with the following details; • Oasis Adventure Playground; 33 Priory Grove, Stockwell, LONDON SW8 2PD • 19th December from 11am to 4pm • FREE ice rink, bouncing castle, face painting, food, circus entertainment, raffle (prize giveaways include a bike, kindle and laptop), snow machine, DJ, Sumo Santa competition, Santas grotto, goodie bags and much more! • Please note all children and young people under the age of 18 should be accompanied by a responsible adult. For enquiries, contact Emma on emma.freivogel@hyde-housing.co.uk

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Save Oval by Create Streets

I had the opportunity to see a presentation by Create Streets for an alternative masterplan to the OAKDA gas holder site.  Create Streets are counteracting Berkeley’s proposals with their own design, which they have called Save Oval.  This is exciting – the Save Oval scheme seems to raise a lot of points that I myself have queried. You can find more information on the Save Oval masterplan here: http://www.saveoval.com/ And you can take part in the Save Oval consultation by clicking on the link on the above page.

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KOV Forum Meeting 2nd December 2015

It was great to participate in a very lively Kennington, Oval & Vauxhall Forum meeting on Wednesday night.  The hall was absolutely packed! We were joined by our MP Kate Hoey, to discuss the proposed consultation for redevelopment of Vauxhall Cross, with a presentation by Transport for London. The second half of the meeting saw a presentation by Berkeley Homes for the OAKDA gas holder site.  This was followed by a presentation of an alternative masterplan scheme by Create Streets.  More on this to follow on the blog…

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