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Here we are – now a couple of days in to 2012 – with clear sober heads. It is time to reflect on the past year. News pundits called 2011 “the year of the news”. There was the Arab Spring, the UK Riots, the Tsunami in Japan, the Earthquake in New Zealand, the Royal wedding, [read more]
This week we bring you more photos tracking the progress of the Streatham Hub project. The previous month has seen the total demolition of the Church hall building, the first of the buildings to be demolished. Now the second building to see the wrecking ball is the Go Kart track. Meanwhile The Ice Rink remains [read more]
With news today that the diggers have moved in to the Streatham Hub site, here are some more pictures of the progress over the last month. There are a few more fences (now painted brown), the Go-Kart track has closed and the old church hall is about to be the first of the buildings to [read more]
Over the last couple of weeks work finally began on the Streatham Hub project. It’s been ten years in the making and despite a growing dissatisfaction amongst residents with the, once popular, development, Streatham will now be transformed, for better or worse, over the next few years. We’ll be keeping a close eye on the [read more]
Local community group, Streatham Action, is holding a couple of events for the locals. The first is tonight. Details of both are below. Thurs 14th July 7.00pm English Martyrs Church Hall, 2 Mitcham Lane, Streatham, SW16 6NN Streatham Action Public Engagement Meeting Streatham Action invite you to join them for their Summer Public Engagement meeting next [read more]
Streatham’s Town Centre Manager, Angelina Purcell has got some more news. Angelina previously managed Croydon’s town centre and held the post of Chief Executive of Croydon Chamber of Commerce. It was during this time that she was awarded an MBE for services to business development and international trade in South london. “Spring is finally here and [read more]
Yesterday evening at Lambeth Town Hall there was a planning meeting to decide on the proposal for putting Streatham’s temporary ice rink in Brixon. Also on the agenda was the section 106 agreement that would make it possible and the new Porden Road car park, which is designed to replace some of the parking that [read more]
The plans for The Streatham Hub development have finally been made public by Lambeth Council along with plans for the temporary ice rink in Brixton. They are available to view at Streatham Library or you can see the exhibition online here. The council have also published a newsletter which can be downloaded by clicking here. We’ve compiled some [read more]
As the Streatham Hub saga continues on towards the end of the year, Tesco’s latest deadline of December 2012 seems even more of a joke than when they first proposed it. After Lambeth’s first effort to have the temporary ice rink built on Streatham Common failed, due to a community campaign, they quietly announced Popes [read more]
The latest plans for the building of Streatham’s temporary ice rink have been published by Lambeth Council and the news is that it’s not going to be in Streatham. The Popes Road car park in Brixton has become the preferred site. Ever since Lambeth Council & Tesco agreed to move forward with the Streatham Hub [read more]
The drama surrounding the Streatham Hub development has entered a new phase over the past week. Prior to the election, Lambeth Council triumphantly announced an agreement with Tesco to move forward with the development, whilst guaranteeing continuity of ice provision. However, the devil is in the detail, and in this case the detail that has caused concern [read more]
The big news in Streatham over the last week has been the agreement between Lambeth Council & Tesco to progress with the Streatham Hub project. Tesco have agreed to push forward with the project and crucially to keep the continuity of ice provision that has always been one of Lambeth’s stipulations. This will be achieved [read more]
