Peckham future - public events

The next stage of the Council's planning for the future of Peckham is beginning. There will be some formal consultation on their proposals next February. In preparation for this, and following Peckham Vision's successful Town Centre Forum meetings, the Council has organised two preview events to give us a chance to give some early feedback. One is on a Saturday day time and one a weekday evening to maximise the chances people can get there.
For anyone keen on a revitalisation of Peckham, and the town centre in particular, these are excellent chances to make a contribution and become better informed. It is really worth going to one of these events:

PUBLIC EVENTS:
- Saturday 27 November 2010, 12.30pm to 3.30pm,
Bussey Building, 133 Rye Lane, SE15
- Tuesday 30 November 2010, 6pm to 9pm,
Bussey Building, 133 Rye Lane, SE15

The Council says: "These will be informal sessions. People may come for part of the time if they wish. There will be displays and information on the key emerging preferred options for the Peckham and Nunhead area action plan (PNAAP). As well as an early opportunity to find out what direction the preferred options are heading in, this is a chance to give initial thoughts and reactions as an input into finalising the preferred options that will be consulted on next year."

Please come to one of these events, and also pass this information on to anyone else you know who lives or uses facilities in Peckham.
To help with the arrangements, if you think you can attend please
RSVP to futurepeckham@southwark.gov.uk

Background information:
Council/PNAAP:
http://www.southwark.gov.uk/info/200315/peckham_and_nunhead

Peckham Vision:
http://www.peckhamvision.org
http://www.peckhamvision.org/wiki/Peckham_Town_Centre_Forum

Peckham town centre revitalisation

News from Peckham Vision

The Peckham Town Centre Forum has evolved from the work of Peckham Vision and the Rye Lane & Station Action Group. It is bringing together anyone who is enthusiastic and wants to contribute to new thinking and actions to revitalise the town centre.

If you would you like to get actively involved in this work, please email info@peckhamvision.org, so we can link you in.

The Forum's next meeting is on Saturday 23rd October. We will be having a walkabout in the town centre in the morning to work on ideas for improving the street scene, think about the large development sites, and in the afternoon at the meeting discussing those and several other topical issues.

You can see some of the activity, that has led up to this, on the website at
http://www.peckhamvision.org/wiki/Peckham_Town_Centre_Forum
http://www.peckhamvision.org/wiki/Peckham_Rye_Station

And here are some recent articles commenting on our community initiative:
http://tinyurl.com/PV-Citynessblog
http://tinyurl.com/PV-in-AJ-article

Let me know if you would like any more information.

RLSAG Wed 28 October 6.15pm

Please see message below from the Rye Lane & Station Action Group (RLSAG). This is a key meeting for all interested in the future of the station and this part of the town centre.
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There will be a meeting of the RLSAG on
WEDNESDAY 28th OCTOBER 2009
5.45pm light buffet & displays
6.15pm - 8.30pm meeting

Please email RLSAG@nutbrook.demon.co.uk to say if you can come, so we can get a view of numbers, and give you venue details.
Topics will be:
* reconstructing the station inside
* transforming the square in front and the area behind the station,
* how this fits in central Rye Lane, & the Council's PNAAP (Peckham Area Action Plan).

Come and hear from Southern Rail's architect the plans to rebuild the interior of the magnificent Peckham Rye station buildings, to make them accessible while preserving their historic beauty.
This is a really key meeting and we need a good number of local people to come to learn the latest and to take part in the discussion.
So if you are free, please put the date in your diary and let us know you can come.

For a reminder of some of the background visit:
www.peckhamvision.org/wiki/Peckham_Rye_Station
www.peckhamvision.org/wiki/Transforming_Central_Rye_Lane
www.peckhamvision.org/wiki/Copeland_Cultural_Quarter

Rye Lane & Station Action Group (RLSAG)

time to get yr. comments in on the PNAAP

Do you have any burning issues about Peckham town centre or your neighbourhood in Peckham or Nunhead? If so this is your great chance to get your views in about them, and the Council has to listen and respond!
The formal date to submit comments on the PNAAP (Peckham & Nunhead Area Action Plan) is Monday 25 May. But there is an extension, if you can't meet that date. They will accept them later if, before 25 May, you email Brenda.Donnelly@southwark.gov.uk . Just let them know when you aim to get your comments to them.

COUNCIL DOCUMENTS for reference:
- Overview of the PNAAP and the process at: http://www.southwark.gov.uk/futurepeckham
- Download copy of Future Peckham, the Council's report on the Issues & Options: http://www.southwark.gov.uk/Uploads/FILE_41638.pdf . The report outlines the Issues & Options that the Council wants your comments on - are there any missing and what do you think of the options?

OTHER INFORMATION
Central Rye Lane: - Some ideas about options for transforming the area around Peckham Rye station to the to the east and west of Rye Lane can be found here: http://www.peckhamvision.org/wiki/Transforming_Central_Rye_Lane

Traffic: - This is a big issue for residents and for the commercial future of the town centre. Important to spell out any particular problems you know about, and if you have any ideas on how they might be solved by changing the way traffic moves through and around the town centre.

MAKING YOUR COMMENTS
You can write your responses on the questionnaire at http://www.southwark.gov.uk/Uploads/FILE_41575.pdf and submit direct on the website, or download and send by email, or by post.
If the questions are too restrictive and you have other things to say, you can write comments on a separate page as long as you put **PNAAP consultation** and your name and address on it, and send it with the form with your various details completed.
If you don't have time to deal with all the questions, look in the questionnaire for the topics and issues you have views on and at least get your views in on those to the Council.
It would be useful to have a cc of your comments including if you have already sent them in. Please email to Peckham Residents' Network: PRN@nutbrook.demon.co.uk

QUERIES
If you have any queries on the Council's report, or the questionnaire, email Brenda at: futurepeckham@southwark.gov.uk
If you have any queries on how residents can approach the issues, email Eileen at: PRN@nutbrook.demon.co.uk

COMMUNITY CONFERENCE ON GREEN ENERGY IN PECKHAM 2nd MAY

You are invited to a free and exciting conference next Saturday, 1.30/2.00pm.
* real innovation on how we can locally create energy, use it and conserve it.
* come & help Peckham & Nunhead Area Action Plan pioneer new ways of doing this.
* a joint collaboration between local residents in Peckham Power and the Council Planning team

Please register for the event by e-mailing info@ peckhampower.org
More information: http://peckhampower.org
Please forward this email to other local people.
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COMMUNITY CONFERENCE ON GREEN ENERGY IN PECKHAM
SATURDAY 2nd MAY
at CLF art Café,
in the historic Bussey building
133 Rye Lane, Peckham
entrance right opposite Blenheim Grove
1.30pm drop in to see the exhibition, light refreshments available
2.00pm join in the workshop
5.00pm close
This will be an interactive event where you can learn about renewable energy and how we can generate the energy we need to heat and power our homes and businesses locally. This will include a discussion on options for developing a local energy network in Peckham.
There will be lots of opportunities to talk with other local people and share your ideas.
It's a collaborative event between Peckham Power, a local residents company, and the planning team for Southwark Council's Peckham and Nunhead Area Action Plan. There will also be the opportunity to discuss how the big picture of energy use and supply fits in with the possibilities for the future development of sites in Peckham.

Please register for the event by e-mailing info@ peckhampower.org
more information http://peckhampower.org/

Wed 29 April Residents' Meeting Planning Peckham

An invitation from the Bellenden Residents Group (BRG)
Rye Lane West Neighbourhood Residents' Meeting
WEDNESDAY 29th APRIL
Drop in to see the exhibition on your way home between 5pm and 7pm;
Come and join the discussion 7pm - 8pm;
at All Saints' Church, Blenheim Grove, Opposite Bar Story

The exhibition and discussion will have two parts which interact: the overall Peckham & Nunhead Area Action Plan (PNAAP), and the development of planning profiles for the neighbourhoods surrounding the town centre. Further information on both of these is below.
Bellenden Residents Group (BRG)
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PNAAP (Peckham & Nunhead Area Action Plan)
The Council consultation on the PNAAP is finally happening! Now it covers all of Peckham, Nunhead and most of Peckham Rye as well as Peckham town centre. See here for the Council information www.southwark.gov.uk/futurepeckham
The key document on that page to download is PNAAP consultation report You can get a paper copy from the Planning policy team phone 020 7525 5471 or email: futurepeckham@southwark.gov.uk
The report, 'Future Peckham', outlines the issues that the Council can see, and the options for dealing with them. This is the time to see whether any issue or option that you care about is covered somewhere in the document. If it isn't, you need to tell them in writing before 25 May. The report explains how to do this.

For some ideas about an integrated plan for central Rye Lane, incorporating rehabilitation of Peckham Rye station, creating the new square in front, and transforming the east of Rye Lane and between the railway lines, see Transforming Central Rye Lane

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NEIGHBOURHOOD PROFILES
The BRG is encouraging local residents to take pictures of aspects of their neighbourhood that they like or think need to be improved. These are being collected on the BRG website for residents' comments, and to help identify issues and options for the neighbourhood. Background to this project is at www.peckhamvision.org/brg/brg, and the first pictures are at www.peckhamvision.org/brg/neighbourhood-pictures

The website and pictures will be on display in the exhibition and the results discussed in the meeting. If you are interested in doing this for your own neighbourhood, do please come along, and take a look at www.peckhamvision.org/brg/other-neighbourhoods
further information: www.peckhamvision.org/brg/planning-policy-rye-lane-west

WEDNESDAY 29th APRIL
Drop in on your way home between 5pm and 7pm
Come and join the discussion 7pm - 8pm.

A local residents' project from the Bellenden Residents' Group (BRG)
email: BRG@nutbrook.demon.co.uk

Tues 9th Dec neighbourhood Planning & the PAAP

Has your neighbourhood been affected by planning applications or planning enforcements? Would you like to change things so they take more account of the local neighbourhood character and of residents' views? If so, you may be interested in a meeting organised by the Bellenden Residents' Group next week, details below. If you would like to come, please email to let us know.
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Rye Lane West Neighbourhood
* future developments & planning applications
* local residents meeting with the Council's Planners & Lane Ward Councillor
* start developing our local neighbourhood description
* a first look at the PAAP and how it affects us.
Tuesday 9th December 6.30-8.30pm
in the Bussey building, 133 Rye Lane, SE15
entrance through the passage way, opposite Blenheim Grove.
refreshments & exhibition from 6pm
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In the neighbourhood to the west of Rye Lane, in Peckham, over the years we have had numerous planning applications (and enforcement issues) which have resulted in many objections. After much effort, some of these have been changed. We have often thought that if developers knew before they started what local people think is acceptable, in the form of a 'neighbourhood profile', we might just possibly be able to avoid a lot of upset, effort and time.

NEIGHBOURHOOD PROFILE
We are meeting with the Planners to see if we can produce such a profile for our neighbourhood to the west of Rye Lane, in the forthcoming discussions about the Peckham Area Action Plan (PAAP). This is supported by The Lane ward Councillor Gordon Nardell who will also be at the meeting.

Such a process might be of interest to residents in other neighbourhoods, especially those affected by the PAAP. So if you would like to think about arranging such a meeting for your neighbourhood, you will be welcome to come and learn from this meeting about what might be involved in creating a 'neighbourhood profile', what might flow from that, and from our first look at the PAAP and how it affects us in our neighbourhood. Some of this might have relevance in your own neighbourhood.

FURTHER INFORMATION
The PAAP (Peckham Area Action Plan) is a very important Planning development which will establish the new future planning policy for Peckham. For information about the PAAP, please see:www.southwark.gov.uk/futurepeckham

Further information on some issues raised for the future of Peckham town centre, a core part of the PAAP, see www.peckhamvision.org

Further information on this meeting, please email BRG@nutbrook.demon.co.uk