Showing posts with label Peckham Rye station. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Peckham Rye station. Show all posts

Saturday, 16 October 2010

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.

Wednesday, 7 October 2009

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)

Sunday, 21 June 2009

Sun 28 June The Lives of Buildings - an Open House Weekend

INVITATION FROM THE PECKHAM SOCIETY
walk Sunday 28 June
assemble 1.30pm
walk 2.00 pm
Open House walk Includes Bussey Building and Peckham Rye Station
Meet 133 Rye Lane, SE15
entrance opposite Blenheim Grove
Duration 1+1/2 hours
Led by Peter Frost.
http://www.peckhamsociety.org.uk
http://www.peckhamvision.org/wiki/Transforming_Central_Rye_Lane
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The Peckham Society invites you to join a special Open House weekend walk on Sunday 28th June at 1.30pm in central Peckham.
This weekend, organised by Open House London and English Heritage, celebrates the richness and variety of London's buildings. Discover how buildings live, grow, die and are reborn, what links exist between past and present in London's architecture, why some buildings stand the test of time and how London will look in the future.
The centre of Peckham, around the Bussey building and Peckham Rye station, is a rich example of this story.
The Bussey building is a very expansive historic Victorian factory, now in the emerging Copeland Cultural Quarter. On the tour we will see examples of Victorian, Edwardian, and pre-war architecture, a view over the whole of Peckham and central London, the ultra modern Hannah Barry Art Gallery, the now listed Peckham Rye station, designed by Charles Henry Driver, and now with exciting renovation in the old waiting room. All these buildings are currently changing in some way, reflecting the movement from Peckham's past to the future. We will discuss the economic and cultural potential of that central area, and the possibilities of sustaining and improving Peckham's townscape. For your orientation on the walk, it is worth having a look beforehand at http://www.peckhamvision.org/wiki/Transforming_Central_Rye_Lane

Other useful background on this central Peckham area can be found at:
http://www.peckhamvision.org/wiki/Copeland_Cultural_Quarter
http://www.peckhamvision.org/wiki/Bussey_Building
http://www.peckhamvision.org/wiki/Vibrant_Artists%27_Community
http://www.hannahbarry.com/exhibition.php?page=FUTURE
http://www.peckhamvision.org/wiki/Peckham_Rye_Station
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THE LIVES OF BUILDINGS
26 – 28 June 2009
http://www.london.gov.uk/storyoflondon/weekend/buildings.jsp
http://www.openhouse.org.uk/images/The%20Lives%20of%20Buildings%20programme%20010609.pdf
Celebrating the renewal of London through its architecture. Brought to you by Open House in partnership with English Heritage, the Lives of Buildings is your chance to debate and discover how buildings live, grow, die and can be reborn for the future. This programme includes details of events and activities featuring in the Lives of Buildings programme (26 – 28 June) during the Story of London festival.

Wednesday, 20 May 2009

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

Saturday, 15 November 2008

RLSAG (Rye Lane & Station Action Group) October 08 minutes

The minutes of the 22nd October 2008 Rye Lane & Station Action Group (RLSAG) meeting are attached for information.

Summary
This was the 10th RLSAG meeting on the Group's 4th anniversary. It was very well attended by residents with nearly 50 present, and also other stakeholders - Network Rail, Southern Rail, and the Council. The rail companies reported on current improvements to the railway infrastructure in and around the station and tracks, and the Council presented a report on how to achieve the transformation of the station area including the new piazza. Peckham Vision and The Peckham Society presented ideas on how those very welcome developments would fit into the vision of a transformed central Rye Lane, including the emerging Copeland Cultural Quarter on the site designated for the tram depot. The Council explained that the forthcoming consultations on the Peckham Area Action Plan (PAAP) provided the context for considering all these ideas. The positive ideas were welcomed by the meeting as realistic ways of transforming the town centre. The obstacles were acknowledged, but also that there was willingness of the Council and community to work together to overcome them.
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If you are coming to the Southwark Rail Users Group meeting on Monday 17th November, you might find it useful to read these minutes before that meeting, as they include reports on current improvements at Peckham Rye station.