The 35% CAMPAIGN is ‘campaigning for community inclusion in the Elephant & Castle regeneration’. They are part of organising two important and interesting meetings – A Hustings meeting for the local by-election and an Elephant regeneration objectors meeting. Put the dates in your diary or phone!
They also have a brand new newsletter to read full of why the proposed regeneration is a shedload of broken promises when it comes to the promised community benefits re: housing, sustainability, transport, trees and so on.
Here!! 35 Percent Newsletter Nov 2012
• BY-ELECTION HUSTINGS MEETING
Tuesday 27th November
“There is going to a local council by-election in East Walworth on 29th November and we need to make sure that local candidates take our concerns about the regeneration of the area seriously. The 3 candidates (Labour, Lib-Dem and Conservative) will be attending a ‘hustings’ public open meeting on Tuesday 27 Nov 7pm at Crossway Church, 100 New Kent Rd Se1. This will be your opportunity to quiz them on the major local issues including the regeneration plans. Organised by Elephant Amenity Network
Jerry Flynn, spokesman for the group said: “The hustings is a chance for local residents to challenge and question the potential local councillor on any issue. With so many issues emerging around the recently submitted regeneration plans, this is the opportunity to demand that the new councillor takes them seriously and is fully accountable.”
• SATURDAY 1 DECEMBER 2012 from 2.00 – 3.00 pm
A Peaceful Community Demonstration to raise awareness of inappropriate development in Blackfriars Road. In Helen Gladstone Gardens [corner of Blackfriars Road and Surrey Row SE1, opposite Imbibe]
In an unprecedented move, Blackfriars Action for Responsible Development [BARD] was created by several tenant and resident associations to promote alternative strategies for a development planned by Linden Homes. The proposed site runs from a terrace at 169-173 Blackfriars Road extending back to rows of garages in Pocock Street.
Linden Homes are giving two options for the site:
- 27 storey glass building on Blackfriars Road with further buildings behind ranging from 7 to 11 storeys providing 206 apartments. This involves the closure of Surrey Row and the appropriation of a community garden belonging to the Nelson Square estate, or
- 15 storey building on Blackfriars Road providing 123 apartments and shops at ground level
Concerned local residents say that neither of the two options are viable for the following reasons:
- Poor and unimaginative design
- Height, massing and overshadowing of surrounding housing
- Loss of heritage buildings
- Inappropriate ‘social and/or affordable’ housing for local needs
- Lack of community facilities and insensitivity to the history and social fabric of the area
- The appropriation of Helen Gladstone Gardens, a garden funded initially by Southwark Council’s Joint Security Initiative [JSI] money and cared for by local resident volunteers supported by the Bankside Open Spaces Trust [BOST]
There will be a Petition to sign. Refreshments will be provided.
• ELEPHANT REGENERATION PLANS – OBJECTIONS MEETING
Tuesday 11th December
‘We are also inviting local objectors to a meeting at 7pm on Tuesday 11 December, to organise proceedings for the hearing of the Lend Lease planning applications in the coming New Year. This will involve discussing how best to approach the hearing and ensure that we make best use of the time allocated for voicing our objections. More details will be posted on our website at www.35percent.org‘
Southwark Notes - whose regeneration? 