Greening LJ – this Sunday 8 November!!!

There is a plan afoot to green – or perhaps colour – Loughborough Junction next spring by planting bulbs around the place this weekend. Some local businesses have agreed to have their plots bulbed and there are spaces here and there….
To get the bulbs we need donations! Donations of bulbs would be great, but donations [...]

Boris Johnson at the Brixton Academy 9 November

Boris Johnson will be coming to do a ‘people’s question time’ at the Brixton Academy on 9 November.
For more details see
http://www.london.gov.uk/mayor/events/index.jsp

Loughborough Junction Action Group Meeting 19 October @ 8pm

Update : Click here to view the minutes
You are cordially invited by The Loughborough Junction Action Group to attend the next
L.J.A.G Meeting on Monday 19th October 2009 at 8pm
Harry Caddick Centre, 63 Lilford Road, SE5 9HN

Topics include :
The launch of the front garden / balcony competition
plan the 2010 Loughborough Junction Street Party
Find out about the [...]

Coming up at the Cambria Comedy Club

Just another reminder that “Shazia Mirza” will be performing @ The Cambria alongside ‘Ariadne the Greek WAG’ on wednesday 15th July. Probably one of our best line up’s yet, so be early to be sure you get a seat. We are rasing money this week for “St Saviours” school to help them build an [...]

Evelyn Grace Academy – Zaha Hadid’s first UK project

The Evelyn Grace Academy is expected to be completed in July 2010. The multi million pound project sponsored by ARK, will be at the forefront of East Brixton, Loughborough Junction and Herne Hill’s regeneration. The project which is costing an estimated £38,000,000 will provide an integrated landscape and building design that will cater for 1,200 [...]

Proposed redevelopment of the Kings Car Park

Here is the link on the Lambeth Planning Site to the redevelopment of the Kings Car Park which is adjacent to Lilford Road Estate and Geoffrey Chaucer. Probably the largest scheme proposed in the area for many years.
This application is to build 108 affordable homes (social housing) on the
site of the Kings Car Park/ old [...]

Lambeth local development framework

Local resident Clare Neely has been checking out Lambeth’s Local Development Framework – draft Core Strategy  http://tinyurl.com/qsrvgw and found it contains a “one line mention of Loughborough Junction in one of the appendices”. She suggests the following paragraph should  be added:
Policy PN10A    Loughborough Junction
The council will support the role of Loughborough Junction as a small community focused [...]

What would make Loughborough Junction a better place to live or work?

Following a recent Lambeth mailing that fell through our door (and yours?), I thought I would add the letter to the blog to try and get an idea of what you think the priorities in Loughborough Junction are. Lambeth have been very supportive of the LJAG (Loughborough Junction Action Group) and are keen to work [...]

Vote for Camberwell Green !

Camberwell Green was once a village green, but is now little more than a traffic island. A grant would help to restore it as a valuable community space by:

improved entrances;
new interpretive signs;
public artwork;
new seating;
a refreshment kiosk as a meeting point;
attractive planting;
and new loos!

Click Here to Vote for Camberwell Green!!

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Loughborough Junction Action Group – Next Meeting on the 24th

Following last Monday’s meeting at the Harry Caddick centre, I can confirm that the Loughborough Junction Action Group (LJAG) has now been officially constituted and four members have been elected, two co-chairs, Elise Leclerc and Tim Gaymer, and two co-sectretaries Conor Masterson and and myself Nick Wells. The position of Treasurer is currently open.
As a initial objective, [...]