Comments submitted on the planning application 16/P1208 by Apostles resident Giles Bailey: “Thank you for the opportunity to comment on the new proposals for the former Manuplastics site on Kingston Road.

We need town centres that work –  this is why the local team have been working with London Assembly candidate Adrian Hyyrylainen-Trett to encourage Waterstones and WHSmiths to open new stores in Wimbledon, after they lost their leases in Wimbledon Bridge House. You can see how the Wimbledon Guardian covered our campaign here. And you […]

The Department for Transport and Transport for London are continuing to develop a proposal for a new rail service connecting Southwest with Northeast London – Crossrail 2. The main part of the scheme would run in a tunnel from Wimbledon to Tottenham Hale. This is an enormous project that wouldn’t likely be completed until 2030 […]

After a resident raised concerns with him, Focus Team member Anthony Fairclough asked the following public question at the last Council meeting: Please could the Cabinet Member confirm whether there are any plans currently under consideration to introduce two-way traffic on Sir Cyril Black Way and Hartfield Road? Similarly, are there plans under consideration to stop traffic turning left from Hartfield Road […]

There’s quite a bit of concern about the plans to hire external organisations to take over the maintenance of our parks and open spaces. So we asked Cllr Andrew Judge, who will be in charge of this process at Merton Council, some questions. This is what he said:

The Dundonald Lib Dem Team is always available to help people improve their local area. You can see some information on the ways we helped local residents to help themselves in 2014 here. January There’s still a massive backlog on street sweeping and clearing flytips. We reported: lack of street sweeping on Lower Downs Road, […]

Between Christmas and New Year, local residents may have received a leaflet from one of the Conservative councillors and the Conservative MP calling on them to sign their petition to “Save Merton’s Parks”. This is because, according to the leaflet: “Merton’s Labour Council agreed proposals to transfer responsibility for the upkeep of the borough’s green […]

Just a quick note to wish you a very happy Christmas and a prosperous New Year! Below you’ll find a couple of bits of useful info for over the festive period. As ever, please get in touch if there’s anything we can help with. All the best Shas Sheehan, Giles Bailey, Diana Coman & Anthony […]

Workspace Ltd, the owners of the Rainbow Industrial Estate, are currently consulting on renewed plans for the site. The area is currently used by a range of businesses including a coach company, in the area southwest of Raynes Park station between the railway tracks that head south to Motspur Park. There have been a range […]

The owners of the Rainbow Industrial Estate, Workspace Group, are holding a public exhibition of their plans to develop it, at Raynes Park Library on Thursday 18th September:  6.30pm–9pm and Friday 19th September: 2pm–8pm. The plans for 220 flats and 3,400m2 of employment space, on the 1.94 hectare site. There are also plans for a […]