At the West Norwood Cemetery steering group meeting held at the end of January approval was given to submit the packages of work for pre-planning application advice as soon as possible.  This includes the visitor centre plans for the lodge, pedestrian entrances at Hubbard road and Robson Road, work on St Stephens Chapel and 16 other monuments and proposals for the site’s drainage and pathway works. 

Preparation for public consultation on the cemetery plans is underway and is expected to be held in March. 

Lambeth Together is an exciting new development, bringing together different organisations to work together to co-ordinate and deliver health and care services in our Borough. There will be a fully integrated care system for people who live and work in Lambeth. You can read more about their plans in the presentation on their website, which includes at slide 12 ways you can get involved now. 

In brief, Lambeth Together is being developed as a collaboration between those who have a major role to play in these services and local people:

Lambeth Council is launching a new way of providing funding to new community projects and initiatives which match the priorities identified in the Co-operative Local Investment Plans (CLIPs). These funds come from the tax that developers pay when they build new homes, offices and shops in the borough.

Your local police teams are holding regular ward-based drop-in meetings and all are welcome to attend. Notice of these meetings is published on the met police website (your area section), some with more notice than others. Published information as of today (5 February) is as follows:

Gipsy Hill

Drop-in surgery