We asked for your views to influence the Southwark’s Preventing Suicide Strategy and Action Plan for 2023-2028.
You gave us lots of feedback on we is needed in our strategy to prevent suicides in Southwark. The online consultation results can be viewed under the results section below.
The findings outlined in this report were presented to the Southwark Suicide Prevention Stakeholder group on September 6th 2023 and are being used to develop our Preventing Suicides in Southwark Strategy and Action Plan 2023-2028. In November 2023, the full impact of the consultation survey as well as our wider engagement activity will be publically published in an appendix of the Preventing Suicides in Southwark Strategy 2023-2028. We would like to thank everyone who took the time to contribute to the consultation through completing the online survey or engaging with us at face-to-face events and in-group discussions. The feedback we received has been hugely valuable and has will help us to improve our work to prevent suicide.
What changes do we need to make to support sustainable travel in Southwark?
Over 70% of respondents told us they supported measures to reduce traffic in Southwark.
We have published our Streets for People strategy, with detailed proposals for reducing traffic and improving our neighbourhoods for the people who live in them. Later this year we will be engaging with people across the borough to find out what this could mean at neighbourhood and street level.
We asked for people's views on the existing cycle route on Druid Street.
Many people felt that this was a useful route for cycling and part of important east-west infrastructure.
However some residents and businesses in the area noted increased congestion and challenges with loading and deliveries.
We will be retaining the cycle lane, but also following up with local businesses to develop ideas to address the congestion issues.
What did local people want to see as the permanent traffic arrangements on Rye Lane?
61% of respondents preferred to keep the buses running two-ways on Rye Lane, though residents of Rye Lane itself, and younger people, would have preferred it to be one-way or even vehicle-free. Respondents also noted issues with rubbish, narrow pavements and street clutter.
We have proposed to retain the two-way buses on Rye Lane. We will be working with disabled people, and with other teams in the council to improve pavement conditions and accessibility on Rye Lane and side streets.
Details of the decision can be viewed here: Decision - Rye Lane - Traffic Arrangement Consultation Review - Southwark Council
We asked people for their views on proposals to improve the look and feel of Browning Street and make it more accessible for people walking and cycling.
A large majority of you were satisfied that the designs did meet the needs of the community. You also gave us great feedback on how designs could be improved with more greenery.
Following feedback from the survey, we have made some changes to our proposal that better address your concerns and suggestions. We are currently finalising designs based on the feedback and hope for construction to start in summer 2023.
We asked for your views on the proposed restoration of the Grade 2 listed East Lodge building at Nunhead Cemetery, as well as additional facilities and activities you would like to be made available there in the future.
You showed great support to the project and gave us lots of feedback on how you value the site at the moment and how it could be improved through the provision of facilities and a programme of activities.
We submitted a funding application in order to develop the project further and to eventually deliver it.
Should the application be successful, the development phase is expected to start in Autumn 2022 and will involve some in-depth public engagement activities throughout 2023.
All the ideas collected through the survey will inform the interpretation strategy and activity plan.
We asked local residents and businesses for their views on proposals to pilot a street market on Melbourne Grove, near the junction with Grove Vale.
The majority of respondents supported the idea of a market. Local residents raised concerns about the potential for litter, smells from hot food, and additional parking pressures.
* Please note - the market will not now be going ahead on 10th September as planned *
We are proceeding with a trial market between 10th September and 31st December 2022. This will run between 10am and 4pm each Saturday, and consist of no more than 12 stalls.
We plan to try a number of different operators, so we can see what best meets the needs of the local community. We do not plan to include any hot food stalls. The market operators and vendors will be expected to keep the area clean and keep any disturbance to a minimum. We are in discussion with the operators and council parking managers about managing parking pressures.
The trial will be reviewed in late 2022 before any decision on a permanent market.
We asked whether residents in the existing ‘Zone T’ parking zone and an extended area bounded by Old Kent Road, Meeting House Lane and Sumner Road, wished to see parking controls implemented.
The majority of respondents stated a preference for parking controls, and noted that they experienced considerable parking pressure. The majority also wanted this to operate Monday-Friday during the day.
We made a recommendation to the decision maker to proceed with an extended parking zone, to operate Monday-Friday 8am-6.30pm. This has been agreed, subject to statutory consultation over winter 2022, will be implemented in Summer 2023.
What do you think about proposals for a weekend street market on Melbourne Grove?
Most people who responded thought this was a good idea - but with some concerns about street cleaning, parking and the mix of stalls, among other details.
We are proposing to run a trial of the street market later in spring 2022. The market would operate 10-4 on Saturdays and have no more than 12 stalls. We have launched a new survey (running until 1st March 2022) so that local residents and businesses can tell us any specific considerations and concerns they may have.
We asked for your views on our new property licensing proposals and a Gold Standard Charter for Landlords to improve privately rented properties and your community.
42% were in favour of our proposals to introduce an additional licensing scheme for houses let in multiple occupation (HMOs) with only 17% disagreeing.
45% were in favour of our selective licensing proposals for properties let in the private rented sector occupied by couples, individuals or a family. Only 20% disagreed.
67% of respondents said they would be more likely to move into a property let by a landlord who had signed up to our Gold Standard Charter.
A more detailed summary of the responses to the survey can be seen in the file ‘Consultation Final Report’.
Following the outcome of the survey we made some changes to the conditions that will be attached to the licences and some of the property types included in the schemes. A list of these changes can be seen in the document ‘Council’s Consideration of Consultees Responses’.
Final Designation Declarations for Additional Licensing and Designations 1 and 2 of Selective Licensing were made and schemes started on 1 March 2022. Declarations can be viewed below:
Following approval from the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Communities and Housing final declarations for designations 3 and 4 of selective licensing were made and schemes will start on 1 November 2023. Declarations can be viewed below:
We asked you whether you would like to change the location of the permeable road closure on Alberta Street or keep the closure in its current location. There were three options to choose from which provided different access arrangements, parking changes and impact on walking and cycling.
You said - You told us that the majority of respondents to the survey (53%) preferred Option 3, this is to keep the permeable road closure in its current location on Alberta Street.
Following the outcome of the survey the permeable road closure has stayed in its current location. A further review of all the low-traffic neighbourhood measures installed in Walworth as experimental measures will be carried out in Summer 2021.
We asked service users and providers for their views on the updated Travel Assistance Policy 2020, and in particular whether the terms of the policy were sufficiently clear.
Overall respondents found the revised policy sufficiently clear, but offered comments on some of the specific terms.
We have implemented a number of detailed changes to the text of the Policy, and the revised Travel Assistance Policy has now been approved by the Lead Cabinet Member.
What time of day are you able to leave waste out for collection in the morning and evening?
UPDATE:
Southwark Council has made the decision to postpone the roll-out of the timed waste collection scheme to Camberwell in response to the current impact COVID-19 (coronavirus) is having.
The current government advice is for non-essential businesses to close and for people to stay at home unless they are travelling for the reasons given in the guidance. It is essential for us as a council to follow the government advice regarding staff, and the stay at home requirement, in order to limit the spread of the virus.
We want to change how the streets perform so that we can improve:
We asked what you thought of our propoposals which included:
In total, there were 1220 respondents to the online consultation. Approximately 70% of those that responded supported the proposals. The full report can be found here.
We are now reviewing the scheme in light of the comments and suggestions that have been raised. The review is expected to be completed in the Autumn of 2020.
We are consulting on creating a cycleway in the Rotherhithe area.
Future cycling demand is predicting there will be a significant desire to\from Peckham and beyond, with up to 150 cyclists using the route during the peak period, in the event of a free ferry crossing being developed.
We have developed proposals to link Cycleway 4 and Quietway 14 as a first phase and we are exploring potential connections towards Peckham.
We asked what you thought of our proposals which included:
In total, there were 357 respondents. Approximately 78% of those that responded supported the proposals. The full report can be found here.
We will be making some changes to our proposals that better address your concerns and suggestions - see the link to the Individual Decision Maker report here. These proposals will proceed onto subsequent design phases, followed by statutory consultation, and construction during 2020.
Would residents in the area of the ‘Zone G’ parking zone like to see changes to the hours of operation of the zone, and whether residents in the Shad Thames area would like to see a separate zone.
58% of those who responded were in favour of changing the operating hours of the parking zone. 38% wanted no change and 32% requested that the operating hours be extended to Monday to Sunday 8am to 11pm.
As part of this consultation we also asked if the Shad Thames area should be made into a distinct controlled parking zone with its own permits and operating hours. 61% of respondents answered no to this question.
We recommended to extend the operating hours of CPZ‘G’ from Monday to Friday 8.30am to 6.30pm to Monday to Sunday 8.30am to 11pm.
This was put out to statutory consultation in 2020. However, as a result of the Covid-19 emergency, many people felt they were unable to participate. Therefore, the statutory consultation will be re-run in 2021. Please note that it will be advertised in the local newspaper, Southwark News, the London Gazette and the council’s traffic management webpage.
Should you need more information in regards to the legal requirements, please visit via The Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984; the Local Authorities' Traffic Orders (Procedure) (England and Wales) Regulations 1996 and the Traffic Orders Procedure (Coronavirus) (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2020
We asked Walworth residents to give us their ideas for the new Library and Heritage Centre
You provided a huge range of ideas and suggestions, which you can read in the report here.
But our No.1 message to take away is:
We have a big place in our hearts and minds for libraries and museums and the role they play in communities. We are excited by the opportunities this new facility brings to Southwark and Walworth.
All the ideas you provided will be shared with the design team who are developing the concept design for the new Library and Heritage Centre. This design will be brought back to the community later in the year.
We are proposing to amend the approved design for the junction tables on Balfour Street with John Maurice Close, Henshaw Street and Chatham Street to reduce the level of disruption on residents. We asked which option you prefer and how the disruptions would affect you.
We received a total of 72 responses:
Balfour Street, John Maurice Close and Henshaw Street – 40 responses
38% supported Option A (block tables)
63% supported Option B (asphalt tables)
Surrounding Streets – 32 responses
84% supported Option A (block tables)
22% supported Option B (asphalt tables)
We have reviewed all the feedback we received and given particular consideration to the residents of Balfour Street, John Maurice Close and Henshaw Street, particularly those residents with disabilities. Considering all the feedback received a decision has been made to amend the approved design and proceed with Option B (asphalt tables).
Please refer to the Balfour Street Raised Table Summary Report for further details regarding the feedback we received.
We developed an online survey, which was promoted by direct mail to addresses on Athenlay Road.
In all questions, respondents were encouraged to provide answers based on their experiences living on and travelling through Athenlay Road.
As part of the survey we asked questions about people’s reasons for being on Athenlay Road and their mode of transport, and out of speed humps and build outs which proposed intervention would they prefer.
We received 49 responses.
Many respondents noted that they had witnessed accidents or near misses on or around Athenlay Road.
Respondents expressed a preference for speed humps with a majority of 69.4%, as against 22.4% for build-outs.
From the consultation data we will be proceeding with plans to install sinusoidal humps along Athenlay Road in order to prevent traffic speeds. These works are programmed for September 2019. Along with this intervention, we are also currently designing improvements at the junction of Athenlay Road and Kelvington Road to reduce the junction width to help prevent speeding vehicles from turning into the junction, whilst also creating a shorter and safer crossing point for pedestrians.
In January and February 2019 we asked for your views on a proposed controlled parking zone in East Dulwich, as well as a number of suggested healthy streets improvements.
We received a very large number of responses to the informal consultation in January and February 2019. Overall residents did not want to see a parking zone covering this whole area. Residents of the streets closer to East Dulwich Station were in favour of a parking zone. The majority of respondents within the reduced area were in favour of an all day zone.
We produced an interim report in April 2019 for the purposes of inviting feedback from community council on the interim recommendations.
In the interim report we recommended a parking zone to cover a number of streets close to East Dulwich Station with all day parking restrictions.
Comments on the report were invited from Community Council.
The report was discussed at the Dulwich Community Council Forum meeting on 27 April 2019. Dulwich Community Council gave the following feedback:
• For the proposed ‘Melbourne Grove’ area to exclude a number of streets adjacent to Lordship Lane where there was no evident majority (Blackwater Street, Bassano Street, Chesterfield Grove, Ashbourne Grove and Melbourne Grove south of East Dulwich Grove)
• For the area to be named ‘East Dulwich Grove zone’.
A final consultation report and individual decision making report were presented by officers to the decision maker in July 2019 and a decision was made in August 2019 to proceed to statutory consultation on an East Dulwich zone comprised of a small number of streets close to the train station to operate Monday to Friday 8.30am to 6.30pm. Details of the decision report, including the relevant reports can be found on the moderngov website
The statutory consultation ran for four weeks ending 17 October 2019. The traffic order notice can be found on the councils traffic order page.
Following statutory consultation, officers presented an objection report to the decision maker for determination. The report will be published on the moderngov website
For updated timescales on the project please refer to the project website: www.southwark.gov.uk/eastdulwichparking