https://www.change.org/p/sally-sullivan ... ham-common

Please spread the word!

I am in the process of setting up a petition about the playgrounds will revert with a link.

It would be amazing if someone started a petition to get the playgrounds on Clapham Common sorted / fixed. The difference between the Wandsworth playgrounds and the Lambeth playgrounds is unbelievable. A small percentage of the funds that Lambeth makes from the events on Clapham Common should surely be reinvested on the common ?

I wonder if there is anyone at the "Friends of Clapham Common" that might be able to help ?

I'm not stating that that is the right attitude... it's just perhaps an attitude of my generation who are probably never realistically going to be able to get a mortgage for a house in Clapham...

& when we have people like my neighbour telling that they paid £400,000 for their three /four bed house when now our three (small , badly converted & shoddy) flats in the next door property are worth circa £600,000 each.

but hey ho this is beside the point this is going to end up like the Clapham Common dogs vs children debate but instead families vs young professionals in the area and we all know how tiresome that could be!

graceygirl wrote:''When did twenty somethings become so selfish and arogant that think it's acceptable to keep whole neighbourhoods awake?''

I suppose when you are paying £900 per bedroom gives some sense of entitlement.

Our 20 something neighbours cited this as an excuse for keeping us and our 2 year old awake until 4am. It's as though they think those of us who own our home haven't saved and work incredibly hard to pay our mortgage. Our house was of course free of charge!

I totally agree. The state of the playground and paddling pool is shocking. I would be very happy to put a petition in as well.

Slightly off topic but alluded to by another poster, it really, and I mean really, bothers me that Lambeth generate a chunk of money from the events staged on Clapham Common and they spend little to no money maintaining it. The two playgrounds are in very bad state (thinking about the equivalent in Battersea Park, Wimbledon Park or Bishops park) and the children paddling pool has had black water in it all summer, if they fill it or clean it at all.
I'd love to put in a freedom of information request to Lambeth to see how much revenue they generate from stating events on Clapham Common and how much they spend on maintaining it. I suspect the numbers would be quite shocking.

''When did twenty somethings become so selfish and arogant that think it's acceptable to keep whole neighbourhoods awake?''

I suppose when you are paying £900 per bedroom gives some sense of entitlement.

I am in my twenties and have complained to Wansworth Council about the basement flat of other very selfish twenty year olds below me having constant parties so we aren't all crazy wild, but they cite a lot of the noise as being due to poor sound insulation with landlords doing flats out on the cheap which they can do very little about.

We didn't find the festival noise too intrusive, but we are slightly down the hill so may have been shielded from the worst.

However, I have to agree with posts above, the knock-on impact of the festival was some pretty anti-social behavior around the neighbourhood well into the small hours. I think it was Saturday night there was an abusive and very drunk group of festive revelers heading down our street at 4am hurling abuse at every house a light turned on it to see what was going on.

I would have thought a greater police street presence was justified for a few hours after large scale events like this as part of their approval process.

Now to my real beef - we are on Bennerley and it sounds like a bunch of you are our neighbours as the constant partying in the top floor flat on Salcott is driving us nuts. During the day there is excessive high-volume swearing going on (with kids around) and at night they just don't care what time they party until. We are going to write to all the estate agents with a complaint.

Our old neighbour complained at the time the planning permission was granted for the property as he only signed-off when it was stipulated the top floor would be a typical loft bedroom so he would not be constantly overlooked. The fact it is now the lounge / party room may deserve a group complaint to Wandsworth Council.....

Sorry to go off topic slightly lack, I blame a long-weekend without enough sleep!!!

For anyone concerned about noise from events on Clapham Common here is some more information and details of who to complain to

http://www.wandsworth.gov.uk/news/artic ... ham_common

Hi piccalilli

Our lovely neighbours were partying on Salcott. We are backing on to them. Yes agree all the rooftop parties are noisy. I'm not against people
Partying, and I get that is the last Bank Holiday but these particular neighbours have been pretty frequent since they moved in a few months ago.

I am keeping a note of things but hopefully they might calm down a bit now the summer is coming to and end.

Apparently the noise limits were increased for this year
As a Lambeth resident, I can't say that we particularly feel the benefit of these festivals and I don't really agree with huge swathes of the Common being blocked off. It must be very frustrating to feel disempowered as a Wandsworth resident ... you just have to complain en masse I guess?

However, I'm conscious that Lambeth is a huge borough and not as wealthy as, for example, neighbouring Wandsworth, so they need to generate revenue. These events must be a godsend to an impoverished local authority.

To the poster saying that the Common is poorly maintained, perhaps organise local residents to go and make some improvements yourselves? We've done similar on our local streets.

Personally I think it's totally ridiculous that a festival of this type is held in a residential area. I can't think of any other of its type which is held so close to people's houses. I would be in favour of a petition to ban it or at a minimum reduce the sound level and have it stop at 10pm.

As others say, the festival itself is just one part of the problem. The after parties are a nightmare. When did twenty somethings become so selfish and arogant that think it's acceptable to keep whole neighbourhoods awake?

Was the rooftop party the one on the corner of Gowrie and Stormont Road?

Is there any way you could find out who the landlord or estate agent is and mention it to them?

Luckily they went out after an hour or so, presumably clubbing, but back on it again tonight. Wouldn't be so bad if they shut their
French doors (it's a top flat with French doors backing on to the gardens - bit of an echo chamber).
Numerous people have been asking them to turn it down to no avail and they've just ignored it.
Really hope they move soon !!