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Re: Park being replaced with a block of flats?

https://lavenderhillforme.files.wordpress.com/2021/02/img_20210109_125500574_hdr-2.jpg?w=1024 Just reawakening this rather old thread - obviously the block of flats is now built, looks fine on the Gowrie Road side (picture above) but frankly not great on the Taybridge Road frontage which is more of...
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Park being replaced with a block of flats?
Replies: 44
by David
Tue Feb 02, 2021 4:15 pm

Re: New cafes and restaurants on Lavender Hill

Good news - the first of the bundle of new businesses on Lavender Hill has opened, and as expected it's the bakery, SweetSmile (at 31 Lavender Hill). Unlike the supermarket bakeries, they definitely know how to bake and are actually baking on site from the raw ingredients through the day (there's a ...
Forum: Local News
Topic: New cafes and restaurants on Lavender Hill
Replies: 1
by David
Thu Jan 09, 2020 3:48 pm

Re: What DO we want on Northcote Road???

Not looking as bad on the St Johns Road though - a new ice cream shop Amorino has just gone in for planning, more or less opposite Pret (the smaller corner unit) - they have a few other shops across London and more widely.  Speaking of which, that branch of Pret seems to have been very successful - ...
Forum: Got a Question?
Topic: What DO we want on Northcote Road???
Replies: 529
by David
Tue Feb 05, 2019 4:43 pm

Re: What DO we want on Northcote Road???

I understand the Starbucks building on on St John's Road (the one that closed a few months back) is in a poor condition, and may well be demolished completely and replaced with a new but broadly similar-looking building.  In almost-Northcote-Road retail news, Flying Tiger (formerly just known as Tig...
Forum: Got a Question?
Topic: What DO we want on Northcote Road???
Replies: 529
by David
Sat Oct 27, 2018 7:11 pm

Dubious advertising hoardings proposed on Northcote & St Johns Road

I've noticed some planning applications for large 1.3-by-2 metre advertising hoardings on St John's Road and Northcote Road, that seem to have gone pretty much unnoticed and unopposed so far. They'll be a bit of an eyesore, and will block the pavement somewhat - but the reason they have not been wid...
Forum: Got a Question?
Topic: Dubious advertising hoardings proposed on Northcote & St Johns Road
Replies: 0
by David
Fri Mar 31, 2017 11:07 pm

Re: TV delivery - scam?

Interesting, wonder if it is a slight variant on this scam - essentially people ordering to 'wrong' addresses, hoping the goods are accepted out of confusion, then 're-collecting' before the vendor has a chance to. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/personalfinance/money-saving-tips/jessicainvestiga...
Forum: Got a Question?
Topic: TV delivery - scam?
Replies: 3
by David
Mon Jan 16, 2017 9:30 am

Re: What DO we want on Northcote Road???

Szerma - on DIY shops, it's a little out-of-range from Northcote Rd, but if anyone fancies a stroll it's worth a recommendation for the little run of DIY shops and builders merchants on Lavender Hill - they all welcome custom, they don't expect you to be an expert, and the surprise I found after tre...
Forum: Got a Question?
Topic: What DO we want on Northcote Road???
Replies: 529
by David
Mon Nov 07, 2016 9:34 pm

Re: Park being replaced with a block of flats?

Well done everyone - there are over 70 thoughtfully argued objection comments to this application from local residents on the Wandsworth Planning website - and I think NV.net can take a lot of credit for spreading the word, hardly anyone seems to have been notified by the official routes. I believe ...
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Park being replaced with a block of flats?
Replies: 44
by David
Mon Nov 07, 2016 8:29 pm

Re: Park being replaced with a block of flats?

Thanks all for the interesting thoughts. I agree with the above comments that the park's not in a great state - but to be honest it seems to have been deliberately run down with a view to turning a quick buck. It used to be far better looked after and not overgrown, sadly it's had no investment or e...
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Park being replaced with a block of flats?
Replies: 44
by David
Mon Oct 31, 2016 9:30 pm

Park being replaced with a block of flats?

I thought it'd be worth spreading the word that a planning application has gone in to completely replace the little public park at the junction of Gowrie & Taybridge Road (Clapham Common Northside) with a block of five flats. To make matters worse, it seems it's from Languard Investments, the sa...
Forum: General Chat
Topic: Park being replaced with a block of flats?
Replies: 44
by David
Wed Oct 26, 2016 9:51 pm