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The papers for Lambeth Council’s Cabinet meeting next Monday 29 March about the Streatham Hub are now on the Lambeth website:

Lambeth Special Cabinet Meeting Agenda ...read more

News just in.   The Streatham Hub is not on the published agenda for next Monday’s meeting of Lambeth’s Cabinet. Thanks to some sterling detective work by Streatham Ice Skating Action Group, we now have the following:

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This is a very belated posting to say hello to Angelina Purcell, who is Lambeth Council’s new permanent “Town Centre Manager” for Streatham.

This is a much-needed return to the commercial focus in the Town Centre Manager role, and Angelina’s background running Croydon’s Chamber of Commerce has to be a good thing.    

We look forward to working with Angelina and Streatham’s business community to make Streatham a better place, starting with Streatham High Road. ...read more

This is just a brief post to thank every one of the 200 people who came out to tonight’s meeting on a bitterly cold night.  They included a lot of ice rink users of all ages, and I hope they haven’t been put off coming again! 

The absence of Tescos made it a particularly frustrating evening, with Lambeth Councillors and Officers still citing commercial confidentiality, despite previous hopes that a deal would have been announced before Christmas.   

We’ll try and put up some fuller notes as soon as possible. ...read more

As many of you will be aware from the local press, Lambeth Council and Tesco failed to respond within their original eight week deadline from our Novermber public meeting with their updated proposals for the Hub site. 

We are being assured that something wil be announced in the New Year. 

Streatham Action are planning a public meeting on Leisure in Streatham to discuss both the closure of the Leisure Centre, and the ongoing uncertainty about the longer-term plans for the hub.

UPDATE: 18 December ...read more