Loughborough Junction Public Space Improvement and Area Wide Traffic Reduction Project

Consultation Report

Appendices

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Appendix A –

Responses from streets/addresses inside the consultation area: Total 299.

Street Name Street Name Street

Respondents Respondents

Alderton Road 3 Lowden Road 5 Alvanley House 1 Luxor Street 1 Angell Road 3 Major Close 2 Barrington Road 4 Milkwood Road 4 Belinda Road 7 Northlands Street 1 Bicknell Road 1 Northway Road 8 Bramah Road 1 Overton Road 1 Brief Street 8 Padfield Road 5 Road 3 Patmos Road 1 Burton Road 6 Paulet Road 3 Calais Gate 2 Penford Street 2 Calais Street 6 Pomfret Road 2 New Road 5 Poplar Road 10 Cambria Road 4 Redan Terrace 1 Claribel Road 1 Rupert Gardens 4 Coldhabour Lane 12 Russell Grove 1 Cormont Road 8 Shakespeare Road 6 Cromwell Road 2 Southwell Road 5 Deerdale Road 1 Spicer Close 1 Eastlake Road 3 St James Crescent 6 Evandale Road 1 Styles Garden 4 Finsen Road 6 Templar Street 2 Flaxman Road 5 Turner Close 1 Flodden Road 8 Upstall Street 2 Halsmere Road 5 Urlwin Walk 1 Road 13 Villa Road 9 Herschell Mews 2 Wanless Road 2 Hinton Road 15 Warrior Court 3 Horle Walk 1 Wingmore Road 1 Kemerton Road 6 Wooley House 1 Knatchbull Road 23 Lilford Road 19 Lothian Road 1 Loughborough Estate 3 Loughborough Park 2 Loughborough Road 13

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Responses from streets/addresses outside the consultation area. Total: 268

Respondents Respondents Respondents

Street Name Street Name Street Name Street Acland Crescent 1 Brooke Road 1 County Grove 1 Ainslie Walk 1 Brookview Road 1 Court Lane 1 Albert Square 2 Broxholm Road 1 Cranworth Gardens 1 Alchand Crescent 1 Camborne Road 1 Credenhill Street 1 Aldebert Terrace 1 Cargill Road 1 Crown Lane 1 Alleyn Road 1 Carney Place 2 Croydon 3 Arborfield Close 2 Carson Road 1 Dalberg Road 3 Ashurst Gardens 1 Casino Avenue 3 Danby Street 1 Aslett Street 1 Casterbridge Road 1 Danecroft Road 2 Auckland Road 2 Castledine Road 1 Dassett Road 1 Azenby Road 1 Cavendish Road 1 Deerhurst Road 1 Ballater Road 1 Champion Park 1 Delawyk Crescent 1 Bamber Road 1 Chandler Way 1 Denesmead 1 Barnabas Villas 1 Chapel Road 1 Denman Road 1 Bath 1 Charwood 1 1 Bavent Road 1 Chaucer Road 2 Deronda Road 3 Beckenham 2 Cherry Tree Walk 1 Dorchester Court 1 Benhill Road 1 Chester Court 1 Doric Way 1 Birkneck Place 1 Chingford Road 1 Druce Road 1 Bonner Hill Road 1 Chowhurst Close 1 Road 3 Brandon Street 1 Road 2 Dulwich Village 1 Branksome Road 1 Clifton Place 1 Dulwich Wood Avenue 1 Brighton Road 1 Coleman Road 1 Dunstans Road 1 Brockley Hall Road 1 Conyers Road 1 Dylan Road 1 1 Corry Drive 1 East Dulwich 1 Lansdowne Garden 1 Roehampton 1 Effra Parade 1 Lansdowne Way 1 Rosendale Road 2 Effra Road 1 Leigham Court Road 2 Rushcroft Road 1 Elfindale Road 1 Leigham Vale 1 Rutland Court 1 Elmwood Road 1 Lennard Road 1 Rutland Road 1 Essex 1 Linden Grove 1 Rye Lane 1 Eversley Road 1 Lindsay Square 2 Salisbury Place 1 Fassett Square 1 Little Smith Street 1 Scholars Road 1 Fawnbrake Avenue 6 Local Resident 1 SE1 1 Fentiman Road 1 Longtoon Avenue 1 Sears Street 1

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Ferndene Road 1 Lorn Road 3 Shrubbery Road 1 Finland Street 1 Luna Road 1 Soames Street 1 Garter Mansions 1 Lynmouth Road 1 Southey Road 1 George Mews 2 Mackenzie Road 1 Southwark Park 1 Gilbert Road 1 Malvern Road 1 St Michaels Road 7 Gleneagle Road 1 Maple Road 1 Rutland Court 1 Gordon Road 1 Marler Road 1 Rutlant Road 1 Gresham Road 3 Mayall Road 4 Rye Lane 1 Grove Lane 1 Milton Road 2 Salisbury Place 1 Grove Road 1 Morna Road 1 Scholars Road 1 Grove Terrace 1 Mowll Street 1 SE1 1 Groveway 3 N16 9BL 1 Sears Street 1 Gubyon Avenue 1 New Street 1 Shrubbery Road 1 Halefield Road 1 Newham Row 1 Soames Street 1 Half Moon Lane 1 Normanton Road 1 Southey Road 1 Haredale Road 2 Norwood Road 2 Southwark Park 1 Hayter Road 1 OC3 7DQ 1 St Michaels Road 7 Mayall Road 4 Old South Road 1 St Stephens Terrace 2 Milton Road 2 Owlstone Road 1 Standen Road 1 Morna Road 1 P08 8LX 1 Park 4 Crescent Mowll Street 1 Pacific Mews 1 Stockwell Park Road 8 N16 9BL 1 Palfrey Place 1 Sutherland Square 1 New Street 1 Palfrey Place 1 Sydneham 1 Newham Row 1 Park Road 1 Sylvan Hill 1 Normanton Road 1 Park View House 1 Talma Road 1 Norwood Road 2 Peckarmans Wood 1 Taymounth Rise 1 OC3 7DQ 1 Penrith Place 1 Thurlow Park Road 1 Old South Lambeth Road 1 Railton Road 2 Tilson Gardens 1 Owlstone Road 1 Rattray Road 1 Tollingon Park 1 P08 8LX 1 Regent Road 1 Tooting Bec 1 Pacific Mews 1 Reginald Square 1 Tremaine Road 1 Palfrey Place 2 Rochford Walk 1 Trinity Rise 1 Park Road 1 Wikinson Street 1 Turkey Oak Close 1 West Wickham 1 Wilkinson Street 2 Ulverstone Road 1 Westfield Avenue 1 Wimbledon 1 1 Westgate Road 1 Within Lambeth 1 Walkerscroft Mead Whiteley Road 1 Woodwarde Road 1 Wellfield Road 1 Wickham Road 1 York Close 1 York Road 1

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Appendix B – Postcodes &addresses of the people who signed the petition

Petition postcode from inside the consultation area SE24 0AH 1 SE5 9DB 1 SW9 7EG 1 SW9 7SH 2 SE5 9HY 2 SE24 0AS 2 SE5 9DL 2 SW9 7EH 3 SW9 7SL 1 SE24 06J 1 SE24 0AU 3 SE5 9DN 1 SW9 7EP 1 SW9 7SP 1 SE24 0AL 4 SE24 0AX 3 SE5 9DQ 1 SW9 7EX 6 SW9 7TH 4 SE24 0AX 1 SE24 0HF 2 SE5 9DT 1 SW9 7HP 7 SW9 7TN 1 SE24 0BP 2 SE24 0HL 34 SE5 9DU 3 SW9 7HZ 1 SW9 7TW 3 SE5 9DS 1 SE24 0HN 9 SE5 9DW 8 SW9 7JA 1 SW9 7UA 1 SE5 9DW 1 SE24 0HS 1 SE5 9ED 1 SW9 7JB 1 SW9 7UD 6 SE5 9PF 1 SE24 0HW 44 SE5 9EN 1 SW9 7JE 1 SW9 7UH 1 SW9 6SP 1 SE24 0QF 1 SE5 9HR 6 SW9 7JT 10 SW9 7XA 1 SW9 7DT 2 SE5 9AA 35 SE5 9HY 13 SW9 7JU 2 SW9 7XB 13 SW9 7EP 1 SE5 9AE 6 SE5 9PE 4 SW9 7JY 3 SW9 8RZ 18 SW9 7HP 2 SE5 9AJ 1 SE5 9QG 1 SW9 7JZ 12 SW9 8SA 1 SE5 9AX 1 SE5 9AN 5 SE5 9QH 3 SW9 7LF 6 SW9 8SD 1 SE24 0HU 1 SE5 9AU 1 SE5 9QJ 1 SW9 7LL 8 SW9 8TP 2 SE24 0HW 4 SE5 9AW 1 SE5 9QR 3 SW9 7ND 1 SW9 7EE 2 SW9 7RW 1 SE5 9BW 2 SW9 6UY 4 SW9 7SG 1 SE24 0HN 1 SW9 7SL 1 Total 355

Petition postcodes from outside the consultation area BR1 4LH 1 RM8 2 SE21 8PZ 2 SE5 8NN 1 SW5 1 BR1 5HL 2 S24 0AS 1 SE21 9PD 2 SE5 9AH 1 SW6 2BU 1 BR2 0SB 1 SE1 1 SE22 8BL 1 SE5 9BN 1 SW6 5HY 1 BR3 4HF 1 SE1 4BN 1 SE22 8DB 1 SE5 9NG 1 SW7 6JZ 1 BR4 9L6 2 SE1 4QG 2 SE22 8EW 1 SE5 9NW 1 SW8 2 C04 5JX 1 SE1 4XX 1 SE22 8LZ 1 SE5 9PF 1 SW8 1 CB6 1LZ 1 SE11 4HX 1 SE22 8UJ 1 SE5 9SF 1 SW8 1EP 2 CH2 6SJ 1 SE11 5PX 2 SE22 8UJ 1 SE5 UKN 1 SW8 1JG 1 CR0 0BT 1 SE11 8PX 4 SE23 1 SE6 1 SW8 1JW 1 CR0 1DS 1 SE12 3HT 1 SE23 2JW 1 SE6 2HW 1 SW9 20 CR0 2LP 1 SE12 5EU 1 SE23 3XH 1 SE6 4BD 1 SW9 3 CR2 0LB 2 SE12 9EU 12 SE23 3YJ 1 SE8 1 SW9 0RS 1 CR2 6LT 1 SE14 6WC 1 SE24 3 SE8 5AG 1 SW9 4TJ 1 CR4 3AR 1 SE15 2JB 1 SE24 0HL 1 SE9 27 1 SW9 6NF 2 CR7 6BF 1 SE15 4BU 2 SE24 0AJ 1 SE9 3HX 1 SW9 7AG 1 CR7 8AW 1 SE15 4QS 1 SE24 0BA 1 SE9 5HS 2 SW9 7D0 1 DA16 3DJ 1 SE15 5HD 1 SE24 0EB 2 SM5 1NZ 1 SW9 7PQ 1 DA2 6JF 1 SE15 6DY 1 SE24 0HP 2 SR24 0HG 1 SW9 7RW 1 DA2 8B2 1 SE15 9QF 2 SE24 0PH 1 SS0 9SF 1 SW9 7SY 2 DA2 8BZ 1 SE16 2HP 1 SE25 1 SS17 7AY 1 SW9 7WD 1 DA8 1NN 1 SE16 3TT 1 SE25 4PQ 1 SW10 2 SW9 8SA 2

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DA9 9FE 1 SE16 4SQ 2 SE25 4QJ 1 SW12 1 SW9 8QF 1 E 4 1 SE16 4XE 3 SE25 4TY 1 SW12 0BU 1 SW9 8QR 2 E1 0DZ 1 SE16 4XX 1 SE26 4AY 1 SW12 1SP 1 SW9 9UT 1 E1 8HR 1 SE16 5NJ 1 SE26 6XX 1 SW12 8HL 1 SW9 LSW 2 E10 1 SE16 6BT 1 SE27 0AT 1 SW12 8HL 1 SWA 4TJ 1 E11 5NP 1 SE16 6LD 1 SE27 9HE 1 SW15 1 TN11 0HF 2 E17 4LP 1 SE17 1EJ 1 SE27 9QR 1 SW16 1 TN14 7Q7 1 E2 9RA 1 SE17 2DE 1 SE27 9RS 1 SW16 3DA 2 TW16 5AY 1 E4 1 SE17 2TE 1 SE28 0DD 2 SW16 3EY 1 TW2 7AA 1 EN2 6EW 1 SE17 2UW 1 SE3 9QN 1 SW16 3SS 1 TW20 0JY 1 EN6 5NW 1 SE17 3AG 1 SE5 12 SW17 3TD 1 UB2 5NU 1 EN8 7SF 2 SE17 3DW 1 SE5 3 SW18 4JP 1 UB4 9PC 1 EX7 0PD 2 SE17 3EQ 1 SE5 0ET 2 SW18 1JG 1 UB8 3JG 1 HA29 1 SE17 3JH 2 SE5 0HN 4 SW18 4JP 1 W2 6QE 1 HA3 9LS 1 SE17 3NE 1 SE5 0HW 1 SW2 1JR 1 W3 6YG 1 HA8 5TH 1 SE17 3SG 1 SE5 0JU 1 SW2 2LS 1 W6 9RA 1 KT20 6EP 2 SE18 2 SE5 0NT 2 SW2 2TB 1 WD3 8H3 1 ME20 6LN 1 SE18 5SS 2 SE5 0XR 1 SW2 2UJ 1 WDG 2PH 1 ME5 8RT 1 SE19 3OY 1 SE5 6AB 1 SW2 3LR 1 Total 317 N4 3NL 2 SE19 3UY 1 SE5 7AF 1 SW2 4BU 1 N4 4BL 1 SE19 5QT 2 SE5 83G 1 SW2 7PR 1 NE10 2T2 1 SE2 0RU 1 SE5 8DH 2 SW2 9LR 1 NW1 1 SE2 1BD 1 SW4 7HA 2 RG24 CB7 1 SE2 7HJ 1 RH1 6NN 1 SE20 1 RM13 9TX 1 SE20 8BQ 1 RM18 8RQ 1 SE21 7AJ 1 RM7 7EH 2 SE21 8LE 1

Some people that signed the petition stated their street names and did not state their post code. We worked out the post codes and they are showed in blue next to the street name.

Streets where petitioners did not state a postcode Street Name No of petitioners Akerman Road SW9 8 Barrington Road SW9 1 Bengeworth Road SE5 9 Cambria Road SE5 1 Claribel Road SW9 1 Coldhabour Lane SE5/SW9 17 Dylan Road SE24 2 Gordon Grove SE5 2 Hardess Street SE24 4 Herne Hill Road SE24 3 Hinton Road SE24 1 Kemerton Road SE5 3

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Loughborough Park SW9 2 Loughborough Road SW9 1 Lowden Road SE24 1 Luxor Road SE5 1 Northlands Street SE5 1 Northway Road SE5 2 Padfield Road SE5 3 Paulet Road SE5 1 Poplar Road SE24 1 Rathgar Road SW9 1 Southwell Road SE5 2 Wanless Road SE24 6 Wickwood Street SE5 1 No Address Stated 3 Total 75

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Appendix C – Written Representations

The Brixton Society

Dear Sirs,

We have recently been alerted by local residents to proposals for widespread changes to the road network serving the north-east side of Brixton, promoted under the above title.

The Society strongly objects to several features of this scheme, as set out below. I should make it clear that we welcome the proposed cycle “Quietway” routes, and it is detrimental to this concept that they are being proposed as part of a wider package that is fundamentally flawed.

The Brixton Society is the civic amenity society covering the central part of the borough of Lambeth. We aim to promote good practice in architecture, planning and conservation. We regularly comment on local plans, proposed policy changes and significant planning applications.

1. Inadequate Consultation: The proposals will have wide effects so publicity and consultation should have taken place over a wider area, not confined just to Loughborough Junction. The Brixton Society has not been consulted directly. Describing the plans as “public space improvements” is gross misrepresentation, when the main elements concern road closures. No contact point has been included for enquiries, comments or objections.

2. Conflict with Existing Plans: The proposals are a departure from the emerging Lambeth Borough Plan, and would have wider adverse effects on public transport networks and the viability of local business premises, the supply of which is already dwindling. The road closures represent a major change from proposals consulted on previously for local highways and public realm improvements.

3. Community Safety: Local traffic plays a useful role in providing casual surveillance to deter street crime. Removing through traffic from Gordon Grove, Lilford Road and Barrington Road is of particular concern.

4. Impact on Bus Services: Blocking Loughborough Road will disrupt the P5 bus route, which is an important link, allowing the less mobile to reach a wider selection of public transport services around the periphery of the area. If the route is to be diverted via Barrington Road, it would no longer be practical to serve Loughborough Park, where needs are increasing but the Public Transport Accessibility remains low.

5. Individual Road Closures:

5.1 Loughborough Road (adjacent Ridgway Road) There is a discrepancy between the map and the illustrations. If the illustrated scheme is carried out, there will be no access to the commercial enterprises in the

8 railway arches in Ridgway Road. We are anxious to maintain local employment space in the area.

5.2 Barrington Road The immediate effect would be to increase vehicle traffic in St.James’ Crescent. Any obstruction of Barrington Road would conflict with efforts to re-open East Brixton Station, as the most promising option for gaining local access to London Overground services. It follows that such a station needs to be accessible, with opportunities to drop off passengers via Dial-a-Ride or hire cars.

5.3 Gordon Grove Closure would block access to commercial/ industrial sites in Wickwood Street, since vehicle access from Eastlake Road is restricted by a low bridge.

5.4 Lilford Road (adjacent Carew Street) Again this is unacceptable because it would restrict access to commercial/ industrial premises in Lilford Road and Paulet Road. Goods traffic along the western arms of Lilford Road and Loughborough Road would increase.

5.5 Calais Street (Lothian Road end) The effect would be to divert local traffic into Burton Road and Flodden Road, but it is not clear what benefits are intended. If Lothian Road remains one-way southbound, the number of vehicles turning into Calais Street is limited anyway. It would have been more practical to prevent northbound traffic from cutting through Tindal Street and Myatt Road.

5.6 Padfield Road/ Cambria Road The map provided is ambiguous – it shows Cambria Road and Wanless Road restored as through routes, which we object to. We accept the closure shown in Padfield Road because this blind corner is inherently dangerous, but access needs to remain from both ends in order for business premises to remain accessible. NB - Sites south-east of the Cambria Road railway bridge are outside our area of benefit, and the Herne Hill Society may have their own comments to make.

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E-mail from a Loughborough Junction area worker sent via London Assembly Member

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Email from a Coligny Court Resident

“I am a car owner, I also walk and cycle although I use the car more than I really need to because it’s convenient and I'm lazy. I accept that I need to be persuaded to change my habits for reasons of sustainability, pollution, fitness, congestion etc. Everyone should be considering making fewer car journeys, particularly the shorter ones.

The idea of closing Loughborough Road at to through traffic is principally driven by LJAG in their desire to improve their space, but it is about reduced traffic in the whole Vassall area. The Council will put in the closures, initially temporarily for about 6 months. It is an experiment, instead of traffic modelling because modelling is thought to be too expensive and not very reliable.

Variations to the current plan The whole area should be a designated 20mph zone. The position of the associated closures of Barrington Road, Gordon Grove, Lillford Road and Calais Street, need to be better thought out, moved, made one way or additional one way and/or no entry points added. Various routes via Knatchbull Road and Carew Street through to Mostyn Road and the north end of Loughborough Road are still cross routes for through traffic. The Lambeth / Southwark border of Denmark Rd and Flodden Road will see at lot more traffic as it is the obvious alternate route North for many of the cars that currently come from (and return South to) Dulwich, Herne Hill and beyond. These issues need to be addressed before the closures are put in otherwise the experiment will fail.

This radical project is just a step in improving the streets in our area, it is designed to improve the quality of life for the majority of residents and it deserves a chance based on the facts listed below.

The measures that were consulted on in the Neighbourhood Enhancement Program now ready to go in and will also help. These are not designed to solve the commuter parking problems but will change the way that cars use our roads. The Councillors, Council Officers and all of us know a CPZ is the only thing that will solve the parking issue, but the budget has to be found.”

Email from a Stockwell resident living outside the consultation area

“I am disappointed that a 6 month trial is really being tabled this will impact us in a great way and for it to be for a period of half a year doesn’t seem very “experimental” but real to me and my family. Why is a shorter period of experimental road closures not possible?

I appreciate what you are trying to do with reducing overall traffic but like I said for residents like me who live on the edge of this area this is a really dramatic change. The surrounding main roads you want to direct people to already do not flow.

By way of example, to force locals like myself who wish to travel a couple of streets away, for example from Lorn Road to Herne Hill Road, to go via Brixton or

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Camberwell seems like using a sledge hammer to crack a nut. Brixton is stationary at the best of times in rush hour, as is the Camberwell junction.

In essence what you are doing is preventing any travel in a car that doesn’t take a ridiculous amount of time to go the distance of approximately 1 mile but with no alternative.

Trains simply don’t serve these routes without going back into central London first, for example Victoria or London Bridge, or interchanging first. Nor do buses serve a direct route. Therefore to complete that route via public transport taking a bus a simple TfL search indicates it would take 43 minutes. To put this into perspective that current route takes 3 minutes to drive but would take a long time to walk with three very young children like I have.”

Email from a Loughborough Estate Leaseholder

“I'd like to indicate my support for the proposed plans to improve the public space at Loughborough Junction. In particular, I am in favour of closing a section of Loughborough Road to traffic to make it safer for cyclists and pedestrians.

The area is dirty and could benefit greatly from reduced traffic flow along Loughborough Road and from improved public space. I know some local residents are resistant to change so I wanted to voice my support as a local resident who has lived on the Loughborough Estate for many years. I think it's great that Lambeth Council and the Loughborough Junction Action Group are attempting to improve the area.”

Email from a Calais Street Resident

The closing of Calais streets will heavily penalise locals, without deterring the abundant traffic that is in the area only because drivers are looking for unrestricted parking places.

A much more effective way of reducing traffic in the whole area would be to implement a controlled parking zone from Vassall Road to Myatt's Fields as many cars are in the area because they are looking for a place to park for free.

We live on the Camberwell New Road and I need to use my car several times a day. Parking in the area is painful. The closest for me is Vassall Road, but as it is so difficult to find spaces there I end up quite often on Langton, then Lothian then on Calais Street.

I am vehemently opposed to the closing of Calais Street because of its implications on parking in the above streets. It is already difficult enough to park as it is, but if Calais Street is closed this obviously rules out a lot of parking options for us, but it

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In addition, with Quarters becoming more an more populated as the construction progresses, there will be even more cars clogging up those streets, but no more options to park.

Email from Barrington Road resident

We strongly oppose the proposal to close Loughborough Road. We are unable to attend the event on the 21st September 2014 in Wyck Gardens and therefore are writing to you to advise you to outline our reasons why we strongly oppose the permanent closure of Loughborough Road at the junction for Coldharbour Lane:

Loughborough is a main road and has an extremely high level of traffic especially in rush hour. Busy roads and many side roads link on to Loughborough Road and it would cause chaos for the traffic to be diverted down Barrington Road especially during the morning and evening rush hours.

There is also a weekend evening rush hour. Traffic from/to Milkwood Road would be unable to go straight on.

Traffic from the Camberwell side of Coldharbour lane would be unable to turn into Loughborough Road and vice versa.

Traffic from the Brixton side of Coldharbour Lane would be unable to turn into Loughborough Road and vice versa.

Barrington Road is a residential side road and the main road traffic from Loughborough Road would be forced to drive down it where there are lots of flats and homes with children of all ages who play, mothers with children and the elderly who cross the road. We also do not want to have to dodge traffic, trucks, cyclists, motorbikes etc.

Barrington Road is a side road and it would mean a huge increase in traffic day and night, pollution and noise. Barrington Road is not suitable for artics, trucks, large lorries and vehicles to drive down all day and all night. Noise would be a big issue especially from trucks, artics, lorries, motorbikes etc.

The P5 bus route will also be affected.

The closure of the road seems pointless and we do not see what closing Loughborough Road would achieve except to make life extremely difficult for everyone who lives in the area.

It would also cause problems for the shops and for the railway arches where many businesses are located. People will not be able to park to visit these businesses.

All residents who live on Barrington Road should have been consulted before it even got to this stage as we, as per the beginning of our email, only found out about this

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As we have mentioned in our email we are strongly opposed to the closure of Loughborough Road.

Letter from Remakery

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Appendix D – Consultation publicity material

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Appendix E – Publicity circulated produced by LETRA

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Appendix F – Consultation Area

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Appendix G – Consultation questionnaire

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