Another Lambeth cock-up delays games area
Bungling Labour Lambeth has had to knock back its own planning application for a kids' games area because it was so badly drafted.
The council's planning department turned down an application from Lambeth's housing department to create a multi-use games area (MUGA) on council land in Vale Street, West Norwood.
The application was ruled "invalid" because it lacked even the most basic information and contained a catalogue of cock-ups. Whole sections of the application are incorrect and incomplete and it does not include essential information, such as a traffic management plan.
It is the latest blunder in the long-running saga of the Vale Street MUGA which has been delayed for years because of council red tape. A new location had to be found for the sports and play area after Labour councillors decided to locate dustcarts on the original site last year.
Earlier this year the Labour MP for Dulwich & West Norwood said local kids should visit the Brixton Rec - a 40 minute bus journey - if they wanted to play.
Conservative councillor Suzanne Poole, who has been working with residents to secure a MUGA for local residents, said: "I can't believe the council has made yet another major mistake.
"We have now had betrayal, followed by delays and waste, followed by misguided policy, followed by this latest cock-up.
"Norwood is badly lacking in children’s play areas, yet the Labour administration cannot even submit a planning application that is acceptable to itself."
The council's planning department turned down an application from Lambeth's housing department to create a multi-use games area (MUGA) on council land in Vale Street, West Norwood.
The application was ruled "invalid" because it lacked even the most basic information and contained a catalogue of cock-ups. Whole sections of the application are incorrect and incomplete and it does not include essential information, such as a traffic management plan.
It is the latest blunder in the long-running saga of the Vale Street MUGA which has been delayed for years because of council red tape. A new location had to be found for the sports and play area after Labour councillors decided to locate dustcarts on the original site last year.
Earlier this year the Labour MP for Dulwich & West Norwood said local kids should visit the Brixton Rec - a 40 minute bus journey - if they wanted to play.
Conservative councillor Suzanne Poole, who has been working with residents to secure a MUGA for local residents, said: "I can't believe the council has made yet another major mistake.
"We have now had betrayal, followed by delays and waste, followed by misguided policy, followed by this latest cock-up.
"Norwood is badly lacking in children’s play areas, yet the Labour administration cannot even submit a planning application that is acceptable to itself."
Labels: Gipsy Hill ward, Labour Lambeth, MUGA, Planning, Play, Suzanne Poole, Vale Street
posted by Cllr John Whelan on Tuesday, April 15, 2008
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