A van, a plan, a request, Lewisham!

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As topical residents, we’ve been asking the Council to come the difficulty of illicitly parked vans in Brockley for over year. During this time, the difficulty has been effort steadily worse â€" the sort of vans is steadily increasing. Late terminal year, the Council told us that having investigated the complaints, they did not believe that there was whatever difficulty and advisable that we ready a achievement of parking problems, so that they could see for themselves what was attractive place.

With your help, over the terminal whatever weeks, we hit compiled a super enter of photographic evidence, which we module be gift to the Council, as they suggested. There are dozens and dozens of photos aforementioned this one, which should shew beyond every reasonable doubt that there is a difficulty that needs addressing.

The Council is currently struggling to equilibrise its budget. At the aforementioned time, it is outlay roughly £300,000 to attain safety improvements to Brockley Cross. Better parking enforcement in Brockley could support the Council improve more funds while ensuring that the improvements to Brockley Cross are not lost beneath a seafaring of illicitly parked vehicles.

Illegally parked vans are not just bruising to the countenance and see of the area, they alteration another businesses’ trade, obscure sight-lines and block traveller crossover points. In whatever cases, they obligate pedestrians on to the road. They are chanceful and bruising to everyone, regardless of your background. This is not a conservative concern.

We hit two very limited requests for the Council in traffic to this problem:

1. Put sustained pressure on the company answerable for parking enforcement in SE4 to verify state against illicitly parked vehicles in the Atlantic â€" particularly on Coulgate Street, Brockley Cross and Upper Brockley Road, where the problems are most acute.

2. Reconsider its selection to invoke a blindfold eye to the fact that D&M Van Hire unsuccessful to intend planning permission for its duty in Brockley Cross. To intercommunicate to them and communicate them to encounter off-street parking for their growing fast of vehicles, or grappling action.

Both requests only refer the Council enforcing its possess rules, in acceptance of the fact that the failure to do so is harming the area. This is not an anti-van issue â€" answerable legal business practices are fine â€" irresponsible, banned practices are not.

We think the long-term solutions refer performance-related contracts for parking enforcement companies and the part-pedestrianisation of Coulgate Street, but those are issues we are happy to yield for another day. In the immediate future, it needs traffic wardens and planning officers to verify state on behalf of topical people.

Thanks again for your help, we'll let you undergo what salutation we intend from the Council.

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