A message from Friends of the Durning Library

The Durning Library is an important part of our local community.

Lambeth Council is currently considering the future organisation of its library service. We know that there are to be severe budget cuts and if the community does not step in, our library may not survive.

As the library’s Friends, we need your help to decide how best to plan for its future, and so we need to hear your views, whether or not you use the library.

Please complete this short survey by clicking on the link below – it will not take long and it is important that as many local people as possible have their say.

www.durninglibraryfriends.org.uk/survey

Paper copies are available at the Durning library if needed, or you can download a PDF version from the website. Please complete the survey by 30th January. And please forward it to anyone else you think might be interested.

We shall be holding a public meeting at the Durning Library on Monday
27 February to enable everyone to give us their views and the results of the survey will contribute to this discussion.

So, PLEASE complete this questionnaire, either on paper or on-line, and return it to us by Monday 30 January.

Thank you in advance,

Priscilla Baines
Chairman, Friends of the Durning Library

Friends of Durning Library

(Our brand new website www.durninglibraryfriends.org.uk is now live – visit it to complete the questionnaire and to find out what is going on at the Durning library).

Planning application for 30-60 South Lambeth Road

An application has been received, following public consultation for:

Redevelopment of the existing site to provide a 32 storey mixed-use building comprising new leisure uses (swimming pool & gymnasium) and 572 units for student residential accommodation. Provision of refuse and cycle storage, disabled parking and associated landscaping.

http://planning.lambeth.gov.uk/publicaccess/tdc/DcApplication/application_detailview.aspx?caseno=LV83R5BOHV000

Email any comments to jfullelove@lambeth.gov.uk

Let us know your thoughts on the development on ovallabour@gmail.com

Update of the Fire License Review

As we've previously mentioned the Metropolitan Police asked Lambeth Council to review Fire nightclubs license. We submitted our views, noting our desire for Fire to be a better neighbour to residents and spoke on the day for residents.

The committee ruled that Fire should loose its license for 6 weeks and a number of conditions were added to the license. The club was closed until 15th December 2011.

As part of the concessions from the club they committed to sharing the numbers of the duty manager residents so they could be contacted whenever the club is open. The numbers are:

07500668547 and 02077355676

Full details of the decision can be found here: http://www.lambeth.gov.uk/moderngov/ieDecisionDetails.aspx?ID=2387