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STOCKWELL PARK RESIDENTS' ASSOCIATION
COMMITTEE MEETING

Wednesday 8 September 2003 at 28 Stockwell Park Crescent

Present: Elizabeth Aves, Amanda Cornish, Simon Doff, Anthony Gladstone-Thompson (chairman), Caroline Hirst.

Apologies for absence: Gill and William Wayne

Minutes of the last meeting: Approved.

Treasurer?s report: The activities of the Summer Festival had raised ?878. With a current balance of ?1899, it was agreed to keep a float of approximately ?500 and award donations of ?1400 to local charities. These agreed as follows:

Caroline Hirst to ascertain current position with the Stockwell Park Crescent Home. Treasurer Simon Doff will forward cheques to the charities.

Newsletter: Elizabeth Aves to prepare copy for a newsletter to be published in first week of October. Darius and Jenny Poli are kindly assisting with layout and production. Next newsletter to be targeted for end of week commencing 17 November.

2003/4 SPRA Dates:

Christmas Party: Confirmed on Tuesday 9 December, with children?s entertainment between 6 and 7 pm, and adults at 7.30.

AGM: Thursday 20 May 2004

Summer Festival: Friday 18 June - Sunday 20 June 2004

Street Lighting:

North Lambeth Area Committee to be held on 4 September when decisions on lighting may be taken. Agreed that the number one goal short term is to improve current lighting. Also agreed that Edmund Bird at Lambeth should be encouraged to include street lighting in the conservation assessment which he is currently undertaking.

Planning and Environment:

189/191 Clapham Road (Scotts former site): A new application has been made, reducing proposed height of the building from 8 storeys to 7.

Trees: News awaited about pruning of trees at rear of Stockwell Park Road gardens. In the meantime, Anthony Gladstone-Thompson is to query rights of residents who have third party trees overpowering their properties.

62 Stockwell Park Road: Noted that a parking space has been created in the front garden of this property and that there are concerns that it is being used for commercial purposes.

Neighbourhood Watch: Noted that the police have recently issued notices to travellers at Stockwell tube station containing hints for personal safety when in the street. Agreed to include edited version in the newsletter.

Residents? guidelines: Elizabeth Aves highlighted an initiative of the Bedford Park Society to produce logbooks of each house and notes of how to look after properties in a conservation area. Whilst not recommending individual logbooks for houses in this area, she recommended considering production of SPRA guidelines on conservation area properties and how to maintain and upgrade them. Liz to investigate and make recommendations.

Date of next meeting: Tuesday 7 October at 7.30 pm at Simon Doff at 22 Burnley Road.

Thank you Anthony for hosting this meeting.