supporting nature in southwark
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IWM stands for Integrated Weed Management, and is considered the most ecologically friendly and practical way to deal with plants popping up in unexpected places. It means land managers combine an increased tolerance for wild plants with mechanical and other non-chemical weed removal strategies. This enables the banning of glyphosate and other toxins, except as …
The following comments were submitted to Southwark’s planning application website, in defense of the small woodland located between Lomond Grove and Brisbane Street, in Camberwell. Thank you all for speaking up. Keep up the great work! Comment submitted date: Thu 30 Sep 2021Protecting open spaces in a dense urban environment is part of the measures …
In your own words – SNAVers defend public green space and urban woodlands Read More »
31 August 2021To Tim BostridgeHead of DevelopmentNew Homes Development Team, Housing and Modernisation Dear Mr BostridgeNew council homes on Lomond Grove, SE5 Thank you for your letter of 29 July in response to our objections to SouthwarkCouncil’s planned development (21/AP/1981) and the petition* against it.While we welcome plans for new landscaping and an improved children’s playarea in …
SNAV letter to Tim Bostridge, Head of Development, Southwark New Homes Development team Read More »
Southwark Council has submitted a planning application to build 22 council homes on Lomond Grove in Camberwell, part of the Elmington estate, behind 61-91 Brisbane Street. Inside this walled-off area, currently padlocked and neglected, is a pocket of urban woodland with at least 20 mature trees – mainly sycamore but also ash, crab apple and cherry. All of the trees …