Campaigners fighting plans to keep a temporary depot for waste collection vehicles in a residential area of West Norwood will have to wait to find out the outcome of their battle.
A planning applications committee meeting to hear plans to continue to locate refuse vehicles next to the Vale Street recycling depot seems to has been cancelled at the last minute because of council incompetence.
It is understood hard copies of the paperwork for the meeting tomorrow night were not ready in time, which is a legal requirement.
The cancellation has upset residents' plans to protest against plans to locate up to 35 recycling, gritting, park ranger and mobile vehicles next to the Vale Street recycling depot for a further four years.
Residents of Rosendale and Martell roads object to noise and traffic problems from the heavy goods vehicles (HGVs), and have raised safety concerns as they travel on routes containing a number of nurseries and a school.
Lambeth Council stated in 2007 the facility would only exist on the site for two years while a permanent home was secured. Now it says it will not move it while its waste strategy is still being formulated.
Dulwich and West Norwood MP Tessa Jowell and the ward’s councillors have also been campaigning to see the planning permission is not given.
But the council maintains it needs the site, and several others around the borough, with officers recommending the application be approved.
The meeting will now be rescheduled, with July 29 expected to be the new date.
Comments: Our rules
We want our comments to be a lively and valuable part of our community - a place where readers can debate and engage with the most important local issues. The ability to comment on our stories is a privilege, not a right, however, and that privilege may be withdrawn if it is abused or misused.
Please report any comments that break our rules.
Read the rules here