After nearly a decade of e-scooter usage, including five years of experiencing the largest e-scooter rental scheme in Europe, Paris concluded that it had become too chaotic. As a result, they banned rentals, allowing only privately owned electric scooters. The French capital might be…
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Fish in a Tie, located on Falcon Road SW11, has unfortunately failed…
The well-known local stationery shop in Clapham Junction is set to close…
More than a year after receiving planning permission from Wandsworth Council, just prior to the election, Peabody is now starting on the third and final phase of their redevelopment in…
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There is an interesting little planning application (p.a. 2023/0662) in for the long abandoned and very fragile looking church school at the corner of Boutflower Road and Battersea rise, next…
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In nearly 3 years, we have covered a story from start to full completion. In July 2020 we presented a controversial proposal (2020/3505) to demolish the existing modest 3 bedroom…
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Earlier this month, the new Northcote library opened its doors, replacing its predecessor from the 1960s still standing a few meters away on the other side of the road. The…
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The forthcoming months should see some changes with the Lidl store in Clapham Junction. In June 2022 a plan (planning application 2022/0497) was approved to refurbish the store with a…
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A new planning application has been submitted for a development on the Springfield site seeking permission to build an additional 449 residential units, in addition to the 839 already being…
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The renovation of Arding & Hobbs is advancing rapidly, with the new roof structure and part of the updated facade now visible to all, particularly with the renovated TK-Maxx section. Sascha Lewin,…
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The supermarket is not hiding trolleys; they simply don’t have any more. Trolleys disappearing has always been a problem, and that’s why they introduced a £1 lock to release a trolley two years ago. However, the store manager explained that…
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Following a consultation organised last summer, ahead of a plan to scrap bus routes in order to save money, TfL has published their decision. They have decided to only cut…
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Network Rail has announced a £35 million pound investment for Clapham Junction station aiming to improve passenger experience and reduce congestion. The improvement project has actually already started and should…
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A consultation on plans to expand the Ultra Low Emission Zone (ULEZ) to cover almost the whole of the capital from 29 August 2023 has been launched and will run…
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22 London bus routes could be axed as Transport for London (TfL) has announced the biggest set of cuts in decades. C3, N31 and 49 routes from Clapham Junction and…
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Judi Gasser asked to meet in Tooting Common as she could bring her young but energetic tall grey mix Spaniel and Lurcher (which she referred to as a ‘Splurcher’!). It…
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On the first days of December, Asda removed all mature trees along Dorothy road properties, without any warning nor proposal to mitigate the loss.…
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Planning Application 2021/4548 has been submitted for erection a digital display screen on the side building of 42 Lavender Hill, on Ashley Crescent’s side of block. The proposal for the…
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Part of July saw heavy rain in London, and images of flash flooding made the news headlines. According to BBC news, parts of south-west London including Barnes, Raynes Park…
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Amie Buhari is a charming and sweet young woman who makes you wonder where she hides all this energy to dedicate her life to helping young people. Founder & Chief…
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It’s 11.30am and the temperature is much milder than it was a few weeks ago in Clapham Junction. The back of Bramlands Close, a series of small buildings nested between…
Continue Reading »Author: Cyril Richert Wandsworth Council has just received a damning report from Ofsted saying that vulnerable young people are being put at risk by “serious failings” in children’s services and that “there…
Continue Reading »Author: Cyril Richert A while ago (2011) we published a few articles on school campaign in Clapham Junction. This was mainly triggered by both the successful campaign to open a…
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A small increase in the Council Tax would be considered by many as a tour de force, as the new council has implemented many new projects since coming to power in May 2022.…
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The new members for the different Council Committees have been announced. The chairs of those committees will complement the Cabinet figureheads, overseeing their policies. For example, Aydin Dikerdem, Cabinet lead for housing, will have his work scrutinised by the housing…
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Our local news magazine about Clapham Junction and around is renamed Clapham Junction Insider (CJI).…
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You are currently browsing the new CJAG website. We want CJAG News to be the hub of local news for the area of Clapham Junction and beyond, covering topics on…
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CJAG has setup a channel on YouTube to host our videos. It includes: Public meetings organised by CJAG Special events and meetings Council speeches Planning application decisions …and some others…
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After 1 hour of thirty six minutes of debates at the last meeting of the year a few days ago, Councillor Ravi Govindia, leader of Wandsworth Council, gave his view…
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The biannual planning forum, the informal information sharing group organised by the Council for community representatives, was organised on video-call a few days ago (for the third time since July…
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On Wednesday 1st July was organised the Planning Forum meeting. For special times come special meetings and for the first time the meeting was organised fully remote, using Microsoft Team…
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Exactly 13 months have passed since the last Planning forum meeting, and this delay is not due to Covid, but apparently due to the new administration taking place after Labour…
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The biannual planning forum, the informal information sharing group organised by the Council for community representatives, was organised on video-call a few days ago (for the fourth time since July…
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Wandsworth Council has decided to scrap the budget allocated to the weekend “pedestrianised” zone in Northcote Road, which means that the experiment of “al fresco” weekends in the popular street…
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