Threat to future Brixton Overground station

[wirewiper]

The proposed - and unpopular - 20-storey Hondo Tower for Brixton could threaten Lambeth Council's stated policy aim of building an Overground station for Brixton, which trains on the Clapham Junction line currently pass through without stopping. 

www.brixtonbuzz.com/2020/10/hondo-tower-threatens-lambeths-transport-policy-commitments-for-a-brixton-overground-connection/

[Busboy105]

Nov 2, 2020 8:44:55 GMT wirewiper said:

The proposed - and unpopular - 20-storey Hondon Tower for Brixton could threaten Lambeth Council's stated policy aim of building an Overground station for Brixton, which trains on the Clapham Junction line currently pass through without stopping. 

www.brixtonbuzz.com/2020/10/hondo-tower-threatens-lambeths-transport-policy-commitments-for-a-brixton-overground-connection/

Surely Lambeth have to win this. This should be higher on the list than a 20 storey tower.

[vjaska]

Nov 2, 2020 9:09:33 GMT Busboy105 said:

Nov 2, 2020 8:44:55 GMT wirewiper said:

The proposed - and unpopular - 20-storey Hondon Tower for Brixton could threaten Lambeth Council's stated policy aim of building an Overground station for Brixton, which trains on the Clapham Junction line currently pass through without stopping. 

www.brixtonbuzz.com/2020/10/hondo-tower-threatens-lambeths-transport-policy-commitments-for-a-brixton-overground-connection/

Surely Lambeth have to win this. This should be higher on the list than a 20 storey tower.

No one in Brixton, including me, wants this but I'd be surprised if Lambeth overturn its construction when the people behind the development are also the people who brought Market Row & Brixton Village a few years ago. Lambeth's transport policy is meaningless, they really couldn't care less about transport in the borough.

[richard]

Nov 2, 2020 10:58:39 GMT vjaska said:

Nov 2, 2020 9:09:33 GMT Busboy105 said:

Surely Lambeth have to win this. This should be higher on the list than a 20 storey tower.

No one in Brixton, including me, wants this but I'd be surprised if Lambeth overturn its construction when the people behind the development are also the people who brought Market Row & Brixton Village a few years ago. Lambeth's transport policy is meaningless, they really couldn't care less about transport in the borough.

Are Lambeth really that bad when it comes to transport? 

[bus12451]

Nov 2, 2020 10:58:39 GMT vjaska said:

Nov 2, 2020 9:09:33 GMT Busboy105 said:

Surely Lambeth have to win this. This should be higher on the list than a 20 storey tower.

No one in Brixton, including me, wants this but I'd be surprised if Lambeth overturn its construction when the people behind the development are also the people who brought Market Row & Brixton Village a few years ago. Lambeth's transport policy is meaningless, they really couldn't care less about transport in the borough.

Lambeth do seem more concerned with cycling and walking in the borough so its no surprise to me if the Overground station isn't a priority. But to be fair I do see alot of cyclists out and about when I'm over there.

[Busboy105]

Nov 2, 2020 16:11:30 GMT richard said:

Nov 2, 2020 10:58:39 GMT vjaska said:

No one in Brixton, including me, wants this but I'd be surprised if Lambeth overturn its construction when the people behind the development are also the people who brought Market Row & Brixton Village a few years ago. Lambeth's transport policy is meaningless, they really couldn't care less about transport in the borough.

Are Lambeth really that bad when it comes to transport? 

They have to be when they’re priorising a building over a station that would bring many benefits.

[vjaska]

Nov 2, 2020 16:35:11 GMT bus12451 said:

Nov 2, 2020 10:58:39 GMT vjaska said:

No one in Brixton, including me, wants this but I'd be surprised if Lambeth overturn its construction when the people behind the development are also the people who brought Market Row & Brixton Village a few years ago. Lambeth's transport policy is meaningless, they really couldn't care less about transport in the borough.

Lambeth do seem more concerned with cycling and walking in the borough so its no surprise to me if the Overground station isn't a priority. But to be fair I do see alot of cyclists out and about when I'm over there.

All Lambeth have ever cared about is getting money and then wasting it hence their love affair with the Kensington crowd aka the yuppies. The problem we have is Labour councillors use Lambeth as a stepping stone hence Lib Peck as a crime tsar (Khan couldn’t pick a worse candidate even if he tried) and Steve Reed taking on the Croydon North area so he can earn more money whilst leaving Lambeth in the lurch in the process.

[vjaska]

Nov 2, 2020 8:44:55 GMT wirewiper said:

The proposed - and unpopular - 20-storey Hondo Tower for Brixton could threaten Lambeth Council's stated policy aim of building an Overground station for Brixton, which trains on the Clapham Junction line currently pass through without stopping. 

www.brixtonbuzz.com/2020/10/hondo-tower-threatens-lambeths-transport-policy-commitments-for-a-brixton-overground-connection/

Lambeth must of been reading this because the unpopular tower has been given the go ahead a day after your post - a petition has been set up to stop the development with it currently on 7,842 signatures - www.change.org/p/cllr-jack-hopkins-leader-of-lambeth-council-stop-hondo-enterprises-building-a-20-storey-tower-in-the-central-brixton-heritage-area

[vjaska]

An update on this - Khan is now apparently having second thoughts over his approval of the tower and another petition is currently active and is over 3,300 signatures strong so far with a 5,000 target. Hopefully, he does reconsider because almost no one wants this building in the area and my future hopes are that Khan then looks at the Overground Station option again which would benefit the area massively.

The new petition is here - www.change.org/p/sadiq-khan-sadiq-khan-stand-with-brixton-stop-taylor-tower-e3e171ec-0bcf-45b7-a47b-b06a3e06f67b?signed=true

[Deleted]

Jan 28, 2021 15:43:05 GMT vjaska said:

An update on this - Khan is now apparently having second thoughts over his approval of the tower and another petition is currently active and is over 3,300 signatures strong so far with a 5,000 target. Hopefully, he does reconsider because almost no one wants this building in the area and my future hopes are that Khan then looks at the Overground Station option again which would benefit the area massively.

The new petition is here - www.change.org/p/sadiq-khan-sadiq-khan-stand-with-brixton-stop-taylor-tower-e3e171ec-0bcf-45b7-a47b-b06a3e06f67b?signed=true

I just don’t get this obsession with building tower blocks in areas that don’t have them already. What’s wrong with starting at smaller blocks and then building up slowly over time rather than slapping huge blocks everywhere. Even in New Malden by the Tesco those proposed these huge blocks that would have stood 10/12 floors when everything else is max 3/4 floors around it.

[ronnie]

Jan 28, 2021 15:57:54 GMT @busenthusiast56 said:

Jan 28, 2021 15:43:05 GMT vjaska said:

An update on this - Khan is now apparently having second thoughts over his approval of the tower and another petition is currently active and is over 3,300 signatures strong so far with a 5,000 target. Hopefully, he does reconsider because almost no one wants this building in the area and my future hopes are that Khan then looks at the Overground Station option again which would benefit the area massively.

The new petition is here - www.change.org/p/sadiq-khan-sadiq-khan-stand-with-brixton-stop-taylor-tower-e3e171ec-0bcf-45b7-a47b-b06a3e06f67b?signed=true

I just don’t get this obsession with building tower blocks in areas that don’t have them already. What’s wrong with starting at smaller blocks and then building up slowly over time rather than slapping huge blocks everywhere. Even in New Malden by the Tesco those proposed these huge blocks that would have stood 10/12 floors when everything else is max 3/4 floors around it.

Or building towers literally on top of each other (come to IoD). I am happy with some towers but here it’s getting overpowering!

[southlondonbus]

Where is the planned location of the Overground station?

[vjaska]

Jan 28, 2021 19:20:36 GMT southlondonbus said:

Where is the planned location of the Overground station?

On Popes Road where Sports Direct currently sits is where the 20 storey tower will be and where the land was earmarked a few years back for an Overground Station location after the old East Brixon idea was deemed too expensive.

This article shows how Lambeth approving the Hondo scheme blatantly goes against their own policies and commitments for transport which for anyone interested, pretty much sums up Lambeth in general - www.brixtonbuzz.com/2020/10/hondo-tower-threatens-lambeths-transport-policy-commitments-for-a-brixton-overground-connection/

[southlondonbus]

Great location. Iv just looked it up. Would have been very close to the other 2 stations to form an interchange. This station would have provide an easy link to Clapham Junction which arguably would have reduced demand on the massively busy Victoria line and Victoria Station as people wanting to get to lets say Gatwick could take the LO to Clapham Junction from Buxton then the mainline rather then having to change at Victoria.