Monthly Archives: January 2025

New tree planting initiative for our communities

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Myatt’s Fields is to benefit from the latest phase in Lambeth’s tree-planting initiative.

The Myatt’s Fields South estate is the big local winner — 30 trees are planned to be planted there.

Elsewhere, there will be 16 new plantings in Myatt’s Fields Park itself, and another in nearby Calais Gate and Coligny Court.

The council’s tree-planting target is 1700 — or more — across Lambeth this season. Four hundred have already been completed, and 182 stumps have been removed.

The council is working with both Street Trees for Living and Action for conservation to deliver planting in and around schools. Street Trees For Living are working with Lambeth Primary Schools to plant in and around their sites, whilst Action For Conservation will run a days environmental action programme with pupils from Lillian Baylis Technical College that will culminate with them collaborating with planting trees in Vauxhall Pleasure Gardens with Lambeth Tree Service and contractors Street Ltd.

Cllrs Annie Gallop and Paul Gadsby said:

“We are very happy to see more tree planting throughout Myatt’s Fields!”

Local police announce first public liaison meeting of the year

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Myatt’s Fields local police team is inviting residents to meet them at their first Safer Neighbourhood Team panel of 2025.

The panel – at which the local team answer questions about local crime and safety issues – will take place at the Myatt’s Fields North community centre on February 12th at 7pm.

At the last meeting, new policing priorities were set by local people – they were:

  • Anti-social behaviour, including drug dealing, on the Myatt’s Fields North estate
  • Positive engagement with local young people
  • Violent crime, including robbery in the Ward.

Earlier this month the team reported that three suspects had been arrested and bailed following a robbery in Patmos Road on Christmas Eve.

The Myatt’s officers say they are working with the Met’s robbery team in the investigation, and intend to have Community Behaviour Orders imposed to ban the suspects from the area.