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Polluters to cough up as Lewisham Council backs new parking charges

by Darryl Chamberlain January 16, 2020July 19, 2023

New parking charges have been approved by Lewisham Council in an attempt to improve air quality and tackle the climate emergency. The new banded prices, which were agreed by elected mayor Damien Egan and his cabinet last night, will come into effect in April. They mean drivers of electric cars who need parking permits […]

Polluters to cough up as Lewisham Council introduces £60 idling fines

by Bridie Witton, Local Democracy Reporter September 23, 2019July 19, 2023

Drivers who leave their vehicles idling for more than three minutes in the borough of Lewisham are to be stung with a £60 fine, a move which councillors hope will improve air quality. Lewisham Council’s cabinet gave the green light to the new fine at a meeting last week, which will be enforced by December […]

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Polluters could pay more to park in Lewisham borough

by Bridie Witton, Local Democracy Reporter March 28, 2019July 19, 2023

Lewisham Council plans to introduce increased parking charges for more polluting vehicles as well as a diesel surcharge, which it hopes will help cut the borough’s pollution levels. Transport cabinet member Brenda Dacres announced the “bold policy” at a cabinet meeting, with the proposals due to go out for public consultation in the summer. Residents’ permits […]

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£11k needed for hearing into South Circular air pollution death after legal aid refusal

by Bridie Witton, Local Democracy Reporter January 21, 2019July 19, 2023

Hither Green mother and clean air campaigner Rosamund Kissi-Debrah is one step closer to a new inquest into her daughter’s death – but needs to raise £11,000 in four weeks to apply to the High Court. Ella Kissi-Debrah died in February 2013 from acute respiratory failure after years of coughing fits and seizures, and 27 […]

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Greenwich cruise liner terminal pollution: A warning from Sydney

by Darryl Chamberlain April 18, 2016July 19, 2023

7pm update: A High Court judge today allowed the judicial review against Greenwich Council’s decision to proceed. Greenwich Council said it was “disappointed at the further delay“. On Tuesday morning, a High Court judge will hear an application to hold a judicial review into Greenwich Council’s decision to allow the London City Cruise Port to […]