Failed Lottery Bid [Archive]

timothysutton1

07-09-2006, 11:50

Just read this as a footnote on the BrixtonNet monthly bulletin:

Brixton Business Forum will also be urging Lambeth Council to keep the momentum going to make rebuild Brixton market following the unsuccessful bid to the Big Lottery Fund for £20 million for improvements to the town centre.

Does anyone have any more info on this?

tarannau

07-09-2006, 12:01

Nothing to add but a :(

If there's anything Brixton needs, it's for the market to get a real shot of investment.

poster342002

07-09-2006, 12:03

If there's anything Brixton needs, it's for the market to get a real shot of investment.
Is it me or does there seem to be far fewer stalls on the market now than before? The bit to the left of Atlantic road seems almost derelict.

OpalFruit

07-09-2006, 12:06

The grant is called Living Landmarks. My understanding is that Lambeth applied as a way to attract money for the overall Re-Vitalise programme, in which the market is highlighted for some improvement.

I think the succesful bids were all outside London - things like a 'Robin Hood Centre' in Nottingham or Sherwood Forest.

Winot

07-09-2006, 12:11

OpalFruit

07-09-2006, 12:13

So robbing the poor to give to the rich then.

:D

jpm

07-09-2006, 12:41

This is how the SLP reported it

http://icsouthlondon.icnetwork.co.uk/southlondonpress/lambeth/tm_objectid=17621314%26method=full%26siteid=50100%26headline=market%2ds%2dcash%2dbid%2d%2dhigh%2drisk%2d-name_page.html

timothysutton1

07-09-2006, 12:49

...SLP report...

Thanks jpm :)

memespring

07-09-2006, 14:04

Its a bit shame, as councillors and market traders seemed to put alot into this. To be honest I can see why the Big Lottery Fund didnt see it as a safe bet though. There are two many stakeholders (crap term i know) who wont buy into stuff like this e.g.:

- Electric Lane ended up being left out of the market repaving recently because Thames water said they couldent afford to do the nessesary drainage work.

- The large advert on the top of iceland is held up by scaffoling from within hte empty buildings on electric avenue requireing all the windows to be open. The water damage will do the building no good, (although that is probably in the interest of the owners).

- The dodgier shop owners are still breaking planning permission left right and center.

timothysutton1

07-09-2006, 15:42

...too many stakeholders...

I see what you mean. So the reality is that until someone owns a big enough chunk of the market nothing will change. Good or bad thing? Debateable.

How much is owned by Lambeth and how much is private? Do you know?

OpalFruit

07-09-2006, 17:13

It wouldn't be too deluded to speculate that Lambeth's financial management of big grants is 'risky', would it? Following Brixton Challenge, for e.g.

Apparantly numbers of stalls in the market are dwindling.

The market keeps a lot of friendly activity on the street - Brixton would be a very diferent place without it :(

memespring

07-09-2006, 17:39

By steakholder i didnt mean who owns the buildings, rather everyone who plays a part in the life of the place.

Bob

07-09-2006, 20:45

I see what you mean. So the reality is that until someone owns a big enough chunk of the market nothing will change. Good or bad thing? Debateable.

How much is owned by Lambeth and how much is private? Do you know?

I think that most or all of the covered markets are owned privately by an company called something like Atlantic investments...

OpalFruit

08-09-2006, 13:23

I think that most or all of the covered markets are owned privately by an company called something like Atlantic investments...

It was Alantic Estates. But the covered markets have just been sold, I'm not sure who to.

The Living Landmarks bid was for the street market - managed for Lambeth by StreetCare. The money would have provided attractive weatherproof canopies, restoration of Victorian Frontages in the market area and some other things.