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Our aims

• We aim to improve the quality of life in Clapham and strengthen its identity and sense of community
• We seek to promote excellence in new developments as well as conservation of the best features of the past
• We want Clapham to be a vibrant, exciting and safe place to live, with job opportunities and good shopping and leisure amenities

• We fight to protect the special character of Clapham, its conservation areas and buildings of historic and architectural interest
• We are consulted on current planning and development proposals and, if necessary, present evidence to formal planning enquiries
• We run a programme of events including talks on local and wider London topics, and walks around Clapham which focus on new developments as well as local history
• We produce and distribute to members and key local people a regular newsletter giving information and opinions on current and impending issues and events
• We foster and maintain constructive relationships with Lambeth councillors and officers, including particularly the Clapham Town Centre Manager, in order to present effectively the views of the Society and its members
• We liaise and consult with other amenity groups
• We publish books about the area and its history, guided walk leaflets and cards. Please click here for details.
• We organise parties for new members and social gatherings for members and their guests in houses and gardens of interest
• We run a local history group

• The local authorities have a statutory duty to consult us on planning and licensing matters. Our Planning Sub-Committee draws on a wealth of professional expertise and experience to comment on planning applications and developments and to give evidence at public enquiries.

• Our Common and Open Spaces Sub-Committee is dedicated to securing the future of Clapham’s most precious asset. It advises on its maintenance and improvement for sport and wildlife and on the preservation of its character. We have developed a Code of Practice which seeks to improve the management of events on the Common and to ban those the scale or nature of which makes them inappropriate.

• Our Roads and Transport Sub-Committee reviews and, where necessary, challenges transport issues, taking into account the interests of people who live, work, walk, use public transport, cycle and drive in the area.

The Secretary: Jill Cramphorn, 552 Wandsworth Road, London SW8 3JX.

(Tel: 020 7720 3343 Email: jfcram@waitrose.com)

For Membership : Jennifer Everett, 30 Trinity Close, London SW4 0JD

(Tel: 020 7627 4770)

For Publications: Alyson Wilson, 22 Crescent Grove, London SW4 7AH

(Tel: 020 7622 6360 Fax: 020 7622 7899 Email: alysonwilson.sw4@virgin.net)