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Steve Chambers @planningtransport.co.uk · 13/10/2026

London reputation continues to worsen.

Any call with 020 London prefix is a scam, have blocked this number.
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Steve Chambers @planningtransport.co.uk · 11/10/2026

Finally, a bit of GBR design that doesn't make me wince.

Network route map with simple clean design and plenty of white space

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Steve Chambers @planningtransport.co.uk · 10/10/2026

Lost Boys movie screening at Santa Carla Margate almost ten years since the last time at Lost Boys Archway. 🧛🦇⚰️

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Steve Chambers @planningtransport.co.uk · 07/10/2026

Unofficial redirection! www.royalmail.com/sites/royalm...

Forwarding - unofficial redirections - We are not under any obligation to do anything with an item that someone requests to be forwarded to another address other than the return to sender address on the cover. We consider these unpaid for, forwarding requests to be a form of unofficial redirections request. Typically in this situation the original address is crossed out and a written request (e.g. "please forward to") is made on the cover to forward the item to another address. This is normally attempted in order to try to get the item to the addressee who has moved to another address. In these situations the person moving should take out a Redirection service with us or provide pre-paid stationery. If we find an item that someone has requested be forwarded to another address then the item may be dealt with or disposed of at our discretion.

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Steve Chambers @planningtransport.co.uk · 06/10/2026

These boat fares have got convoluted. www.thamesclippers.com/commuters/co...

Pay as you go Oyster & Contactless fares
Peak and off-peak pricing applies when paying with Oyster or contactless - touch in and out to be charged correctly.
Day Time Fare
Mon - Fri 06:35 - 09:27 [down arrow] Off peak
Mon - Fri 09:27 - 06:35 [up arrow] Peak
Sat, Sun & bank holidays All day [up arrow] Peak

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Steve Chambers @planningtransport.co.uk · 06/10/2026

Cannot be long for those low rises that look incongruous as you cross the bridge.

Tall building to right and bridge over dock with low rise houses.

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Steve Chambers @planningtransport.co.uk · 05/10/2026

Never tire of the boat. Shame it is getting pricey.

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Steve Chambers @planningtransport.co.uk · 04/10/2026

Three years open. London in 1h23m. Still not a single bus serving the stop outside. Access to those houses is via a dirt path through a field.

Railway station marked Thanet Parkway with huge car park. Access to nearby houses is via a field dirt path.

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Steve Chambers @planningtransport.co.uk · 03/10/2026

Researching something else, stumbled on this. Hyperlocal news, 1890s style.

1890 issue of Brockley News newspaper. The main story is about purchasing Hilly Fields as a public park.

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Steve Chambers @planningtransport.co.uk · 29/09/2026

1945: Churchill did not vote in the Labour landslide election because he was not on the register. He was able to vote in the Westminster City Council election later that year.

MR. CHURCHILL VOTES

Mr. Churchill walked into Caxton

Hall shortly after 5 p.m. and recorded

his vote at the booths for the St.

Margaret's ward of Westminster. He

looked cheerful. He was unable to

vote in the General Election because

his name was not on the register. It

has since been restored.

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Steve Chambers @planningtransport.co.uk · 29/09/2026

1945: The thrifty British sell the contents of the German embassy in London. Sounds like a lovely auction room. 😬

Hitler Lovers
Buy Nazi Flags
London. Nov. 28—(AP)-Two Nazi flags, bought at auction at the former German embassy in London, were apparently on their way tonight to Kingdom house, headquarters of the Legion of Christian Reformers, a new organization which London newspapers said regards Hitler as "a divine instrument."
The flags were removed by a Mr
A. Wilson who said he intended to present them to the. Christian Re-formers, which received wide publicity in British papers yesterday in connec tion with the auction of a huge granite bust of Hitler.
The bust was bought by Capt R.
Gordon-Canning, former member of the British Union of Fascists, for $2000 after spirited bidding. Gordon-Canning, who was imprisoned for two years during the war under defense regulations, told reporters the bust might "go back to Germany in about 25 years time."

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Steve Chambers @planningtransport.co.uk · 26/09/2026

Some of the specifics of the 1960s road proposals. They wanted to build a flyover at Gants Hill. I will now look a little more kindly on this location which is simultaneously a major road junction and town centre. Rejected on amenity grounds, even in the car-brained 1960s.

TRUNK ROUNDABOUT MAY GET " MECCANO-TYPE " FLYOVER

DAILY TELEGRAPH REPORTER

" MECCANO-TYPE " flyover to carry Eastern Avenue over a bottleneck at Gants Hill, Essex, is being considered by the Ministry of Transport. This type of construction was foreseen in

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Steve Chambers @planningtransport.co.uk · 26/09/2026

Current station building has to be the ugliest major station in the country (currently 19th busiest).

A collection of ugly short buildings approximating a railway station.

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Steve Chambers @planningtransport.co.uk · 26/09/2026

Climate change is bad for workers. 👏 Prime Minister tells ITV News London 'lessons must be learned' on bus driver working conditions www.itv.com/news/london/...

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Steve Chambers @planningtransport.co.uk · 24/09/2026

She blocks the path and complains when I walk past.

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Steve Chambers @planningtransport.co.uk · 23/09/2026

Gallows Corner was a safety blackspot from the moment it was built in 1925. They had to build a first aid hut and used scouts.

During daylight hours, a 'scout' from the Automobile Association was posted at Gallows Corner, but after dusk, there was no one to warn drivers.
The need for illuminated warning signs was thought to be essential given the high volumes of traffic and the number of accidents recorded.
Accordingly, posts were erected with a four-sided illuminated sign displaying a red 'X'.
By late 1925 a beam from a light on top of a 9m high post lit up a police constable stationed below regulating the traffic.
A wooden first aid hut was built at Gallows Corner and at another blackspot, the crossroads at Hall Lane, Upminster.
Boy scouts, who had received basic first aid training, were often the first to attend an accident. The infrastructure and resources necessary for dealing with the number of casualties and types of injuries were woefully inadequate at this time.
Pedestrians walking on the road had been a problem on the A127 because footpaths had not been included in the original works.

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Steve Chambers @planningtransport.co.uk · 23/09/2026

Context: some people do live in this locality. Will they be crossing the bridge to have a questionably prepared Negroni?

Mid density yellow brick social housing flats

Advert for a drink being prepared with "shaken not stirred" as a slogan.

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Steve Chambers @planningtransport.co.uk · 23/09/2026

An additional entrance direct to the development is under construction. That end of the development looks very much like walking and public transport are the expected modes.

Bridge under construction over railway tracks between glass brick footbridge and new housing development.

Sign says West Ham in London Underground red/blue roundel.

Artist mock up of new station entrance with people walking

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Steve Chambers @planningtransport.co.uk · 23/09/2026

West Ham Council wanted the station renamed to something else, presumably they didn't want people getting of there and thinking this was it. It finally became useful as an interchange between five lines when the Jubilee line was extended.

A DLR train and a Jubilee train sit at a station with road and car in foreground. In the background are tall buildings.

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Steve Chambers @planningtransport.co.uk · 23/09/2026

West Ham station has an interesting history. Paid for by West Ham football club who then immediately moved away. The railway company didn't want to stop trains here as it was in an industrial area with few homes.

West Ham station. A modern red brick building with glazed brick footbridge above.

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Steve Chambers @planningtransport.co.uk · 23/09/2026

Community severance is an issue here, already dealt with early on via two footbridges with (urine detecting) lifts. Already a convenience store. There were many other shop fronts but no others open.

Footbridge over railway tracks to tall buildings.

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Steve Chambers @planningtransport.co.uk · 23/09/2026

Had a nice look around TwelveTrees Park (Berkeley) / West Ham Village (Peabody). This is a place defined by its connectivity. First thing I noticed is a train arriving or departing every minute.

View of building site from bridge with completed flats to right.

Hoarding gives journey times: 10 minutes to Fenchurch Street, 13 minutes to London Bridge.

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Steve Chambers @planningtransport.co.uk · 22/09/2026

3 July 1970: 99 days after the original Gallows Corner flyover was opened. Thankfully we have learned the lessons from this by now.

The spokesman said: "It's the jams you used to get at Gallows Corner just moved on a few miles. With traffic moving quickly past the corner it is getting to the other roundabouts quickly."

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Steve Chambers @planningtransport.co.uk · 22/09/2026

1938: What an honour for Newbury Park

First Arterial Road Subway.

The first arterial road subway in the country is to be opened by the Minister of Transport at Newbury Park, Essex, on Monday.

It will take pedestrians beneath the Southend arterial road and is likely to act as a pattern for others which it is contemplated building in various parts of the country.

It has taken six months to make and cost £7000 exclusive of land acquisition.

At the same time the provision of dual carriageways on arterial roads and by-passes is to be continued extensively, particularly on the Kingston by-pass, the London-Brighton road, the Sutton by-pass and the Sidcup road.

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Steve Chambers @planningtransport.co.uk · 21/09/2026

Questions to Johnson about Gallows Corner. How many times did he replace their precious flyover?

Questions asked between 2008 and 2016 show 14 questions

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Steve Chambers @planningtransport.co.uk · 21/09/2026

He thinks businesses have gone bust and many more are about to because of roadworks. How fragile the Havering economy must be.

Councillor Keith Prince AM
1h
·
🚦 GALLOWS CORNER IS FINALLY OPEN.
After over a year of disruption, the flyover and roundabout have reopened but for me, this is not the end of the Gallows Corner saga.
Local businesses and residents have paid a heavy price throughout these works. I will continue pressing for proper compensation for those affected, as well as action over the impact the diversions have had on Havering’s roads.

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Steve Chambers @planningtransport.co.uk · 18/09/2026

Everything east of the river is the Havering part. Most of it on that side (sans station) already built. Which bits will be demolished for the new masterplan?

Masterplan of the Beam Park development. A town planning grid with river, homes and open space.

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Steve Chambers @planningtransport.co.uk · 18/09/2026

Wait a second. A new Beam Park masterplan!? That ship has sailed. The development already has planning consent and is in phased delivery. Do they know what a masterplan is? Not to mention it is a cross-boundary project.

Our strategy will be supported by a number of flagship programmes, including:
• Financial Recovery
• Havering Growth Company
transformation
• Reimagined Romford Masterplan led by the Romford Market Renaissance Plan
• A new Beam Park Masterplan
• Re-launch of Invest Havering
• Creating specialist Economic Growth Zones and new Rainham Masterplan

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Steve Chambers @planningtransport.co.uk · 18/09/2026

None of these things are projects. This is a plan to write plans.

Flagship Project: local plan, green Havering programme, neighbourhood health plan, new safer streets plan.

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Steve Chambers @planningtransport.co.uk · 18/09/2026

Live, Laugh, Love but as a strategy.

The Leader of Havering Council has launched the Administration's long-term vision and ambitions for the future of the Borough.
Called 'The Havering Plan 2040' and unveiled at last night's Cabinet Meeting (16 September 2026), it sets out the aspiration of 'Creating London's Super Suburb:
This aspiration will be met by creating the best place in London for residents to LIVE. LEARN. EARN
The best place for businesses to INVEST. GROW. THRIVE.

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Steve Chambers @planningtransport.co.uk · 14/09/2026

Completely erased memory of Cowcross Street being like this.

Street entrance to a city building with ramps for cars

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Steve Chambers @planningtransport.co.uk · 09/09/2026

Reference photo. You have the grim subway for access but you can read a historic plaque.

Bus stop adjacent to dual carraigeway accessed from subway with historic plaque on concrete wall.

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Steve Chambers @planningtransport.co.uk · 09/09/2026

Trying to compete with the Blackwall Tunnel northern approach for bus stop you'd least like to wait at.

Bus stop next to urban motorway with only access via concrete walkways from above.

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Steve Chambers @planningtransport.co.uk · 09/09/2026

Back when the government had to tell us to be divided.

Faded pandemic keep distance sticker on floor

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Steve Chambers @planningtransport.co.uk · 08/09/2026

I've joined <s>Antifa</s> the RNLI. You can too from £4/month or £48/year. rnli.org/pages/member...

Thank you for joining a force for good text overlaid some water and a RNLI lifeboat

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Steve Chambers @planningtransport.co.uk · 07/09/2026

Plastic trim on the edge of the awning cover has perished in the extreme heat and turned brittle. We've only had it for two summers.

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Steve Chambers @planningtransport.co.uk · 05/09/2026

Groans of appreciation for Newbury Park bus station.

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Steve Chambers @planningtransport.co.uk · 05/09/2026

Walthamstow is a rare example of superbia. Didn't make the same carcentric mistakes of other outer London centres who fancied themselves as distinct towns. It is gradually transitioning. Keeping what works and replacing what doesn't. Even the failing mall has been turned around with street food.

Modern flats built around a central green

Mediterranean restaurant with Street tables

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