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3 weeks ago | 
brixtonbuzz.com | Jason Cobb
Lambeth Council has granted official permission for the 2025 Lambeth Country Show to go ahead in Brockwell Park this weekend — just two days before the beloved event is due to begin. The late sign-off echoes concerns about last minute decision making that surrounded the Council’s handling of this year’s Brockwell Live series. However, unlike the more controversial commercial festivals, the Lambeth Country Show is widely regarded as a cornerstone of the borough’s community calendar.
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3 weeks ago | 
brixtonbuzz.com | Jason Cobb
Campaigners battling the commercialisation of Brockwell Park are preparing to launch a fresh legal challenge against Lambeth Council, accusing the local authority of ignoring a recent High Court judgment and pressing ahead with plans for major private events in the South London green space.
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4 weeks ago | 
brixtonbuzz.com | Jason Cobb
Lambeth Council has approved a two-year, £96,000 contract with a tech firm to introduce artificial intelligence (AI) into one of the most sensitive areas of local authority provision: adult and children’s social care. The technology, called Magic Notes, is developed by Beam AI and uses generative AI to automatically transcribe and summarise social care meetings. Its implementation aims to reduce administrative burdens on frontline staff and improve the quality and timeliness of official records.
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1 month ago | 
brixtonbuzz.com | Jason Cobb
A major redevelopment of the depot buildings at Myatt’s Fields Park in Lambeth is set to be approved, promising to deliver a new community hub with facilities for events, training, and enterprise. The £826,000 project will be led by Ammcass Construction Engineering Group and is due to begin in June 2025, with completion expected by April 2026.
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1 month ago | 
brixtonbuzz.com | Jason Cobb
As Wide Awake Festival gets underway in Brockwell Park on Friday, campaigners from Protect Brockwell Park have made clear that the legal battle surrounding Brockwell Live is far from finished – despite a last-minute approval from Lambeth Council that appears aimed at keeping the show on the road.
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1 month ago | 
brixtonbuzz.com | Jason Cobb
We’ve brought you the Great Wall of Brockwell and its associated ‘messaging’ this week – how about another walled area in Brockwell Park? If it’s the week of RHS Chelsea a few miles away, then it must also mean that it’s time for a Brixton Buzz annual shifty around the brilliant Brockwell Walled Garden. This year was particularly magical. Finding some solace and escape in Brockwell Park right now is very much needed.
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1 month ago | 
brixtonbuzz.com | Jason Cobb
In a move critics have slammed as rushed and opaque, Lambeth Council has approved a new certificate of lawfulness for the Brockwell Live festivals — just hours before the first event, Wide Awake, opens its gates in Brockwell Park on Friday. The announcement, made late on Thursday, leaves virtually no time for meaningful public scrutiny or legal challenge, and has sparked renewed accusations that the Council is attempting to rush through contentious planning decisions under cover of urgency.
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1 month ago | 
brixtonbuzz.com | Jason Cobb
Come with me… as the Insta crowd are fond of saying ahead of serving up another LOOK AT ME reel of their latest shopping mall trip. But that’s not quite the Brixton Buzz style. Nope. Instead, we have fifty snaps showcasing beauty of our South Lambeth patch on an early summer sunshine afternoon. We’ll take you from Sunny Stockwell, through Brixton and up towards Brockwell Park. It’s hardly unfamiliar territory, but it’s a route we alway enjoy walking – always different, always the same etc.
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1 month ago | 
brixtonbuzz.com | Jason Cobb
Lambeth Council has confirmed it did not use covert surveillance powers under the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000 (RIPA) during the 2024/25 financial year – but senior officers say the authority continues to maintain the legal framework should it need to act in future.
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1 month ago | 
brixtonbuzz.com | Jason Cobb
With just days to go before the gates open for the first Brockwell Live event, Lambeth Council has awarded a £330,000 contract to Summer Events Ltd to manage this year’s Lambeth Country Show. This was always a foregone conclusion and one that raises fresh questions about accountability, planning, and public trust.
