Improving the Streatham Hub Development

One of the major issues in Streatham continues to be the Streatham Hub development, which will see one of the biggest Tesco superstores in London, as well as a replacement ice rink and leisure centre.

Years of neglect of both Streatham ice rink and Streatham Leisure centre meant that the Council was in a very weak position to negotiate with Tesco, and many people in the local community feel that they are being short-changed.

There are a number of specific concerns including:

- The inaccessibility of the new leisure centre
- The way workers are treated by Tesco
- The removal of the steam room and sauna which were in the old leisure centre, but will not be in the new one
- The detrimental impact on small businesses in the area and the environment
- The broken promise of a new town square which is not in the plans
- The absence of solar panels in the new development

You can read a bit more about the concerns here. We have launched a '3S petition' to get the sauna, steam room and solar panels installed. We also got a review of the accessibility of the new hub. We will keep you updated with progress on this blog.