Oval to Stockwell Low Traffic Neighbourhood Stage One Monitoring Report

A report on the impact of the Oval to Stockwell low traffic neighbourhood. This stage one report is part of our continuous monitoring of the scheme.

Community feedback

Low traffic neighbourhoods are part of our vision for a transport network which is inclusive and has a positive impact on quality of life and the environment. It is important that we are able to balance the needs of our diverse community, so we wanted to understand initial perceptions of the LTNs. 

Due to the need to act swiftly we did not carry out a formal consultation however we did carry out a number of initial engagement exercises

We gathered feedback in a variety of formats including:

  • speaking to statutory consultees such as the emergency services 
  • we undertook some face-to-face engagement with local stakeholders
  • we undertook virtual engagement with local groups
  • we visited and spoke to local businesses
  • we heard from local action groups 
  • The community could engage with us by:
    • Phone, the number for which was advertised on the letter and on posters throughout the neighbourhood
    • Email
    • Commonplace
    • Through local representatives such as ward councillors and local MPs
    • Post

Community feedback stage one methodology

An overview for the methodology used to analyse community feedback. 

Analysis methodology

Feedback via councillors, our online consultation platform and public enquiries have been analysed by officers. All qualitative data received between 19 May 2020 and 29 January 2021 were analysed including:

Commonplace:

  • 725 respondents who made 765 comments on the Oval to Stockwell Triangle Low Traffic Neighbourhood Commonplace
  • 26% comments from outside the LTN, 38% from within the LTN and 36% from an undisclosed address
  • All comments were analysed by theme, traffic filter and sentiment

Email and telephone:

  • 46 individual correspondence
  • All emails to the lowtrafficneighbourhoods@lambeth.gov.uk are assigned to an officer
  • Emails were recorded by summary, themes covered and any location specific details
  • Where necessary, site-specific improvements were raised with project managers
  • Any equalities concerns identified were recorded as part the equalities impact assessment monitoring

External sources of feedback: 

  • Petitions and feedback provided by councillors as well as ‘One Oval’ and ‘Save Oval Streets’ made up of Residents’ Associations (IMPACT, TARA, ASSA, FARA), representatives from estates and volunteers from the Oval Triangle have also been taken into account in the analysis

These sources of feedback have been used to analyse the benefits, concerns and suggested improvements for each traffic filter and the scheme as a whole.