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Soho is the worst place to sell a property in London: but what's the best?

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Soho is the worst place to sell a property in London: but what's the best? - Evening Standard

While there’s plenty of talk about a return to office working and the resurgence of city living, a recent report by Quick Move Now and Home.co.uk lays bare how tough it still is to sell a property in London.

The figures revealed the locations across the UK, where it takes the longest and shortest time to sell, based on the number of days a property is on the market.

Streatham Wells: Sadiq Khan 'applauds' suspension of LTN but says it is not precedent for other removals

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Khan 'applauds' suspension of LTN but says it's not precedent for other removals - Evening Standard

The mayor said Lambeth Council had created ‘brilliant’ LTNs elsewhere, but the Streatham Wells scheme had ‘unintended consequences’

Noah Vickers8 March 2024

Sadiq Khan has “applauded” Lambeth Council for suspending a controversial low traffic neighbourhood (LTN), while dismissing the idea it could set a precedent for the removal of similar schemes.

The mayor said it was clear the Streatham Wells LTN had caused “unintended consequences” and that it was the right decision to suspend it, but suggested that its problems were due to exceptional circumstances.

Low traffic neighbourhood in Lambeth suspended after Sadiq Khan admits it caused 'huge problems'

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Low traffic neighbourhood in Lambeth suspended after Sadiq Khan admits it caused 'huge problems' - Evening Standard

A bus reportedly took more than two hours to travel less than three miles on the A23

Ross Lydall @ RossLydall8 March 2024

A low traffic neighbourhood (LTN) scheme is to be scrapped after being blamed for causing horrendous congestion on a main road in south London.

Lambeth Council said it would suspend the Streatham Wells LTN after a bus was reported to have taken more than two hours to travel less than three miles on the A23.

The council’s U-turn comes a week after Mayor Sadiq Khan admitted the LTN was “not working” and was “causing huge problems”.

Sadiq Khan says changes coming 'ASAP' to LTN where bus took two hours to travel three miles

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Sadiq Khan says changes coming 'ASAP' to two hour bus ride LTN - Evening Standard

Mayor of London Sadiq Khan has said changes are coming “ASAP” to a low traffic neighbourhood which has fueled so much congestion that one bus took two hours to travel three miles.

Traffic has reportedly become so bad around the Streatham Wells Low Traffic Neighbourhood (LTN) that buses have to be diverted at peak times, or navigate through the zone itself, to avoid gridlock.

Transport for London (TfL) data showed one bus took 121 minutes to travel 2.9 miles as the A23, which runs along one side of the LTN, became so congested.

Bus takes two hours to travel three miles through congestion fuelled by new low-traffic neighbourhood

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One half-an-hour bus journey took four times as long near the LTN

Jacob Phillips27 February 2024

A London bus took two hours to travel three miles through congestion fuelled by a new low-traffic neighbourhood, figures have revealed.

Traffic has reportedly become so bad around the Streatham Wells Low Traffic Neighbourhood (LTN) that buses have to be diverted at peak times, or navigate through the zone itself, to avoid gridlock.