Tooting

What you said

People

• More police presence needed, especially between 11.30pm and 3am

• Tooting High Street has intimidating groups of people 

• Tooting Broadway does not feel safe due to begging, anti-social behaviour and drug dealing

• Women receive unwanted attention at bus stops on Mitcham Road near Tooting Broadway Station

• Anti-social behaviour on Mitcham Road, Rogers Road, Cowick Road, Firecroft Road, the area outside Sainsbury’s, Salvador Passage, the passage leading to Sainsbury’s from Tooting High Street and the area outside McDonalds

• The footpath between Tooting Athletics Track and Thrale Road attracts intimidating people on benches

• Shops and take-away establishments can act as safe havens from threat of violence or robbery

• Street drinking ban needed

• More help for rough sleepers

Place

• Tooting has many trendy places to visit

• More green and outdoor space needed for use in the evening

• Tooting High Street and Tooting Bec has a lot of litter and fly-tipping

• The footpath between Tooting Athletics Track and Thrale Road needs lights to come on earlier in winter 

• Derelict phone boxes attract anti-social behaviour

• Corner of Noyna Road feels unsafe

• Lack of public toilets

• Potters Lane underpass needs to be brightened up 

• Nutwell Street - from the Little Taperia to the end of the street by the park is dark and feels unsafe

• The Common is dark at night and feels unsafe

• More use of the Common at night, like introducing a skate park or letting businesses experiment with uses like food markets 

• The Commons is a green and natural open space that has peace and quiet, and should keep it that way

Economy

• You like Tooting and Broadway Markets 

• Fast food delivery drivers and mopeds present anti-social behaviour and block pavements 

• Residents must be considered when adding more entertainment venues, with strict noise regulation

• Rubbish and food waste from the markets and cafes

• Larger coffee shops with more seating should be introduced as alternatives to pubs and restaurants

• More music venues and an LGBTQI+ venue needed

• Taxi drivers use quiet corner in Kenlor Road cul-de-sac as a bin and urinal

Transport

• Cycling

  • Improve segregated cycle lane provision around Tooting and Tooting Common

  • Encourage considerate cycling through Tooting Common 

  • Need more e-bikes and dockless parking space provision, especially at stations like Tooting Bec for women to cycle home safely from the station

• Public transport

  • No lift at Tooting Broadway station acts as a barrier to travel for those with mobility issues

  • Place more lights at bus stops and surrounding trees on south side of Tooting Common

• Private transport

  • Cars often go through the no entry sign on Fircroft Road revving engines loudly and playing music

  • Restrictions on road turns from Tooting High Street have made routes longer, using more fuel and raising emissions 

  • Too much traffic and delivery mopeds

What we recommend:

• Council to discuss increased police presence at hotspots across the town centre such as Tooting Broadway Station, the Sainsbury’s area, Tooting High Street and Mitcham Road McDonalds

• Work with businesses to create safe spaces for anyone that feels threatened

• Consider introduction of public toilets

• Campaign around antisocial behaviour and noise around town centre and residential streets

• Manage impact of food delivery drivers on town centre

• Totterdown Street outside Tooting Market as a new open space for evening activity

• Council to work with phone providers to consider removal of phone boxes

• Council to work with Waste Team and businesses to reduce litter

• Lighting and creative interventions on problem pathways such as footpath along Tooting Athletics Track and and Potters Lane 

• Consider activities for young people in Tooting Common

• Encourage non-drinking night time uses like cafes, as well as music and LGBTQI+ venues

• Open two new cycle routes through the Common - from Tooting Bec Road to the Lido and from Drewstead Road to Sternhold Avenue

• Council to work with e-bike providers to introduce e-bikes and parking space in appropriate places

• Discuss safety and accessibility interventions with TfL at stations and bus stops, including harassment of women around Tooting Broadway 

• Enforce illegal private vehicle behaviour