St Jude's Forum

Volume I — Issue 24
Saturday · 24 May 2026

Feature · Working plan, revision v0.3

Clark Street — a plan we're shaping together.

Trees, traffic, planters, benches. The state of the street, on one page, updated weekly.

By the residents' group · Last revision 22 May 2026

Clark Street is short, terraced, and mostly quiet — but it's never been still. For the last eighteen months a small group of residents has been working through a single, evolving plan: how the street might look and feel by the end of the decade. This is what it says today.

None of it is fixed. The plan has its third public revision in front of you, and the dotted lines are where the conversation is still happening.

"The point isn't to finish the street. The point is to agree what we're trying to do, and keep working at it." — from the May residents' meeting
Fig. 01 — Clark Street, schematic REVISION v0.3 · NORTH IS UP · NOT TO SCALE N NORTH SIDE · NOS. 1–27 20 MPH 20 MPH SOUTH SIDE · NOS. 2–28 NEW TREE (5) PLANTER (3) BENCH (2) NOTICEBOARD YOU ARE HERE 20 MPH ENTRY
Fig. 01 — Clark Street as proposed in working revision v0.3.

Already agreed

What we've settled on.

  1. A 20 mph entry zone at both ends of the street, signed and painted by the council.
  2. Footway repairs along the south pavement, completed in March 2026.
  3. The annual residents' meet, locked for the evening of the 7th of June.

Now in motion

What we're working on this season.

  1. Five new street trees — species list with the council, planting target October.
  2. Three volunteer-built planters — timber donated, workday to be confirmed.
  3. A new noticeboard on the south wall — pending permission from the owners.

Still being talked about

Where the conversation isn't finished.

  1. Bench location — between the trees, or nearer the noticeboard?
  2. Planting day in October — a single Saturday, or split across two weekends?
  3. Should we apply for a Play Street day in summer 2027?
No. 04

How to chip in

Volunteer planter build

Workday — TBC

Two sessions · timber donated · all tools provided

Help build the three street planters from reclaimed timber. No experience needed — there'll be people who know what they're doing.

Tree-watering rota

All summer

Fifteen minutes a week · per adopted tree

New trees need watering through their first two summers. Adopt one and water it weekly between June and September.

Residents' meet, 7 June

Forum thread

6:30 in the evening · the corner of Clark & Pell

The annual on-street meeting. Bring a chair if you can. We'll cover the working plan, this year's planting list, and the open question on benches.