Sydenham Town Forum

Proportional representation would be the best possible outcome, but I don't know the law for councils. Funnily enough, the Mayor himself claims to be a fan of proportional representation; perhaps we should ask him to look into the possibility.....

It would return to votes after proper discussion at committees, involving larger numbers of councillors. Harder to stage than now, where everything is sorted behind closed doors, then quickly rubber-stamped at the Mayor and cabinet meeting. A long agenda there can be waved through in 30 min. No sign...

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Well, that is a bit dishonest, Growsydenham. You have presented that as the complete answer, which I have pasted below for comparison. A supplementary question brought stronger comments from the Mayor, but for some reason, Lewisham Council doesn't minute supplementaries. PUBLIC QUESTION NO 54. Prior...

The problem seems to be that if the contract is cancelled, the council doesn't have the capacity to take the sports centre management in house, and can't find another company to contract at the same price. Whatever they decide on is going to be expensive, so as usual, Lewisham Council is dithering. ...

Lewisham locked us into a 15 year contract in 2011 with Fusion. They are a charity, and woefully miscalculated their bid, so are operating at a loss on this contract. Lewisham keep fining Fusion for being rubbish, which puts them in an even worse position. Meanwhile, councillors tetch loudly, but do...

DRAFT MINUTES OF THE MAYOR AND CABINET Wednesday, 10 July 2019 at 6.30 pm PRESENT: Damien Egan (Mayor), Chris Best, Chris Barnham, Paul Bell, Kevin Bonavia, Joe Dromey, Brenda Dacres, Amanda De Ryk and Jonathan Slater. ALSO PRESENT: Councillor Tom Copley. Apologies for absence were received from Cou...

From the 12 July Mayor and Cabinet meeting, officers' report: 'The Minor Materials Ammendment planning application is targeted to be heard at Planning Committee in late July or August 2019. A summary of the planning Local Meeting programmed for 8th July will be provided to committee members as an ap...

DC/19/11193: Our Lady and St Philip Neri RC Primary School, 208 Sydenham Road, SE26 5SE Local Meeting Note 8th July 2019 Chair: Councillor Copley Officers: Chris Dale (Service Group Manager Development Manager), James Hughes (Development Management Team Leader – South Area) and Georgia McBirney (Pla...

I couldn't agree more. The meeting was organised by Lewisham, who failed to notify more than a handful of very recent commenters, at extremely short notice. The date was fixed a week before, but the developers declined to post notices provided by Lewisham for their neighbours, although it was public...

8 July 7.30 local planning meeting chaired by Cllr Tom Copley at OLSPN Sydenham Road SE26
Ask developers questions about the St Philip Neri redevelopment.

Tomorrow night, Monday 8 July at 7.30, OLSPN redevelopment public meeting: Lewisham is holding a local planning meeting chaired by Cllr Tom Copley, where you can ask the developers questions about planning breaches at St Philip Neri slchool redevelopment. On Wednesday, the unanimous motion objecting...

Planning are processing comments first thing Monday, which is the deadline. Comments should be in by 9am Monday, to be sure of consideration. However, if you miss this deadline, it is still worth sending a comment in, as Lewisham may be lenient, given the problems with the planning portal. No guaran...

The old school buildings are supposed to have had asbestos within the structure, and no documentation of its safe removal has been registered, as required by planning. Yes, a school was already operating on site, but the redevelopment has involved deep excavations and major earth movements, undertak...

Historical fact. Check it out. Condition of development was an ordnance expert to supervise at the excavation phase. Feel free to check the paperwork before scoffing.

OLSPN: contamination concerns https://se26.life/uploads/default/original/2X/3/33a1e3dcc0599ef78356ffe6dfc0c42050de10c2.jpeg The OLSPN school redevelopment applicants have continually refused to submit correct paperwork, or to respond to council officers’ requests. Particularly worrying is the lack ...

The extent of changes to the roof explains many of the problems with the current building. Roof lights and pitched roofs which allowed natural light and ventilation were abandoned in favour of maximising space. This makes the building dependant on mechanical ventilation and artificial lighting, quit...

These are the original designs which were given planning permission in 2016, are marked up in blue with as-built changes that the developers need retrospective permission for. They also show some changes they feel might improve the design quality. The whole application is extremely confusing, and ha...

I think you will see I kept it absolutely neutral, and supporters can follow the same instructions.