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by JRW
21 Aug 2023 09:35
Forum: Town Hall
Topic: RIP
Replies: 8
Views: 8456

Re: RIP

Too many aggressive responses, unfortunately.
by JRW
9 Jul 2023 11:48
Forum: Town Hall
Topic: Monopole telecoms mast application at Bell Green
Replies: 1
Views: 3350

Monopole telecoms mast application at Bell Green

An application is live for a monopole telecoms mast with a clutter of cabinets at the corner of Bell Green and Sydenham Road. It will sit against the wall of the Sydenham Green Health Centre's green space, where pavement width is constricted. If you have time, please can you do a brief objection? I ...
by JRW
29 Mar 2023 08:16
Forum: Town Hall
Topic: Planning Application - Gas Holder site
Replies: 18
Views: 26313

Re: Planning Application - Gas Holder site

The Bell Green Neighbourhood Forum has a panel of local architects, civil engineers, a traffic engineer and environmental experts who have studied the plans. We are all keen to see this site redevelop, but think that this application is unsatisfactory. This is their response. Emma Talbot, Director o...
by JRW
25 Feb 2023 13:52
Forum: Town Hall
Topic: Planning Application - Gas Holder site
Replies: 18
Views: 26313

Re: Planning Application - Gas Holder site

You can definitely comment on this planning application. The consultation zone is the limit of their leafleting. If you are within the boundary and didn't get notified about the application, then please email planning.lewisham.gov.uk, including your full postal address and let them know immediately....
by JRW
15 Jan 2023 15:04
Forum: Town Hall
Topic: 28th January Bell Green Neighbourhood Forum meeting
Replies: 0
Views: 3941

28th January Bell Green Neighbourhood Forum meeting

28th January 11am to 1pm at Sydenham Library, we have an exciting meeting of the BGNF. The host is our new mediator, Derek Stebbing, appointed by Locality and funded by the Department of Levelling Up. He is working with us to come to an agreement with Lewisham over the boundary. We have two topics t...
by JRW
29 Dec 2022 23:23
Forum: Town Hall
Topic: Resolution from Sydenham Local Assembly re: BGNF and Area
Replies: 14
Views: 9595

Re: Resolution from Sydenham Local Assembly re: BGNF and Area

There was a public consultation about whether to approve the Bell Green Neighbourhood Area boundary, which was publicly discussed over 2 years. Almost all the public respondents approved; a handful of councillors didn't. Lewisham’s director of planning rejected the boundary, and designated an area o...
by JRW
21 Dec 2022 19:32
Forum: Town Hall
Topic: Resolution from Sydenham Local Assembly re: BGNF and Area
Replies: 14
Views: 9595

Re: Resolution from Sydenham Local Assembly re: BGNF and Area

Do you seriously think government funds things without reading all the expert reports and mountains of supporting data? I'm not a Tory donor....

Don't let your conspiracy-theory level dislike of me blind you to serious problems at Lewisham Council.
by JRW
20 Dec 2022 17:18
Forum: Town Hall
Topic: Resolution from Sydenham Local Assembly re: BGNF and Area
Replies: 14
Views: 9595

Re: Resolution from Sydenham Local Assembly re: BGNF and Area

Um, the fact that the relevant government department is funding support so that Lewisham can be challenged on their position?
by JRW
16 Dec 2022 15:11
Forum: Town Hall
Topic: Resolution from Sydenham Local Assembly re: BGNF and Area
Replies: 14
Views: 9595

Re: Resolution from Sydenham Local Assembly re: BGNF and Area

How can I put this? Lewisham Council have made a decision. We have shared their response with multiple professional experts, who all agree that Lewisham is wrong.The government department in charge of neighbourhood planning aren't happy, and have sent an expert in to mediate between parties and repo...
by JRW
16 Dec 2022 00:26
Forum: Town Hall
Topic: Resolution from Sydenham Local Assembly re: BGNF and Area
Replies: 14
Views: 9595

Re: Resolution from Sydenham Local Assembly re: BGNF and Area

This whole saga only reinforces the council’s original decision to not approve this so-called forum in the first place. A real forum would represent the views of the whole community, not just those of one or two people. Um, what about the seventy members of the Forum? Hardly a couple of people! Alw...
by JRW
12 Dec 2022 18:25
Forum: Town Hall
Topic: Public Meeting: Development Proposals for Livesey Hall and Environs
Replies: 5
Views: 5796

Re: Public Meeting: Development Proposals for Livesey Hall and Environs

Excellent news to have a consultation, although sadly their plans would remove sports ground - an area of four hard tennis courts - from our Asset of Community Value. Given the total loss of the Bridge Leisure Centre, this would be a blow. To clarify the status of this consultation, I asked Emma Tal...
by JRW
26 Nov 2022 06:19
Forum: Town Hall
Topic: OLSPN brick samples on ďisplay at BGNF today
Replies: 0
Views: 2575

OLSPN brick samples on ďisplay at BGNF today

Plans, and samples of the brick and terracotta facade for OLSPN will be on display at today's Bell Green Neighbourhood Forum meeting; 11am to 1pm at Sydenham Library. Also available, the latest information about the Barratt Homes 14 storey, carfree development on the gasholder site, plus the Apex Ca...
by JRW
11 Nov 2022 20:42
Forum: Town Hall
Topic: Barratt Homes zoom tomorrow Sat 12th at 11am
Replies: 2
Views: 1872

Barratt Homes zoom tomorrow Sat 12th at 11am

Tomorrow morning, Saturday 12th November at 11am, Barratt Homes are holding an online consultation for their plans for the gasholder site at Bell Green. Blocks of flats up to 14 storeys high, and zero parking except for disabled bays. This will require a controlled parking zone, which may be a probl...
by JRW
9 Nov 2022 13:47
Forum: Town Hall
Topic: Bell Green Barratt Homes consultation 10 Nov 5-7pm
Replies: 0
Views: 2337

Bell Green Barratt Homes consultation 10 Nov 5-7pm

Hi all, Barratt Homes are holding a drop-in consultation meeting tomorrow, Thursday November 10th 5-7pm at Champion Hall. Barratt Homes are redeveloping the gasholders site as Bell Green Works. This involves tall buildings around the Livesey, and a zero-parking model in an area with a PTAL rating of...
by JRW
2 Oct 2022 13:39
Forum: Town Hall
Topic: Sydenham Tyres
Replies: 29
Views: 35609

Re: Sydenham Tyres

Sydenham Tyres has been taken over by a new business, and they seem really nice. The previous crew left when the building had to be substantially rebuilt, on the orders of Building Control. The tyres were hiding massive damage from a vehicle hit, and the brickwork of the gable had a huge and growing...
by JRW
2 Oct 2022 13:28
Forum: Town Hall
Topic: Audi garage now Arnold Clark
Replies: 3
Views: 2704

Re: Audi garage now Arnold Clark

It's a dead cert that it's a meanwhile use. Given the economic issues and instability, you'd have to be reckless to start development now.
by JRW
20 Jul 2022 22:31
Forum: Town Hall
Topic: Lewisham and planning breaches
Replies: 5
Views: 2058

Re: Lewisham and planning breaches

Er........ cc in your chosen Councillor.........
by JRW
20 Jul 2022 22:29
Forum: Town Hall
Topic: Lewisham and planning breaches
Replies: 5
Views: 2058

Re: Lewisham and planning breaches

Hi Martha, Lewisham definitely tend to let planning breaches go, mainly because they don’t go and inspect sites. My advice would be to email planning@lewisham.gov.uk AND planningenforcement@lewisham.gov.uk, ccing in your alone. Say there are xxxx planning breaches, and u ma ask them to open an enfor...
by JRW
13 May 2022 09:32
Forum: Town Hall
Topic: SE23/SE26.life are no more
Replies: 6
Views: 3702

Re: SE23/SE26.life are no more

The closure is a huge loss, as it was easy and intuitive to upload documents and images. That allowed people to see what was being discussed, without laborious explanations. Is there any chance that STF could adapt to allow this too? I'm told that posting images is possible, but I simply can't do th...
by JRW
1 May 2022 15:02
Forum: Town Hall
Topic: St Philip Neri school: Archdiocese appeals planning enforcement order
Replies: 196
Views: 184984

Re: St Philip Neri school: Archdiocese appeals planning enforcement order

The Council insisted on holding the committee meeting during pre-election purdah, despite concern from many councillors. Cllr Walsh stated during the hearing that he and other members had a lot of pushback while canvassing. Significant numbers of voters believed the Archdiocese, who told them that o...