Sydenham Town Forum

Please come along to the next Sydenham Community Regeneration Partnership meeting on Thursday 8 June at the Naborhood Centre - next to the Post Office - in Sydenham Road and discuss your ideas with the Town Centre Manager Julie Sutch. Meeting starts at 7pm and this will be the first item on the agen...

Just to reply to some of the comments. Lewisham’s new website recently won “transactional” status from SOCITM the independent body which reviews and rates local authority websites. This is the top category and represents an improvement on the old Lewisham website which was replaced last summer. Whil...

Hello Nick Thank you for the posting and your congratulations. As I said at my confirmatory hearing on Wednesday evening we are improving and investing in pools at Lewisham town centre, Deptford, Downham and Forest Hill, so that by the end of 2010 Lewisham will have five good quality swimming centre...

I wanted to say a big thank you to everyone in Sydenham who supported me and voted for the Labour Party. I know Steve will continue to work hard for everyone living, working and learning in Lewisham and that he will continue to join me on our regular walkabouts in Sydenham. Of course I have covered ...

Hello Knighton - you need to look back on previous topics under the Town Hall Index to Sydenham Regeneration. Pat posted up a reminder for the Sydenham Community Regeneration Parternship (SCRP) meeting on the 15 September and I asked for views on spending the £5,000. You can see some of suggestions ...

Knighton - you have been making some interesting points on the Forum so I will reply to a couple of other postings first. As a former member of the Labour Party you will know that I am politically accountable to the Sydenham Branch as well as the Chief Whip of the Labour Group. My casework is proces...

Hello Bryan - Yes we do hold different views on the development of the former gas works at Bell Green. I have supported a mixed use for the site and ten years ago there were concerns putting housing on the site of contaminated land. At the Planning meeting in June 2005 I spoke in favour of the appli...

We have launched the Labour Party Campaign this week and if you want to discuss any issues with me please post - to find out more about me and my work in Sydenham please visit my web site http://www.chrisbest.labour.co.uk . We have been on the case with the Environment Team to clear the rubbish at t...

Hello Ella Just a note to say that I set up the Sydenham Community Regeneration Partnership meetings in 1997 to ensure that our high street remained vibrant and did not continue on the downward slide. Following consultation with local residents I have continued to chair these meetings on a quarterly...

Whilst there is a topic on the House of Curtains at 59 Sydenham Road I thought it would be useful to give feedback on the objections to 13 Queensthorpe which has also been refused planning permission. The reason that no.13 was unacceptable was from a design point of view, namely the bulky appearance...

The good news is that 59 Sydenham Road has been refused planning permission. The change of use to 59 was considered contrary to Council policy as it would have resulted in the loss of A1 floorspace. As your local Councillor I want to keep retail use in the core part of the high street and also provi...

I am writing to confirm that I will not be supporting the officer proposals to close Sydenham Library. Officers were asked to draft proposals to achieve a savings target of £10m. The draft proposals set out savings of 3%, 5% and 7% of controllable budgets. At the 7% end is a saving of £165k to close...

We will also be discussing the £5,000 locality fund - please let me have your views on spending £5,000 in Sydenham - more trees, more bike racks, more park benches, more involvement of residents to develop our community .....

On the question of CPZs I must make it clear that as your local Sydenham Ward Councillor I will be supporting the majority view on whether or not to proceed with a CPZ for the area. Lewisham's record on Old Road/Bankwell and Hither Green West where the public did not support extensions to an existin...