Sydenham Town Forum

Tomorrow, Thursday 14 July at 7.30 pm at Catford Town Hall, the Bell Green Gasworks application for a large Homebase and garden centre with other retail warehousing (and car parking for 1600 plus cars) is back for further deliberation before the Council's Strategic Planning Committee. The meeting is...

Agreed!

To clarify my moan - scroll down to VIRTUAL Sydenham and see what I mean

Oh come on! When visiting the Communities site on the Lewishamonline site can I start by enquiring why Silverdale is listed as Riverdale? Where are Kirk's Cameras, Treasure Chest, Batchelors, Richards, the Fish Shop, Nickells Blinds, Panini, Hempire, Ryas Barbers, Rinbow, Baby (something or other) e...

Gas works - Sydenham Road. The following information has been e-mailed directly to Sydenham Society from Southern Gas Networks "Starting on Sunday 10th July, the existing metal gas mains along Sydenham Road will be replaced with new plastic pipe. This work will take approximately take three mon...

If it is the old Batchelor's Solicitors premises then it is likely to be a William Hill Betting Shop - notice of application for a licence was posted in window some time ago - seems a bit over the top 2 x Ladbrokes and 1x Wm Hill in the core area of Sydenham. Still we have ? x hairdressers/barbers, ...

Oh no you cant! The road has collapsed and whilst trying to mend it "they - Conways" hit a water main. At 3.30 pm "they - Thames Water" were sitting in in their van with a wonderful fountain playing over the fly-tipped rubbish on Hillcrest Estate waiting for instructions from on ...

More road works! Lawrie Park Road has been closed for 3 weeks now because of major gas main replacement at its junction with Westwood Hill. When this work is complete (due by the end of this coming week, if it remains on schedule) Morrison Utility Services will be coming back into Sydenham Road. The...

Over the past 12 years Sydenham Society has suggested many options to the council for this large site. Our preferred option was for business and industry - high technology, maybe a science park providing good quality, high paid jobs and training for local people - somewhere the children of the area ...

I should think that Castlemore's is also considering its position - oh, to be a fly on the wall at Castlemore and in the planning department at Lewisham.................

Stuart, I think your report is a very accurate one. It was a breath of fresh air to hear one councillor, Mark Morris, say he could not vote to approve the Phase 2 application as it was like looking back to 1985 when out-of-town Retail Parks were the flavour of the times. This indeed was about the ti...

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I'm ahead of myself!

The Strategic Planning Committee meeting is tomorrow THURSDAY 16 JUNE - other deatils in previous posting are correct

Apologies for slight misinformation

Bell Green decision day, today. At Catford Town Hall tonight the Council's Strategic Planning Committee will decide the future of this out-of town site. British Gas wants to develop the Phase 2 site for a large Homebase and Garden Centre, 3 additional warehouse sheds, some light indusrty and busines...

This morning, the man looking down the hole dug in Westwood Hill opposite the end of Lawrie Pk Road said that after this mayhem comes to an end Morrisons will be back in Sydenham Road, again with single traffic lights. With news that Newlands Park is likely to be closed from July 25 (duration unknow...

The answer is not a lot!

Lewisham has "urged" the bus operators to use the longer route, but I am told they cannot enforce this request. TfL is a law unto itself it would appear

Thanks to Admin for a very good report on the Forum meeting on Thursday. It looks very likely that the proposals for the enlarged Retail Park on Phase 2 of the site will be going to the Council's Strategic Planning Committee on Thrsday 16th June. If approved this will mean at the Saturday peak perio...

The Forest Hill, Perry Vale and Sydenham Forum is tonight at 7 pm at St George's Church at the Catford Hill end of Woolstone Road - so, Global Thinker, you haven't missed it - come on down!

THURSDAY 2 JUNE, 7 pm, at St George's Church, Vancouver Rd (Catford Hill end of road). Meet your local Councillors (of all 3 Wards) to discuss matters of local importance - crime and safety, controlled parking zones, the effect of a Retail Park at Bell Green on our local roads and town centres, and ...

Sydenham Society is planning a leaflet drop in and around Bell Green to raise awareness of this planning application and the likelihood that it will be going to a planning committee for a decision on 16 June. Anyone interested in helping please private message (PM) me. Please provide me with your ph...

BELL GREEN GASWORKS SITE MONDAY 16 MAY 4PM - 8PM LIVESEY HALL, BELL GREEN There is a "drop-in" this evening at the Livesey Hall and the developers will be available, as will be the plans, for the redevlopment of the remaining part of the gasworks site. This will include 156 housing units a...