Sydenham Town Forum

Julia, fairly typical of you. Name calling is usually your last resort. Do you remember the time you posted a false allegation, fabricated and posted by you, (as yet not withdrawn) that all my neighbours must fear me ? You have propensity to go low, Julia and with a significant measure of consistenc...

Speak to the licensee. Why - what does the licensee know about your plans for a campaign? Or about what plans the Hall's potential new landlord has? Please tell us you are not building a very public campaign around a single conversation you have had with the licensee about difficulties they have ma...

Buyers turned up, saying that the club would be evicted next year. No word from their landlord, who are refusing to take calls, or to respond to emails. If we don't show we want it to continue as a community hall, we will lose it. Reasonable people would want to see substantive evidence. If the new...

Alternatively go inside - anytime. View the delightful interior of the building. Become a member of the club that operates in the building. It is well run and welcoming. Not sure it needs to be saved - from anyone or anything. In fact, if the council had not unlawfully rejected the development plans...

As it was made clear to you in the meeting, this is not, and never has been, to set up a Bellingham NF. It was always about a forum involving sections of three wards, as encouraged by the Mayor. Jacq Paschoud specifically stressed that point at the meeting. You are quite entitled to organise a Bell...

Bellingham ward areas apparently have no amenity societies or online community forums, and councillors haven't told their voters about the BGNF. We particularly need volunteers to leaflet these areas. JGD i know how strongly you feel about ensuring Bellingham representation. Can you join the team, ...

Kier, the Livesey’s landlord, has been negotiating to sell the Livesey and its land to a property developer. The buyer says they are signing the agreement this week. The property is being sold by Kier, a self-described infrastructure services and construction company to a company described by JRW a...

If you go to SE26.life, you will see the draft Constitution, showing the absolutely democratic rules laid down by statute. A Neighbourhood Forum has to follow the rules, or its Neighbourhood Plan won't be subject to the final democratic vote. Of course, you won't get to experience this, as you live...

Restaurant to open about 100 outlets and 100 franchises, as branches in regional towns ‘busier than ever’ So if if were to be the case that a Pret-a-Manger's Post-pandemic Expansion Plan is to open a branch in Sydenham are we for it or agin it? Has SydSoc spotted this as a possible outcome and what...

Hi there The Planning Portal has this entry: DC/20/115740 | Conversion of the upper floors of 303 Sydenham road into 3 self-contained flats, while maintaining Use Class A at groundfloor level, together with a part 1, 2, 3, and 4 storey extension, and the construction of an additional floor on the ex...

Caroline Pidgeon AM has tweeted an extract of her recent questioning last week of some members of the Daniel Morgan Independent Panel and Met Commissioner Dame C Dick. The AM framed a position to Dame C Dick that it was unclear what Met corruption during the first investigation was being admitted to...

For Bellingham, read JGD. You claim to speak for Bellingham, but I know a large number of Bell Green area Bellingham residents who see the benefits of a cross-ward Forum. Interesting, Julia. It doesn't really matter who knows more (or fewer) people from Bellingham. What will matter is how many iden...

You appear to misunderstand the Neighbourhood Group concept. It is my understanding that a Neighbourhood Group can set itself up and define the area for which it wants to act. That may - or may not - coincide with a Ward boundary. In any event Ward boundary changes can be addressed when they are imp...

You have also misrepresented my presentation at the Bellingham Assembly; I was talking about a cross-ward forum, and this model has been approved in principle by the Mayor. Cllrs Jacq Paschoud and Alan Hall can both vouch for these points. No misrepresentation - it simply reports your attendance at...

The launch meeting for the formation of a new Neighbourhood Group is intended to focus on addressing how such a Group could consult with and seek the views of residents and businesses in Bellingham Ward. It has been evident for some time that it is important that the Ward's voices be heard and to av...

The Grainiad has this report on the evening of 16 July. Ministers shelve plans to tweak Covid app as cases in England surge [/b][/size] Critics including health advisers and Tory backbenchers say government has lost control of the ‘pingdemic’ [/b][/size] Ministers have shelved proposals to urgently ...

These situations have to be based upon realistic assessment of the data. It's essential to avoid the ideology spouted by the #JohnsonVariant and driven by HM Tory party which has been taken captive by the right-wing ERG and prevent abandonment of the only measures that have proven to be effective to...

Simple rules for simple people please. Like - if you are in an enclosed public space - wear one unless you are eating, drinking or playing the mouth organ. Elsewhere - your decision. Simplest IS best Stuart. From a perspective of not wanting to spread the virus as much as protecting ourselves from ...

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