Sydenham Town Forum

It's good to hear Thames Water is testing and I would hope (with their current reputation) that they shout from the rooftops if no evidence of dirty water is found. Trust in them is at rock bottom and I hope they realise this and reassure communities appropriately. I don't want rumours of dirty wat...

Lewisham West should stay safe Labour. So should West Dulwich & Norwood. More interesting is which way the previous Beckenham constituency goes. It's picking up Penge/Cator Park Labour wards and the troubled Conservative MP is not standing. With the predicted swing it could switch. Every vote t...

Whoopee. Did she attempt to persuade Southeastern to reinstate the rest of the services via Penge East, too? Every 15 minutes from around 0535 to 1020 and then around 1427 to 2057 on weekdays from June 3rd. Every 30 minutes otherwise. Incidentally Ellie if re-elected will no longer be the MP for th...

Wonderful news. A Planning Application is with Lewisham Council. The proposal is to split the useless Curry's in two and the half closest to B&Q will be a M&S Simply Food... Bigger than the one in Beckenham I think. https://planning.lewisham.gov.uk/online-applications/applicationDetails.do?a...

Good news for those of us who objected to this, Lewisham Council have refused the planning application for this. Of course they will probably appeal the decision but hopefully that stance by the council will not change. How strange. I wonder what woke the Planning Committee up. Ah yes! An election ...

I think the only question that needs asking is this: is the population of Lewisham 100 per cent Labour? If it is not (and, spoiler alert, of course it isn't) then shouldn't its governance, at least through representative opposition, reflect the more than 40 per cent of residents who regularly vote ...

Or one could argue that over 99% didn't vote for the candidate who would abolish the Mayorship. So they couldn't be bothered one way or the other? I don't think you can surmise what the non-voters want. Every referendum on the topic has resulted in a resounding rejection of the principle of "e...

80% of the electorate said "We do not want an elected mayor". Their voice was ignored and the voice of the 10% prevailed.

What a travesty!

I think he's arguing against car free developments. The issue here is that the area has quite poor transport links (for an inner London borough). The stations are all a fair walk away and the lines don't transport east and west very effectively. Bus capacity is restricted by the railway line and lo...

Amazing how the choice of words can corrupt the public interest. The Authority changed its rules for parking provision from ONE parking place per residence to "less than one parking place per residence". The intention was quite clear. Developers could develop if they could not quite meet ...

Surely you mis-spoke. They are heroes, not vandals. Heroes don't do things that can cause injury to children. https://i.imgur.com/8ikv6Bi.png https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/orpington-bladerunners-ulez-camera-girl-injured-b2480969.html except that did not happen in Sydenham. It was ...

I remember when we could catch direct trains to Gatwick and Brighton!

You will be wasting your time if you contact councillors. They routinely ignore correspondence about planning issues. My recently new neighbours applied for planning consent. They failed to consult and indeed refused point blank to discuss what they proposed. I placed on objection on their applicati...

a lack of choice. Not a single suitable candidate. The least unelectable would appear to be the Conservative. I wonder whether the changes supposedly made by Egan remain in place after he goes. They were entirely cosmetic of course. He ruled as he wanted despite the appearance of a cabinet. His meth...

surely the rules have now changed. There is no alternative vote.

Amazing how the choice of words can corrupt the public interest. The Authority changed its rules for parking provision from ONE parking place per residence to "less than one parking place per residence". The intetntion was quite clear. Developers could develop if they could not quite meet ...

Surely you mis-spoke. They are heroes, not vandals.

hmmmm 2023 was not a year to remember... Too many catastrophies, including the demise of my precious dog. 2024: I hope to escape the clutches of the Peoples' Republic of Lewistan... and the misery of living under the rule of Khan. I shall not move to Wales though... Too much like Khanistan. 20mph ev...

Good Riddance.

Now can we return Lewisham to a democratic form of Local Government?

The Manager Mayor system has been a disaster.

A major contribution would be to re-align the railway to a lower level (very much pooissble and feasible) and construct a road bridge over it. (dual carriageway). Conflicts between pedestrians and vehicular traffic are better served by speeding the flow of traffic and separating the two where possib...