Sydenham Town Forum

Greyhound latest – it looks as though we’ve made a breakthrough! John Miller, Lewisham's Head of Planning, sent the email below to Pat Trembath on Friday afternoon, in response to a question from her regarding the timetable for rebuilding. As you can see, the content of the message is pretty conclus...

Thanks Admin for putting up this recording of last night’s Mayor & Cabinet meeting. It’s well worth viewing if you’ve got a few minutes to spare! The upshot of the meeting is that the Greyhound’s owners have replied to the Council’s legal letter stating that they intend to rebuild the pub. The S...

The next key event in the Rebuild the Greyhound Pub Campaign is the Mayor & Cabinet meeting at Lewisham Town Hall at 6pm on Wednesday 22nd October, where an update and report will be presented by officers. Please join us on the steps of the Civic Suite at 5.45 before going in to the meeting – wh...

Five members of the Rebuild the Greyhound pub core campaign group met Lewisham’s Chief Executive, Barry Quirk, and John Miller, Head of Planning on Wednesday October 8th. Barry Quirk was anxious to reassure us that getting the Greyhound rebuilt was a key priority for the Council. He informed us that...

I'm delighted to say that we have now reached 1,160 signatures on the Rebuild the Greyhound Pub petition (727 online and 433 on paper). The numbers will shortly be given a boost once the petitions are returned to high street traders and at the market this Saturday where we hope to continue to collec...

Delighted to announce that the Rebuild the Greyhound Pub petition has just passed the 1,000 signature mark! We have 668 signatures online and 433 signatures on paper. Very well done to everyone for highlighting the petition on this forum and via social media – and to the volunteers who have worked s...

Response to the “Rebuild the Greyhound pub” petition has been overwhelming. Having launched the petition last Friday (September 19) we have now attracted over 500 signatures on our online and paper versions. Thank you for your support. I have also received countless offers of help by email and phone...

For nearly 300 years the Greyhound pub was a well-known and attractive landmark which welcomed people to Sydenham. Two and a half years ago it was partly demolished without Conservation Area Consent – a criminal act for which its owner, Purelake, was fined in the courts. Since then this sad structur...