Sydenham Town Forum

The petition now has over 500 signatures in just 4 days! http://nototraincuts.notlong.com There is a motion going to full council on Thursday evening (24th September - 7:30pm), see details at http://www.lewisham.gov.uk/councilanddemocracy/councilmeetings/council/meetings/council%20-%2024%20september...

Poppy, You will see that the title of the petition has changed to: Opposing Cuts to Southern Services via Forest Hill rather than Opposing Cuts to Southern Services to Forest Hill Hopefully this fits with what people are used to seeing on indicator boards. I take your point about peak/off-peak servi...

Tonight TfL told us that passenger numbers on our line would increase by 30% with the opening of the East London Line. (TfL do not support cuts to our services see http://londonreconnections.blogspot.com/2009/09/south-london-line-tfl-replies.html) Southern told us that there was no room for our late...

It appears to me it goes something like this: Someone find out they're going to knock down two historic old buildings to build a modern one – apparently that must be stopped at all costs so then the plans for the new building are looked at with the eye to object to them. So they are pored over for ...

The Forest Hill Society has written in support of the Sydenham Society to object to the proposed development at 109-111 Kirkdale . Our main concerns are on the impact to the streetscape, access to the rear building, issues of overlooking, inadequate amenity space, lack of parking provision, and the ...

Am I allowed to blatantly plug an event in Horniman Gardens? This is the busiest day for Horniman Gardens and well worth a visit. Date: Sun 9 August Times: 1 - 6pm Venue: Horniman Gardens Come to the biggest and best Jerk Cookout competition live from the Horniman Gardens. Relax in our award-winning...

... his preferred market is somewhere between the Bird in hand and Dulwich Woodhouse. I think that leaves plenty of the market to cover! Seems to me that it is about the same as saying I am planning to open a shop which will be somewhere between a Poundshop and Harrods - unless something has happen...

Forest Hill Central looks much nicer on Google Street View - just the right height. http://is.gd/odaN

I'm going home: http://is.gd/ocWS

Does this mean there is definitely no possibility of option 2 being delivered before 2015 with a bit of creative thinking by people in the council? I think a lot of local people will be disappointed if this is not an option in the consultation. Has any analysis been done of the wider implications of...

I got the 7:05 from FH, which turned up at 7:16, just as I arrived at the station. I got a seat and travelled into London Bridge. At London Bridge there are no trains to Charing Cross, but you should be able to use the Jubilee Line which is running fine. 176 and 185 both appeared to be running. I su...

Thomas, Although applicants have a right of appeal, objectors have no such rights in planning law. The only way for objectors to challenge a decision of a planning committee is to seek a judicial review in the high court. This can be a very costly process and is not for the faint hearted. One of the...

The planning meeting has happened. The decision has been made. Any issues that objectors had have been ignored. I'm afraid you have missed your opportunity to have any effect on this development which will now go ahead. The Oaks on the site should be okay. Lower branches will be removed but the tree...

Juwlz, I do not say there should not be a building in this location (although the flood risk should be taken into account when a house is built on a site that probably partially absorbs an underground stream). But my main concern is that if there is a building here I believe it needs to fit better w...

I talked about it in the context of the area, not as an individual design for a building. I think it generally accepted that it is black glass, and block seems to describe the shape quickly, if very slightly derogatory. I am sure many people would describe my 1960s house in far less favourable ways,...

Thank you for letting me address you on behalf of the 68 people who objected to this planning application. I am the vice-chair of the Forest Hill Society which has around 400 members in and around Forest Hill and this application is also opposed by our neighbours in the Sydenham Society with over 10...

It is interesting to hear the variety of views from local residents both in and around the conservation area. Below I will reproduce my speech from the planning committee, most of which I got to make before I ran out of time. What I did not do was criticise the design which may well be of good quali...

There is a place for modern buildings in conservation areas, but this does depend on their character and the nature of the proposed development. Horniman Museum extension is a good example of a change in a conservation area, to a grade 2 listed building, which is sympathetic to the existing structur...

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If you are on Facebook you can show your support for Mayow Park at http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=48642284391 Steve Grindlay has provided some excellent resources: A history of Mayow Park here: http://tinyurl.com/5hswz3 Some old pictures here: http://tinyurl.com/5pjcll But most importantly, p...

Tim, The one thing I thoughts that everybody involved in the pools discussions agreed on was for the need for quality swimming facility in Forest Hill at the earliest possible opportunity. I had thought that this included the 'Save the Face of Forest Hill Pools' campaign, at least as a secondary con...