Sydenham Town Forum

In for 23rd! Looking forward to it.

stuart wrote:I always assumed our ticket office was run by LO...

London Overground is run by Arriva Rail London, under a concession agreement with Transport for London - see http://www.arrivaraillondon.co.uk/

So whilst the staff wear London Overground uniforms, it's Arriva Rail behind the scenes.

Thanks again. Maybe Chris Best might be able to follow up and advise us on what noise abatement legal enforcement powers have been bestowed by statute or by-law on councils (its workers/agents). Granted that's aside from whether funds are available or allocated by councils to act on such powers, so ...

I am so confused now about the options frankly ..Aldi; flats; some sort of play something or other; museum; car park; ....?? I favour affordable flats! To the best of my understanding... As others have explained, SGN has secured confirmation that prior approval is not required for demolition of the ...

Well I would hate to see a an example of bad bus services if what we have counts as good - TFL itself currently rates Bell Green as being 5 where 1 is the best and 6 the worst for public transport! Possibly things are different from where you live? I think you'll find it's the other way round: 0 is ...

Would be interested to see where TfL publishes this result and how it scores the locations using what criteria. You can check the Public Transport Accessibility Level (PTAL) for a given location at https://tfl.gov.uk/info-for/urban-planning-and-construction/planning-with-webcat/webcat The method ...

According to the BBC, all Bunnings store will revert to the Homebase brand, including Penge:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-44248409

Check out the actual decision letter from the head of planning.. That's what I'd been looking at :) It is quite strongly stated, in unusually emphatic tone with many capital letters, that there are a lot of things to be done before they can apply. No one thinks this is the last word, but it seems ...

Micheal from FOHSoc has notified us on SE23.life that the planning application for demolition is not what it seems. It is a "Prior notification of the demolition of the two existing gasholders and ancillary buildings at Bell Green SE26." and as such notifications do not require a decision, de facto ...

So it opens at 4pm on Friday, right? Do we know if the kitchen will be open i.e. could we count on eating there Friday early evening? Why not email them to ask? info@thegreyhoundsydenham.co.uk Or Tweet them? @TheGreyhoundSyd Or contact them via Facebook? http://www.facebook.com/TheGreyhoundSydenham

A betting shop is in the 'Sui Generis' category. A yoga studio is D2. I thought it was permitted change of use which doesn't need approval: https://www.planningportal.co.uk/info/200130/common_projects/9/change_of_use/2 Biscuitman, am I missing something there, or does Lewisham treat this ...

Looking forward to having a boozer a few seconds walk from my house! Having had a look at the website, I'd be lying if I said I wasn't a little disappointed at the depressingly few vegetarian food items on the menu. In all seriousness, this old-fashioned kind of menu won't do much to draw people to ...

No information about the beers that will be on offer. As it's billed as a "Public House" that's kinda worrying. Looks like it will be very much "food-led" which is how things are these days, but will it be the sort of place that you'd feel comfortable having a couple of pints with mates? The ...

Facebook page "The greyhound Sydenham" gives more information about what we can expect and a useful link to their website, the latter of which is in development. The website is now very much live! It's at http://www.thegreyhoundsydenham.co.uk/ And you can also find the Greyhound: - On Twitter ...

I hope the new owners will serve beers from our local breweries. ... This will then make it a true pub supporting local breweries. Why not Tweet them to suggest it? One person has already Tweeted them to suggest that they sell non-alcoholic beer (presumably in addition to alcoholic beer) and they ...

In further signs of progress: - The Greyhound now has a holding page for its new website - http://www.thegreyhoundsydenham.co.uk/ - The new operators have taken over the Greyhound Twitter account from the Sydenham Society, with a promise of updates on the refurbishment - https://twitter.com ...

Sounds great!

And it was good to see some friendly words about the Greyhound in yesterday's Metro:

https://www.metro.news/neighbourhood-wa ... am/767432/

The owner has told Sydenham Society that his application for the fit-out of the pub has now been accepted by Lewisham Council. He hopes to be on site in early to mid September starting work on the refurbishment. With any luck, by Christmas, this splendid new venture should be up and running and our ...

From Lewisham MPS on Twitter: @MPSLewisham An adult male has just been chased and arrested by plain clothes officers for brandished a large knife in Sydenham Sgt Rob Evans (custody) 8:58 PM - 23 Jul 2017 Source: https://twitter.com/MPSLewisham/status/889213066373738496 Exactly where in Sydenham isn ...

Wonder what odds I would have gotten in one of our numerous local bookies that the pub still would not be open in July 2017. Should have enquiried a few years ago. Now you wouldn't get an "odds on" bet that anything of significance would open in Sadenham Let's be realistic: the odds were stacked ...