Sydenham Town Forum

Dear Just John,

The South Circular route was never going to be a local authority decision. It was decided at ministry level, or London level, but Lewisham Council would never have been allowed much of a say.

The fundamental problem with the South Circular is that it is much too close to central ...

Good news!

Today's meeting is going ahead!

11am to 1pm

Ignition Brewery, Sydenham centre. 44a Sydenham Road.

Community public meeting:
Bell Green, the missing masterplan, and the Lewisham Local Plan Examination.

What should we tell the independent planning Inspectors?

We close at 1pm, and ...

This is exactly what Saturday's community meeting is about. Lewisham's draft local plan ignores Bell Green entirely; it is missing from the hierarchy of shopping centres. Digging around in the background papers, I found the retail impact assessment doc is entirely about a redeveloped Bell Green as a ...

The Sydenham centre is next to the post office at 44A Sydenham Rd, London SE26 5QX

Lewisham has let us down yet again. Having promised to notify residents of our meeting, they have now decided they won't. Plus, I have to pay £35 to hire the room, plus produce a certificate of public liability ...

Bellingham Ward extends into SE26, and the whole Ward is now moving to Lewisham East. It's a huge upheaval.

11am to 1pm on 8th June, at the Sydenham Centre.


The Lewisham Local Plan examination, held by government appointed planning inspectors, starts on 18th June. The LLP will control all development in Lewisham up until 2040.

The Bell Green Forum is a registered participant, raising issues around ...

That fence is way too close to the path. If it encloses the phone mast, it is too big.

I hope people will contact their councillors though, even if we suspect they may not reply. It may still have an effect behind the scenes.

The question has to be asked, is it appropriate for this politically important application to be considered during electoral purdah? The company doing the ...

Barratt were not accepting any criticism of their masterpiece, even though the feeling in the room was derision of their efforts. Critically, they didn't get support, and had quite a lot of criticism from the Councillors.

We need everyone to email their Councillors, and ask them for this particular ...

Tonight is your opportunity to ask Barratt London about their application for the Bell Green gasholders site.
7.30 to 9pm at St Michael & All Angels Church, Champion Crescent

Ask them - why did they resubmit the same pig with different lipstick? They have ignored all the comments given last time ...

Can I suggest that people ask the Sydenham Safer Neighborhood police team to object to the license? The police statement is what really counts in licensing cases.
You can them on their contact portal at
https://www.met.police.uk/area/your-area/met/lewisham/sydenham/contact-us/top-reported-crimes-in ...

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 the one ...

DEADLINE FOR COMMENTS EXTENDED!

It's just been confirmed that the Barratt scheme consultation period has been extended, because of the late delivery of some documents onto the planning database. Closing date is now 9th February. :D Lewisham will also continue to accept comments past the deadline ...

If you look at the Sustainable Development Select Committee meeting on 9th January, the full Active Travel Plan was presented. The Perry Rise crossing is listed at the construction phase, which suggests it's absolutely definite. The Southend Lane crossing is listed at the feasibility phase, so will ...

Hi guys,
Can I refer you to the thread 'Bell Green Public Transport improvements'? The Bell Green Neighbourhood Forum's wonderful transport engineer Deone Costley took TfL and Lewisham officers to see these issues. The Waterlink Way to Sydenham Station improvement refers to a new controlled crossing ...

Please make your comments now. Deadline is imminent.

The Bell Green Works development proposed by Barratt London consists of:
Six blocks of flats, grouped on three plots.
Block D = 14 storeys.
Block C = 10 storeys.
Block A = 9 storeys.
Block F = 8 storeys.
Blocks B & E = six storeys

New homes ...

Happy Christmas to everyone in Bell Green. This is your update on what's been happening in 2023.

Gasholders site- Barratt London.
Having withdrawn their previous application at the last moment, Barratt submitted their new application weeks ago. It still hasn't been published, which suggests ...

The BGNF has been working throughout 2023 on Public Transport and active travel measures at Bell Green, ahead of the proposed no-car developments on the Gasholders and Livesey sites, by Barratt and Apex. We are fortunate in having a highways engineer working for us pro-bono. Our traffic engineer has ...

Goodness. Sixties visions live. Where does the River Pool and its flood plain fit into your concept?

Of course; @archoptical took these images especially for the cause. He also gave permission for me to crop, which is always painful, as they deserve better.


I'm usually scrupulous about crediting images (as they are on our website), but I draw the line on a questionnaire!