PlanningWatch [w/b 23/09/2019] * 154-158 SYDENHAM ROAD

[stuart]

Lewisham Link https://planning.lewisham.gov.uk/online ... APR_101499
Reference DC/19/113583
Alternative Reference Not Available
Application Received Tue 20 Aug 2019
Application Validated Tue 24 Sep 2019
Address 154-158 SYDENHAM ROAD, LONDON, SE26 5JZ
Proposal Details submitted in compliance with Condition 3a of Planning Permission DC/17/104571 (22/07/2019) for the construction of a part 2/ part 3-storey building fronting Sydenham Road providing 17, one, two and three bedroom self-contained residential flats and 155sq.m ground and first floor commercial floorspace (use classes A1, A2, B1, D1, D2), with the provision of upper floor residential balconies; and the construction of a part 2/ part 3-storey building at the rear of the site comprising 10, three bedroom single dwelling-houses, 1, one bedroom self-contained flat and 1, two bedroom self-contained maisonette, together with associated landscaping, installation of PV Panels, 14 parking bays (including 4 disabled spaces) and dry/ secure cycle spaces at 154-158 Sydenham Road SE26.
Status Registered
Appeal Decision Not Available

Lewisham Link https://planning.lewisham.gov.uk/online ... APR_101378
Reference DC/19/113462
Alternative Reference LE/241/A/TP
Application Received Fri 09 Aug 2019
Application Validated Mon 23 Sep 2019
Address ST BARTHOLOMEWS PRIMARY SCHOOL, THE PEAK, LONDON, SE26 4LJ
Proposal Construction of a single storey extension to the existing hall at St Bartholomews Primary School The Peak SE26 to provide new toilets with disabled access and external storage area.
Status Registered
Appeal Decision Not Available

[GLOBAL THINKER]

Reference DC/19/113583 154-158 Sydenham Road. Does anyone know what the status of these homes will be? Will they be for sale on the open market or are they specifically for housing association/social housing/help to buy?

[SydenhamOwl]

I thought this application had already been submitted and approved long ago. Whatever happens, that site is in desperate need of work.

[Growsydenham]

I am disappointed by the negative and unbalanced tone of the Sydenham Society email bulletin today re the proposed new council homes at Mais House. "Visible from miles away"; "change the character of Sydenham Hill forever"; "immense pressure on local infrastructure"; "residents will spill over into sydenham's surgeries". Everyone's homes had an impact on our surroundings when they were built, we all have an impact on local services, and many of those who live there will likely be working in our health service. "We say no because we got here first" is not a principled argument.

[SydenhamOwl]

Something (at last) seems to be happening here. Trucks etc going in this morning and a tree at the entrance being felled.

[mikej]

Growsydenham said "I am disappointed by the negative and unbalanced tone of the Sydenham Society email bulletin today re the proposed new council homes at Mais House. "Visible from miles away"; "change the character of Sydenham Hill forever"; "immense pressure on local infrastructure"; "residents will spill over into sydenham's surgeries". Everyone's homes had an impact on our surroundings when they were built, we all have an impact on local services, and many of those who live there will likely be working in our health service. "We say no because we got here first" is not a principled argument."

I don't agree, if an area will be made much more unpleasant by the building of an unsuitably large block, then I agree (on this occasion) with the SydSoc.
The design could probably be re-configured so it isn't so tall, or if that isn't possible, then fewer flats should be built there. There are some sites where tall buildings are inappropriate.

[Growsydenham]

But that is just one point of view. Individuals are perfectly entitled to hold it but yet again Syd Soc are not taking a balanced approach to questions where the community hold a wide range of different views.