Lewisham have issued a consultation on their plan. This is a critical document constraining house building, planning and transport planning. Here are some notes and links. …
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Local Woodland
Mmmh. Ancient Woodlands. Are there any in Lewisham? It would seem the answer is yes, possibly several sites. Do you think we could introduce some Bears? Here are my notes …
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Redistricting Lewisham
London is reviewing its local government ward boundaries. Lewisham is included; here are my notes.
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Lewisham Council’s Democracy Review
Lewisham Council, are looking at their constitution to see if they make it more democratic. They are running a consultation which started in 2018 and is planned to finish and I propose to submit some evidence. I thought I understood how it worked, but I don’t; here are my notes.
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More on Millwall CPO
The Dyson enquiry into the planning consent for the New Bermondsey project has reported. The Council’s press release The Enquiry Report The Council’s Q&A A statement by Milwall FC These are links, let’s hope they stay there. (They didn’t and Lewisham don’t use the wayback machine.)
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Giffin Street Redevelopment
There are plans to redevelop the area between Giffin Street and Reginald Road in Deptford. They have now received a planning permission application.
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Crossing the Thames
The politics of cross thames planning is heating up, here are some links,
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Convoy’s Wharf
I returned to this in March as the Mayor sought comments in the final stage of consultation before agreeing or rejecting outline planning permission. New Cross Labour have published Joan Ruddock’s submission on their web site, here. She is arguing for the cultural planning gain represented by the Sayes Court Garden project and the Build…
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