An “urban national park” inspired by The Railway Children, linking the South Circular Road with Elmstead Woods, could be on its way if campaigners in Grove Park get their way. The Railway Children Urban National Park would honour the author Edith Nesbit, who lived off Baring Road in a home that backed onto woodland by […]
Gráinne Cuffe, Local Democracy Reporter
Gráinne Cuffe is the Local Democracy Reporter for Lewisham, Southwark and Lambeth, based at the News Shopper. We use Grainne's Lewisham stories, and her Southwark stories where they have a wider impact across SE London. She tweets @Grainne_Cuffe / grainne.cuffe[at]newsquest.co.uk
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Lewisham councillors back 110 social-rent homes five weeks after High Court defeat
Plans for 110 social-rent homes have been approved by a Lewisham planning committee just five weeks after the High Court overturned its original decision to back the project. The City of London Corporation’s plans to redevelop part of the Sydenham Hill Estate were approved by five votes to one on Tuesday night. Now Mais House, […]
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Consultation begins on future of Lee Green’s low-traffic neighbourhood
Lewisham Council has launched a six-week consultation on its low-traffic neighbourhood in Lee Green and Hither Green, which was introduced last summer to stop rat-running through residential streets in the area. The scheme was brought in under Covid-19 emergency transport measures last year to make it easier for residents to walk and cycle while capacity in […]
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High Court throws out Lewisham Council’s permission for 110 social rent homes
Campaigners are celebrating after a High Court judge ordered that Lewisham Council’s planning permission for 110 new homes on an estate in Sydenham be quashed over “significant errors” in its decision-making. Friends of Mais House has been fighting the City of London Corporation’s plans for the Sydenham Hill Estate – on the borough’s boundary with […]
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Neighbours alarmed by Galliard Homes’ 15-storey tower plan for Leegate centre
Local groups have raised concerns about plans to build towers of up to 15 storeys in a new development to replace the Leegate centre. The run-down shopping centre has been scheduled for redevelopment for many years, and has recently been bought by Galliard Homes after its previous owners, St Modwen, failed in its plans to transform […]
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Kevin Clarke: Lewisham mayor backs new memorial to man who died after police restraint
Lewisham’s elected mayor Damien Egan says he supports a new memorial to a black man who died after being restrained by police in Catford three years ago. Kevin Clarke, who had schizophrenia, died in March 2018 after being restrained by officers in the playing fields of St Dunstan’s College. Southwark Coroner’s Court heard last year that […]
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Controversial plan for 63 flats on Blackheath Hill gets green light from Sadiq Khan
London mayor Sadiq Khan has declined to intervene in plans for a controversial development of 63 flats on Blackheath Hill, on the border of Lewisham and Greenwich boroughs. Developers GS8 and Vabel plan to demolish the Blackheath Business Estate to build two blocks of nine and seven storeys, along with a four-storey workspace building. Lewisham’s strategic planning committee – its equivalent […]
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Deptford locals win planning battle over controversial flats plan
A developer’s appeal against a planning refusal for a block of flats by a playground in Deptford has been dismissed by a planning inspector. Aurora Apartments wanted to build the three-storey building on a small plot of land by the Armada Community Project and Charlotte Turner Gardens in McMillan Street, just off Creek Road. Locals set up […]
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