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  Thread: Planning: Tyson Road
Post: RE: Planning: Tyson Road

The contractor on site is working past 1pm on a Saturday yet again. First time I queried this the site supervisor claimed that he didn't know the time. Today apparently it is emergency works (wh...
Woody SE23 Topics 101 123,140 22-04-2017, 01:56 PM
  Thread: Southwark Council consultation on works to One Tree Hill
Post: Southwark Council consultation on works to One Tre...

https://consultations.southwark.gov.uk/environment-leisure/one-tree-hill-remedial-works-consultation/consult_view Closing date 18 September.
Woody SE23 Topics 2 4,481 22-08-2016, 01:30 PM
  Thread: Demolition of 109 Honor Oak Park
Post: RE: Demolition of 109 Honor Oak Park

It's staggeringly ugly.
Woody SE23 Topics 7 9,551 15-05-2016, 09:51 PM
  Thread: Local wildlife
Post: RE: Local wildlife

I don't know if Tawny Owls reside locally but have heard them from the street and also on One Tree Hill as recently as last autumn. I was told a few years ago that there was a resident pair in Nunhea...
Woody Wider Topics 24 17,948 02-02-2016, 02:50 PM
  Thread: Local wildlife
Post: RE: Local wildlife

In terms of FH regulars around Devonshire Road (and ignoring ducks and other water loving birds) I would say: Blackbird Blackcap Blue Tit Carrion Crow Chaffinch Chiffchaff (summer only) Coal ...
Woody Wider Topics 24 17,948 01-02-2016, 10:53 PM
  Thread: Bridge players
Post: RE: Bridge players

Not aware of any others but I suppose there must be.
Woody Wider Topics 3 4,335 08-01-2016, 02:31 PM
  Thread: Bridge players
Post: RE: Bridge players

This was good when I took part a few years ago: http://stockenbridge.co.uk/images/dulwich-rosendale-timetable.pdf
Woody Wider Topics 3 4,335 01-12-2015, 02:21 PM
  Thread: Proposed New Homes at Eliot Bank & Knapdale Close
Post: RE: Proposed New Homes at Eliot Bank & Knapdale Cl...

Great news, I look forward to a famous victory at the planning committee meeting.
Woody SE23 Topics 43 39,877 26-11-2015, 09:42 AM
  Thread: Proposed New Homes at Eliot Bank & Knapdale Close
Post: RE: Proposed New Homes at Eliot Bank & Knapdale Cl...

On Tyson Road we had bat recordings taken from an adjoining property loaded up on You Tube and we also commissioned an independent expert to produce a bat report which was funded by local donations. ...
Woody SE23 Topics 43 39,877 25-11-2015, 11:29 PM
  Thread: Proposed New Homes at Eliot Bank & Knapdale Close
Post: RE: Proposed New Homes at Eliot Bank & Knapdale Cl...

I wouldn't get too excited about fire brigade concerns. I seem to remember in relation to the Tyson Road development the Fire Brigade expressed concerns about being able to reach one of the blocks ...
Woody SE23 Topics 43 39,877 25-11-2015, 02:50 PM
  Thread: Planning: Tyson Road
Post: RE: Planning: Tyson Road

Looks like the developer has been successful in applying to vary the planning permission so as to remove all of the social housing element in return for a lump sum payment: http://planning.lewisham...
Woody SE23 Topics 101 123,140 07-09-2015, 01:29 PM
  Thread: Planning: Derelict Houses on Tyson Road
Post: RE: Planning: Derelict Houses on Tyson Road

What they don't tell you is that they have already killed one of the trees that was subject to a tree preservation order and that the Planning Inspector said must be retained. A large Norway Spruce o...
Woody SE23 Topics 8 11,154 09-05-2013, 08:37 AM
  Thread: Planning: Derelict Houses on Tyson Road
Post: RE: Derelict houses on Tyson road

It is a long story. In a nutshell a developer bought 15 - 17A Tyson Road and some of the land behind the Christian Fellowship Centre. They eventually got planning permission to build approx. 70 flat...
Woody SE23 Topics 8 11,154 21-06-2012, 08:38 AM
  Thread: Planning Application: Land to the rear of 107 Honor Oak Park
Post: RE: Planning Application: Land to the rear of 107 ...

If you look at the proposed layout a very large proportion of the developed area is taken up by the access drive and car parking. The housing units themselves are tiny as are the gardens which are of...
Woody SE23 Topics 5 10,338 15-06-2012, 02:30 PM
  Thread: First swallows of 2012
Post: First swallows of 2012

Not a sight you see very often in Forest Hill but I did spot two swallows above Surrey Canal Walk in Peckham early this morning. Does anyone know if we have nesting swallows or house martins in SE2...
Woody Wider Topics 2 4,483 02-04-2012, 09:41 PM
  Thread: HOP Recreation Ground to Become a Cemetery?
Post: RE: Save HOP Recreation Ground!

To answer Roz's question I believe that the recreation ground is classed as metropolitan open space under the planning laws. Use of such land for burials is permitted but Southwark will need planning...
Woody SE23 Topics 196 180,289 20-02-2011, 08:48 PM
  Thread: Planning: Tyson Road
Post: RE: Planning: Tyson Road

The Tyson Road planning application went back to the Planning Committee this evening and was voted through 4 - 1. Well done to everyone who campaigned to get a better development over the last five...
Woody SE23 Topics 101 123,140 17-02-2011, 10:55 PM
  Thread: HOP Recreation Ground to Become a Cemetery?
Post: RE: Save HOP Recreation Ground!

Roz is quite correct in pointing out that the Recreation Ground was originally acquired (by Camberwell Council) to provide burial space. However, that was back in 1901 and since then things have ch...
Woody SE23 Topics 196 180,289 15-02-2011, 11:09 PM
  Thread: HOP Recreation Ground to Become a Cemetery?
Post: RE: Save HOP Recreation Ground!

My daughter learnt to ride her bike on the rec and both of my children spent many happy hours in the playground. It would be a tragedy if other local children were denied the same opportunity. The...
Woody SE23 Topics 196 180,289 15-02-2011, 08:51 PM
  Thread: Honor Oak Park Station Upgrade
Post: RE: Honor Oak Park Station Upgrade

The conversion of the nursery site into cemetery began within within five years of planning permission being granted so I assume it is still valid. I don't know if there have been any subsequent plan...
Woody SE23 Topics 89 107,018 31-01-2011, 02:47 PM
  Thread: Honor Oak Park Station Upgrade
Post: RE: Honor Oak Park Station Upgrade

[attachment=551][attachment=552] Here is the planning report that was produced by Southwark in relation to the planning application back in 2000. This includes a site map. I also attach the act...
Woody SE23 Topics 89 107,018 31-01-2011, 02:34 PM
  Thread: Devonshire Road - residents parking
Post: RE: Devonshire Road - residents parking

I think that they had a similar problem with commuter parking near Herne Hill station. The local council introduced a CPZ but non-residents only had to buy a ticket if they parked between 12 and 2p...
Woody SE23 Topics 62 62,404 17-01-2011, 11:02 PM
  Thread: Honor Oak Park Station Upgrade
Post: RE: Honor Oak Park Station Upgrade

Does anyone know if Southwark intend to use the sloping part of the land adjoining the station as a further extension to the cemetery? Looking at the planning permission which was granted to conver...
Woody SE23 Topics 89 107,018 13-01-2011, 02:49 PM
  Thread: Thinking of moving to Forest Hill
Post: Thinking of moving to Forest Hill

I think Forest Hill is a pretty safe area and we have great neighbours. The only person to person trouble I can remember seeing in 15 years happened on the train and involved a drunken Millwall fan...
Woody SE23 Topics 15 31,172 06-01-2011, 11:08 PM
  Thread: Road closures in Forest Hill
Post: RE: Road closures in Forest Hill

You may think that driving in bad conditions is safer than walking but what a about the danger caused to pedestrians by cars sliding out of control? If you have ever tried to push a car you will kn...
Woody SE23 Topics 58 55,378 07-12-2010, 09:38 AM
  Thread: Road closures in Forest Hill
Post: RE: Road closures in Forest Hill

Walking around yesterday it was depressing to see how many people had cleared the entrance to their drive ins of snow but not the pavements outside their house. Just as a few locals continued (or a...
Woody SE23 Topics 58 55,378 06-12-2010, 02:45 PM
  Thread: Planning: Nursery at Liphook Crescent
Post: RE: Planning: Nursery at Liphook Crescent

I don't have a view on the merits of this planning application but it doesn't do Lewisham's Planning Department any credit to see that it has taken them eight months to come up with a recommendation. ...
Woody SE23 Topics 666 532,637 08-11-2010, 09:40 PM
  Thread: Stray fat black and white cat Devonshire Road
Post: RE: Stray fat black and white cat Devonshire Road

If the cat is on the chunky side it may be that rather than having no home it in fact has several homes.
Woody SE23 Topics 6 8,143 08-11-2010, 09:34 PM
  Thread: Trains to/from Forest Hill and Honor Oak Park
Post: RE: Trains to/from Forest Hill and Honor Oak Park

Tried out the Overground yesterday with a day trip to Dalston. A pretty faultless journey both ways with a journey time from HOP to Dalston of 27 minutes. I am looking forward to trips to Columbia...
Woody SE23 Topics 1,398 1,243,866 26-05-2010, 01:45 PM
  Thread: Work next to Honor Oak Park Station
Post: RE: Work next to Honor Oak Park Station

I assume that Southwark Council has started the process of removing the spoil that was illegally dumped on the site. There was a separate thread on this a while ago.
Woody SE23 Topics 15 18,968 29-03-2010, 01:17 PM
  Thread: Planning: Tyson Road
Post: RE: Planning Application: Tyson Road

Having received 349 objections and no letters of support Lewisham have refused planning permission - the decision notice is attached. I understand the Developer is likely to appeal the decision.
Woody SE23 Topics 101 123,140 07-10-2009, 08:23 AM
  Thread: Planning: Tyson Road
Post: RE: Planning Application: Tyson Road

330 people have now lodged individual objections and about 160 people have signed the online petition. According to the Lewisham website the target date for a decision is now 7 October.
Woody SE23 Topics 101 123,140 02-09-2009, 09:04 PM
  Thread: Jersey Tiger Moths
Post: RE: Jersey Tiger Moths

I think this is a Jersey Tiger caterpillar - spotted munching on a hawthorn last autumn.
Woody Wider Topics 14 14,228 13-08-2009, 08:06 PM
  Thread: Planning: Tyson Road
Post: RE: Planning Application: Tyson Road

Mike has raised some interesting issues. Starting with Tyson Road. Why is it that it has suffered from anti-social behaviour in recent years? Is it because there is an area outside the shop which...
Woody SE23 Topics 101 123,140 13-08-2009, 02:19 PM
  Thread: Planning: Tyson Road
Post: RE: Planning Application: Tyson Road

I have set up an online petition for anyone who wants to object to this latest planning application. See here: http://www.gopetition.co.uk/online/29948.html
Woody SE23 Topics 101 123,140 06-08-2009, 12:26 AM
  Thread: Falcon in Forest Hill
Post: RE: Falcon in Forest Hill

I spotted a Kestrel hovering above the railway embankment behind Devonshire Road in April and another in Peckham last year along the old Surrey Canal footpath.
Woody SE23 Topics 2 4,406 04-08-2009, 08:57 AM
  Thread: Planning: Tyson Road
Post: RE: Planning Application: Tyson Road

The Council's Planning Officer has now produced his report and he is recommending approval of the scheme. The report has been sent to the Planning Committee B who are meeting on Tuesday 31 March. It...
Woody SE23 Topics 101 123,140 26-03-2009, 09:33 AM
  Thread: Lewisham consults on planning policy
Post: Lewisham consults on planning policy

Many of the posts on this forum are planning related and it seems that we are often unhappy with Lewisham's policy on development. All too often we find ourselves arguing over a policy that was ado...
Woody SE23 Topics 1 4,259 19-03-2009, 12:48 AM
  Thread: Asbestos in HOP
Post: RE: Asbestos in HOP

Thanks for the additional information. It prompted me to dig out my papers and having flicked through them it is possible to summarise the history of the Honor Oak Recreation Ground. 1901 Site a...
Woody SE23 Topics 6 10,602 13-02-2009, 12:17 AM
  Thread: Asbestos in HOP
Post: Asbestos in HOP

What wasn't made clear in the report is that the waste that was dumped in Camberwell New Cemetery is in the new extension next to Honor Oak Station and the Honor Oak Recreation ground close to the chi...
Woody SE23 Topics 6 10,602 22-01-2009, 06:27 PM
  Thread: Planning: Tyson Road
Post: Tyson Road Development

It looks like some minor changes to the proposed development have been put forward including a reduction in the number of flats from 76 to 75. Revised plans can be seen on the Lewisham website. The ...
Woody SE23 Topics 101 123,140 21-01-2009, 03:00 PM
  Thread: Planning: Tyson Road
Post: RE: Tyson Road Planning Appeal

Lewisham is still consulting on the proposed site allocations as part of the revised local development framework. The Tyson Road site is one of the sites included in this consultation exercise. In...
Woody SE23 Topics 101 123,140 10-12-2008, 05:25 PM
  Thread: Planning: Tyson Road
Post: Tyson Road - Latest Planning Application

An online petition has been set up calling for a rejection of this latest planning application. http://www.gopetition.co.uk/online/23558.html Lewisham do take notice of these petitions so please...
Woody SE23 Topics 101 123,140 26-11-2008, 09:41 AM
  Thread: Planning: Tyson Road
Post: RE: Tyson Road Planning Appeal

I think Baggydave has made an excellent point and it is worth remembering that the site is actually three different sites combined into one for the purposes of this planning application. 15 to 17A ...
Woody SE23 Topics 101 123,140 18-11-2008, 09:48 AM
  Thread: Gardeners Question Time
Post: RE: Gardeners Question Time

An Amelanchier is an option, it has white flowers in the spring and red foliage in the autumn, or perhaps the flagpole cherry (Prunus Amanogawa). Alternatively you might want to think about a shrub...
Woody Wider Topics 7 8,497 08-09-2008, 08:33 PM
  Thread: Lewisham planning policy
Post: RE: Lewisham planning policy

Yes, that's true, but let's not kid ourselves on the health of local democracy. Check out the number of votes that the winning Councillors in your ward received and you may be in for a shock: http...
Woody Wider Topics 10 14,763 23-06-2008, 09:03 PM
  Thread: Lewisham planning policy
Post: RE: Lewisham planning policy

I think that there are a number of factors here. First and foremost the Council have been given a target by the Government for the building of new homes. Unfortunately, there aren't any national tar...
Woody Wider Topics 10 14,763 22-06-2008, 09:18 PM
  Thread: Planning: Tyson Road
Post: RE: Tyson Road Planning Appeal

Brian's prediction turned out to be correct. The previous application was for 85 flats in 7 blocks with a density of 242 habitable rooms. The latest proposal is for 84 flats in 9 blocks with a d...
Woody SE23 Topics 101 123,140 11-06-2008, 08:27 PM
  Thread: Stag Beetles
Post: RE: Stag Beetles

Yes, I think that they only want sightings of the (proper) Stag Beetle. I can't work out to attach photos to this post so I have put three from last night on the Tyson Road site: http://www.flic...
Woody Wider Topics 9 9,110 10-06-2008, 10:19 PM
  Thread: Stag Beetles
Post: RE: Stag Beetles

Here is a picture of a couple of males that I saw fighting last night about 10pm. Most of my sightings in SE23 have been after 9pm on warm dry days in early June.
Woody Wider Topics 9 9,110 10-06-2008, 06:24 PM
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