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Thread: Crystal Palace Park
Post: RE: Crystal Palace Park
| If you didn't have a chance to visit the exhibition a lot of the information can be viewed on the following website:
http://www.crystalpalacepark.net/
As for the ticket hall (which is a great Vi... |
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01-11-2007, 08:31 PM |
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Thread: Owl Spotting
Post: RE: Tawit tawooo, I'm an owl.
| Amazing, there is a Tawny Owl out there tonight somewhere near Hengrave Road. I was told that there was a pair in Nunhead Cemetery but this is the first time I have heard them in SE23.
Check out t... |
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15-11-2007, 11:27 PM |
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Thread: Birds Of Prey
Post: RE: Bird Of Prey in SE23 (Forest Hill)
| According to a BBC article nearly a hundred breeding pairs of sparrowhawk have been recorded across Greater London, including eleven in Inner London. Among London's other birds of prey are upwards of ... |
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16-11-2007, 09:23 PM |
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Thread: Forest Hill Pool
Post: RE: Forest Hill Pool
| I don't think Lewisham will ever refurbish or reopen the pools. Swimming pools, especially old ones, are very expensive to run and as we know money is in very short supply. Whatever the results of o... |
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Woody |
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15-01-2008, 10:05 PM |
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Thread: Forest Hill and Honor Oak Park Secrets
Post: RE: Forest Hill and Honor Oak Park Secrets
| The Devonshire Road Nature Reserve is open on the last Sunday of every month during the afternoon so it will be open this Sunday.
It is a fantastic place and if you haven't been you won't regret a ... |
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23-01-2008, 02:51 PM |
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Thread: Planning: Tyson Road
Post: Planning: Tyson Road
| The long running saga of the planning application to build 84 flats on the parkland behind 15 to 17A Tyson Road and 39 to 53 Honor Oak Road has reached its next stage.
The appeal against refusal of... |
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23-01-2008, 03:05 PM |
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Thread: Planning: Tyson Road
Post: RE: Tyson Road Planning Appeal
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I think this was asked in the original thread but it looks a nice site - is it public space or communal space for a number of the surrrounding properties?
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23-01-2008, 09:30 PM |
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Thread: Planning: Tyson Road
Post: RE: Tyson Road Planning Appeal
| How strange.
With the appeal date only just set I have today received a letter from the Planning Inspector telling me that the Developer has withdrawn their appeal.
No reasons have been given. ... |
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Woody |
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25-01-2008, 07:31 PM |
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Thread: Forest Hill Pool
Post: RE: Forest Hill Pool
| It is a shame that Lewisham probably won't be organising an archictectural competition for the design of the new pools. Past competitions have resulted in some really iconic buildings from the White ... |
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Woody |
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19-02-2008, 10:40 PM |
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Thread: Housing Development next to Capitol Pub - Removal of Trees
Post: RE: Capitol Pub - Housing Development - Removal of...
| [quote=ForestGump]
In 2005 the council employed a company to go round and find sites suitable for at least 2 units. A list of over 120 was drawn up and reduced to 50 priority sites that were put befo... |
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Woody |
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10-06-2008, 08:35 AM |
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Thread: Stag Beetles
Post: Stag Beetles
| It is that time of the year again and love them or hate them SE23's Stag Beetles are out and about.
They are a protected species and we don't have many of those in Lewisham. You can log your sight... |
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10-06-2008, 09:05 AM |
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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. |
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10-06-2008, 06:24 PM |
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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... |
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Woody |
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10-06-2008, 10:19 PM |
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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... |
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Woody |
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11-06-2008, 08:27 PM |
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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... |
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22-06-2008, 09:18 PM |
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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... |
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Woody |
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23-06-2008, 09:03 PM |
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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... |
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08-09-2008, 08:33 PM |
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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 ... |
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18-11-2008, 09:48 AM |
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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... |
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Woody |
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26-11-2008, 09:41 AM |
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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... |
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10-12-2008, 05:25 PM |
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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 ... |
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21-01-2009, 03:00 PM |
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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... |
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22-01-2009, 06:27 PM |
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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... |
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13-02-2009, 12:17 AM |
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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... |
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26-03-2009, 09:33 AM |
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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... |
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19-03-2009, 12:48 AM |
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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. |
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04-08-2009, 08:57 AM |
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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 |
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06-08-2009, 12:26 AM |
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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... |
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13-08-2009, 02:19 PM |
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Thread: Jersey Tiger Moths
Post: RE: Jersey Tiger Moths
| I think this is a Jersey Tiger caterpillar - spotted munching on a hawthorn last autumn. |
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13-08-2009, 08:06 PM |
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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. |
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02-09-2009, 09:04 PM |
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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. |
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07-10-2009, 08:23 AM |
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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. |
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29-03-2010, 01:17 PM |
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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... |
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Woody |
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26-05-2010, 01:45 PM |
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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. |
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08-11-2010, 09:34 PM |
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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. ... |
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Woody |
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08-11-2010, 09:40 PM |
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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... |
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Woody |
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06-12-2010, 02:45 PM |
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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... |
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Woody |
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07-12-2010, 09:38 AM |
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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... |
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06-01-2011, 11:08 PM |
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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... |
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Woody |
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13-01-2011, 02:49 PM |
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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... |
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17-01-2011, 11:02 PM |
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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... |
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31-01-2011, 02:34 PM |
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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... |
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31-01-2011, 02:47 PM |
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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... |
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15-02-2011, 08:51 PM |
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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... |
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15-02-2011, 11:09 PM |
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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... |
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17-02-2011, 10:55 PM |
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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... |
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20-02-2011, 08:48 PM |
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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... |
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Woody |
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02-04-2012, 09:41 PM |
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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... |
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15-06-2012, 02:30 PM |
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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... |
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21-06-2012, 08:38 AM |
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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... |
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