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Thread: Forest Hill Pool
Post: RE: Forest Hill Pool
| Thought I would follow the link above to get the latest on the Pools but find that the Lewisham Website is down returning a page headed Server Error in '/Lewisham' Application!!! Why am I not surpris... |
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andrewr |
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14-01-2008, 05:45 PM |
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Thread: Forest Hill Pool
Post: RE: Forest Hill Pool
| I've emailed Annette Stead at the Council for an update. She's previously been helpful in providing the latest news. WHen I get a response, I'll pass on any news here. If I don't, then perhaps our ... |
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andrewr |
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15-01-2008, 09:31 PM |
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Thread: Flight Paths over SE23
Post: RE: Proposed City Airport Flight Paths over SE23
| I don't really understand the concern here. Although the 'proposed' map shows a red line for the centre of the flight path, there is virtually no difference in the areas on either map. Interestingly... |
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andrewr |
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21-02-2008, 06:43 PM |
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Thread: Manor Mount - Abuse of One-Way System
Post: RE: Manor Mount - drivers still at it
| I've been around long enough to have been involved in consultation at the time that the one way in Manor Mount was first introduced. Prior to the one way, it was a major rat run down Manor Mount and ... |
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andrewr |
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21-02-2008, 06:56 PM |
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Thread: Flight Paths over SE23
Post: RE: Proposed City Airport Flight Paths over SE23
| Looks like I am still missing something! The shaded red area on the proposed map is still both north and south of the Thames and I would have expected planes to use both routes in the interests of ef... |
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andrewr |
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22-02-2008, 03:42 PM |
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Thread: WH Smith & Post Office, Forest Hill
Post: RE: "The People's Post Office" - FH - really?!
| Visited today for the first time. Found the staff helpful and polite - but learning on the job. The environment is much more pleasant than the old PO with the relatively open counters a pleasant cha... |
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andrewr |
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22-02-2008, 03:53 PM |
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Thread: Perystreete
Post: RE: Perystreete
| Better link to ~Google Maps - they have it spelt right! |
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andrewr |
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25-02-2008, 02:45 PM |
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Thread: High kerbs near HOP
Post: RE: High kerbs near HOP
| These roads are not the only ones where parking on the pavements is supposed to be encouraged but is actually virtually impossible. Tewkesbury Avenue is another example. If I recall rightly, the roa... |
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andrewr |
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22-04-2008, 11:06 AM |
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Thread: Horniman Museum and Gardens
Post: RE: Sun 27nd April 2pm: Public Meeting re Redevelo...
| Please Note that due to the very limited space available in the Dutch Barn, access to this meeting will be limited to those living in the Tewkesbury Lodge Estate Area and their guests. Sorry for any ... |
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andrewr |
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26-04-2008, 02:50 PM |
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Thread: Tewkesbury Lodge Garden Opening This Weekend
Post: Tewkesbury Lodge Garden Opening This Weekend
| Four Gardens on the Tewkesbury Lodge Estate are open to visitors this weekend under the National Gardens Scheme.
The gardens are:
[list]
[*]The Coach House (3 The Hermitage)
[*]27 Horniman Drive... |
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andrewr |
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23-05-2008, 06:35 PM |
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Thread: Forest Hill Pools
Post: RE: Forest Hill Pool (continued)
| Latest info on Lewisham web site
http://www.lewisham.gov.uk/LeisureAndCulture/SportAndLeisure/NewDevelopments/ForestHillPools/
says:
"Demolition
Demolition of the site including Louise House, ... |
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andrewr |
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06-06-2008, 09:51 AM |
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Thread: Flight Paths over SE23
Post: RE: Proposed City Airport Flight Paths over SE23
| Michael
I wonder if we are reading too much into these charts. Interestingly the map of the 'existing' approach paths appears to be wrong in so far as it shows the hold (the racetrack pattern) for C... |
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andrewr |
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22-02-2008, 09:21 PM |
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Thread: Forest Hill Underpass
Post: RE: Forest Hill Underpass
| We have been clearly promised a full refurbishment of the subway repeatedly and over a number of years. Funding to do the job has been identified, including money obtained as part of the Berkeley Hom... |
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andrewr |
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14-08-2011, 11:25 PM |
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Thread: Horniman Museum and Gardens
Post: RE: Sun 27nd April 2pm: Public Meeting re Redevelo...
| To expand on my last post. This meeting has been organised by the Committee of the Tewkesbury Lodge Estate Residents' Association as part of our Annual General Meeting. The intention is to provide t... |
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andrewr |
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26-04-2008, 05:56 PM |
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Thread: Flight Paths over SE23
Post: RE: Proposed City Airport Flight Paths over SE23
| I did quite a lot of research into flights into Heathrow a couple of years ago. Heathrow never closes but the number of flights they are allowed during the night (basically 11pm to 6am if I remember ... |
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andrewr |
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27-07-2008, 10:22 PM |
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Thread: Forest Hill Rail Station
Post: RE: Forest Hill Rail Station
| For the record
- Although the station was damaged in 1944, so were very many other buildings. Most were repaired. Forest Hill Station was patched up but neglected until it was demolished in 1972 - ... |
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andrewr |
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01-02-2009, 10:36 PM |
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Thread: Flight Paths over SE23
Post: RE: Proposed City Airport Flight Paths over SE23
| In response to Vipes -
I haven't looked at the impact of the new runway. It would be for smaller planes providing links between Heathrow and relatively close destinations freeing the main runways ... |
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andrewr |
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28-07-2008, 01:05 PM |
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Thread: Forest Hill Rail Station
Post: RE: Forest Hill Rail Station
| Bombing left lots of buildings in a bad state but many were repaired. Just a question of priorities I guess.
The central platform must have been a very narrow island platform. If it existed today... |
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andrewr |
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02-02-2009, 01:11 PM |
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Thread: Forest Hill Pools
Post: RE: Forest Hill Pool (continued)
| There is a Forest Hill Pools Stakeholder Meeting this Thursday 5th. With luck, interested parties will get an update and may even be able to post some news here. |
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andrewr |
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03-02-2009, 11:44 AM |
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Thread: Forest Hill Rail Station
Post: RE: Forest Hill Rail Station
| Browsing the 'Beyond SE23' part of the forum I came across Steve Grindlay's link to bomb damage maps of the area. Forest Hill Station is visible at
[url]http://www.flickr.com/photos/stevegrindlay/3... |
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andrewr |
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03-02-2009, 06:23 PM |
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Thread: Post
Post: RE: Post
| I expect the 'Road Closed' sign at the bottom of Netherby Road is good enough excuse for no deliveries by the postman. Having said which, ParcelForce managed to deliver to me in Netherby yesterday an... |
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andrewr |
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06-02-2009, 09:44 AM |
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Thread: Post
Post: RE: Post
| And a sprinkling of post delivered this morning in Netherby too - postmarked items dated 2nd and 3rd! |
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andrewr |
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06-02-2009, 11:13 AM |
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Thread: Forest Hill Pools
Post: RE: Forest Hill Pool (continued)
| Lewisham have undertaken to publish on their website, the presentation made last night to the Stakeholder Group. It's not there yet. The Council is looking for comment from stakeholders by the end o... |
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andrewr |
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06-02-2009, 02:34 PM |
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Thread: Forest Hill Pools
Post: RE: Forest Hill Pool (continued)
| Oops Sorry!
Option 3 should say "... part financed by housing on the existing site" |
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andrewr |
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06-02-2009, 02:36 PM |
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Thread: Forest Hill Pools
Post: RE: Forest Hill Pool (continued)
| And the Mayor and Cabinet Meeting is 25th February (not 28th). |
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andrewr |
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06-02-2009, 06:17 PM |
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Thread: Forest Hill Pools
Post: RE: Forest Hill Pool (continued)
| If Brian can walk from the current site to the entrance of Willow WAy in 2 minutes, he must indeed be a fast walker. My car odometer clocked 0.4 miles. On Google Earth its 0.38. That makes 12 mph!... |
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andrewr |
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07-02-2009, 08:01 PM |
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Thread: Forest Hill Pools
Post: RE: Forest Hill Pool (continued)
| I should have added that if Option 1 did not have the housing on top then it would not need to be pre sold to a developer. The development issues would be the same as Option 2 and the principle issue... |
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andrewr |
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09-02-2009, 05:22 PM |
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Thread: Forest Hill Pools
Post: RE: Forest Hill Pool (continued)
| Brian - You are right. As presented, if the Pool goes to WW, the whole of the existing site including Louise House and the Laundry Block behind would be used for housing. |
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andrewr |
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10-02-2009, 02:47 PM |
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Thread: Forest Hill Pools
Post: RE: Forest Hill Pool (continued)
| Can anyone explain why Option 2 can be financed by housing on Willow Way, but Option 1 without the housing on top, as shown on page 10 of the presentation, isn't put forward as a clear proposal? With... |
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andrewr |
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09-02-2009, 05:19 PM |
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Thread: Forest Hill Pools
Post: RE: Forest Hill Pool (continued)
| In reply to Nasaroc. Page 34 of the stakeholder presentation clearly shows a Land Receipt (Low) from Willow Way for Option 1. My suspicion is that prior to the presentation there was, on the table, ... |
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andrewr |
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10-02-2009, 01:39 PM |
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Thread: Pool Poll: Which pool option do you prefer?
Post: RE: Pool Poll: Which pool option do you prefer?
| Steve - This poll will never be statistically valid because it can only reflect the views of a self selected group of respondents. However, the Council will be well aware that that group includes sig... |
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andrewr |
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13-02-2009, 01:00 PM |
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Thread: Pool Poll: Which pool option do you prefer?
Post: RE: Pool Poll: Which pool option do you prefer?
| Hi Steve
At the risk of boring people - yes, this poll is less valid than a YouGov poll or a properly conducted poll of people in the street. In a properly conducted poll, pollsters are given a cros... |
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andrewr |
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13-02-2009, 01:54 PM |
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Thread: Forest Hill Pools
Post: RE: Forest Hill Pool (continued)
| The response of the Tewkesbury Lodge Estate Residents' Association to the stakeholder presentation is attached. The Association is opposed to Option 3 and would support Option 2 provided facilities a... |
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andrewr |
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13-02-2009, 07:40 PM |
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Thread: Honor Oak Park Rail Station
Post: RE: Honor Oak Park Rail Station
| I've just heard (from a man on site) that the works currently being undertaken adjacent to the Up platform are to provide an alternative access to the platform. This will take about a month. Presuma... |
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andrewr |
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14-02-2009, 01:23 PM |
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Thread: Forest Hill Rail Station
Post: RE: Forest Hill Rail Station
| Surely "if they are using the ticket machines" (I think you mean barriers) there has to be a people there! Why can't we just talk about staff rather than "personing"! |
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andrewr |
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14-02-2009, 04:08 PM |
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Thread: Forest Hill Pools
Post: RE: Forest Hill Pool (continued)
| They say there are lies, damn lies and statistics.
As the crow flies from the centre of the Pools site to the centre of the Willow Way site is 600 yards. Given that we aren't crows and have to fol... |
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andrewr |
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15-02-2009, 09:09 PM |
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Thread: Forest Hill Pools
Post: RE: Forest Hill Pool (continued)
| Having two pools - a learner pool and a standard size 25m pool is, I sense, accepted as an essential feature of our new pools, whatever else local people may disagree on. The Council accept that a le... |
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andrewr |
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14-02-2009, 12:58 PM |
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Thread: Forest Hill Rail Station
Post: RE: Forest Hill Rail Station
| :unsure:Seriously - I think that on the Underground they have to staff the barriers if they are in use. This is to deal with tickets that don't work, let through people with luggage and to open the b... |
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andrewr |
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14-02-2009, 05:03 PM |
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Thread: Forest Hill Pools
Post: RE: Forest Hill Pool (continued)
| Robin
No one, at least amongst the stakeholder group or wider local community, has had the opportunity to study any of the Options in detail. We've got very small scale plans of ground floors with n... |
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andrewr |
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17-02-2009, 10:33 PM |
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Thread: Forest Hill Pools
Post: RE: Forest Hill Pool (continued)
| And, for the record, the representatives of the 700 members of the Tewkesbury Lodge Estate Residents' Association are also backing Option 2. |
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andrewr |
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24-02-2009, 09:52 PM |
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Thread: Forest Hill Pools
Post: RE: Forest Hill Pool (continued)
| Perryman -
may be surprised to hear that at last night's meeting Steve Bullock told us that the Willow Way site [b]WAS[/b] in Forest Hill. I haven't checked the maps but he said that it was in Fores... |
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andrewr |
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26-02-2009, 07:47 PM |
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Thread: Forest Hill Pools
Post: RE: Forest Hill Pool (continued)
| davidwhiting -
might like to compare the plan for option 2 in the stakeholder presentation with that for option 3. Option 3 uses all of the available site and looks cramped internally. At least in... |
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andrewr |
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26-02-2009, 07:54 PM |
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Thread: Lewisham consults on planning policy
Post: RE: Lewisham consults on planning policy
| And it's interesting to note that on this consultation at least, the Council are providing three options.
Options 1 & 2 - super mega development "Borough-wide regeneration and growth" or major deve... |
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andrewr |
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19-03-2009, 09:41 AM |
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Thread: Forest Hill Pools
Post: RE: Forest Hill Pool (continued)
| Roz (again)
The figures that reached me were ?3000/m2 for new build, ?1500/m2 for refurb. Clearly both figures could vary wildly depending on the state of the original building and what the refurb /... |
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andrewr |
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19-03-2009, 09:01 PM |
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Thread: Forest Hill Pools
Post: RE: Forest Hill Pool (continued)
| Judging from the Mayor, Cabinet, and Council Officers' refusal to discuss the project, or its timing, it seems that any difficulty delivering Option 2 has nothing to do with 'plugging the gap' in the ... |
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andrewr |
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24-03-2009, 04:49 PM |
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Thread: Forest Hill Pools
Post: RE: Forest Hill Pool (continued)
| Hi Roz
I've resisted posting on this subject for a while but...
We are informed that Council Officers say that refurbishing existing buildings costs half as much as building the same space from sc... |
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andrewr |
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19-03-2009, 11:25 AM |
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Thread: Forest Hill Pools
Post: RE: Forest Hill Pool (continued)
| Roz
I think you may not have looked closely at the plans for option 2. Option 2 doesn't just retain the facade, it retains the entire Pools frontage building. What goes is the 'sheds' with the coll... |
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andrewr |
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19-03-2009, 08:55 PM |
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Thread: Water Supply Problems
Post: RE: Water Supply
| I've heard there is no water in at least the northern part of Canonbie Road. Water is OK in my bit of Netherby though. |
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andrewr |
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30-03-2009, 05:01 PM |
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Thread: Honor Oak Park Rail Station
Post: RE: Train service to/from Forest Hill and Honor Oa...
| My enquiries suggested that the tree cutting and works at HOP station was to provide an alternative access to platform 1 for use whilst the booking office was closed for reflooring. In the event they... |
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andrewr |
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01-05-2009, 09:09 AM |
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Thread: Planning Advice
Post: RE: Planning Advice
| Unfortunately Lewisham's Planning Enforcement team is very under strength. If planning permission is refused, persistent pressure from affected residents is likely to be needed to get any action take... |
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andrewr |
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