How depressing and so typical of the council to take no notice of local opinion or their own policies regarding conservation. I can see from the pictures, that this area consists of some absolutely beautiful properties and epitomises the character of 'old Forest Hill'. The contemporary building looks cheap and ugly in comparison and I doubt will have anything like the life span of the Geogian villas that sit next door! I agree you cant please everyone regarding building design and it could be worse, it could have been a block of single bed flats, but a conservation area should IMHO conserve the appearance of the area otherwise what's the point?