The other issue to consider with Derby Hill will be what will happen when the Pools are up and running and how this might produce additional pressure on local parking. There is also increasing pressure due to two local schools nearby.

Some of us residents on the other side of the tracks have a lot of Horniman parking and hence were more than a little perturbed when a lot of parking was removed from Sydenham Rise in order to accommodate a bus stop which no one ever seems to use. Sydenham Rise was ideal for people parking for the Museum and the Triangle play park as most of the local residents had off street parking and it never seemed to directly impact on anyone.
I think therefore that any local decision on parking needs to be properly considered and discussed with the overall locality in mind, especially when so near a major facility with expansion plans in the offing.