Ok, I understand there's a difference of opinion. It doesn't look so bad in the other pictures, but I'm not sure I'd want to live next door or immediately behind it.

Tonight outside Forest Hill station one of the people behind this application is asking for passers-by to sign a petition in support of their plans.

Does that mean they're hoping a general petition should carry more weight than the potential concerns of people who might be directly affected by it?

On their poster they say this is being built to help regenerate Forest Hill, but that is somewhat disingenuous - and subjective.
There may well be an element of public-spiritedness about it - but nobody builds a home for themselves purely to benefit the local community do they?