http://acolnet.lewisham.gov.uk/LEWIS-XSL...mkey=64796

Next door to the Bird in Hand, opposite the post office - which is about to be turned into a pub/restaurant, and selling alcohol until 3am at the weekend.

This is the third application in the last two weeks that would result in the loss of a retail unit on Dartmouth Road. The cumulative impact of all these conversions will be to leave this central section of Dartmouth Road with hardly any retail units. The council have a policy to prevent loss of A1 retail units in core shopping areas. This site was a key part of the shopping area until the closure of the pool, and with it reopening again next year it is likely that some of the empty units can be brought back into use for retail, provided they are not all converted into offices and bars.

I hope the council will reject this application as I don't think it will be beneficial to the area.