In response to Glasshalffull and Perryman, without a planning application (and as has been pointed out, one shop taking over a lease from another isn't 'development' and therefore doesn't require planning) I don't see how the community or the Council have any control over the servicing arrangements. These Local/Metro supermarkets also get multiple deliveries each day. I have seen delivery lorries at these kinds of stores parked on double yellow lines, parked on pavements, blocking cycle lanes, you name it. It really is quite antisocial and presents a safety problem. Without the control you can get with planning conditions, there is nothing I am aware of that can be done to control even the servicing hours (apart from maybe restricting the hours of operation on the loading bay).

I don't think using the loading bay further up London Road would work. It's 50m away, so I don't think would be attractive to Morrisons. I could be wrong though; they must see some way to make this site work for them. I also don't think we, the community, want big supermarket lorries (even small lorries are big in the human context) sitting there for large parts of the day, with loads of trolleys going up and down the pavement. There are no controls on this, so it could be during rush hour, at school finishing time, at weekends, anytime. With the South Circular traffic, London Road has enough problems as it is.

On a personal note, my family does use M&Co from time to time (we're the only ones in FH from the sounds of things!). There aren't really any alternatives for kids clothes in FH, or even in Sydenham. We'll be sad to see it go.

That said, I haven't signed the petition as I don't object to Morrisons or the alcohol licence in principle. I just have concerns about safety and amenity in relation to the servicing strategy, which we don't actually know anything concrete about yet.