I have just been looking at another potential improvement - but it would need the William Hill and their Freeholder to be willing and helpful (please!).

As most pedestrians - with or without buggies - will know, the access between the corner of William Hill and the traffic lights/railings is stupidly tight and there's also quite a steep camber from the kerb down to the building.

Well, I reckon WH don't actually get any real benefit from the jutty-out pointy bit so, in my opinion, cutting it off diagonally (at ground floor level only) with supporting columns set about 10 feet back from the corner point on the front and side elevations would eliminate that pinch-point and it might allow for the camber to be made a little shallower.

I don't know how instances like this work - where necessary improvements to public highways are concerned - but I believe Lewisham council, TfL, William Hill and their Freeholder should be able to get together to come up with a workable deal; especially as the alterations could be made without too much hassle and the net effect on the shop unit wouldn't be too detrimental - v's - the permanent benefit to the town.

(Or is this just another one of my harebrained ideas?)