Pros and cons of the new development (something to think about):

PROs:
More new homes
Homes for elderly people (LH officer said the new building will be for elderly people)
Possibility(but not a guarantee) of new play facilities for children
Possibility(not a guarantee) of health facility for adults (like gym for example)

CONs
- Trees and grass land go away
- Half of the space around Standlake Point goes
- Concrete and brick comes instead
- Play ground for children goes away
- Grass area for picnics goes away
- LH says, the building is for elderly people, but there is no guarantee that in 10-20 years time Lewisham Council will not bring any tenants or even sell the building
- the new building is planned for 40-50 new homes (Standlake, Radcot and Newbridge have 40 households each), therefore the new building will be either high (not sure how to house elderly people in a high building) as the rest of them or streatched along the available space.
- residents on the west side of Standlake will loose a nice view outside of their windows
- short distance between buildings will cause residents watch each other through the windows
- loosing playground may lead to children moving further from home to play where patents are not able to supervise
- more people, more cars, more crowd
- higher demand for limited parking space
- children causing disturbance to elderly people, as a result, more complaints and parental reprimands
- possibility of rising anti-social behaviour
- possibility that value of properties will go down for leadeholders

This post was last modified: 04-07-2017 06:56 AM by Kat.Standlake.Point.