There were clear restrictions placed on food retail for this area of Bell Green to avoid increased damage to local high streets. Lewisham council ignored this with permission for the Aldi application in 2017, and will probably ignore it again with this application.

While chains are moving out of the town centre (Boots being the most recent closure at a time when the government are claiming to offer more choice to collect prescriptions), retail appears to be thriving in out of town centres in Lewisham - exactly what was predicted by the Sydenham Society in the early years of the 21st Century when Bell Green plan beyond 'Savacentre' was given permission.

I continue to believe that Bell Green would make a great location for a cinema and is not such a great location for a third major food retailer.