I am not suggesting anything, just saying there was an activity going on already prior to the changes into a nursery. That activity seemed to be acceptable by everybody.
What concerns me is a) the area character could be changed because of this uproar and b) the council has shown to ignore the needs of others. Although the houses on the hill are not in the conservation area, the area itself is unique. You do not find another one similar in the south east of London. It is like a village of its own and therefore should be kept as such.
Reading the leaflet sent around by the TLRA (you can read it on their website) the inconvenience was with the traffic and the noise. People were having cars parked in front of their driveways. I cannot say much of the noise from the garden or the house, because I do not live directly close by, but I know the houses are mainly 1930 style with 2 medium sized bedrooms and a very small (a box) one. Application was granted only for the grand and first floors. You cannot accommodate many people in a house of this type.
By creating the furore as Piplings have done on all local forums, by splitting the community, by inviting the press and friends to run down their neighbours, they have done themselves no favour.
Anyway, if you go around the most expensive areas in West Dulwich, nearby the college, would you be allowed to have a nursery, or a commercial enterprise of medium size, near other residences that easily?

This post was last modified: 07-02-2012 01:28 PM by orange.