It is so difficult to try and protect our neighbourhood from over-development. I am going to see someone at Planning Aid today to see if she can help. Lewisham will be responsible for the destruction of Manor Mount and the forest Hill conservation area will be a meaningless title if this planning goes ahead. It will set a precedent for all family houses in the road to be changed into flats and all spaces between houses to be filled in by new developments. It will not help with the lack of cheap housing that is needed in the borough it will only line the pockets of the developers. Lewisham will be responsible for this and the people of the area will be very unhappy as a result.

There seems no point in pretending that you are giving ordinary people a voice when no one listens to us.