I see they have finally started to address the dangerous eye-sore wall opposite the new flats (that are no longer central.)
All the buddleia has been pulled out and the loose bricks removed.
They are laying new red bricks, which is not perfect I guess, as they will never blend in, but that is better than the holes just being cemented over or filled with no-nonsense polystyrene filler.

So this is progress indeed.

Hopefully this work is just preparation for a full length engraving - I propose a scene from one of the historical forest hill up'ard vs down'ards mob football games that, admittedly, have yet to be played, between the ancient wards of se23.