I'm glad that things are moving on however find it a little rich for some to cajole the council for delays when a major factor in same was the disruption of the due process by the listing of Louise House by getting their mates round to do them a favour. Thats what happened here. And don't give me any more about impartial value free judgement - theres no such thing.

A great deal could have been achieved and cross subsidy in place before the housing market collapsed. Sometimes its good to realise when the opportunity is there and when you need to make the most of it.

I trust the Face Off Forest Hill campaign will also be trying to secure funding for this new Louise House venture, funding that is revenue as well as capital, and funding which does not a) have to come out of the public purse and b) have to come out of the expenditure reserved for the Pools thereby causing even further detriment. And hopefully it will last longer that many of the other inspired new ventures in Forest Hill.

The fact is that local people want and always have wanted a decent facility, not an monument to destitution, repression and child abuse masquerading as historical cultural capital- another nice piece of revisionist history along with the usual Sir Steve bashing.