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Sydenham News & ViewsSydenham Society are protesting at the imposition of parking charges on Sydenham Road and elsewhere. This is supposed to be from March 31st and is borough wide. First I have heard of it. No consultation from Lewisham or SydSoc on decisions for and against.This is SydSoc's take: <a href="https://sydenhamsociety.com/2025/03/local-high-streets-in-danger/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://sydenhamsociety.com/2025/03/local-high-streets-in-danger/</a><a href="https://social.brainsys.com/tags/Sydenham" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Sydenham</a> <a href="https://social.brainsys.com/tags/se26" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#se26</a> <a href="https://social.brainsys.com/tags/lewisham" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#lewisham</a>

Forest Hill & Honor Oak NewsThe Segal self-build method is a model of how housing could be. Not the badly built boxes that the property behemoths build today, but to scale and which the occupant has a real involvement. Made famous by the developments in Forest Hill/Honor Oak. <a href="https://www.mylondon.news/news/south-london-news/road-council-houses-south-london-30956652?int_source=amp_continue_reading&int_medium=amp&int_campaign=continue_reading_button#amp-readmore-target" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.mylondon.news/news/south-london-news/road-council-houses-south-london-30956652?int_source=amp_continue_reading&int_medium=amp&int_campaign=continue_reading_button#amp-readmore-target</a><a href="https://social.brainsys.com/tags/foresthill" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#foresthill</a> <a href="https://social.brainsys.com/tags/honoroak" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#honoroak</a> <a href="https://social.brainsys.com/tags/se23" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#se23</a> <a href="https://social.brainsys.com/tags/lewisham" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#lewisham</a> <a href="https://social.brainsys.com/tags/london" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#london</a> <a href="https://social.brainsys.com/tags/architecture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#architecture</a> <a href="https://social.brainsys.com/tags/housing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#housing</a>

Sydenham News & ViewsDid you know you were living in a property hotspot? A survey of national home price increases since 2000 has:Lewisham West & Penge, 12th place 491% Dulwich & West Norwood, 14th place 481%Delford, Camberwell & Peckham also feature making pretty much of Lewisham and Southwark combined probably the hottest boroughs in the country. Good for existing homeowners, bad for prospective homeowners and those fearing gentrification from middle class professionals. Full article (paywall): <a href="https://www.telegraph.co.uk/money/property/house-prices/grotty-london-suburb-house-prices-soared-650pc/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.telegraph.co.uk/money/property/house-prices/grotty-london-suburb-house-prices-soared-650pc/</a><a href="https://social.brainsys.com/tags/lewisham" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#lewisham</a> <a href="https://social.brainsys.com/tags/southwark" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#southwark</a> <a href="https://social.brainsys.com/tags/bromley" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#bromley</a> <a href="https://social.brainsys.com/tags/southeastlondon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#southeastlondon</a> <a href="https://social.brainsys.com/tags/selondon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#selondon</a> <a href="https://social.brainsys.com/tags/london" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#london</a>

Sydenham News & Views<a href="https://social.brainsys.com/tags/lewisham" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#lewisham</a> <a href="https://social.brainsys.com/tags/catford" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#catford</a> <a href="https://social.brainsys.com/tags/metpolice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#metpolice</a> <a href="https://social.brainsys.com/tags/london" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#london</a>Two Metropolitan Police officers who denied having heard a restrained man say "I can't breathe" before he died in custody lied under oath at his inquest, a misconduct panel has been told.Danielle Barnes and Elizabeth McAleenan are accused of failing to ensure the welfare of a member of the public after Kevin Clarke, who had paranoid schizophrenia, died in police custody at Lewisham Hospital in March 2018. <a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/crkexe5jed4o" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/crkexe5jed4o</a>

Corin Ashwell 🌍 🌿 🍄Save the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Lewisham" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Lewisham</a> station free book library! Petition to review the overly cautious attempt by Fire Brigade to have the facility removed.<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/UK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#UK</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/LondonUK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LondonUK</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/library" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#library</a> <a href="https://chng.it/tkd59zYcYR" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://chng.it/tkd59zYcYR</a>

Sydenham News & Views<a href="https://social.brainsys.com/tags/lewisham" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#lewisham</a> <a href="https://social.brainsys.com/tags/london" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#london</a> <a href="https://social.brainsys.com/tags/metpolice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#metpolice</a> Met Police challenged on claim Live Facial Recognition cameras are supported by ‘majority of Lewisham residents’.There are five in the borough watching you now.When Computer Weekly did a Freedom of Information request on the consultation - the claim appears to have fallen apart badly and embarrassingly.More: .<a href="https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366616894/Met-Police-challenged-on-claim-LFR-supported-by-majority-of-Lewisham-residents" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366616894/Met-Police-challenged-on-claim-LFR-supported-by-majority-of-Lewisham-residents</a>

Sydenham News & Views<a href="https://social.brainsys.com/tags/Sydenham" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Sydenham</a> <a href="https://social.brainsys.com/tags/se26" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#se26</a> <a href="https://social.brainsys.com/tags/metpolice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#metpolice</a> <a href="https://social.brainsys.com/tags/lewisham" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#lewisham</a> <a href="https://social.brainsys.com/tags/dulwich" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#dulwich</a> <a href="https://social.brainsys.com/tags/DailyMail" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DailyMail</a>'Dulwich Borders' (estate agent speak) or 'Murder Mile' (Daily Mail speak)?The latter string together a string of incidents over the last decade that may or may not be connected to highlight how we may be victimised by being in between gang territories. That's if you ignore some pertinent facts in some of these cases.Mail Fail: <a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14071741/Sydenham-shooting-gangs.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14071741/Sydenham-shooting-gangs.html</a>

Sydenham News & Views<a href="https://social.brainsys.com/tags/lewisham" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#lewisham</a>The TimeOut view of the planned Lewisham Shopping Centre rebuild. Projected to last from 2026 to 2036. Includes only 20% affordable housing.More: <a href="https://www.timeout.com/london/news/lewisham-shopping-centre-is-getting-a-massive-1-3-billion-revamp-110824" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.timeout.com/london/news/lewisham-shopping-centre-is-getting-a-massive-1-3-billion-revamp-110824</a>

Sydenham News & Views<a href="https://social.brainsys.com/tags/Sydenham" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Sydenham</a> <a href="https://social.brainsys.com/tags/se26" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#se26</a> <a href="https://social.brainsys.com/tags/lewisham" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#lewisham</a>Councillors on Lewisham’s Strategic Development Committee approved the 1ha Bell Green Works scheme for Barratt London last month (22 October).dMFK’s plans include six buildings of between six and 14 storeys, comprising 262 homes, 780m2 of commercial space and a new ‘retail square’ with landscaping led by MacFarlane + Associates.More: <a href="https://www.architectsjournal.co.uk/news/dmfk-wins-approval-for-homes-on-former-south-london-gasworks" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.architectsjournal.co.uk/news/dmfk-wins-approval-for-homes-on-former-south-london-gasworks</a>

Lazarou Monkey Terror 🚀💙🌈Ooo, that looks nice, mixed use development ...let's see......ah."Only 20 per cent of the planned flats will be affordable"Of course. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Lewisham" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Lewisham</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/London" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#London</a> <a href="https://www.mylondon.news/news/south-london-news/new-photos-show-how-south-30295224" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.mylondon.news/news/south-london-news/new-photos-show-how-south-30295224</a>

Sydenham News & Views<a href="https://social.brainsys.com/tags/lewisham" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#lewisham</a> <a href="https://social.brainsys.com/tags/london" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#london</a> <a href="https://social.brainsys.com/tags/asthma" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#asthma</a> A mother whose nine-year-old daughter became the first person in the UK to have air pollution recognised as a factor in her death said she was "never going to win" despite settling legal action with the government.Ella, who lived 25 metres (82ft) from the South Circular Road in Lewisham, south-east London, suffered an asthma attack after being exposed to excessive air pollution, coroner Philip Barlow concluded.More: <a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c5yx6leg4nqo" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c5yx6leg4nqo</a>

Lazarou Monkey Terror 🚀💙🌈What a delightful installation to have in a city, a power station burning rubbish 🤢 <a href="https://greenwichwire.co.uk/2024/10/29/lewisham-and-greenwich-among-councils-that-incinerate-most-rubbish/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://greenwichwire.co.uk/2024/10/29/lewisham-and-greenwich-among-councils-that-incinerate-most-rubbish/</a><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/London" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#London</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Lewisham" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Lewisham</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Greenwich" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Greenwich</a>

Sydenham News & Views<a href="https://social.brainsys.com/tags/sydenham" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#sydenham</a> <a href="https://social.brainsys.com/tags/lewisham" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#lewisham</a> A council has been left with little other choice than to approve hundreds of controversial homes on a former gasworks site after it failed to meet its housing targets.Councillors sitting on Lewisham’s planning committee received legal advice that they would have ‘zero per cent success’ in defending a decision to block hundreds of homes on the Bell Green gas works site in Sydenham, if an appeal was lodged.More: <a href="https://londonnewsonline.co.uk/news/council-approves-hundreds-of-controversial-homes-after-failing-to-meet-housing-targets/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://londonnewsonline.co.uk/news/council-approves-hundreds-of-controversial-homes-after-failing-to-meet-housing-targets/</a>

Modernism in Metro-LandLongton Avenue, Sydenham, Lewisham 1981Walter Segal<a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/architecture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#architecture</a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/SelfBuild" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SelfBuild</a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/lewisham" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#lewisham</a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/waltersegal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#waltersegal</a> <a href="https://www.modernism-in-metroland.co.uk/blog/segal-in-suburbia" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.modernism-in-metroland.co.uk/blog/segal-in-suburbia</a>

Sydenham News & Views<a href="https://social.brainsys.com/tags/lewisham" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#lewisham</a> <a href="https://social.brainsys.com/tags/tfl" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#tfl</a> <a href="https://social.brainsys.com/tags/bakerloo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#bakerloo</a> <a href="https://social.brainsys.com/tags/southeastern" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#southeastern</a> <a href="https://social.brainsys.com/tags/london" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#london</a> <a href="https://social.brainsys.com/tags/Sydenham" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Sydenham</a> Mayor Sadiq thinks HS2 will go to Euston and not terminate at Old Oak Common. Of special interest to us is his assocated call for funding of the Bakerloo Line to Lewisham.Which may mean it taking over the Hayes line through Lower Sydenham station.Report: <a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c0m04dwpn8jo" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c0m04dwpn8jo</a>

Sydenham News & Views<a href="https://social.brainsys.com/tags/lewisham" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#lewisham</a> <a href="https://social.brainsys.com/tags/greenwich" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#greenwich</a> <a href="https://social.brainsys.com/tags/london" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#london</a> <a href="https://social.brainsys.com/tags/tfl" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#tfl</a> The proposed tolls for Blackwall & Silvertown Tunnels have been announced. These start when the Silvertown Tunnel opens next spring. Expect £4 each way in peak hours & free overnight.Also extra pressure on the 'free' Rotherhithe and Tower Bridge crossings.Why do East/Southeast residents have to pay for the richer West London repairs to its old Victorian crossings when they will not have to contribute to the maintenance of the East London crossings.Answers please on the back of a blank signed cheque ;-)Details: <a href="https://www.timeout.com/london/news/the-new-toll-price-for-the-blackwall-tunnel-and-silvertown-tunnel-has-been-revealed-071024" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.timeout.com/london/news/the-new-toll-price-for-the-blackwall-tunnel-and-silvertown-tunnel-has-been-revealed-071024</a>

Corin Ashwell 🌍 🌿 🍄Good news that the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GreenParty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GreenParty</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GPEW" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GPEW</a> has won a local council by-election in <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Hackney" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Hackney</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/London" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#London</a>Very hard to win local by-elections against <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/LabourParty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LabourParty</a> as they have so many activists they can mobilise. I fought one for the Greens in <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Lewisham" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Lewisham</a> in 2016 & lost. So congratulations to <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/HackneyGreenParty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HackneyGreenParty</a> and Liam Davis<a href="https://www.hackneycitizen.co.uk/2024/09/13/greens-stoke-newington-labour-shock-by-election-victory/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.hackneycitizen.co.uk/2024/09/13/greens-stoke-newington-labour-shock-by-election-victory/</a>

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