
Leegate Development gets the go ahead.
7 Councillors attended Tuesday’s Strategic Committee Meeting. They listened to planning officers, St Modwen and community objectors to the plans. At the end of the meeting the plans were approved with councillors voting as follows. Cllr Amanda De Ryk (Blackheath) – approve Cllr Kevin Bonavia (Blackheath) – approve Cllr Joan Reid (Lewisham Central) – approve …

Leegate Plans Approved
7 Councillors attended Tuesday’s Strategic Committee Meeting. They listened to planning officers, St Modwen and community objectors to the plans. At the end of the meeting the plans were approved with councillors voting as follows. Cllr Amanda De Ryk (Blackheath) – approve Cllr Kevin Bonavia (Blackheath) – approve Cllr Joan Reid (Lewisham Central) – approve …

Future of Leegate to be Decided 17 May
You are invited to the Planning Committee’s meeting 17 May at 7.30 pm at Lewisham’s Council Chambers Civic Suite Catford Road, London SE6. The future of Leegate will be decided by 10 of Lewisham’s councillors at this meeting. Despite there being considerable local objection to the plans planning officers have recommended that councillors accept the plans. At the meeting you will see how …

Latest Leegate Consultation 4th May Deadline
New documents were published regarding St Modwen’s Leegate plans on 8th April. Deadline for you to tell Lewisham what you think is 4th May. Submissions The plans remain unchanged. You can resend a previous submission or send a new submission to planning@lewisham.gov.uk giving your name and address and quoting DC/14/090032 The assumption of planners and …

Planning: Still time to submit Leegate concerns
New documents have been published regarding St Modwen’s Leegate plans. Submissions You can resend a previous submission or send a new submission to planning@lewisham.gov.uk giving your name and address and quoting DC/14/090032 You can read the new documents here (scoll to the bottom) You can read our thoughts on the new documents below. Best wishes Sarah, …

The Lee Neighbourhood Forum- Progress!
Lee Forum- Looking forward On 15 February we celebrated the recent designation of our Forum by Lewisham and Greenwich Councils. We now have a powerful legal tool to shape planning decisions in our area. Stephen Kenny, Chair of Grove Park Neighbourhood Forum joined us and shared his experience of saving the Baring Hall Hotel as …

Leegate Decision
At Wednesday’s Lewisham Council strategic committee planning meeting, councillors voted unanimously to defer the decision on proposed Leegate plans pending further discussions with St Modwen regardiing aspects of the scheme (listed on pages 128-129 here). Wishing you a Merry Christmas Sarah, Julie and Marietta

Leegate’s Future Decided at Public Meeting 16th December 7.15pm
Lewisham’s Strategic Committee will be deciding whether to accept St Modwen’s Leegate application at a Public Meeting on the 16th December at 7.30pm in Civic Suite, Lewisham Town Hall, Catford Road, SE6. The meeting’s open to everyone interested in what happens to Leegate. It’s been requested that people try to arrive by 7.15pm. 17 people turned …

Proposed Neighbourhood Forum
Greenwich and Lewisham councils are running a consultation on Lee Forum and Area 8 October-20 November. If the forum is agreed it will increase local people’s say in what is built, protected and spent locally. Already hundreds of forums exist throughout the country. Please write in support to planning.policy@royalgreenwich.gov.uk or planning.policy@lewisham.gov.uk if you think the forum a good idea …

Leegate: New submissions deadline and likely decision date
St Modwen have submitted 5 further documents mostly regarding the traffic consequences of their Leegate plans. The community are invited to review them and submit new or revised submissions to Lewisham council. The 5 documents, uploaded on 7th September are shown at the bottom of the page here To be counted, new/revised submissions must be sent to Planning@Lewisham.gov.uk by …