Working to Save Sydenham Hill Ridge
The Friends of Mais House are disappointed to report that the latest Judgment from the High Court failed to quash Lewisham’s Planning Permission for the grossly oversized development on the City of London land on Sydenham Hill.
But The Friends Fight on
The Claimant has taken further legal advice and her lawyers are proceeding to Appeal this decision via the Court of Appeal.
Grounds for Appeal
- Viability
That it wasn’t shown that the plan is the least harmful that could be viable on the Estate. - London Wildlife Trust (LWT) letter
It recently came to our attention that the London Wildlife Trust had had serious concerns about the application.
Although LWT had recorded on Lewisham’s online comments system that they had emailed a letter to Lewisham Planning, that email was not read by Planning, and so not taken into account or its existence made known to the Planning committees.
In a staggering development, Lewisham said in court that it does not read emails that have been cc’d to its Planning department’s advertised address.
This means we need more funds to continue the fight, so the Crowd Justice site HERE has been given a new target. Right now we urgently need another £5K and during the course of the next months will need a further £20K.
This has now become a fight that includes wider issues, as picked up by the press
and we hope that you will give any donation or publicity that you can.
Think conservation; think environment; think climate change!
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