Forest Hill Station forecourt pedestrianisation
A three-month trial of the partial pedestrianisation of the Forest Hill Station forecourt is now underway.
Transport
ULEZ expansion in August 2023
From the 29th August 2023 London’s ULEZ scheme will be expanded for a second time.
Southern Rail
How do we get our services back to normal?
Bell Green Community Masterplan – feedback
Feedback and what’s next of the Bell Green masterplan, launched at a public meeting held at the Livesey Hall on 12 September 2019.
Station Ticket Offices Saved
Ellie Reeves MP, Lewisham West
Bell Green urban renewal plan
This proposal below outlines a community-led plan for Bell Green has been initiated by the Sydenham Society with Discourse Architecture. It has been registered with Lewisham Planning Department in response to their recent ‘Call for Sites’ for consideration in the development of the new Local Plan. The catalyst has been the proposal to demolish the gas holders, adjacent to the Livesey Hall and Perry Hill, and construct new retail and light industrial units at the west end of the site. This has highlighted the profound failure of development at Bell Green to provide a good environment for local people, and the urgent need for a fresh vision for the area.
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Heathrow new runway – consultation
A new north-west runway and terminal at Heathrow received Government approval on 25 October 2016. Details of how the new runway would affect air traffic have now been revealed; one significant change is that there will be a minimum of 47 new flights per day over south-east London.
Local Overground ticket offices saved
At the end of last year, London Overground announced that they planned to permanently close ticket offices at all London Overground stations including our local stations at Sydenham, Forest Hill and Penge West.
We need a bus stop shelter on high street by Boots
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Sydenham Society AGM – 7.45pm Tuesday 10 April
Annual update on local issues