I’m surprised it is still standing! Why are Lewisham taking so long!!
I wonder if they still have security staying in the building itself.
The parking at the back of the nursery belongs to Lewisham as well. The very rude man who used to be in charge of Sainsburys thought it belonged to them!
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Thanks for the info. We got a letter a few years ago about a consultation and then nothing since then
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Hi all,
I asked our new initiatives team at Lewisham Homes for an update:
“We have been carrying out the early due diligences on the site to check whether the site is suitable for housing development, especially as the land will need to be released from the current Education Act restriction to enable development for housing and considering the viability of the site constraints.
As soon as the site suitability is confirmed we will be engaging with the local community on fact finding about the site and local environment to shape proposals.”
I asked for timelines and was told that the team is aiming to complete the early due diligence and site viability by early next year, around February.
I’ll follow up then.
Sophie
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Given there seems to be a shortage of education spaces in the borough, why are you not looking it as a school. We lived on Waldenshaw Road but were unable to send our kids there due to the restrictive hours. I am amazed you closed it in the first place.
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The nursery was part of Fairlawn School who slowly cut down the number of children attending. They closed it because it was too expensive to run. It was originally put up in the late 70s as a temporary building which had half reception class/half nursery. My son went to the nursery & did one year in the reception class & my daughter just went to the then just nursery.
Most of the building especially the walls are asbestos, which made putting up displays etc very tricky.
So it will have to be pulled down & completely rebuilt whatever it becomes.
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If more housing is built, more school places would then potentially be needed. Seems strange to build more houses when there are so few schools.
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There were actually four people in front of the site today with clipboards, pointing at trees and looking ‘official’. On reflection I should have been nosey and asked what was going on.
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We never do, do we?
I hope they do do something with that grassy bank as it gets covered with foxes poo!
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Same here on Devonshire road. Just had a year of construction works and guess what’s happening as soon as those construction works are finished? Lewisham council are building social rent housing right next to that private construction site. No say in it. Brilliant for us residents, 2+ years of constant construction work on our doorstep, noise and disruption is ridiculous especially for those WFH. Just cannot enjoy our own homes!
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12 affordable homes on the site seems like a good use to me. But it is worth asking why it has taken six years for this to be proposed - given the housing crisis isn’t something new. I believe the answer is that is goes against council planning guidelines to convert community assets and employment sites into pure housing - this is why the ground floor of the old Forest Hill Hotel (pub) and the council depot on Willow Way (and a few other private and council sites) have not been developed for residential. It Is also the reason for the appoach outlined by then councillor Upex in this thread in 2017.
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On a different note - swifts nest in the house next to the annexe so this would be a great opportunity to get some nest boxes installed. Swifts like to nest near each other and will be looking for other sites nearby.
There are usually wonderful ‘vesper flights’ ‐ the evening fly pasts of swifts ‐ over Sainsburys car park in the season.
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Agreed. We have had a hellish year with Building for Lewisham works behind us on the Forest Estate, including daily pile driving in the depths of the January lockdown when there was nowhere ti escape to.
The builders Lewisham use are not the most considerate.
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Reminder that Today 12/01/2022, is the seminar and registration is required.
I just now sent an email to hopefully receive a link to attend-if it’s still going ahead.
Please keep us posted. Will be interesting to see what they are going to do.
I got a letter today which said it’s been postponed to next Tuesday at 6pm due to staff illness.
We live on the road and haven’t received any letter about it so far (either the original or the information about it being postponed). Could someone post a link on where to register.
Wow! That will really make a difference to the area.
That actually looks pretty good. I looked at the documents on the commonplace website and it says the trees at the front would be retained contrary to what it looks like from those renderings. By car park do they mean where the Sainbury’s trucks park to unload?