mikeb

Another recommendation for Hamish and his team: they managed the planning consents needed and finished the job exactly as promised, leaving all neat afterwards. Very happy to recommend him.

Has the South Circular reopened?

I've used Balfe's for this - very comprehensive

Cheers Guy, much appreciated. Looking forward to seeing them live again for the first time since Feb 2020!

I've got the same question as Rhinestone Cowboy - anyone know the arrangements for the match this weekend?

If the trees in Sydenham Hill Wood had been chopped down / pruned, would the footbridge have been re-opened?

.

I have run locally for years and I have never seen rats like this year. I now see them most times I go up Cox's Walk and I saw a big one last week on College Road outside DUCKS. Other runners I speak to have also noticed a big increase this spring. There are definitely more rats this year.

is this tunnel still accessible? https://www.derelictlondon.com/hospitals-south-of-the-river.html

https://www.newsshopper.co.uk/news/17743789.filmmaker-made-40-mini-docs-london-districts/

@ RahRahRah - I clicked at random on a couple of the pages in this thread. It's not hard to find propositions such as (paraphrasing to avoid this being a personal attack): "if we don't do something now then the next step will be a total ban in the future" I rarely drive but seeing people propose "this road isn't closed, it's just filtered and open to cycles etc" is provocative sophistry: these roads are closed; yes the footpaths remain open and bikes can get through, but that's entirely unremarkable.

I've only dipped into this every so often because the thread goes round in circles. It seems to be polarised between two groups who just aren't going to agree. 1. those who want a return to pre-closure state, who can't see anything wrong with the traffic as it was before, including when it involves passing and queueing at many many primary and secondary schools 2. those for whom the current changes are only the start of a new paradigm whereby pretty much no-one ever drives Does anyone have any real ideas how to reconcile these two groups, both of which seem to me to be unrealistic?

[wrong thread]

The lack of enforcement of development gain agreements does not bode well for the next redevelopment of DHFC and the next ?new sustainable? ground

Though I would add that the same 106 agreement required that the land for the football club could only ever be used for sporting and social use. And that has now been set aside so that Meadow Properties can reap a windfall from redeveloping.