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taper Wrote:

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> I know very little of that case, so thanks: that's

> interesting. Interesting that the SofS took into

> account the situation facing the club. Nothing I

> have heard suggests DH are in anything less of a

> parlous situation if this doesn't go ahead.

> Hadley pulled them about of a financial abyss a

> few years ago of course. There are other parallels

> there too. Greendale has been developed over the

> years: the astro-turf pitch, the tennis courts,

> the current and previous stadium on its flank,

> which alters the openness. Indeed the banking on

> Greendale is the remnants of the pre-1930s DH

> stadium. The Tooting stadium is pretty large, way

> more intrusive than what's planned for DH. I think

> the elements of the Dulwich Hamlet stadium to be

> built on MOL are 250cm high.


But any bits of history are irrelevant in terms of its current level of 'development', which is a long way away from those cases you cited. There may well have been a huge Tudor palace there (there wasn't) but that's of no current concern to the planning committee.


And if I was a cynical planning committee member (which I'm not), I would ask whether or not DHFC was still in a 'do or die' situation with regard to this application, given that HPG have indeed pulled them from the abyss. Unless of course HPG were to pull the rug from under them if the application failed... and they wouldn't do that, would they?? And don't forget we were told exactly the same thing when the Homebase planning application was made ? and refused.


> It will be for Southwark to balance the

> various arguments. All signs are at present

> they'll reject. Peter John seemed implacably

> opposed even when the proposal was nascent.


Peter John is an astute politician, but there are plenty of other pressures at play within the Council. We will see.

I formally asked and was my request was rejected for the Judith Kerr playing field to be given the status of Metropolitan Open Land.

The current administration of Southwark Council decided to go for Borough Open Land. This has a lower less important legal status than MOL.

So it is correct that the two cases are different. Southwark is duty bound to offer more protection from development of MOL than of Borough Open Land. If Hadley's gain planning permission then it bodes badly for Judith Kerr School and well for replacing playing fields with Almshouses.

As you've said taper we will see.

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