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Southend Village & Bromley Rd Update

Over the last few years I have been leading work within Lewisham Council on the new planning guidelines for the Bromley Rd/Southend Village. Many local residents will know that back in 2007, in response to residents’ concerns, I insisted upon a special document for this area to look at how we might manage developments on sites [...]

Lewisham: Leave station exit alone

Over the last few weeks I’ve been out at Lewisham train station collecting signatures on a petition to keep the station’s Platform 4 exit open.
South-eastern trains are planning to close the exit from Silk Mills path to platform 4 as they look to gate the station in preparation for oyster. This change will mean thousands [...]

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1000th decent home for Phoenix

There were celebrations in Bellingham today as the 1000th person to receive a new kitchen and bathroom as part of Labour’s Decent Homes plan received a visit from local Councillors. I was really pleased to be able to join Cllr Alan Hall (far left in picture) and Cllr Susan Wise (far right) to mark the [...]