I’ve been contacted by residents living in the flats above the Leegate Centre who are concerned about a licensing application in the centre.   Paul had the news on Leepedia last week:

It looks like the empty Cinnamon unit at Leegate will once again be a restaurant/bar as there is a licence application for extended hours for the Nazar which will occupy the old Cinnamon unit:Nazar, Unit 12 Leegate has applied for a new/variation licence under the Licensing Act 2003 for live music 18:00 -04:00 Monday – Friday & Saturday – Sunday 12:00 – 04:00 Recorded music dancing & sale of alcohol 12:00 – 04:00 Monday – Sunday. Late night refreshment until 05:00 Monday – Sunday.

 

(Current licence of the Cinnamon: Sale of alcohol on the premises Monday – Saturday 10:00 – 00:00 & Sunday 12:00 -23:30.)

The four criteria under which you can support or object to this application are:
Prevention of Crime and Disorder
Protection of Children from Harm
Public Safety
Prevention of Public Nuisance

You can email the Licensing Team or write to:

The Licensing Team, 2nd Floor Laurence House
1 Catford Road, London SE6 4RU

Please could you ensure that any representations either for or against this application reach the Licensing Team by 26th August 2008.

The main issue for residents is the fact that music will be played until 4am and it seems the unit will be open until 5am.   They’re collecting a petition.  If anyone else has comments, please do get them to the licensing dept by the 26th - feel free to copy me in.

One of the things we funded through last year’s locality fund was a bench for the Leybridge Estate.  The Tenants and Residents Association (TRA) wanted a bench so residents could take advantage of the green surroundings of the estate, and also so residents of the Woodville sheltered housing block had somewhere to take the weight off their feet on the way back from the Lee Green shops.

I went up to Leybridge tonight for the TRA’s regular meeting and was really pleased to see the bench has now been installed - and very good it looks too.  Thanks go to Lewisham Homes and Glendale for arranging the installation.

If you’ve got ideas for this year’s locality fund, then we’d like to hear from you!

A couple of other issues raised at the TRA meeting that I’m taking up:

• Residents are concerned that the estate parking scheme isn’t being enforced properly - I’m taking this up with Lewisham Homes and asking them to speak to their contractor.
• Both the gates at the entrances to the estate have faults - again, I’ve taken this up with Lewisham Homes.

We have regular meetings with Transport For London, and local bus and train operators.   The next one is on the 9th September..

If you’ve got any questions, queries, complaints or compliments about transport-related issues, do let me have them by Wednesday so I can submit them before the deadline.

Subjects could include bus routes, bus stops/shelters, train services, DLR, stations or anything else TFL-related.     Either drop me a line or leave them in the comments below.

I understand that there’s to be an exhibition of the revised Northbrook Plans on 26th August from 7pmtil 8pm at the Ennersdale School site.   This isn’t an official planning meeting - it’s organised by the team that have submitted the application.

EDIT: As Paul points out, the Northbrook Action Group have stepped in to organise their own public meeting.   Details are on their site here.   It’s at 7.30pm at Lochaber Hall on 3rd September.

See you there!

The planning department have now received a revised version of the Northbrook School planning application - it’s available to view on the Council planning website here

I understand the deadline for comments is officially the 26th August.   I have asked if this can be extended, given the time of year, but apparently the 21 days the Council have given is an extension of the usual 14 days, so the Plannign Dept aren’t prepared to extend further.

I have, however, been assured that any comments received after the 26th will still be considered up to the day of the planning meeting.   The earliest date the application could go to planning is the 11th September.

Comments should be sent to planning {at} lewisham.gov(.)uk with the ref DC/07/67730/X  - feel free to copy me in.