The ‘consultation’ on the Crown Estate’s plans to sell its residential properties, including those in Lee Green, closed on Tuesday 23rd. You can view our objection letter here. Pete spoke at the rally in London organised by the residents’ associations to mark the end of the consultation.
We’re now waiting for the response to the consultation from the Crown Estate, which I understand is due in the next two weeks. My colleagues at the London Assembly tell me that the Crown Estate is likely to appear at their Planning and Housing Committee in May, so the pressure is still being kept up.
No, not me, but fame at last for Sven – he’s made it on to the Glum Councillors site, which celebrates the work of local elected representatives, and the odd photos they find themselves in as a result.
Follow Sven on the journey to the centre of the Earth, via Lewisham’s biggest pot hole, here.
It’s been brought to my attention that Ladbrokes are offering odds on the General Election here in Lewisham East. Interestingly, they agree with the Lib Dems’ assertion that Lewisham East is now a two horse race between Labour and the Lib Dems.
Labour 1/8 (fair enough in a seat they’ve held for 18 years)
Lib Dem Pete Pattisson 5/1
Conservative 12/1
Green 100/1
Bookies obviously consider Pete best placed to challenge Labour on May 6th. Votes for the Greens or Conservatives just risk helping Labour scrape in again.
Lee Green Lives is the campaign group that’s grown out of the Local Assembly decision to make the state of the Leegate Centre one of our priority issues.
The group will be holding its first meeting this Wednesday, 24th March, at 7.30pm at the New Testament Church of God on Lee High Road.
Everyone’s invited to come along and discuss how we can work together to breathe life into the Centre and develop a community vision for the longer term. We’ve drafted a constitution for the new group (which was discussed at the last assembly meeting on 19th January and will be put forward for adoption on the meeting on Wednesday) and we’re also looking for people to join the group’s committee.
We’ll also be updating everyone on what’s happened so far:
The launch of our online survey at www.tinyurl.com/leegate – also available in hard copy to collect from retailers in the centre in coming weeks.
The owners’ offer of an empty unit rent-free to house our new youth group and other community activities
We’ll also have a speaker from the Meanwhile Project, a national project to encourage interim use of empty commercial premises.
Everyone in Lee Green Ward should have received a flyer about this in the past week or so. It promises to be a positive evening, I hope as many local people as possible will be able to make it.
The ‘consultation’ on the Crown Estate’s plans to sell its residential properties, including those in Lee Green, closed on Tuesday 23rd. You can view our objection letter here. Pete spoke at the rally in London organised by the residents’ associations to mark the end of the consultation.
