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Featured local business - Clubtek

Forest

SE23

Hill

I was already a regular visitor to Clubtek’s DJ shop when it was in Penge, but now they're even handier in Stanstead Road, just a few doors down from Shannon’s Garden Centre - another old favourite. It’s by no means just for DJs and bands...

The world’s most frequently uncovered hidden gem

Mar

2016

With uncanny timing lands the Evening Standard's spotlight on Brockley in their Homes & Property section - complete with our trademark "hidden gem" suffix and a reference to gentrification. It's much as you'd expect, with choice quotes including:Caught between Camberwell College of Arts and Goldsmiths, University of London in New Cross, Brockley has a well-deserved ...

Lewisham consults on gypsy site

Mar

2016

Lewisham Council has to provide a site for traveller communities and has launched a consultation about where they should locate it. The Council says:We are currently preparing a single-issue Local Plan with the aim of allocating a site or sites to help meet the accommodation needs of Gypsy & Traveller communities within Lewisham.Local Plans must ...

New homes to replace Brockley Road car lot

Mar

2016

Brockley was once one large dumping ground for cars, pockmarked with hardscrabble scraps of land that served as car dealerships, garages or impromptu van hire car parks. Gradually, through better enforcement, new road layouts and developers' thirst for places to build housing, these spots are disappearing. That is good, but what follows is not always.The ...

180 Brockley Road revealed

Feb

2016

The wrapping has now come off 180 Brockley Road to the extent that we can see what impact it will have on the streetscape from both Coulgate Street and Brockley Road. I like the massing and mix of materials, especially the metallic roof. I'm not sure how much fun it would be to have floor-to-ceiling windows ...

A little piece of utopia

Jan

2016

Andrew Ryan: What is the difference between a man and a parasite? A man builds. A parasite asks 'Where is my share?' A man creates. A parasite says, 'What will the neighbors think?' A man invents. A parasite says, 'Watch out, or you might tread on the toes of God... '- BioShockSomething fascinating and exciting ...

Ladywell self-build community takes shape

Jan

2016

Architect's plans for Ladywell self-build housingThe Guardian has a brilliant feature on the plans to create a new self-build community in Ladywell based on the ideas of architect Walter Segal, who inspired the creation of Walter's Way in Forest Hill. Writer Oliver Wainwright says:On a site in Ladywell, the council has agreed to hand over ...

Retail graveyard: More towers to replace Lewisham big boxes

Jan

2016

South East London blog From The Murky Depths reckons that Loampit Vale's last retail sheds could soon be gone, to be replaced by more tall buildings. They write:A scoping report is looking at a 25 storey tower on the Carpet Right site with 260 flats. Early plans, which are in no way final, see a ...

Gentle reader, may you never feel what I then felt

Jan

2016

The Guardian, a newspaper read almost exclusively by urban gentrifiers and written almost exclusively by Hackney newbies, is obsessed with gentrification - write what you know!Their latest feature on the topic is about urban change across a number of international cities, including London. Brockley is the neighbourhood in the spotlight and an anonymous contributor tells ...

New family home proposed for Cranfield Road

Jan

2016

A proposal has been submitted for the demolition of a set of garages on Cranfield Road and the construction of a four storey house at the rear of 60 Breakspears Road. The development siteThe modernist design is inspired by Slip House in Brixton. An elevation of the proposed designView the planning application here.

Surrey House site targeted for redevelopment

Dec

2015

An application has been made to redevelop Surrey House, a large site on the corner of Shardeloes Road and Lewisham Way. Part of a wider plan by Campus Village to develop new and improved student accommodation for Goldsmiths, the application is for:The demolition of the existing single storey link block and replacement with four storey ...