Catford Stadium redevelopment - residents let down by Councillors - 17/10/08

On Thursday evening Lewisham Council's Strategic Planning Committee heard the planning application for the redevelopment of the former Catford Greyhound Stadium. Despite the anger of local residents the proposal was rubber stamped through at the first attempt.

The proposal was voted through in its entirety by just 1 vote, with a Rushey Green Ward Councillor abstaining. The Leader of the Liberal Democrat Group (who lives in the ward) and one of his colleagues failed to attend. The table below shows how each of the Councillors voted.

Local Conservatives campaigned tirelessly alongside residents over the last year, in favour of the redevelopment of the site for housing but arguing that it should be on a sensible scale.

We understand that the application must now be referred to the Mayor of London under Article 4 of the Town and Country Planning (Mayor of London) Order 2000.

Please help us by sending your objections directly to the Mayor of London, using the contact details below:

Boris Johnson, Mayor of London

City Hall, The Queens Walk

London SE1 2AA                                                                                            (con't)

Please quote Lewisham Planning Reference DC/07/67276 on all correspondence.

How they voted.