Lewisham Council has welcomed the Lee Manor Society’s advice on its plans to declare Lee Green crossroads an Area of Special Local Character.
Earlier in January the Society set out several criticisms of the proposal, including querying why it failed to refer to the Leegate development which it said would “dramatically affect the setting of the proposed ASLC.”
Chloe Ducroizet-Boitaud, the Council’s Design & Conservation Officer told the Society its response was very detailed and helpful. Many of the suggestions made by the Society will be incorporated into the proposal which goes before the Mayor and Cabinet for approval on February 25th.
If it’s approved the Council says it should “inform planning applications within the ASLC”. This would affect any plans to develop the car yard at the end of Lee High Road and buildings backing onto it on Lee Road.
Ms Ducroizet-Boitaud adds “I also want to reiterate that getting Lee Green designated as a Conservation Area remains one of our top priorities, which we will be working on once we have finished our current programme of government-funded work on existing conservation area appraisals.” Lewisham is working with Greenwich Council on this as a joint project.