Thanks in no small part to the more than five thousand locals who signed the petition to Lewisham Council, there are now permanent Tree Preservation Orders on the trees at Duncombe Hill Green. The council have also issued an enforcement notice which requires the developer to remove the fencing erected without planning permission. Undeterred, the […]
You may have noticed a large green fence has recently been erected around the open space at the junction of Duncombe Hill and Brockley Rise. This area is home to a number of mature trees that are currently protected by a provisional tree preservation order (TPO). The TPO is a for a provisional six-month period […]
Happy New Year! Hope you all had a great festive season, and to those that made it to the top of One Tree Hill at midnight, wow… Honor Oak Noticeboard Access to the new community noticeboard at Honor Oak station has generated some interest, and we’d like to clear the air, in the […]
We have a new community notice board by the station. This has been kindly supplied by Arriva, who run the Overground service and station, and replaces the old blackboard which was a bit of a free-for-all and an eyesore. If anyone wants to advertise a community event, or just news local to the area, then […]
The excellent Chelwood nursery are holding their Winter Fair on Saturday 24th November 2018. They have a charity, called Chelwood House for Families, which complements the work of the nursery with many initiatives such as outdoor activities and play sessions. This year, they have a Treat a Friend fundraiser and would like to invite local businesses […]
So it’s summer, and we’re finally making progress. Sorry for the delay in posting, but we’ve been in talks to make sure our next dispatch had news, and here it is… Let’s Beautify Honor Oak Station After showing an interest in creating a mural on one of the walls in front of the station, we […]
We are knee-deep into 2018, and there’s lots of change in the Honor Oak air. First let me introduce myself… My name is Yomi, and I am one of four people involved in managing the Honor Oak Park Twitter feed since 2010. The other members are Brett, Aidan, Amy, and Teresa. We came together with […]
While some believe that the land next to the Honor Oak station is ripe for development, there are people in the community who would rather return the site to its natural state, and hand it back to the real local residents – owls, hedgehogs, and other natural wildlife. For people unaware of the history, the […]
Crofton Park Ward intend to setting up a neighbourhood forum for Crofton Park and (part of) Honor Oak. They have produced a draft plan: Publications This is quite a dense planning document with a number of other documents to back it up. There are a number of issues with this, not least the way in […]
With the intention of asking local people where they thought they live, our local group – Friends of Honor Oak – initiated an online survey on 24th February 2014. We were also very interested in how connected people felt to their community and what drove its sense of identity. We were prompted to do this owing […]