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		Thread: HOPRA's Final Open meeting 21 October Post: HOPRA's Final Open meeting 21 October Our next Open Meeting of the Honor Oak Park Residents Association will, sadly, be our last. Times are changing, membership has dwindled and there are new local fora for dealing with neighbourhood issu...	HOPcat	SE23 Topics	0	2,840	14-10-2015, 09:05 AM
		Thread: Hopra Open Meeting 22 April Post: Hopra Open Meeting 22 April Fed up with the shambles our public transport system locally has become? Worried about local traffic? Want some action on fly tipping? Got ideas for brightening up the shopping parade? Anyone who li...	HOPcat	SE23 Topics	0	2,967	14-04-2015, 05:15 PM
		Thread: Dreadful service on the P4 Post: RE: Dreadful service on the P4 Thanks, Applespider and faultythinking. Naturally, the night I needed to take the bus home was a "diversion" night and I agree - the diversion was not well advertised. That louser of a driver might ha...	HOPcat	Wider Topics	19	20,714	14-04-2015, 05:07 PM
		Thread: Dreadful service on the P4 Post: RE: Dreadful service on the P4 I agree - the P4 service that used to be so good is now a joke. They are all getting snarled up at Ladywell, through a combination of the "improvements" there and the huge rebuilding at Lewisham which...	HOPcat	Wider Topics	19	20,714	29-03-2015, 05:57 PM
		Thread: 36 Honor Oak Road (ex Hamilton Lodge Care Home) Post: RE: 36 Honor Oak Road (ex Hamilton Lodge Care Home... To jaradras: I, too, would like to see Hamilton Lodge turned into a sheltered housing scheme for the elderly, but it would need to be a proper scheme with on-site managers and genuine assistance on ca...	HOPcat	SE23 Topics	224	192,284	23-03-2015, 05:27 PM
		Thread: 36 Honor Oak Road (ex Hamilton Lodge Care Home) Post: RE: 36 Honor Oak Road (ex Hamilton Lodge Care Home... Honor Oak Road has a 20 mph speed limit and the enforcers are the speed bumps. Perhaps a speed camera to catch the speeding van-drivers who don't care because they don't own the van?	HOPcat	SE23 Topics	224	192,284	23-03-2015, 05:19 PM
		Thread: Planning Application: M&Co to become a Morrisons Local? Post: RE: M&Co to become a Morrisons Local That's a shame indeed. Who needs yet another supermarket local, particularly one plonk up against Sainsbury's? M&Co was great value - I shall miss it.	HOPcat	SE23 Topics	141	165,067	17-07-2014, 04:55 PM
		Thread: Honor Oak Park Residents Association Post: Honor Oak Park Residents Association Our next Open Meeting will be on Wednesday 23 July, 8 pm in the Small Hall at the Ackroyd Centre, Ackroyd Road, SE23. Anyone who lives or works in the Honor Oak Park district is welcome to come - you...	HOPcat	SE23 Topics	0	3,035	17-07-2014, 04:42 PM
		Thread: New Sainsburys, 55-59 Honor Oak Park Post: RE: 55-59 Honor Oak Park: Honor Oak Tandoori to be... Yes, clearly it's hard for people as busy as you are to shop on the parade when you can't get there easily on a Saturday or during the day. Perhaps if you and others in your position started a thread ...	HOPcat	SE23 Topics	349	322,630	07-08-2013, 04:48 PM
		Thread: New Sainsburys, 55-59 Honor Oak Park Post: RE: 55-59 Honor Oak Park: Honor Oak Tandoori to be... Yes, clearly it's hard for people as busy as you are to shop on the parade when you can't get there easily on a Saturday or during the day. Perhaps if you and others in your position started a thread ...	HOPcat	SE23 Topics	349	322,630	07-08-2013, 04:32 PM
		Thread: New Sainsburys, 55-59 Honor Oak Park Post: RE: Planning: 55-59 Honor Oak Park (ex Honor Oak T... A bit of forward planning needed here, I think. Monday is not a day when a delicatessen in a small parade like ours would normally find it worth while to stay open late, so best to have bought the pat...	HOPcat	SE23 Topics	349	322,630	06-08-2013, 11:07 PM
		Thread: Honor Oak Park Residents Open Meeting Post: RE: Honor Oak Park Residents Open Meeting I agree with you about 12A. It appeared out of the blue and had we known in time, we would have asked for better quality materials. For myself, I don't dispute that good quality materials have been ...	HOPcat	SE23 Topics	6	8,163	06-08-2013, 09:48 AM
		Thread: Honor Oak Park Residents Open Meeting Post: RE: Honor Oak Park Residents Open Meeting Thanks for your interest, Sparkles. Key points from the meeting were: Concern about traffic problems caused by the Ladywell Road closures and new that they were expected to last through September. MO...	HOPcat	SE23 Topics	6	8,163	18-07-2013, 10:41 AM
		Thread: Hello SE23 - Goodbye SE23 Post: RE: Hello SE23 - Goodbye SE23 Don't give up. I also lost my first-choice house, at the last minute, but out of the blue, a second house came up via friends which proved to be both cheaper and even better than my first choice. What...	HOPcat	SE23 Topics	3	5,341	15-07-2013, 06:09 PM
		Thread: Honor Oak Park Residents Open Meeting Post: Honor Oak Park Residents Open Meeting Our next Open Meeting is this Wednesday, 17 July, 8pm at the Ackroyd Centre's Small Hall, Ackroyd Road, SE23. You don't have to be a HOPRA member to attend - just as long as you live in the Honor Oak ...	HOPcat	SE23 Topics	6	8,163	15-07-2013, 06:03 PM
		Thread: HOPRA parking survey Post: RE: HOPRA parking survey Hi Michael, We were trying to find out what sort of charges people felt were fair, starting at a low £60 pa given that we were offering controls for as few as two hours and Monday to Friday only. At ...	HOPcat	SE23 Topics	7	6,957	01-02-2013, 02:48 PM
		Thread: HOPRA parking survey Post: RE: HOPRA parking survey Hi Hoptop, Many thanks for your detailed and thoughtful reply. As it happens, I don't like CPZs for the reasons you state and have generally advised people against them, but some HOPRA members were r...	HOPcat	SE23 Topics	7	6,957	01-02-2013, 02:43 PM
		Thread: HOPRA parking survey Post: HOPRA parking survey Because it felt that a lot of our residents never knew in time about the Lewisham Council borough-wide parking survey, the Honor Oak Park Residents Association carried out its own, with funding from t...	HOPcat	SE23 Topics	7	6,957	31-01-2013, 07:04 PM
		Thread: 63 Honor Oak Park (ex White Wood Shop) Post: RE: Planning Application: Sebastian Roche, Honor O... More good news - the parade will keep the Whitewood Shop as a retail unit. The council has refused planning permission for Sebastian Roche to take it over and turn it into an estate agency. This will ...	HOPcat	SE23 Topics	133	153,942	19-12-2012, 07:46 PM
		Thread: 63 Honor Oak Park (ex White Wood Shop) Post: RE: Honor Oak Park Parade Well might you apologise, Mr Whimperley-Dixon. That was disgraceful. Had it not been for the vigilance of the posters on this site, your company would have got away with this self-serving mistake. I d...	HOPcat	SE23 Topics	133	153,942	20-10-2012, 11:35 AM
		Thread: 63 Honor Oak Park (ex White Wood Shop) Post: RE: Honor Oak Park Parade Hi lacb. I am appalled at the claimed list of closures on the parade. Frankly, I don't believe it as I know for certain that 66, the Honor Oak Supermarket, has every intention of staying and I have he...	HOPcat	SE23 Topics	133	153,942	20-10-2012, 11:22 AM
		Thread: 63 Honor Oak Park (ex White Wood Shop) Post: RE: Honor Oak Park Parade You are right, Pico. I don't know who has been spreading the rumours about the Honor Oak Supermarket on the North side of the Honor Oak Park shopping parade closing down, but these are false. The owne...	HOPcat	SE23 Topics	133	153,942	20-10-2012, 11:10 AM
		Thread: Parking Policy Review Post: RE: Parking Policy Review That's really helpful, daveherne. Out of interest, what do your permits cost there?	HOPcat	Wider Topics	25	24,943	30-08-2012, 05:46 PM
		Thread: Parking Policy Review Post: RE: Parking Policy Review Erekrose, I too have concerns about CPZs and the often rigid way they are introduced. However, there might be a sensible compromise for roads being used as all-day commuter parking by people using sta...	HOPcat	Wider Topics	25	24,943	30-08-2012, 11:54 AM
		Thread: New Sainsburys, 55-59 Honor Oak Park Post: RE: Planning Application: IndoBangla / Honor Oak T... Cheeky, you say that almost half the premises are empty on the Honor Oak Park shopping parade? Huh? When did you last walk down it? Yes, the Whitewood Shop, the Tandoori restaurant, the Old Bank and L...	HOPcat	SE23 Topics	349	322,630	30-08-2012, 11:44 AM
		Thread: New Sainsburys, 55-59 Honor Oak Park Post: RE: Planning Application: IndoBangla / Honor Oak T... Cheeky, You are logical but landlords of commercial properties often are not. Believe me, a lot of us have been asking why, when traders can't afford them, the owners of our parade still keep pushing ...	HOPcat	SE23 Topics	349	322,630	22-06-2012, 05:55 PM
		Thread: New Sainsburys, 55-59 Honor Oak Park Post: RE: Planning Application: IndoBangla / Honor Oak T... Pilsen, I'm only too aware of this recession, which has pushed previous traders such as Linda at the pet shop and Mick at the White Wood Shop off the parade. No small reason was the costs of the premi...	HOPcat	SE23 Topics	349	322,630	22-06-2012, 03:24 PM
		Thread: New Sainsburys, 55-59 Honor Oak Park Post: RE: Planning Application: IndoBangla / Honor Oak T... Hi Poppy and lacb, No I don't think people are being selfish in wanting a shop that serves their particular needs. Any shops of the type I'd like to see would need to open late on at least two weekd...	HOPcat	SE23 Topics	349	322,630	14-06-2012, 11:24 AM
		Thread: New Sainsburys, 55-59 Honor Oak Park Post: RE: Planning Application: IndoBangla / Honor Oak T... Hi Decords and Cheeky, On the flats issue, they are being "reconfigured" and there is to be a two-part extension to the rear, which as far as I can see will overlook the new mews houses. The develope...	HOPcat	SE23 Topics	349	322,630	13-06-2012, 05:57 PM
		Thread: New Sainsburys, 55-59 Honor Oak Park Post: RE: Planning Application: IndoBangla / Honor Oak T... On the Overground issue, it looked at first as if they were going to give a much reduced London Bridge service, a service that many residents used to get to work and which was already overcrowded. Had...	HOPcat	SE23 Topics	349	322,630	13-06-2012, 11:54 AM
		Thread: New Sainsburys, 55-59 Honor Oak Park Post: RE: Planning Application: IndoBangla / Honor Oak T... Only the council, and ultimately the planning inspectorate, has power to "veto" this or any other plan. However, some residents are concerned about the effects that a fair-sized Local and a big flats ...	HOPcat	SE23 Topics	349	322,630	13-06-2012, 11:43 AM
		Thread: Mindless vandalism of vehicles in Stondon Park Post: RE: Mindless vandalism of vehicles in Stondon Park So sorry to hear about all the damage to the cars on Stondon Park. Have you reported this to your local Safer Neighbourhood police? If not, you need Sergeant Dave Hawtin (or one of his team) at Brockl...	HOPcat	SE23 Topics	1	4,461	13-06-2012, 11:33 AM
		Thread: Planning Application: Land to the rear of 107 Honor Oak Park Post: RE: Planning Application: Land to the rear of 107 ... Hello, Michael, HOPRA objects strongly to this application - it came out of the blue, although clues were signalled by first, the developer knocking down a lovely old Victorian front wall to build a ...	HOPcat	SE23 Topics	5	10,397	13-06-2012, 11:19 AM
		Thread: Planning Application - 113 Bovill Road Post: RE: Planning Application - 113 Bovill Road Will do, Michael, and thanks once again.	HOPcat	SE23 Topics	7	13,015	21-04-2012, 12:06 PM
		Thread: Our local supermarket: a cautionary tale Post: RE: Our local supermarket: a cautionary tale When it's food safety, report it to environmental health. They have the expertise and the powers to act swiftly, so they can clear that stinky chicken quickly and organise prosecution when necessary. ...	HOPcat	Wider Topics	41	51,959	20-04-2012, 10:50 AM
		Thread: Planning Application - 113 Bovill Road Post: RE: Planning Application - 113 Bovill Road We had no idea that a fresh plan had been submitted for this site, having objected to the first proposal. Your objection covers everything that would worry people in the Honor Oak area about new devel...	HOPcat	SE23 Topics	7	13,015	19-04-2012, 04:46 PM
		Thread: Low water pressure? Post: RE: Low water pressure? Codding apart, that might well be part of the problem. If our mains here still date from Victoria, they must be getting decidedly fragile by now. And the chance of an upgrade anytime soon is I'd say z...	HOPcat	SE23 Topics	32	30,598	13-07-2011, 05:33 PM
		Thread: New houses and renovated stables in HOP Post: RE: New houses and renovated stables in HOP Most people seem happy to see the tatty old garages in the alleys at the back of Honor Oak Park High Street making way for new housing, and keeping the nice little coach houses at each end. The only s...	HOPcat	SE23 Topics	5	7,685	13-07-2011, 03:32 PM
		Thread: Low water pressure? Post: RE: Low water pressure? Water pressure has always been low on the upper floor here in Gabriel Street. It's not the boiler. There always seem to be water leaks locally, particularly along the western section of Honor Oak Park...	HOPcat	SE23 Topics	32	30,598	13-07-2011, 03:17 PM
		Thread: Tree felling Post: RE: Tree felling back of 105 107 Honor Oak Park Now that government has announced via the Budget that it is going to make life a lot easier for developers by relaxing planning laws, we are seeing what lies in store for our area. Because Lewisham ha...	HOPcat	Wider Topics	20	23,465	03-04-2011, 11:36 AM