In another thread about Heron House, it was mentioned that there is planned development across the road @ 53 Dartmouth Road
This one must have escaped my normally nosey radar for local building works - can anyone fill me in on the plan?
The work on this has started already.
It was a building that was behind the row of shops (including mine) from 53 to where the Dartmouth Tandoori was.
The building is now demolished & from what I’ve been told the development will take around 2 years to complete.
@Anotherjohn and/or @Michael might know more.
This one?
Yup, but there was the building I mention above & the garage - it’s a pretty big plot!
The planning details on the Lewisham planning portal have now closed but it is being advertised.
Planning permission has been granted for the construction of part single / part 3-storey and part 5 / part 6-storey buildings to provide 27 self-contained residential flats with ground floor offices (Use Class B1), together with the provision of 3 disabled parking bays, 54 secure cycle spaces and associated landscaping.
The accommodation available comprises the two self-contained ground floor office units with B1(a) planning use class. The units will be fitted-out to shell and core specification with capped services. The commercial floor space shall be constructed to achieve a minimum BREEAM Rating of ‘Excellent’.
The commercial units are expected to be completed and available for practical occupation in Q4 of 2017.
After demolishing the buildings and digging up the ground they have started to flatten the ground today, so I assume the new building will start being built soon!
I’ll post a couple of pics taken around 6pm tonight (but they’re not great).
And just for the record I was told work was being done at 2.30am this morning & I can confirm I just heard machinery being used less than 5 mins ago (approximately 9.25pm). But stopped swiftly 
ETA - I think the building in the background is the “Ream Apartments” shown in the plans @Anotherjohn shared
Police were here AGAIN today with police dogs - this has happened on several occasions now!
After speaking with them today it’s kids (don’t know what age) that are hanging around the building site & the security cameras are picking them up & the police get alerted.
Don’t know why they haven’t got security guards on site at this development, as this seems like a waste of police time to me & they don’t get caught because they run off, plus one of the police mentioned to me that there’s no padlock on the gate at the entrance of 53 D Rd & this is how they’re getting in!
