Bellenden Residents' Group (BRG)

It would be so wonderful if the Zoetrope above the entrance to Rye Lane from the Choumert car park were actually made to work (never has to my knowledge and it has been there for years) and if the planting in the area below it were given a creative overhaul, with perhaps a bench or two to enjoy it from?

The traffic island outside the shops is in the wrong postion. The road is too narrow, and it is too close to the bus stop. It causes a dangerous build up of traffic where people are crossing the road. It is also close to the dangerous junction with Chadwick Road. The cars and buses coming out of Chadwick Road are not fully visible to the traffic coming along Bellenden Road which is often speeding.  It all needs redesigning.

Recently a planning application for a two storey building proposed for a site between Chadwick and Choumert Roads was dismissed at appeal. The outlook from the back of houses in Chadwick and Choumert Roads is a wonderfully light, green space and the neighbours who opposed the planning application rejoice that it may remain so. It is important that the green areas of Peckham are not harmed by the inappropriate insertion of developments into backland sites.

Not sure about this.  It looks reasonably innocuous and thats the problem.  It was clearly supposed to reflect the houses to the right but somehow fails.  It is a boring building. On close inspection the proportions are wrong, the brickwork, even in the photograph doesn't look right and with its fake parapet and sunken undercroft to rear parking, it reveals itself for what it is, a block of flats more or less disguised as a Victorian building.  It isn't and raises deep questions about how we should be building new dwellings  in this context.  Can truly innovative architecture have a place in an historic environment  and where do issues like authenticity and integrity come into it?