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The wetlands A community group is urging people to object to a proposed development that would destroy rare wetlands and vital habitats if it goes ahead. The land in Grove Park, previously used by Willow Tree Riding School, is home to wetlands and species such as the common newt, frog, toad, migrant birds, hedgehogs, hairstreak butterflies, and bats. The site, just behind Northbrook Park, came under threat in 2019 after owner Austringer Estates Ltd, a company previously registered off-shore under a different name, applied to build new stables. But the application was refused because the proposed development would have had an “urbanising visual impact and harm the openness of the Metropolitan Open Land (MOL)”.
The local plan sets out the council s long-term development strategy
We will be doing a series of stories on the local plan. Let us know what you think: grainne.cuffe@newsquest.co.uk Lewisham Council is hoping that 27,267 new homes will be built across the borough by 2040, with more than 12,000 in the north. The council is consulting on its draft local plan, which sets out its long-term development strategy until 2040. The final version is expected to be adopted by the council between summer and autumn of 2022. It includes locations earmarked as having potential for new homes. The draft London Plan set a housing target for Lewisham of 1,667 units a year – that means 16,670 homes completed between 2020 and 2030.