There has been a recent application to install a 20m high monopole at the junction of London Road and Honor Oak Road, with cabinets on the pavement. Details of the application can be found on Lewisham Council website.
The Forest Hill Society has opposed this application:
We note a number of recent refusals for masts on similar pavement locations in the local area, most recently and locally DC/20/118720 at BLYTHE VALE, BELL GREEN AND PERRY VALE, SE6.
We
believe the reasons for rejection of that application are equally
applicable to this location that is within the Forest Hill Conservation
Area and on an important pedestrian route between Forest Hill station
and town centre, and the Horniman Museum.
The siting and
appearance of the monopole would give rise to an overly dominant and
highly visible development and the proposed cabinets would result in a
visually cluttered streetscene out of keeping with local character of
the area when viewed from London Road and the Forest Hill conservation
area. The siting of the development would narrow the footway with the
potential to impact pedestrian safety at a difficult crossing point and
junction of the South Circular road.
This junction is
not an easy crossing for pedestrians as there is no pedestrian phase on
the lights, and the addition of cabinets and masts in this location will
further obscure the sight of cars turning the corner on this busy
junction.
We welcome the installation of 5G infrastructure around
Forest Hill, but this should not increase street clutter and make
pedestrian crossings more dangerous. There are a number of more suitable
and less prominent locations for such a mast including council owned
car parks and we hope that the applicant can work with the council to
identify such locations.
[This application was refused by Lewisham Council]
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