Hi ,glad to hear application refused. DOES ANYONE HAVE THE APPLICATION NUMBER ? My search on Southwark Planning online using various computations of Etherow,Barry etc has drawn a blank. Would really like to read reasons given for refusal as they may be relevant to comments I am in process of making on planning application 08-AP-1916. This is an application to build 4 x 3 bedroom houses on land at rear of gardens of 153 - 163 Barry Rd ,with new access road ( over 200 feet long ) running down between 151 and 153 Barry Rd ,plus pedestrian footpath between 163 and 167 ( nos 165 does not exist ). I wasn't around in the summer ,but 2 points briefly on the Etherow / Barry Rd flats thread - the house I live in ,middle of Barry Rd - has a covenant restricting the erection of buildings within 20 feet of Barry Rd. It seems likely that similar covenants exist affecting other properties in Barry Rd. While I agree about subsidence ( and also about effect of bendy buses shaking the houses ) I'm not sure Southwark will take such worries into account .They judge only in relation to their planning regs. Though I suppose subsidence could come under loss of amenity. But the subsidence would presumably happen after planning granted and the cause would have to be proved.