East Dulwich Police Station

[Meg1001]

Has anyone checked out the brochure and planning guidance document on the sale of ED Police Station?

http://search.knightfrank.co.uk/krd131892

Brochure: http://www.inst.knightfrank.com/public/fetch/5490

http://www.inst.knightfrank.com/view/east

Password: dulwich

http://www.inst.knightfrank.com/public/private_view/318

Planning Guidance: http://www.inst.knightfrank.com/public/fetch/5699

Apparently the deadline for bids was 25th Oct and bids are now being considered by the MPS. Looks like housing is the preferred option but I hope Waitrose made a bid!

[StraferJack]

police station/MPs/Waitrose trifecta

[steveo]

Flats. End of.

That document mentions an area called 'The Blue.'

Where might that be?

[CPFCfan]

?The Blue? is the market area in Bermondsey on Blue Anchor Lane. I only learnt that yesterday so over the moon to be using my new found trivia so soon

[ruffers]

The Blue is on Southwark Park Road in Bermondsey. A kind of market square type thing.

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[Meg1001]

steveo Wrote:

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> Flats. End of.

You're probably right. Although they might go for a mixed-development, new homes and retail (jobs) would seem like a winner. Not sure how residents of LL would feel though. A bit like this this one in Guildford? http://www.constructionenquirer.com/2012/11/08/waitrose-store-and-flats-plan-in-guildford-approved/

[Mike Dodd]

Please Be a Iceland or Lidals to keep house prices down

[Louisa]

It won't be a mixed development. It's backing onto a residential area with parking strains. It will either be a small supermarket with a small car park (unlikely) or a block of flats (most likely).

Louisa.

[tiddles]

I'd quite like a police station with police in it.

[pinecone]

tiddles, yes. and horses in the back.

[Supernanny*]

A nursery :) without a looooooooooooong waiting list..

[Sue]

pinecone Wrote:

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> tiddles, yes. and horses in the back.

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Those were the days ....

[Countrlass22]

Love a Lidl and flats above......waitrose also great just flats no

[James Barber]

The site should be used for community use - as it was when a police station. Certainly in planning terms their would be a presumption for any piurchaser choosing to apply for planning permission for a non community use to prove no community use needs exists.

IF it were to be sold for non community use, and I'm anticipating it wont be, then we would have ample proof of real community use needs and planning permission I hope would be refused on this basis.

[Jeremy]

But what exactly constitutes "community use"?

[jimbo1964]

And if it's being sold on the open market, who's going to buy it for community use? I'd rather it were still a police station. Apart from that it might as well be flats.. Hopefully with some architectural merit.

[Louisa]

Anticipating the upmarket chain supermarket rumours.... Let's hope it remains in community hands for a new school.

Louisa.

[redjam]

A new, efficient GPs' surgery would be a popular 'community' choice, I suspect, given DMC's woes?

But surely any commercial developer is going to want to maximize profit and build more flats or shops?

[Pugwash]

I suggest a modern police station with flats above for rental and purchase

[Jeremy]

Doctors surgery, "shop front" style police station, and a nursery. That would be pretty damn useful.

But I suspect we'll get a Starbucks and a load of 500 sqft 2 bed flats.

[James Barber]

One of the most likely sites for one of the two new Harris free primary schools for East Dulwich emerged to be the East Dulwich Police Station.

This site is owned by the GLA/MOPAC and negotiations to purchase it have been very ongoing shall we say.

To encourage things along The Dulwich Society has very kindly agreed today to apply to Southwark Council for the site to be listed as a community asset under the 2011 Localism Act and we be allowed to buy it for community use.

[singalto]

Surely the site is too small for a school..

[alice]

That's one of the great things about free schools

Fewer regulations

[bornagain]

James, please can you clarify - who is the 'we' that may buying the site - Harris, Southwark or some other organisation?

[Meg1001]

These so called 'Free' schools, which are basically corporate (lets learn Business and Enterprise kids!) and are essentially backed by the boss of Carpetright give me the creeps. We would have been better off with a Waitrose, less insidious all round.