Thursday 3 September 2015

Stand, please, for the Ladywell Arena!

The Council has notified the Ladywell Fields User Group 'as a courtesy' that it is developing plans to for a stand (i.e. a seating area, presumably banked) at the Ladywell Arena - in the southeast corner of the Park behind Albacore Crescent - and that a planning application will be submitted in due course.

David Walton, the Council's Community Assets Manager (David.Walton@lewisham.gov.uk (T) 020 8314 8256 (M) 07753 859058 writes:
 
"The athletics track at Ladywell Arena primarily hosts athletics training and football matches along with a large number of school sports days.
 
"The league of the two football clubs requires that a small seating stand (50 seating and 50 standing) be erected to conform with their rules.  "
 
"This is a tight site with limited options for locating such a stand - which would of course be of benefit to all users.
 
"In the coming months colleagues will be developing the outline ideas into a design which will need to be submitted for planning permission. Funding will also need to be secured. 

"If you have any queries please do get in touch."

The User Group is unlikely to object, provided the design and siting of the stand is not too obtrusive and that good access for cyclists and pedestrians is maintained.  However we have asked to be given the opportunity to examine the plans prior to any planning application being submitted.

Robert Sheppard
Secretary, The Ladywell Fields User Group