St Mildred’s Church: proposed new church hall and community building
Planning appeal
The church hall at St Mildred’s has deteriorated to the point where it is unsafe to use, so we have had to close it. We have been working for some years on plans to replace it and we have approximately half of the funding necessary for this.
The proposed new hall building will provide space for church activities but, very importantly, is also intended to provide a much-needed facility for multiple community uses. All of the plans and other documents comprising our planning application can be found on the planning section of the Lewisham Council website: link. Unfortunately we are aware that the Lewisham planning portal is only working intermittently at the moment, so if you have problems accessing anything particular that you would like to see, please email developmentproject@stmildreds.org.uk so that we can try to assist. Details of our vision for the new building and how it will used can be found here. All of the plans and other documents comprising our planning application can be found here.
Our planning application for the proposed new building was turned down in November 2019, despite the fact that there were no local objections to the application and a petition of 2,000 signatures in support.
In May 2020 we lodged an appeal against Lewisham Council’s decision to refuse planning permission. The appeal process is run by the Planning Inspectorate, which is independent of Lewisham Council. In August 2021 the planning inspector appointed on our planning appeal has decided in our favour, so we now have planning permission to build our new church hall! The past couple of years have been quite challenging, but our faithful God has been with us throughout and has answered our prayers VERY generously. We give Him our thanks and praise for bringing us to this point. A big “thank you”, too, to all those church members and friends who prayed, made submissions to Lewisham planning department, helped collect signatures for our petition in September 2019 and wrote to the planning inspector in support of our appeal: all very much appreciated!
Planning appeal
The church hall at St Mildred’s has deteriorated to the point where it is unsafe to use, so we have had to close it. We have been working for some years on plans to replace it and we have approximately half of the funding necessary for this.
The proposed new hall building will provide space for church activities but, very importantly, is also intended to provide a much-needed facility for multiple community uses. All of the plans and other documents comprising our planning application can be found on the planning section of the Lewisham Council website: link. Unfortunately we are aware that the Lewisham planning portal is only working intermittently at the moment, so if you have problems accessing anything particular that you would like to see, please email developmentproject@stmildreds.org.uk so that we can try to assist. Details of our vision for the new building and how it will used can be found here. All of the plans and other documents comprising our planning application can be found here.
Our planning application for the proposed new building was turned down in November 2019, despite the fact that there were no local objections to the application and a petition of 2,000 signatures in support.
In May 2020 we lodged an appeal against Lewisham Council’s decision to refuse planning permission. The appeal process is run by the Planning Inspectorate, which is independent of Lewisham Council. In August 2021 the planning inspector appointed on our planning appeal has decided in our favour, so we now have planning permission to build our new church hall! The past couple of years have been quite challenging, but our faithful God has been with us throughout and has answered our prayers VERY generously. We give Him our thanks and praise for bringing us to this point. A big “thank you”, too, to all those church members and friends who prayed, made submissions to Lewisham planning department, helped collect signatures for our petition in September 2019 and wrote to the planning inspector in support of our appeal: all very much appreciated!
