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Peckham Vision encourages informed discussion about the future of Peckham Town Centre, and stimulates ideas on transforming the central area of Rye Lane around Peckham Rye station, Copeland Industrial Park and the Bussey building. See especially here and here. contact us through our contact page or email: info@peckhamvision.org
Recent blog
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Major development Bournemouth Road / Rye Lane corner 2nd January 2010 | 
Developers are seeking permission to demolish what remains of the historic Holdron's on the corner of Rye Lane / Bournemouth Road. It looks potentially as inappropriate and poor quality in design as the Wandle housing block next door to it. Also its design with cramped flats might exacerbate the social problems already experienced from the Wandle block after only two years. It is not integrated at all in the thinking of the developments that can happen now on all that big site behind, now that the tram depot threat is fully lifted.
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Random article
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| The Vision for the Copeland Cultural Quarter
Site 63P/71P, was designated in the UDP to be demolished for a possible tram depot. This 5 years of oppressive blight is likely to be lifted in the Peckham & Nunhead Area Action Plan (PNAAP) being developed which will replace the UDP. Half of this site, the part between Rye Lane and Copeland Road, is already a thriving mixed area of artists' studios, art galleries, a variety of small businesses, retail and creative industry, housing and other community uses, and has the emerging feel of a Cultural Quarter. A major part of the land is owned and operated by Copeland Industrial Park (CIP), and so the area and its immediate surrounds is becoming known as the Copeland Cultural Quarter (CCQ). The draft masterplan here illustrates the concept of a mixed organic development with the gradual rehabilitation of historic buildings ... Read more...
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