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[[Image:IMG 6789 Old Mill Building web.jpg|thumb|right|400px|Old Mill Building]][[Image:IMG 6788 Old Mill Building web.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Old Mill Building]][[Image:IMG 6782 Old Mill Building web.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Old Mill Building]][[Image:IMG 20170805 162639.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Old Mill Building]] ===December 2023 OMB on the Local List!==='''[https://www.southwark.gov.uk/planning-and-building-control/design-and-conservation/local-list-consultation The council finally in December 2023 adopted its Local List]''' of heritage buildings meriting some protection by a presumption that they will not be demolished. The list included the Old Mill Building (OMB). Not only that but the OMB had the most number of nominations across the whole borough. It had 150 nominations! '''[https://twitter.com/lb_southwark/status/1732049660364128419 See Cabinet Member cllr Helen Dennis tell us this.]''' The Blackpool Road site is though scheduled for redevelopment. However the fact that the OMB is on the Local List will mean that the redevelopment has to landscape the building into the redevelopment plans. ===November 2022 Local List nominations===The Council's long awaited consultation on the nominations for the Local List began in August 2022 and concludes on 30th November 2022. They have listed many buildings and ask for comments on them. They also ask for local people to nominate buildings. * '''[[Media:OMB_PV_nomination_text.pdf|See here for information about the Old Mill Building nomination.]]''' from Peckham Vision and PHRP.* '''[https://southwarkdraftlocallist.commonplace.is/en-GB/map/southwark-central All the information about the consultation is on the Council website here.] * '''[https://peckhamheritage.org.uk/phrp-nominations-for-southwarks-local-list See here for information on many buildings in Peckham town centre]''' nominated by the PHRP (Peckham Heritage Regeneration Partnership) and supported by Peckham Vision. ===January 2022 Old Mill Building saved===Peckham Vision’s campaign since 2017, to secure planning protection for the Old Mill Building (OMB) at 72 Copeland Road, succeeded at the Public Hearings in 2021 into the New Southwark Plan (NSP). The OMB was threatened with demolition by the Council’s redevelopment plan for the Blackpool Road area in the draft NSP. The Inspectors’ report on the Examination in Public (EiP), published recently, says the NSP should include a reference to the Old Mill Building as an important heritage asset of local interest. This will be valuable evidence to support the case for including the Old Mill Building in the Heritage Local List. The Council will be consulting in the summer this year (2022) about the buildings to be included in that. Local people will be able to support the OMB nomination, and suggest other buildings and spaces they know that have local heritage value for the Local List. We will be publicising this when the details are known and explaining how to make the nominations. This will be a significant opportunity for local people to seek protection for their valued buildings and spaces.  ===2020-2021 Examination in Public (EiP)===The Council published the 'submission version' of the NSP in January 2020. But the Inspectors directed that there should be a further consultation on many of the changes. This took place in October 2020, as did all the subsequent stages, during the pandemic and various stages of the lockdowns. The Examination in Public (EiP) took place over February to April 2021, and there was a consultation on the Inspectors' recommendations during August-September 2021. The Inspectors' report was received by the Council in November 2021 and the NSP was amended to include the Inspectors’ recommendations, and adopted by the Council in February 2022. The future of the Old Mill Building and how it would be referred to in the NSP was an item at each stage. Further details of some of this on these pages:* [[Blackpool_Road|Blackpool Road site]]* [[New_Southwark_Plan_(NSP)|New Southwark Plan consultations and Examination in Public (EiP)]] [[Image:A4 v1 colour pub meeting 6 Nov 2019.jpg|thumb|right|200px|]][[Image:A6_v2_OMB_events_dates_-_blue_lo_res_med.jpg|thumb|right|400px200px|]][[Image:Local_List_leaflet_SOCIAL_2.jpg|thumb|right|200px|]][[Image:PV OMB A1 V7.jpg|thumb|right|300px|]] ===6th November 2019 Public Meeting===This is a local community meeting especially for those who live or work around the Blackpool Road area between Consort Road and Copeland Road, and also open to anyone interested in Peckham. The meeting is part pf Peckham Vision's preparation for the Public Hearings into the New Southwark Plan expected in early 2020. '''The building is open to visit 6.30pm to 7.00pm before the public meeting,''' and to complete a survey on its value to the community. ===February 2019 open for visits===[[Image:SNews OMB 14 Feb 2019 adj med.jpg|thumb|left|450px|]]* '''Wednesdays 6.15-7.15pm:''' An opportunity for '''drop-in visits to the Old Mill Building''' has been arranged with [http://communityoutreach.co.uk Community Outreach Ministries ] '''starting on Wednesday 13th Februaryto 20th March 2019'''. The building will be open on '''Wednesdays each week from 6.15pm to 7.15pm '''when you can drop-in and see the building from the inside and the exhibition of photos and history about it and its restoration and its uses.* '''Saturday 9th March 9.30am - 3pm:''' fundraising BootSale with refreshments and games on '''Saturday 9th March 10am-3pm. Doors open at 9.30am.''' Funds raised are for the homeless through [https://thamesreach.org.uk/about-us/our-mission ThamesReach.]* '''Wednesday 20th March 6pm-9pm:''' Also a public meeting on Local Heritage is being arranged for '''Wed 20th March 2019 -6-9pm''' in the building. Details will be publicisedExhibiton 6-7pm, and meeting from 7-9pm with invited Speakers and Discussion. '''[[Local_List|More info here.]]'''* '''Wednesday 3rd July 6.30pm drop in, 7-9pm''' [[Local_List|Local Heritage workshop in the OMB. ]]

 [[Image:IMG 20170805 162639-20190109-WA0046 adj.jpg||thumb|right|350px200px|interior ground floor, Old Mill Buildingbuilding]]

* '''Building restored:''' The building has been restored by [http://communityoutreach.co.uk Community Outreach Ministries ] and has great potential for community activities for decades to come. It is now under threat again by new Council plans for the redevelopment of both sides of [[Blackpool_Road#Introduction_to_Blackpool_Road_site|Blackpool Road.]]