Peckham campaigners have created a striking new graphic showing how overbearing the Aylesham Centre regeneration could be.
Berkeley Homes plans to redevelop the site, which includes the Morrisons supermarket, to include 850 flats in blocks rising to twenty storeys.
The developer has scaled back its original plans – which proposed heights of up to 27 storeys.
But campaign group Aylesham Community Action (ACA) hopes their latest graphic shows the buildings will still tower over “historic low-rise Peckham”.
The picture shows the iconic Jones & Higgins building being dwarfed by huge towers.
A petition launched by the group making several demands of Berkeley and Southwark Council has gathered over 3,000 signatures.
ACA has urged them to provide 50 per cent social housing rather than the 35 per cent usually stipulated by Southwark Council.
The petition also demands that existing shops be protected, the creation of quality green space, and better communication with the community.
A Berkeley spokesperson said: “We continue to welcome all feedback from the local community ahead of the submission of our formal planning application.
“As advertised recently in the Southwark News, this can be done online, via our consultation website, or in person at the Aylesham Centre this Thursday from 4-8pm or Saturday 25 May, 12-4pm.”
Who are these people campaigning against this redevelopment? We don’t have enough homes as it is in Peckham? Build more and higher homes, which will mean more people in the area to support local businesses.
I don’t understand people who call this overdevelopment, we live in ZONE 2 in one of Europe’s biggest cities!?!! If this was an argument against development in a small rural town I’d understand, but honestly these people need to check themselves, you live 20 minutes on the train from one of the world’s greatest financial, cultural and academic (I could go on) centres – Don’t be suprised others want to live here too, it’s incredibly selfish.
I want more quality homes in Peckham and if that means a 30 story tower, great news!! Stop the nonsense and get on and build it.
Fed up SE15 resident
Theses are anti homes campaigners. Middle class whingers who have homes and want to pull the ladder up. London needs more homes! Build build build.