7th September 2001

Who are we ?

I represent TAG - ( The Action Group ),
the Estate Action Steering Committee for tenants and residents on Pepys - as secretary.

The group was formed in January 2000 to oppose Lewisham Councils plans to divert Estate Action on Pepys from Aragon Tower, and the low rise blocks of Limberg, Dolben, Barfleur, Marlowe and Millard.

The committee was formed with twelve elected members, that have met regularly every 2 weeks in the first year of 2000; and now meets once a month. All committee members actually live in the blocks effected, or close by on Pepys estate.

TAG was recognised by the Pepys Neighbourhood Committee in April 2000, and has regularly attended Neighbourhood meetings since then.

TAG has a constitution from November 2000, and receives a small amount of funding per tenancy unit from the Lewisham Tenants Fund as a Tenants and Residents Association ( TARA ). It has its own bank account.

TAG would like the Estate Action on Pepys to be completed, with the real involvement of the people concerned. This has not happened with the manner in which Lewisham has conducted their consultation.

TAG believes that refurbishment would perserve very important architecture and urban planning here on Pepys by the former GLC in the 1960's.

TAG had led the objections to the demolish and rebuild proposals by Hyde Housing at Lewisham Planning meetings.

Application for funds to build a scale model of Pepys Estate ... or, at least, start it ( ! ).

What this will achieve :-

1 - Provide an overview of the area to help built environment community planning.

2 - Provide an historical record as the 20th Century moves into the 21st Century.

3 - Provide a focus and discussion point.

Funds will be used to :-

1 - Investigate suitable scale, features, and level of detail, etc.

2 - Investigate a commission for a suitably skilled person(s).

3 - Investigate use of volunteers to assist (2) above.

Location of the completed model :-

1 - TAG has no premises to store a model, it will therefore loan the model to PCF to store or permanently display.

2 - The model can be available for community events.