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Thanks for this, Yvette. I see what you’re saying - ‘forced to withdraw’ could suggest the planning application was submitted to Lewisham council and subsequently withdrawn.
But I meant the planning application was on the verge of being submitted, with Aedas and the developer confident it would be approved.
But when Lewisham council wrote to warn it would not support the application, you decided to withdraw from the process and not submit it after all while you paused to reflect on the opposing views.

Elizabeth Hopkirk, BD reporter