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Understanding the “Lowest Council tax” slogan

by Cyril Richert
14 March 2022
Elections
9 mins read

Having the lowest Council tax in the country has been for decades the biggest message branded  by the Conservatives during Wandsworth Council elections. Whether this has been the reason for…

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Is Wandsworth well managed or addicted to property developers’ money?

by Cyril Richert
30 January 2022
Council/Planning Matters
6 mins read

Wandsworth has collected nearly as much tax from property developments than all the surrounding boroughs together. And although the Council is using the money to cover spending otherwise paid by…

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Property developers are cash cows for Wandsworth

by Cyril Richert
5 August 2021
Council/Planning Matters
10 mins read

Author: Cyril Richert You won’t be surprised to learn that Wandsworth generates a lot of income from developers, but the scale of the figures is astonishing in comparison to some…

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What is the future of video meetings in Wandsworth?

by Cyril Richert
22 April 2021
Council
4 mins read
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Author: Cyril Richert One year ago started the first lockdown in England due to the spread of Covid cases. From that date, the usage of video-conference tools exploded: Zoom meetings…

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Does Wandsworth lie about its record of affordable housing provision?

by Cyril Richert
6 April 2021
Council/Housing
2 mins read

Wandsworth officers in charge of the draft Local Plan write: “There is a strong record of affordable housing provision in the borough with 885 new affordable homes delivered between 2016/17…

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Ward boundary changes: final recommendation published for Wandsworth

by Cyril Richert
11 November 2020
Elections
4 mins read

The Local Government Boundary Commission has published its final recommendations for new electoral arrangements for Wandsworth Council. You will notice little changes from our previous interim report. The Boundary Commission…

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Consultation on Ward boundary changes for Wandsworth

by Cyril Richert
2 August 2019
Elections
4 mins read

The Boundary Commissioners are just about to make decisions about the ward boundaries in Battersea. One thing we know is that all, or almost all, wards will change as a…

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BREAKING NEWS: Wandsworth is using an AUTOMATIC planning report generator to save time and money!

by Cyril Richert
1 April 2019
Council/Planning Matters
1 min read
3

Author: Cyril Richert Exclusive revelation today by the Clapham Junction Action Group: Wandsworth Council is using an automatic tool to generate planning reports! The information has been leaked by internal…

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Wandsworth’s cash machine: the Council is collecting as much as all the adjoining boroughs together!

by Cyril Richert
8 March 2019
Council/Planning Matters
4 mins read
2

Author: Cyril Richert With all the new developments in Clapham Junction, but also in other parts of the borough (Nine Elms of course) you may wonder if there is an…

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Consultation on community involvement: great principles but in practice no improvement

by Cyril Richert
10 January 2019
Council
4 mins read

Wandsworth Council has consulted on its draft Statement of Community Involvement (SCI), which is a document that describes how to get involved in planning decision-making process. The first Wandsworth SCI was…

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