Author: Cyril Richert The Clapham Junction Action Group is committed to raise awareness on better consultation, transparency and taking into account seriously the voice of local residents on planning matters.…
Continue Reading »Author: Cyril Richert York Road, Winstanley/Lachmere Ward, Battersea Park, Northcote Ward … what do they have in common? Each time Wandsworth Tory Council are bulldozing through their own plans, misrepresenting…
Continue Reading »Author: Cyril Richert The B&Q proposal in Wandsworth Town was approved by 9 votes against one at January’s Planning Application Committee. However, reading the minutes of the PAC (download HERE),…
Continue Reading »Author: Cyril Richert The Draft New London Plan (read our article on Battersea, Putney And Wandsworth Society comments) is currently under review. It is noticeable that at least in one part,…
Continue Reading »Author: Cyril Richert The Draft New London Plan (a broad plan to shape the way London develops over the next 20-25 years) was under consultation until March 2nd 2018. Since that…
Continue Reading »Author: Cyril Richert I was delighted to read last month another article demonstrating the misleading use of “housing shortage/crisis” (the dominant view) to justify the current policies promoting massive developer…
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The last Planning Forum was definitely a welcome change from the previous instances. Not only the main part of the meeting was dedicated to topics submitted by amenity groups and…
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Only two weeks before the local election date, the Council will know if they are successful on their appeal against the decision to refuse their decision to grant a lease to…
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Council’s gift before local election: 20 storey tower beside Grant Road station entrance
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Finally, after 4 years of work on the Winstanley and York redevelopment project, and as local residents expressed the wish of less towers in the 2013 consultation, the Council is…
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Will B&Q site suffer the same fate as Homebase?
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Plans from B&Q developers to transform Wandsworth into a new Shoreditch (or a “new Croydon” for the oldest of us) is moving a step ahead tonight as their plan to…
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