Author: Cyril Richert Application 2013/5712 (70-74 St John’s Hill) was granted in April 2015 for erection of four-storey plus basement building to provide Class A1 shops at ground floor with…
Continue Reading »Author: Cyril Richert Is the policy effective? That was one of the main question that we discussed during the local plan examination hearing held by a government inspector, on the…
Continue Reading »Author: Cyril Richert Several building, including a 25 storey tower, are proposed at the current site of Homebase, Swanden Way, near Wandsworth bridge roundabout.…
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As expected, planning application 2015/0881 to demolish Homebase on 198 York Road, and replace by 6, 7, 9, 11 and 21 storeys to provide 254 residential units, has been recommended for approval by planning officers.…
Continue Reading »Author: Cyril Richert The Alchemist pub, located at 225 St John’s Hill, was nearly totally demolished last month, without planning consent.…
Continue Reading »Author: Cyril Richert After 10 years, Google has decided to make Google Earth Pro available for free. The Pro version has much more robust geospatial tools that are especially useful to…
Continue Reading »A few days ago appeared a new proposal of a 30 storey tower at 100 York road (p.a. 2015/2309). If it looks like a “deja vu” it’s because developers have been proposing a…
Continue Reading »Author: Cyril Richert Planning application 2015/0881 and 2015/0934 is proposing to demolish Homebase on 198 York Road, to be replaced by 3 part 2,6,7,9,11 and 20 storey buildings to provide 261 residential…
Continue Reading »Author: Cyril Richert Another tower of 14 storey tower at 56 – 66 Gwynne Road SW11 3UW, near Lombard Road has been approved in February (2014/5357), following a positive recommendation from planning…
Continue Reading »Author: Cyril Richert Sometime it looks like the Council is coming back to reason. A tower has been refused in front of York Gardens last week. Application 2014/7103 was proposing: Erection of a mixed-use development…
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