‘This isn’t a ballot, it’s a fix.’ – This article is the first part of two posts on how to resist manipulative resident consultation tactics with the help of art.…
Continue Reading »Chinese investment has been a booster for many property developments in London, and a huge funder for Wandsworth Council for more than a decade. However, the recent Chinese property market…
Continue Reading »“Keep calm and carry on” could be the motto of Wandsworth Council when staring at the deteriorating situation of some property developers in Nine Elms. “The brakes have been put…
Continue Reading »The biannual planning forum, the informal information sharing group organised by the Council for community representatives, was organised on video-call a few days ago (for the fourth time since July…
Continue Reading »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…
Continue Reading »After 1 hour of thirty six minutes of debates at the last meeting of the year a few days ago, Councillor Ravi Govindia, leader of Wandsworth Council, gave his view…
Continue Reading »Despite the pandemic (or maybe because of it?) father Xmas seems incredibly busy this year. While we are waiting for the new application for Peabody St John’s Hill (promised for…
Continue Reading »Nearly two years ago the world was learning about Covid. At the end of January 2020 we watched with astonishment people locked inside their own homes in some areas of…
Continue Reading »Nine Elms developers are struggling to find buyers, reported a recent article from The Telegraph. According to the newspaper, the first residential tower (to be completed by 2023) at the…
Continue Reading »Developers are applying for a building of up to 18 storeys high entirely dedicated to co-living space (up to 213 shared-living units with gym, bar, lunge, workspace…etc), just beside the…
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