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…
Continue Reading »Author: Cyril Richert Wandsworth Council, like all other public authorities is used to run consultations. Some might consider that consultations are un-necessary: local elections are providing elected Councillors who have…
Continue Reading »The decision to grant a lease to a private nursery was not a lawful exercise of the Council’s powers under the 1967 Greater London Parks and Open Spaces Provisional Order…
Continue Reading »Was it a new start for the planning forum or just an iteration of the usual meeting were local amenity groups are fed with updates without much time for discussion…
Continue Reading »Author: Cyril Richert Paris organised an exhibition (Paris Haussmann – Modèle de ville – Pavillon de l’arsenal 31 January-7 May 2017) about the Haussmann buildings, their achievement and examples in…
Continue Reading »Planning outrage doesn’t happen only in Wandsworth, and here is an example of developers’ cow-boys hand-in-glove with Lambeth Council and the fight of local residents and their call for help (legal…
Continue Reading »Author: Cyril Richert The government inspector in charge of reviewing Wandsworth planning policy submitted his report on December 23rd, 2015 concluded that it “has a number of deficiencies in relation…
Continue Reading »Author: Cyril Richert The Council is producing a new Local Plan document covering employment premises and industrial land. This new document will replace the employment and industrial land policies in…
Continue Reading »I think it is now more or less established that there will be 2 planning forums per year, as the previous one happened on the 10th June 2015 (I forgot…
Continue Reading »Author: Cyril Richert At the end of October we submitted a formal response to the consultation on proposed modifications from Wandsworth Council, following the government inspector (in charge of reviewing…
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