Author: Cyril Richert On Wednesday 10th April, to the question: “If the adopted Local and National Planning Policies are only treated as loose guidelines which can be ignored at will,…
Continue Reading »Author: Cyril Richert With 230 new towers planned, London is going to become “Gotham City”, claims last week article in the Evening Standard. In a statement in the Observer at the end of…
Continue Reading »Author: Cyril Richert To the question: “If the adopted Local and National Planning Policies are only treated as loose guidelines which can be ignored at will, then Wandsworth Council should…
Continue Reading »Author: Cyril Richert Following our letter to the Prime Minister on Wandsworth Council’s planning procedures and ‘localism’ practice failures, the Council said we were all NIMBYies who “hurl false and groundless allegations around“.…
Continue Reading »Author: Cyril Richert Wandsworth London Borough Council is named in an ‘Open Letter’ to David Cameron showing major failures in its planning procedures, and calling for the Prime Minister to…
Continue Reading »Author: Cyril Richert The Council has now published its report on the Consultation on changes for its Local Plan (item 9 – Paper 14-141). In total 34 respondents made representations relating…
Continue Reading »At the initiative of the Labour Group, a motion citing the public opposition to tall buildings and excessive development (as expressed so often by the Wandsworth Society, the Battersea Society…
Continue Reading »Author: Cyril Richert “A record number of London skyscrapers are in the pipeline, prompting campaigners to warn that the capital’s skyline could be ruined by a “wall of glass” as…
Continue Reading »Author: Cyril Richert Following our comments on Wandsworth Council’s consultation on local”protected” views we have received a response from the officer in charge of the policy document. The draft revised…
Continue Reading »The Council is asking now people to comment on the draft document for local views within the borough. This document aims at defining the different types of view that have…
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