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.…
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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 »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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With the recent publishing of the safeguarded route for the Crossrail 2 lines, Wandsworth Council finds himself at odds with its plans to construct a cluster of tall building on…
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Author: Cyril Richert PCS (Public and Commercial Services Union) at Clapham Junction is no longer planning to sell its building immediately. A plan was revealed last November for PCS to ask…
Continue Reading »Author: Cyril Richert Another very high tower has been recommended for approval in March (2014/6909), within the close vicinity of Clapham Junction. Just beside the Grade II listed Cremorne/Battersea railway bridge, Barratt…
Continue Reading »Author: Cyril Richert Following our article on the redevelopment of Garatt Lane (South Thames College), including a 26 storey tower, Wandsworth Council has approved the proposal (no surprise, as this is the Council’s own…
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