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Archives for October 2016

Neighbourhood Planning — A new tool in the developers’ armoury: The case of West Hampstead’s moving tube station

October 15, 2016 By Joseph Black 5 Comments

Neighbourhood Planning — A new tool in the developers’ armoury: The case of West Hampstead’s moving tube station

A guest post from Joseph Black, one of the co-founders of the Save West Hampstead “Stop the Blocks!” campaign. In this story, Joseph shows us how individuals associated with Westminster’s Homes for Votes Scandal have reemerged in the world of Camden Neighbourhood Planning. The account gives us a stark and timely warning of the dangers of […]

Filed Under: Case Studies, Neighbourhood Planning, Planning Issues Tagged With: Camden, Fortune Green, GLA, Growth Area, Jubilee Line, London Plan, Neighbourhood Forums, Neighbourhood planning, Neighbourhood Plans, Public Transport, TfL, Transport for London, West Hampstead, Westminster

How to kill a London Pub – The Star St John’s Wood

October 11, 2016 By George Turner 7 Comments

How to kill a London Pub – The Star St John’s Wood

Friday night at the Star was just like any other night; the pub closed without fanfare. No announcements were made other than the usual calls for last orders. The regulars said goodbye, but expected to be back soon. But Mary Maguire, the pub landlady, knew that this would be her last night in the pub. […]

Filed Under: Case Studies, Westminster Tagged With: Assets of Community Value, CAMRA, Champion Estates, Change of Use, Marcus Cooper, Planning Inquiry, Pubs, Suki Tamplin, Westminster

Stand up to Lambeth

October 9, 2016 By George Turner 1 Comment

Stand up to Lambeth

Yesterday a couple of hundred people marched in protest at the policies of Lambeth Council. It is not every day that you get a protest march against a council, but such is the strength of feeling in the borough about policies like estate regeneration, the closure of libraries and the council’s supporting the hugely wasteful garden […]

Filed Under: Photography Tagged With: bergger 400+, Canon A1, Lambeth, politics, Protest

Sadiq spins the revolving door for financial viability consultants

October 5, 2016 By George Turner 2 Comments

Sadiq spins the revolving door for financial viability consultants

In August, the new Mayor of London Sadiq Khan announced that he would be employing an expert group to scrutinise affordable housing viability assessments, the documents property developers have to submit to councils when they want to drop affordable housing obligations. We have reported on a number of occasions on how viability assessments are used […]

Filed Under: London Mayor, Policy Makers, Viability Tagged With: caroline pidgeon, GLA, RICS, Viability Consultants

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