A few days ago appeared a new proposal of a 30 storey tower at 100 York road (p.a. 2015/2309). If it looks like a “deja vu” it’s because developers have been proposing a…
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…
Continue Reading »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…
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 . Author: WPR Residents Group How would you feel if you were…
Continue Reading »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 »A planning application 2015/1597 from Grand Union bars is proposing a change of use from A3 (restaurant and cafe) to A4 use (drinking establishment), including use of garden, area until late nights,…
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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