Stockwell News have published the slides shown by Lambeth Planning at the first public (steer) hearing:
http://www.stockwellnews.com/2010/03/impact-of-bondway-on-south-lambeth-and.html
Note how the photos were taken on a nice day with the trees in full leaf. Pity we couldn’t see the same views on a dull winter’s day and the trees bare.
Now the planning application went before the recent second [...]
Worth reading:
http://kovforum.blogspot.com/2010/03/kovs-submission-on-vauxall-planning.html
If you have been following this on the blog and elsewhere and went to the recent public meetings, then you will appreciate the MASSIVE impact that this framework proposal will have on Vauxhall, Nine Elms and Battersea (VNEB) if it is adopted.
And you now only have until 5pm on 29 March to comment on or [...]
By Pete Morris
The planning application for the 149m Octave tower on the Bondway storage site was rejected last night. In a stunning victory for local campaigners, the planning committee slammed the bulk and height of the tower, the negative impact on the Vauxhall Conservation Area, loss of amenity for residents and loss of local employment [...]
The developer was planning to develop the ex-Christie site in Langley Lane and offices fronting South Lambeth Road for high-end post-graduate student accommodation.
We understand that the application was refused by officers, without even going to a planning hearing, because the council’s Unitary Development Plan does not support development solely for student accommodation.