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Archive for the 'Bondway/Octave Tower' Category

Octave Tower: No Thank You!

Tuesday, January 26th, 2010

If you oppose the current planning application to build the Octave Tower (on the existing Bondway site), please sign our petition http://www.gopetition.com/petitions/no-to-octave-tower.html

Is it going to be a similar storey with the Octave Tower?

Thursday, January 21st, 2010

Interesting and informative article taken from the BBC website details how the Greater London Authority and Hackney Council overrode opposition to a tower development in Shoreditch.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/8467292.stm

Octave Tower ’steer report’ public meeting 25 November

Thursday, November 26th, 2009

We were heard first and the hearing/meeting lasted over two hours.  The developer was heavily represented by the architects, various experts (to comment on particular issues), and there were nice presentation boards and a large scale model of the tower (which lit up!) and the surrounding area.  There is no way that we can compete [...]

Octave Tower: Letter from Viva Vauxhall to Lambeth Planning

Wednesday, October 21st, 2009

Here’s Viva Vauxhall’s letter e-mailed to Jonathan Fullelove/Lambeth Planning along with the two photos posted on the blog on 17 October:
Dear Mr Fullelove,
Viva Vauxhall (residents’ association) has already written to you to object to the current Octave Tower proposal – one of our concerns being the shadow that would be cast over the surrounding streets, [...]

Will Langley Lane be a shadow of its former self if the Octave Tower goes ahead?

Saturday, October 17th, 2009

We think so.  Both images show Langley Lane and from a similar viewpoint.
LH one is a photo taken by a resident around 4pm in early September – and shows the sun streaming down.
RH one is a promotional picture used by the developer and with the Octave Tower superimposed – which, in late afternoon, [...]