Residents local to FIRE have been informed that the club ‘has withdrawn its planning application’ to expand into adjacent arches. An e-mail to Lambeth Council to find out what’s behind this surprising move solicited this (Lambeth-speak) response:
“The application was not supported by any justification for the proposed change of use and consequently officers considered that [...]
Following representations from Viva Vauxhall, Lambeth Council have now posted site notices for these two proposed developments - and extended the deadline for objections until Friday, 05 February.
If you wish to object, comment or approve online via Lambeth Council’s website, then please refer to the separate posts below for FIRE and Catesby. If [...]
http://planning.lambeth.gov.uk/publicaccess/tdc/DcApplication/application_searchresults.aspx
Type in the Application Reference 09/03942/FUL and then click on ‘Search’. Note: it sometimes doesn’t work if you copy and paste it in bold. Seems to work ok if you type it in.
Click on Click to view and then on Important Dates to see that there are options to object, comment, not object together with [...]
FIRE told us a few weeks ago that, having now got licensing approval, they were going to submit a planning application to use the new arches.
As the application hasn’t been listed on the Lambeth Council website and notices have not been posted outside the club, we asked Lambeth Planning what was happening. They confirmed that [...]
Their application having been refused at the previous hearing, FIRE’s application to move into adjacent arches was reheard yesterday on the basis that, if it was granted, FIRE would not increase the overall capacity of the premises.
Local residents opposed this once again, arguing among other things, that, contrary to the impression being given, the [...]