The planning application for the 36-story tower on Wandsworth Road goes before the planning committee on 16 March, with the recommendation, subject to section 106 agreement, that it be accepted (item 5):
http://www.lambeth.gov.uk/moderngov/ieListDocuments.aspx?CId=441&MId=6866
The arguments being put forward in favour of it will no doubt be similar or the same as those which will be used to [...]
Here’s a shot of Nine Elms as it is now. Use the riverside apartment blocks to the right of the photo as a point of reference
And here’s an image of the new American Embassy with the riverside apartment blocks still on the right
Photo and image borrowed from The (not the) Mayor of London blog, which [...]
Paul/Vauxhall Grove obtained detailed plans of the proposed development at Harleyford Road which we have scanned.
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Update: 02 March
Cllr Andrew Sawdon tells us that this planning application will now be considered at a planning committee hearing on 24 March. This provides another opportunity for local residents opposed to this [...]
… reads the headline to the article in today’s Guardian which goes on to say, ‘The winning design by Kieran Timberlake architects reflects the US political process: nominally open to all, yet, in practice, tightly controlled.’
You can read the article here http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2010/feb/23/us-embassy-cool-remote-not-subtle
And if, like me, the word ha-ha is new to you, in architectural terms [...]
but it’s clear that they oppose the proposed Catesby development to convert the old Christie site in Langley Lane and the empty offices fronting South Lambeth Road into a gated community for post-graduate students (covered previously on the blog under the categories ‘christie’ and ‘local developments’).
In the interests of accuracy, we would just like to [...]