Gunnersbury Triangle Sept 2014a
The Ealing councillors who - despite widespread protests and objections - voted for this 'Colonial Drive' development to blight Gunnersbury Triangle Nature Reserve in Chiswick should hang their heads in shame.
This is the view in September 2014 from deep inside this precious west London green space and shows just part of the intensive developments along Bollo Lane now nearing completion, right up to the border of the nature reserve. Quite aside from the huge visual impact, the noise and light pollution on the reserve will be significant.
Stuart Robinson, chairman of planning at CBRE, working on behalf of site owner and developer Blackstone, told Ealing Council on May 16 2012: "There will be no significant impact on the nature reserve."
And what, you might wonder, is CBRE? From their website: "Our team provides a bespoke town planning service, maximising opportunities and creating value for our clients by securing planning permissions for deliverable commercial, residential, retail, leisure and mixed use developments. We work closely with our clients to meet their needs and aspirations, brokering relationships and blending our knowledge of planning policy with commercial acumen."
Aileen Jones, Ealing Council's Head of Planning Services, told the decision meeting: "On the scale and height, work was done at the pre-application and consultation stage to reduce the building’s size. The height has been reduced by one floor since the initial proposals."
Even a cursory reading of the relevant planning meeting minutes tells you all you need to know about a very small number of local councillors being able to vote a disaster like this through - by 7 votes to 6 - flying in the face of both the facts and basic common sense.
The three Liberal Democrat local councillors who actually represented the (Southfield) ward in which this sensitive location is sited objected to the vast over-development adjacent to the nature reserve and attended the meeting - one being allowed to speak to voice their opposition. But not being members of the committee, they were not allowed a vote.
You can access the relevant council minutes plus background reports etc at: www.ealing.gov.uk/meetings/meeting/35/planning_committee
My photographic tour was accompanied by the sound of someone on a balcony loudly cackling down their mobile phone plus a party of some sort in one part of a building - the sounds carrying across the reserve. Just imagine what it will be like when fully occupied.
Background and more info at:
www.chiswickw4.com/default.asp?section=info&page=evgu...
handsoffourtriangle.wordpress.com
Gunnersbury Triangle Sept 2014a
The Ealing councillors who - despite widespread protests and objections - voted for this 'Colonial Drive' development to blight Gunnersbury Triangle Nature Reserve in Chiswick should hang their heads in shame.
This is the view in September 2014 from deep inside this precious west London green space and shows just part of the intensive developments along Bollo Lane now nearing completion, right up to the border of the nature reserve. Quite aside from the huge visual impact, the noise and light pollution on the reserve will be significant.
Stuart Robinson, chairman of planning at CBRE, working on behalf of site owner and developer Blackstone, told Ealing Council on May 16 2012: "There will be no significant impact on the nature reserve."
And what, you might wonder, is CBRE? From their website: "Our team provides a bespoke town planning service, maximising opportunities and creating value for our clients by securing planning permissions for deliverable commercial, residential, retail, leisure and mixed use developments. We work closely with our clients to meet their needs and aspirations, brokering relationships and blending our knowledge of planning policy with commercial acumen."
Aileen Jones, Ealing Council's Head of Planning Services, told the decision meeting: "On the scale and height, work was done at the pre-application and consultation stage to reduce the building’s size. The height has been reduced by one floor since the initial proposals."
Even a cursory reading of the relevant planning meeting minutes tells you all you need to know about a very small number of local councillors being able to vote a disaster like this through - by 7 votes to 6 - flying in the face of both the facts and basic common sense.
The three Liberal Democrat local councillors who actually represented the (Southfield) ward in which this sensitive location is sited objected to the vast over-development adjacent to the nature reserve and attended the meeting - one being allowed to speak to voice their opposition. But not being members of the committee, they were not allowed a vote.
You can access the relevant council minutes plus background reports etc at: www.ealing.gov.uk/meetings/meeting/35/planning_committee
My photographic tour was accompanied by the sound of someone on a balcony loudly cackling down their mobile phone plus a party of some sort in one part of a building - the sounds carrying across the reserve. Just imagine what it will be like when fully occupied.
Background and more info at:
www.chiswickw4.com/default.asp?section=info&page=evgu...
handsoffourtriangle.wordpress.com