Planning

Development news from the Hammersmith Society

April 10, 2013
hammersmith bridge

It is difficult keeping up with the mass of unregulated high-rise developments going on around the borough, so a huge thank you to the Hammersmith Society which has summarised the major ones in its latest newsletter.  The common features of overdevelopment by density and height, lack of open space or affordable housing are particularly worrying.

Read more →

Lax town planning will harm our economy & harm the environment

September 12, 2011

It has become apparent that developers are seeking to gain from the unusual position of a Tory administration at national, London and local level. I have already expressed my concern at the level and nature of development, which comprises accommodation aimed at City or foreign investors built on sites reserved for employment or affordable housing. [...]

Read more →

Save our Riverfront

August 25, 2011

The local community around the proposed St George development on Hammersmith Embankment visited the site to protest and publicise their public meeting on 6 September at St Augustine’s Church, 55 Fulham Palace Road W6 8AU. The Council Leader has agreed to attend the first 30 minutes of the meeting to explain why the council is [...]

Read more →

Housing and planning

May 8, 2011

I spent an hour and a half being briefed by council officers on their plans for West Ken. Since I told the Planning Inspector that I was denied access to any contentious document by the council even after invoking the Freedom of information Act (FOIA) they have been love-bombing me with briefings (well, two actually, [...]

Read more →

Brave New World

April 26, 2011

I decided to spend my Easter break from Parliament in a planning inquiry. The Examination in Public of Hammersmith & Fulham’s Core Strategy to be precise. I expect you’d like to know what I found out. Actually you probably would. These are the proposals for what development the council intends to allow in H&F from [...]

Read more →

Shepherds Bush Green Planning Inquiry

April 18, 2011

I’m hoping to give evidence at the Shepherds Bush Green planning inquiry on 17th May. The Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs – who most recently hit the news for their u-turn on selling off forests – will be listening to residents views on plans to cut down mature trees and erect a [...]

Read more →