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Tag Archives: Nine Elms
New Covent Garden Market
I posted about Jan Lloyd’s presentation on New Covent Garden Market to the Regeneration and Community Safety OSC the other day and have been picked up on my comment that their public exhibitions are over. It was sloppy writing by me. The first round of public consultations are over, but a second round are starting
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New Covent Garden Market redevelopment
Last night was the first Regeneration and Community Safety OSC of the year and was kicked off by a presentation from Jan Lloyd on the proposed redevelopment of New Covent Garden Market. It’s amazing when you look at the Market today, when it’s employing 2,500 people (a few hundred less than before the recession) and
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Battersea Power Station exhibition
The council is starting its formal consultation on the Battersea Power Station planning application and, to coincide with this, Treasury Holdings are holding another public exhibition this Thursday (between noon and 8pm), Friday (from 10am to 6pm) and Saturday (from 10am until 5pm). The Power Station is a key part of the regeneration of Nine
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Posted in Regeneration
Also tagged Battersea Power Station, consultation, Power Station, Treasury
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Weekly wrap-up, 30 October
This week was a story of two regenerations – with two very different results. Recession kills off Roehampton regeneration The bad news came for Roehampton. The Roehampton Regeneration had been moving slowly for several months while the planning application was developed and everyone was aware that the economic climate meant that rapid progress was unlikely.
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Posted in London, Regeneration, Weekly report
Also tagged Crossrail, Northern Line, Queenstown, recession, Roehampton
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Recession kills off regeneration plans for Roehampton
The recession has finally put paid to hopes for a major regeneration project in Roehampton. The scheme had been in development for a number of years and went through seemingly endless consultations with local residents, mixed feelings from the Labour Party (who couldn’t work out if they want to improve people’s quality of life or
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Ambition for Nine Elms
Simon Milton launched the Nine Elms Opportunity Area Planning Framework (OAPF) yesterday. Those that follow me on Twitter may well have been bored yesterday with my incessant tweeting using the #9elms hashtag. The sell-out event at New London Architecture reflected the huge interest in the area. And the the OAPF reflected the size and potential
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Posted in Regeneration, Wandsworth
Also tagged Jeremy Castle, Northern Line, OAPF, Power Station, Simon Milton
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Weekly wrap-up, 23 October
So, for this week’s collection of odds and ends. This week’s photo doesn’t really have any artistic merit – composition and exposure could be better – but it is from Battersea Park where autumn is making itself known. The park really is beautiful at this time of year, and almost magical if you see the
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Posted in Regeneration, Wandsworth, Weekly report
Also tagged Battersea Park, CAA, Corporate Area Assessment, Council, cycling, empathy, full council, Heathrow, Labour, Local Strategic Partnership, LSP, Maurice Heaster, NEOB, Nine Elms Opportunity Board, Tony Belton
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US embassy given outline go-ahead
I’ve only really given the proposed US Embassy mention in passing, most recently when touching on discussion about it at the last Regeneration and Community Safety Committee. Last night, however, saw it pass the first formal milestone with the council when it was granted outline planning permission. The embassy, like any other major developer, is
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Weekly wrap-up, 4 September
The Union Jack now flies over Wandsworth Town Hall every day. Not the greatest picture, but I’m rather pleased with the result from a phone camera. The council had previously taken a ‘high days and holidays’ approach to flag flying, but recently changed this to keeping the Union Jack flying every day and to be
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Posted in London, Politics, Regeneration, Weekly report
Also tagged Chamber of Commerce, Labour, RCS OSC, recession, Tony Belton, Town Hall, Union Jack, US Embassy
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Weekly wrap-up, 28 August
Being a new man Actually a fairly quiet week this week. Partly because it’s still summer, and consequently everything is just a bit quieter, and partly because I started my new man duties this week – which effectively limited me to half-days consisting of an hour’s work during the morning nap and a few hours
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Posted in Regeneration, Wandsworth
Also tagged Chugging, New Covent Garden Market, New man, Tooting Broadway, US Embassy
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