Save Oval @saveoval
Kennington Oval residents for human-scale street-based mid-density development, not high-rise blocks. saveoval.com Kennington, England Joined August 2015-
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Construction generates 45% of UK’s carbon emissions. The cheap short-life buildings being built today are insanely wasteful: theguardian.com/cities/2020/ja…
Amazing initiative by @adepledge & @julescoleman @resi_uk to fast-track social housing development: link.medium.com/HrVwdVWzwZ #housingcrisis
For decades they've agonised over the best way to deter suicide jumpers from Archway Bridge in north London (c. 1900, listed). Architectural ideas competitions, everything. So finally they have done this
Great piece... bbc.co.uk/news/extra/iZK… Including this, much-ignored by developers: “Medical opinion is unanimous as to the importance of allowing plenty of sunshine to penetrate into the rooms,”. It recommended a general distance of 70ft between rows of houses facing each other.
Another huge swathe of South London is about to lose its views of Big Ben & Parliament so developers can make a quick buck from two 25-storey towers. MONDAY DEADLINE to challenge - here: planning.lambeth.gov.uk/online-applica… …
Good @nature piece on the health damage from skyscrapers and @BerkeleyGroupUK -style development. Cc @createstreets nature.com/articles/d4158…
So @BerkeleyGroupUK have started marketing the Oval #gasholder site already: Interesting definition of “village” - a mass of 10 to 18-storey soulless buildings and hardly any open space. And those much-touted “affordable” homes start at... £470,000 #ovalvillage #berkeleylies
If Berkeley group were NOT engaging in bribery then why would they need to pay off £9.5m to their finance director/ whistleblower? Question is, how deep does the corruption go? @BerkeleyGroupUK @lambeth_council theguardian.com/business/2018/…
Another tragic illustration of @BerkeleyGroupUK’s cheap and shoddy buildings - not just killing London’s character but killing pedestrians... Putting profit before people.
A pedestrian has died after being hit by a window pane which fell 250 feet from a luxury apartment overlooking the Thames thetimes.co.uk/edition/news/m…
Interesting new "consultation" method from Berkeley - they're handing thousands of these out at the local Tesco - the only option given is "support"... Have they been studying North Korean democracy?
“Skinny skyscrapers elevated above traditional city streets” - Stockholm. inhabitat.com/wooden-skyscra…
Berkeley Homes keep duping councils to boost profits: E.g. Kew Bridge: Berkeley told council 20% affordable would mean they'd lose £25M. They actually sold the homes for £250M, made ~£100M of profit, & paid just £8.6M towards affordable homes. More...: financeuncovered.org/investigations…
PS this is the area that Berkeley referred to (without any challenge from Lambeth planners) as "half the size of Sloane Square" in the recent Council meeting. Also note that nothing will grow in the green shaded area because it receives almost zero sunlight. #BerkeleySlums
This tiny dark area (see yellow arrow) is Berkeley Homes' biggest "open space" in their dismal plans for Kennington Gas-Holders & Tesco. (NB, the ramp into the Tesco car park takes up some of it.) Kennington Deserves Better! To Oppose: planning.lambeth.gov.uk/online-applica…
So true... Berkeley pay 💰 for months of privileged access to Lambeth planning officials. Objectors are given six minutes total to object. Berkeley just announced over £900M annual profit. Big wallets mean more than local democracy in #Lambeth @KateHoeyMP x.com/keanemj/status…
Don't normally RT tweets with swear words but will make an exception here. Bottom line is developer paid £100k I believe to Lambeth planning for pre-application advice. Seems to me that's a #ConflictOfInterest @kovforum @saveoval x.com/elainekramer45…
Now let me guess. They'll soon be doing the same over at the Kennington Oval gasholders site and Lambeth (whose opinion has reportedly been bought for £100k plus #ConflictOfInterest ) will nod it through @saveoval @kovforum x.com/PaulWellman_EG…
Berkeley revises and upscale Fulham gas works: ▪️2016 application (left) ▪️1,375 homes, up to 27 storeys ▪️2018 application (right) ▪️1,843, up to 37 storeys egi.co.uk/news/berkeley-…
It was laughable. Berkeley have paid Lambeth over £100,000 in fees to spend months with the planning team there - effectively they’ve got to write most of the planning officers’ report. Meanwhile the community gets 6 minutes to speak. It’s a giant stitch up. x.com/katgrant30/sta…
This slide in particular is provoking derision from the audience. How this planning officer can present this in good faith is absolutely beyond me “Height and massing acceptable” “No impact on strategic views” ?!? 🤯🤯🤯 #OvalGasworks @saveoval @LambethLibDems @Jason_Cobb
Berkeley Homes have sent 20+ highly paid people in suits to make sure they get their £400M profit out of their awful Oval Gasholder yuppie development scheme
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