Will the new London Plan 2021 help us?

The London Plan is newly adopted, and this now places the onus on Local Authorities to set limits on development in terms of tall buildings – (seven storeys in the case of the Stag site).This and other planning policy issues now support our efforts to scale back the height, scale and density of the current plans submitted by the developer. We have summarised this in a formal representation to the GLA’s planning team

This is a technical, planning related submission and is specifically focused on the harms created by the current scheme and highlights deviation from and/or violation of latest planning policy in the London Plan.

Making the case behind the scenes

We have used the opportunity of the delay of the Planning Hearing to restate our case to the Mayor of London and National Planning Casework Unit and Network Rail.  Both MBCG and Thames Bank Residents Association have drawn on legal and planning arguments to craft detailed letters of objection to the present scheme.

You can read these letters here:

• Letter from planning consultants on behalf of Thames Bank Residents Association the to National Planning Casework Unit urging the Secretary of State to call in and review the present scheme > link to the PDF
• Letter from planning consultants on behalf of Thames Bank Residents Association to The Mayor of London opposing the scheme > link to the PDF
• Letter from Howard Potter on behalf of MBCG to Network Rail pointing out the significant risks to the community arising from the present development in relation to the Sheen Lane level crossing > link to the Word document
• MBCG letter to the GLA >link to PDF
• And the detailed summary here >link to Word document