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It will happen despite the protests of 27,000 people begging for it to be saved for posterity and not sacrificed for more multi million pound flats for shady international types looking to hide their ill gotten gains.
Greg Clark, Secretary of State for Communities & Local Government, is the only man who can save our wonderful Art Deco cinema from these greedy developers.
Everybody should email Greg at greg.clark@communities.gsi.gov.uk
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It is the only chance to save the cinema from this man on the left...
Lets be honest Dame - these decisions to destroy out Communities and way of life is a directive right from the top . The sooner that people wake up to this reality, the better off we will all be . If Councils can ignore petitions out of hand and cosy up to Foreign Money , it just shows where the real power lies, at the bank and not the Ballot Box . So as ye sow , so shall ye reap he whirlwind !
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ReplyDeleteDear Greg Clark
ReplyDeletePlease save the iconic Kensington Odeon from redevelopment.
27,000 objectors’ valid concerns have been utterly ignored. Is this the government’s interpretation of democracy?
Saving the second largest screen in London, used for premieres, is vital at a time when the government is rightly promoting film-making in London
For reasons unknown, I believe English Heritage / Historic England glossed over the important art deco original features extant at the cinema and failed to grasp the cinema’s historic importance.
London's priceless cultural capital is disappearing rapidly, replaced by buy-to-leave investment vehicles for overseas speculators. This is short-termism at its very worst. Time after time, The Royal Borough of Kensington & Chelsea’s Planning Committee favours developers over the taxpayers it should represent.
Please call in the plans.
have used the above text in my email to Greg Clark. Hope you do not mind
ReplyDeleteOne way of stopping the planning committee and department riding roughshod over residents wishes and concerns is by packing out every planning meeting. Very quickly you would see a difference in their decisions.
ReplyDeleteGood suggestion. I've only been to two or three planning committee meetings in 30+years but the effect of the crowd is palpable. The most recent was the Cadogan application to tear down the Curzon. Some fine speeches from objectors and vociferous noises from the packed house clearly had a big influence. Warwick was outrageous in his chairmanship. He and Bore tried to prolong the meeting going round and round the table until the councillors approved Cadogan's appalling scheme, but the ever more angry crowd gave succour to the minions on the committee who finally threw it out.
DeleteIt helped that the Curzon themselves were opposing the scheme which sadly can't be said of whoever ran the Odeon.
The next big scandal is around the corner. Next to the Natural History Museum there is a lovely park at the junction of Cromwell Road and Queensgate. A tranquil corner of London at this busy junction.
ReplyDeleteGuess what?
Developers have plans to build there.
Guess what?
Buy to leave.
Guess what?
The whole planning crew in Hornton Street will be able to take early retirement.
I thought this park was a wildlife reserve. - even more valuable than a park. If there is a chance of covering anything green or airy in concrete, you can be sure that our council will go for it.
DeleteHave sent my email to Greg Clark, but as the RBKC seem to favour the Developers it is unlikely that it will be saved and that goes for Marlborough School as well.
ReplyDeleteShame that the Tories were voted for in your Borough.
ReplyDeleteDear Dame, Have you seen the latest news regarding the future plan of social housing? It's a social cleansing policy that may go through and 97% K&C council houses may sold off. bit.ly/1tCQcZl
ReplyDeleteI like the idea of inter-ACTIVE community. This is where we live and we should engage more to make it a better place. I am sorry about the result of ODEON campaign. :(
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