tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1690720220183337557.post1914110593241617248..comments2024-03-28T19:46:33.269+00:00Comments on FTHN: From the Hornets Nest: DAMIAN TURNS GREENISH AFTER CHELSEA SOCIETY MEMBERS TURN ON HIM! Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1690720220183337557.post-34486693149181171592015-06-01T21:28:47.010+01:002015-06-01T21:28:47.010+01:00The western edge of Chelsea is very badly serviced...The western edge of Chelsea is very badly serviced by public transport, unless you have forty minutes to spare to take the bus in rush hour to Sloane Square tube station. In the mean time, many more flats are planned in the Lots Road development and just across Chelsea Creek in Fulham. There is a clear need for a station in Lots Village/Cremorne as otherwise we are inviting traffic chaos for decades to come. However, instead of having a sensible discussion about the location (such as the vehicle pound?), the Council preferred to float the idea of raising Cremorne Estate to the ground, unsurprisingly getting strong opposition - leading to the conclusion that the best place would be the fire station. Many local people in Lots Village do want a station close by, but that idea seems to have been killed by a proposal that was doomed to fail.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1690720220183337557.post-90887608496371860122015-05-30T18:20:05.907+01:002015-05-30T18:20:05.907+01:00Inconceivable that he is the lawyer for Cadogan. I...Inconceivable that he is the lawyer for Cadogan. If that is true It might explain why he supports Crossrail 2 at the fire station. It would help the value of the Curzon site whose redevelopment was knocked back last year in a rare display by the council of listening to residents.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1690720220183337557.post-77212583331767563332015-05-30T18:12:34.047+01:002015-05-30T18:12:34.047+01:00A Cremorne station would not involve the "los...A Cremorne station would not involve the "loss of all their homes". Some homes would have to go, but if you want a station that's the cost. The council doesn't seem fussed about moving people out for redevelopment - look at Sutton estate. Double standards here?<br /><br />Meanwhile Crossrail2 at the fire station would help nobody except property developers. Cremorne residents would still have to take buses to get there, people living closer don't need or want the station. It's another example of the destruction of the Chelsea that residents love but the Chelsea Society doesn't. There are 1 billion reasons not to have Crossrail 2 in Chelsea. Let it go in a straight line from Clapham J to Victoria perhaps with a stop in Battersea where local people do seem to want it. <br /><br />As for our councillors, what is their motivation? Not an ego trip, of course, or looking for their gongs.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1690720220183337557.post-22826105515376356002015-05-30T15:25:13.198+01:002015-05-30T15:25:13.198+01:00D Greenish, Chairman of the Chelsea Society, looks...D Greenish, Chairman of the Chelsea Society, looks like one of those ineffective solicitors (parents bough him a good education) getting paid by the gentry who want a Solicitor on their letterhead. (Shades of Cllr Warwick?). Poor Greenish feels in need of some "status" and the Chelsea Society is the best that he could come up with. Shoe horned in using the Cadogan patronage.<br /><br />But members have seen through it. Greenish is seen for what he is. Baggage.Fly Swatternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1690720220183337557.post-43743337677232167392015-05-30T09:19:37.371+01:002015-05-30T09:19:37.371+01:00This is a bit late in the day. The on-the-ball res...This is a bit late in the day. The on-the-ball residents of Cremorne Estate woke up pretty early when the Council proposed moving the Crossrail 2 station to Cremorne at the loss of all their homes. The Council quickly backtracked after a consultation by Crossrail demonstrated total opposition to the idea. So back to the Chelsea fire station site – which of course will be out of action throughout any construction period. This site now has the approval of the Council because if they lose this station – and the Crossrail 1 station in the north at Kensal is very doubtful – then the whole borough will miss out on the benefits of Crossrail. It will become a quiet residential place, suitable for all the buy-to-leave property investors that the Council has encouraged for years. Soon there will be no actual residents left for the Council to worry about or for any public transport to serve.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com