tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1690720220183337557.post2200607578510577650..comments2024-03-28T19:46:33.269+00:00Comments on FTHN: From the Hornets Nest: SAVE OUR SKYLINE! SIGN THE PETITIONUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger25125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1690720220183337557.post-66087114694398942082016-03-01T10:15:49.747+00:002016-03-01T10:15:49.747+00:00Cllr Faulks has good legs but not much up top. Poo...Cllr Faulks has good legs but not much up top. Pooter Cockell backed her as he thought that she might be his entree into literary society.<br />Just like he thought Feilding Mellen would introduce him to decadent aristocratic circles.<br />A big mistake was made when casting for the Dad's Army film took place. Pooter, with the addition of a 'tache, would have been the spitting image of Capt MainwaringThe Casting Directornoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1690720220183337557.post-79834787458502081242016-03-01T08:36:27.142+00:002016-03-01T08:36:27.142+00:00Cllr Freeman is Mayor, and therefore "out of ...Cllr Freeman is Mayor, and therefore "out of it". Cllr Ahern has made his views known ("planning needs to be more resident friendly") and feels he has done enough. Cllr Faulks was due to attend a protest meeting. Did she turn up? What is she doing?Member, Campden Hill Residents Associationnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1690720220183337557.post-90590411211429360202016-03-01T07:28:39.943+00:002016-03-01T07:28:39.943+00:00The Ward Councillors, Cllr Ahern, Cllr Faulks and ...The Ward Councillors, Cllr Ahern, Cllr Faulks and Cllr Freeman, are failing to represent the concerns of residents. They should be listening and articulating. Instead we have a deafening silence.<br /><br />Passengers.Fly Swatternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1690720220183337557.post-19745996489864445512016-02-29T23:10:39.566+00:002016-02-29T23:10:39.566+00:00And empty homes. No one will live there.
Walking ...And empty homes. No one will live there.<br /><br />Walking up Church Street today, it's impossible to exaggerate the damage the proposed tower will do to the skyline as well as the neighbourhood.Gnatnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1690720220183337557.post-24266051566095277172016-02-29T14:42:49.207+00:002016-02-29T14:42:49.207+00:00This all makes very sad reading. The developments ...This all makes very sad reading. The developments that were approved by the Council (one of them 15 years ago at Lancer Square and the other 60 years ago at Nottinghill Gate) now derided as "rubbish" and "bad architecture" as the excuse to pull down and replace with buy to leave.<br /><br />Hot foreign money + developers greed + corrupt planning = misery for residents and empty shopsFly On The Wallnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1690720220183337557.post-57890665002236624432016-02-29T07:50:34.042+00:002016-02-29T07:50:34.042+00:00Thank you for the correction, 22.22.
Brown envelo...Thank you for the correction, 22.22.<br /><br />Brown envelopes in 1960 looked the same as brown envelopes in 1970.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1690720220183337557.post-7366012998830056012016-02-29T07:31:44.493+00:002016-02-29T07:31:44.493+00:00The picture is DREADFUL. This is not what ancient ...The picture is DREADFUL. This is not what ancient Kensington should look like.<br /><br />WAKE UP Paget-BrownAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1690720220183337557.post-22242440426583232832016-02-29T07:29:03.766+00:002016-02-29T07:29:03.766+00:00This is not buy to let. It is buy to leave. Rich f...This is not buy to let. It is buy to leave. Rich foreigners who want to park hot money in London. And leave their flats empty - so no daily spending to support the local community of shops, restaurants, dry cleaners etc. The Town Hall is assisting crooks and spivs to wreck our society, wreck our culture, and destroy our businesses. This is Tory democracy, K&C styleWaspnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1690720220183337557.post-80974641672907400882016-02-29T00:56:04.807+00:002016-02-29T00:56:04.807+00:00The bottom is falling out of the prime central Lon...The bottom is falling out of the prime central London property market; particularly the buy to let market. The carnival has moved on.<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1690720220183337557.post-63144457867828474292016-02-28T22:22:42.239+00:002016-02-28T22:22:42.239+00:00Except it was a 1960s development, not a 1970s dev...Except it was a 1960s development, not a 1970s development.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1690720220183337557.post-1765339786484778612016-02-28T18:00:53.163+00:002016-02-28T18:00:53.163+00:00Local Historian has a quaint idea of planning deve...Local Historian has a quaint idea of planning developments in Nottinghill Gate. Maybe there was a different version.<br /><br />Developer<br />"Planning Officer, I want to knock down The Gate and rebuild with a swinging 70s center"<br /><br />Planning Officer<br />Impossible Sir. Its all done and dusted. The area was extensively patched up after the German bombs.<br /><br />Developer<br />I could make it worth your while<br /><br />Planning Officer<br />It would be a very big exercise to work the system<br />and make this happen<br /><br />Developer<br />No problem. Figure it out. You will be well looked after.<br /><br />Planning Officer (one week later)<br />I think there is a way. Lots of local traffic congestion. I have spoken to my colleague at the GLC and we can start a compulsory purchase programme to buy up properties either side of the road in order to widen the highway. Do you get my drift?<br /><br />Developer<br />This sounds very sensible. Could you come to lunch so that we can discuss the details?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1690720220183337557.post-40507734938585099182016-02-28T15:11:31.094+00:002016-02-28T15:11:31.094+00:00Off with their headsOff with their headsAlicenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1690720220183337557.post-85957961995163205042016-02-28T15:09:41.414+00:002016-02-28T15:09:41.414+00:00Above is a very interesting observation. "New...Above is a very interesting observation. "New, modern, Nottinghill Gate" was of course given planning permission by the Council. It may not be to everyone's taste but it is a rare example of mass 70's architecture which has a historical significance.<br /><br />The rebuilding was possible because it was the first phase of knocking down the old stuff to make room for a three lane highway to the West of England. But the planners did not get their act together and the three lanes only materialised for a couple of hundred yards in Nottinghill Gate. Holland Park and Bayswater retained their two lane thoroughfare. SO Nottinghill Gate ended up with a highway pink elephant and a unique 70s architecture implant.<br /><br />Clever guys, these planners. Now they are spinning their wheels again. This time, a buy to leave white elephant.Local Historiannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1690720220183337557.post-85560607523368635502016-02-28T12:36:32.833+00:002016-02-28T12:36:32.833+00:00Moylan has only changed direction to annoy NPB. If...Moylan has only changed direction to annoy NPB. If he became Leader he would be even more in the pocket of the developers. I have been to public consultation meetings that have involved developers and architects and it is unnerving how deferential all the Council officers and most of the councillors are towards they. They truly do have us in a vice-like grip.<br />PS I went as a child to admire the "new, modern" Notting Hill Gate and to eat and drink the innovative "Wimpies" and "Whippsies in the Wimpy bar that had just crossed the Atlantic. I like the Wimpy but not the architecture. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1690720220183337557.post-72247033672704302702016-02-28T12:30:21.425+00:002016-02-28T12:30:21.425+00:00SIGN THE PETITION please... more signatures, the b...SIGN THE PETITION please... more signatures, the better....SadBadgerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01348733771308984062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1690720220183337557.post-37035090174883312772016-02-28T12:29:05.109+00:002016-02-28T12:29:05.109+00:00None of these people actually live in our locality...None of these people actually live in our locality.. so why should they be bothered? SadBadgerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01348733771308984062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1690720220183337557.post-71455582571073005662016-02-28T09:23:25.543+00:002016-02-28T09:23:25.543+00:00The only friend that residents have is the Dame an...The only friend that residents have is the Dame and her hornets.Muppetnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1690720220183337557.post-81157304658434832672016-02-28T08:17:42.857+00:002016-02-28T08:17:42.857+00:00This is a Council that is disconnected from the pe...This is a Council that is disconnected from the people it is supposed to represent. There is a huge opportunity for Cllr Paget-Brown, the Conservative Leader, to make a name for himself and restore democracy to Kensington and Chelsea.<br /><br />For the time being, Cllr Paget-Brown appears to treading water as a time server.<br /><br />For all his faults, Cllr Moylan would have changed direction and shaken things up if he had been elected Leader. But the poodles wanted a quiet life.Angry Torynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1690720220183337557.post-62922760543929304462016-02-28T08:05:46.045+00:002016-02-28T08:05:46.045+00:00Let everyone be very clear. Three major developmen...Let everyone be very clear. Three major developments by three developers are in the pipeline. THE WHOLE OF NOTTINGHILL GATE, including the first block of Kensington Church Street, will be demolished and replaced by buy to leave flats. The Council is going along with this.<br /><br />This is TEN YEARS of noise filth and disruption for local residents. And half way down Kensington Church Street the whole Lancer Square development (15 years old) is about to be demolished and replaced by buy to leave flats.<br /><br />The life of locals is going to be HELL ON EARTH.<br /><br />Why does Hornton Street planning not take into account the quality of life of the residents who pay Council Tax and spend in the community to keep it afloat?<br /><br />Priorities are wrong. Common sense is invisible. Democracy is not working. Brown envelopes have corrupted the system.Owlnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1690720220183337557.post-12821307448340488402016-02-28T07:58:04.824+00:002016-02-28T07:58:04.824+00:00There is already a single high rise block in Notti...There is already a single high rise block in Nottinghill Gate that was built in the 1960's by the GLC to house Fire Brigade employees. Inspired thinking executed with dubious architecture. The block has been sold off and is now private flats. A big downside for residents is the wind that bounces and accelerates off the block and creates huge vortex effects in neighbouring streets. The wind empties public refuse bins and collects discarded Wimpy cartons and deposits all this trash outside homes. And it makes walking and moving around very uncomfortable.<br /><br />Now an even bigger tower block is proposed that will make matters infinitely worse. There have been no wind studies required by the Planners and once again the life of residents will be hell.Nottinghill Residentnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1690720220183337557.post-23416366971764921222016-02-27T21:26:00.988+00:002016-02-27T21:26:00.988+00:00Good grief, this is an absolute nightmare!Good grief, this is an absolute nightmare!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1690720220183337557.post-23733267031912861972016-02-27T16:36:20.621+00:002016-02-27T16:36:20.621+00:00They are having a larf. No thank you. Have they no...They are having a larf. No thank you. Have they not heard what happened to Candy Bros at Knightsbridge & CapCo with Earls Court foreign buyers, Russians and Asians, are not buying luxury flats. The property crash is coming & the bottom is falling out.<br /><br />We need a year off from grubby asset strippers destroying our city and borough.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1690720220183337557.post-585844765469549352016-02-27T14:43:23.735+00:002016-02-27T14:43:23.735+00:00The essence of Nottinghill Gate living is "Ca...The essence of Nottinghill Gate living is "Cafe Society". This is unique in the Royal Borough. Nottinghill Gate has been bought up, lock stock and barrel, by three developers. They are in the process, together, of replacing our culture with buy to leave luxury housing.<br /><br />What on earth is the COuncil up to. Going along with this trash.<br /><br />More brown envelopes?<br /><br />Leader Paget-Brown is adamant that there are no brown envelopes and that his planners "do a good job". Quite so. But they regulalrly shaft residents, who pay their salaries. Why?<br /><br />Leaders need to listen to gossip and dig into the undergrowth. And take a view about whether there is anything to be concerned about. If he was connected up, PB would be aware that the Evening Standard have a huge file on a recent Deputy Leader and his planning activities. And a major residents' association has a file on the assets of a recent Chairman of Planning that does not stack up with his income. Of course it could all be misinformation. But what is clear is that planning in Hornton Street is not resident friendly. And in a democracy, Hornton Street should be the servant of the voters. This is what the hornets are agitating about<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1690720220183337557.post-60456419321269884572016-02-27T14:33:06.196+00:002016-02-27T14:33:06.196+00:00This is a monstrous proposal. The wind effect in N...This is a monstrous proposal. The wind effect in Nottinghill Gate and surrounding streets will be monstrous.<br /><br />For some inexplicable reason, the Kensington Society seems to be going along with the proposal.<br /><br />What is Amanda Frame up to?Mr Angrynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1690720220183337557.post-46605644541047012632016-02-27T10:35:59.651+00:002016-02-27T10:35:59.651+00:00Doubtless the developers have spent tens, if not h...Doubtless the developers have spent tens, if not hundreds of thousands over friendly lunches with the planners, ensuring that they get a recommendation.<br />It's time residents were allowed to sit in on these access meetings. We have no power and we live here.Fairplaynoreply@blogger.com