In the space of just months, two massive 'overdevelopments'-hated by residents, have been rejected by a democratically elected planning committee....against the wishes of Graham Stallwood, our £200, 000 plus a year planning supremo.
That should have been the end of the matter; after all local people made clear to councillors they don't want their neighbourhood ruined by a Newcombe House or a Holiday Inn.
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| Newcombe House Win for Mayor & Stallwood Loss for residents |
But Stallwood has a card up his sleeve....
When his 'advice' is disregarded he makes a call to City Hall and asks the mayor to back him up.
So far, Stallwood has won on Newcombe House.
Will he win with Holiday Inn?
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| Holiday Inn A win for Stallwood and the Mayor....or residents? |
Good point. Why do we need Stallwood and his expensive team?
ReplyDeleteSee who his friends and influencers are...
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Why should the Mayor have such powers? And how dare he think he knows what is best for our residential neighbourhoods.
ReplyDeleteInteresting to note the close working relationship between RBKC Planning Officers (public servants) and the property developers over many months of pre-application advice. These 'pre-app' talks remain confidential until a planning application becomes 'live'. At that stage all notes, documents and diary entries should be made public yet the planning department are only made to reveal these documents through Freedom of Information requests and then only a handful of papers are released.
ReplyDeleteStallwood cares not an iota for us
ReplyDeletePrecisely, dear readers - what has changed at the Nest since Grenfell? NOTHING... Business as usual. Perhaps even worse, as there are some mew brushes to be indoctrinated.
ReplyDeleteThis is another failure of Leadership by Cllr Campbell.
ReplyDeletePlanning Director Stallwood and his team are interpreting the law when they make their recommendations. Their qualifications and experience make them best placed in Hornton Street to understand the law.
What needs to change is the law. The Planning Director and his team are best placed to advise the Leader, and our MP, what changes would be in the interests of residents and how the recommendations should be made to central Government.
Cllr Campbell should be directing the Planning Team to provide this information as part of their job description.
Unfortunately dizzy does not have the first clue about responsibility, Leadership and responsiveness. The silly cow should understand that she has a very clear mandate after the long list of objections from residents that have been hard fought at the Planning Committee. She just needs to get on with it and start doing her job. And stop posturing and puffing for her Sloane Square dinner parties
Graham Stallwood is a good "establishment" planning officer. Not the right guy to play the role of radical planning reformer. Dizzy needs to replace him.
DeleteThe bigger problem is this:
Does dizzy understand what I am talking about?
Don't blame dizzy lizzy for everything.. She has a very clever legal Chief Solicitor - Mrs Leverne Parker, of Grenfell infamy. She is well known to 'SAIL CLOSE TO THE WIND', ensuring that matters are handled, notices published on "good days", to avoid proper public exposure and thus minimize negative comments. Therefore, any public scrutiny, consultations, are open to question.Should be very interesting when/if she takes the stand at the Inquiry. We may perhaps learn about this amoral woman's machinations in respect of GRENFELL. Book a seat, friends; there may be large demand
ReplyDeleteIt seems that Mrs Parker is very good at dodging people's questions but do you think she is also good at dodging or shall I say deflecting her own misconduct (if any) from watchful eyes? In another words, are there dirt hidden under the carpet?
DeleteCorrect Sad Badger: Mrs Parker has the legal oversight over all matters legal. She has to approve everything, ensuring that is complies with the current legislation. However, we all know, that these are full of clever loopholes, which Mrs Parker so frequently explored, as you say 'Sailing close to the wind'. This was evident in the way she treated Grenfell residents' concerns. Dismissed/ignored. Just Google 'Leverne Parker and Grenfell' to get the scope of her involvement. Thought provoking.
ReplyDeleteDon't forget, loophole is something WE can also use. The question is..are we savvy enough? We are as smart as opponent so long as we know someone who can manoeuver the legal quagmire.
DeleteTo answer the question - Stallwood should of been sacked: his case officer recommended the Holiday Inn application yet 900 objection letters showed how unwelcome and out of place two giant towers with a slab block would be to residents.
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