| Topic: | Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Eno Teca Turi Planning Application 2014/7090 | |
| Posted by: | Chantal Blake-Milton | |
| Date/Time: | 10/02/15 12:17:00 |
| The applicant is Golfrate Property Management Ltd. a hugely wealthy company based in Wimbledon, who own the Trocadero, as well as "Golfrate Tower" in Merton, which was the subject of Channel 4's "Demolition" programme, as well as some interesting Parliamentary debate - 24th January 2011 - on the subject of Planning Blight. Siobhan McDonagh (Mitcham and Morden, Labour) made the following statement: "Numerous residents around London have complained about Golfrate on Activist websites. According to these sites, Golfrate appears to be buying up key town-centre buildings and then doing the bare minimum with them. It is almost as if they were being bought simply to go on the books, with no intention of spending further money on maintenance or significant development." Robert Neill, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government made the following response: "A replacement planning permission is similar to a new planning permission, but has less arduous consultation and information requirements, because principle and design have already been agreed. Local Authorities have a lot of discretion over that procedure and how it applies in individual cases." |