| Topic: | A quick recap..... | |
| Posted by: | John Cameron | |
| Date/Time: | 09/11/12 07:50:00 |
| In summary... February 2012 - Wandsworth apply to themselves as planners for a 2FE school and 24 flats on the site, having bought the hospital from the local NHS trust, who spent millions of taxpayers money hanging grimly onto an empty building for 14 years, and spent millions pursuing a planning application that took 5 years to grant, but was never viable February to May - planning application is riddled with errors, and various revisions are submitted by the applicant Wandsworth to the applicant Wandsworth. Planning officers and the applicant lie repeatedly to defend the application, which is unlawful and which they know to be unlawful. May - planning application is declared invalid, by Wandsworth as they accept that by continuing it will simply lead to an equally invalid consent if granted July - further application is submitted by Wandsworth to Wandsworth, which is also invalid due the lack of an EIA, which they were legally obliged to undertake September - 800+ objections received by Wandsworth, citing road building on common, over development, highways, lack of EIA, lack of affordable housing, lack of consultation, and so on. Wandsworth Planning Committee ignore unlawfulness of application and objections and grant planning, subject to approval by GLA October - Deputy Mayor of London, Sir Edward Lister (ex Putney Cllr and ex Leader of Wandsworth BC) refuses to intervene and planning is issued by Wandsworth In summary the issue is over the two aspects of the planning either of which render the consent invalid or the development unbuildable. The first is the lack of the EIA, so the planning consent is unlawful. The second is that 60% of the site is Common and the Wimbledon and Putney Commons Conservators have no legal power to allow Wandsworth to build an access road, coach turnaround, ditch, mounding, footpaths, lighting and so on for the school and flats. The easement under which this would be built is unlawful under the 1871 Act that governs the Common. The WPCC were threatened by Wandsworth that the would compulsory purchase the land, if they WPCC did not agree to a sale, so they took the derisory £250,000 offered and abandoned their legal duty to protect the Common from being built on. So today, it unless WPCC wake up to their legal duties as Trustees of a Charity that owns and protects the common the Easement's legality will be challenged in court The lack of the EIA, rendering the application invalid will also be challenged in Court So 800 residents are ignored, Wandsworth buy a site for £5m that cannot be developed, planner lies repeatedly, charity trustees ignore their responsibilities ....and so it goes on. I have kept Justine Greening MP, and the ineffective local Councillors out of the above, for the sake of brevity |