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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






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5th continuation thread for Putney Hospital site08/11/12 16:54:00 Martyn Forrester
   What fun, a 5th thread....is this a record?08/11/12 18:01:00 John Cameron
   Re:5th continuation thread for Putney Hospital site08/11/12 22:15:00 Sam Curtis
      A quick recap.....09/11/12 07:50:00 John Cameron
   Commons creep09/11/12 18:26:00 Nicholas Evans
      Re:Commons creep11/11/12 20:44:00 David Austin
         Re:Re:Commons creep11/11/12 20:46:00 David Austin
            WPCC, the gold standard in Hypocrisy *12/11/12 19:44:00 John Cameron
               Re:WPCC, the gold standard in Hypocrisy *13/11/12 09:17:00 Caroline Whitehead
                  Re:Re:WPCC, the gold standard in Hypocrisy *13/11/12 10:47:00 Matt Palmer
                     Re:Re:Re:WPCC, the gold standard in Hypocrisy *14/11/12 16:45:00 Nicholas Evans
                  Re:Re:WPCC, the gold standard in Hypocrisy *14/11/12 18:13:00 Sue Hammond
   FoPC starts first stage in Judicial Review process15/11/12 12:38:00 Nicholas Evans
      Re:FoPC starts first stage in Judicial Review process16/11/12 22:50:00 Jenny Featherstone
      Re:FoPC starts first stage in Judicial Review process26/11/12 18:46:00 Martyn Forrester
   irony, in  post modern 17/11/12 07:03:00 John Cameron
   Re:5th continuation thread for Putney Hospital site17/11/12 11:55:00 Barbara Stevens
      Re:Re:5th continuation thread for Putney Hospital site17/11/12 12:46:00 Nicholas Evans
   Wandsworth - the blighter borough18/11/12 11:41:00 Nicholas Evans
      Re:Wandsworth - the blighter borough19/11/12 13:38:00 Patricia Poulter
         Re:Re:Wandsworth - the blighter borough19/11/12 14:26:00 Matt Palmer
            Re:Re:Re:Wandsworth - the blighter borough19/11/12 17:24:00 Roland Gilmore
               Re:Re:Re:Re:Wandsworth - the blighter borough19/11/12 18:04:00 Matt Palmer
                  Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Wandsworth - the blighter borough19/11/12 18:21:00 Roland Gilmore
                  Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Wandsworth - the blighter borough19/11/12 18:26:00 John Cameron
                     Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Wandsworth - the blighter borough20/11/12 15:46:00 Guy Sunda
   Roof top play space?22/11/12 10:24:00 Nicholas Evans
      Re:Roof top play space?26/11/12 19:12:00 Martyn Forrester
         Re:Re:Roof top play space?26/11/12 19:37:00 Bunny Payne
            Re:Re:Re:Roof top play space?26/11/12 19:51:00 Sam Curtis
               Re:Re:Re:Re:Roof top play space?26/11/12 21:46:00 Nicholas Evans
                  Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Roof top play space?27/11/12 08:16:00 Barbara Stevens
                     Responses from WPCC and WBC27/11/12 09:14:00 Nicholas Evans
            Re:Re:Re:Roof top play space?27/11/12 09:47:00 Caroline Whitehead
               Re:Re:Re:Re:Roof top play space?27/11/12 12:40:00 Nicholas Evans
   What is the point of WPCC27/11/12 13:18:00 Andy Howard
      Autism and traffic pollution28/11/12 11:20:00 John Cameron
         Re:Autism and traffic pollution28/11/12 11:45:00 Andy Howard
            Re:Re:Autism and traffic pollution28/11/12 12:03:00 John Cameron
               Re:Re:Re:Autism and traffic pollution29/11/12 10:30:00 Caroline Whitehead
                  Re:Re:Re:Re:Autism and traffic pollution29/11/12 11:09:00 Andy Howard
                     Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Autism and traffic pollution29/11/12 11:40:00 John Cameron
                        Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Autism and traffic pollution29/11/12 12:11:00 Andy Howard
                        Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Autism and traffic pollution29/11/12 12:18:00 Nicholas Evans
                           Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Autism and traffic pollution29/11/12 12:33:00 Roland Gilmore
                              Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Autism and traffic pollution29/11/12 12:57:00 Andy Howard
                           Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Autism and traffic pollution29/11/12 14:26:00 Caroline Whitehead
                              Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Autism and traffic pollution29/11/12 15:34:00 Roland Gilmore
   Latest news on FoPC's legal challenge to lack of an EIA30/11/12 11:17:00 Nicholas Evans
      Re:Latest news on FoPC's legal challenge to lack of an EIA30/11/12 15:35:00 John Cameron
   Re:5th continuation thread for Putney Hospital site30/11/12 12:12:00 Dr. Thomas King
      Re:Re:5th continuation thread for Putney Hospital site30/11/12 23:48:00 Robert Hughes
      Re:Re:5th continuation thread for Putney Hospital site01/12/12 10:12:00 Andy Howard
         Re:Re:Re:5th continuation thread for Putney Hospital site01/12/12 12:53:00 John Cameron
            Re:Re:Re:Re:5th continuation thread for Putney Hospital site01/12/12 16:59:00 Bunny Payne
   Complaint about action of Conservators made to Charity Commission05/12/12 09:02:00 Nicholas Evans
      Holy what a buch of liars, Batman or Whoops They Did It Again06/12/12 08:56:00 John Cameron
         Case officers' reports. 06/12/12 23:52:00 Patricia Poulter
            Re:Case officers' reports. 07/12/12 07:55:00 John Cameron
               Re:Re:Case officers' reports - clear evidence of deceipt?. 07/12/12 13:36:00 Nicholas Evans
                  Holy protected species memo Batman!08/12/12 11:01:00 John Cameron
                     Re:Holy protected species memo Batman!08/12/12 15:52:00 Roland Gilmore
                        What have they got to hide?12/12/12 15:35:00 Nicholas Evans
   Council agrees to quash planning permission13/12/12 20:22:00 Nicholas Evans
      Some justice13/12/12 20:35:00 David Austin

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