Thread by @Andrewwood17

Help required with developer
Approximately 100-140 family sized homes in Island Gardens are owned by the person who is the target of the letter below (he submits formal complaints against any Cllr who mentions his business in public including me)
He converts them into HMO's
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https://twitter.com/TowerHamletsLRU/status/1318493132074471424

He buys 1980/90's built 3/4/5 bedroom family properties in four main locations: Ferry Street, Lockesfield Place, Cyclops Mews, Ambassador Square.
In these places he owns a substantial number of the properties which then makes it easier to buy more of them.
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Since 1st August he has submitted 7 planning applications for those properties, see pic and 17 since 1st January 2020. I cannot think of anybody else who submits so many applications on different sites.
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We think that these planning applications should be considered formally by a planning committee given the planning issues which is where you can help.
This is not a move against the creation of new HMO's they have a role to play but against the loss of family size homes.
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This means more pressure on fresh water supplies & sewage, rubbish & recycling services (as Council tax is the same whether 1 family or many adult individuals in a house), financial difficulties for schools as families leave or cannot stay, local transport capacity due from
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extra passengers, loss of s106 & CIL funds as HMO's escape these charges etc etc. We think therefore that these issues need to be debated in public at a planning committee.
If you read the London Renters Union letter you may also decide this person should not be running HMO's
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So can you help by
Emailing
[e-mail]
& [e-mail]
Put Objection PA/20/02069 & PA/20/02107 in the header
Copy & Paste these two application numbers into body of email
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PA/20/02069 | Part three storey side extension with single storey rear extension protruding from the original side wall of the dwelling with no return at the rear | 4 Ambassador Square, E14 9UX
PA/20/02107 | Proposed single storey rear extension | 24 Lockesfield Place, E14 3AH
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and then say "I believe that the above two planning applications should be considered by a planning committee so I wish to object to them"
In this FB post at bottom I detail some possible objections you may wish to use
facebook.com/groups/1458438…
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If we get 20 objections to each planning application then the decision will be made by Councillors in a public committee & not Council officers
One of our issues has been that different officers deal with each different application resulting potentially in a lack consistency
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