There is no housing crisis in Tower Hamlets if you look at decisions actually made by TH Council on land it owns (even if in partnership with Poplar Harca)
Last night for the 2nd time Cllrs rejected my argument to add some height to Stroudley Walk in Bow
An estate regeneration
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Last night for the 2nd time Cllrs rejected my argument to add some height to Stroudley Walk in Bow
An estate regeneration
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https://twitter.com/andrewwood17/status/1228687035755646976
on Council owned land
If you truly believed we had a crisis then you would wish to maximise density in a location with superb transport connections (Underground, DLR, bus, cycle superhighway) + lots of existing social infrastructure
But the proposed density is 896 habitable
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If you truly believed we had a crisis then you would wish to maximise density in a location with superb transport connections (Underground, DLR, bus, cycle superhighway) + lots of existing social infrastructure
But the proposed density is 896 habitable
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habitable rooms per hectare, a fraction of those achieved on the Isle of Dogs (we range from 1,400 to 5,000 HRPH) even though this site has better transport links then those on the island PTAL is 6A versus PTAL 3 to 5 on the island except North Quay which is also 6
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https://twitter.com/andrewwood17/status/1228687038825869315
My speech last night asking Cllrs for a slightly taller / denser building at Committee
If this were Isle of Dogs a private developer would have put in a 50+ storey tower
But TH Council only want a 25 storey tower even though Newham 8 minutes walk away approved a 36 storey
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If this were Isle of Dogs a private developer would have put in a 50+ storey tower
But TH Council only want a 25 storey tower even though Newham 8 minutes walk away approved a 36 storey
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And in the 1970’s we built three 25 storey just to the west of Stroudley Walk but decades later while Isle of Dogs has gone from 25 storey to 75 storey, this part of TH stays at the same height?
Housing crisis?
But failing to meet targets set by the Mayor of London will have
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Housing crisis?
But failing to meet targets set by the Mayor of London will have
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https://twitter.com/Andrewwood17/status/1394596241263190019
planning implications for the rest of us
But clear that TH Council lacks the ambition to maximise housing delivery in sites it owns in areas with fantastic transport connections and social infrastructure
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But clear that TH Council lacks the ambition to maximise housing delivery in sites it owns in areas with fantastic transport connections and social infrastructure
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https://twitter.com/andrewwood17/status/1313895155582357505
Also appears Labour are NIMBYs outside of the Isle of Dogs, Poplar & Aldgate areas but are very pro-development in those areas
Why is that @yimbychris ?
Also very odd that the planning report by Council officers did not say that Council owned the land on which making decision
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Why is that @yimbychris ?
Also very odd that the planning report by Council officers did not say that Council owned the land on which making decision
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