What teenagers do living in tall buildings?
Pictures taken Wednesday 28 storey up, the housing association have said they will make it secure
The Police have said if you see dangerous behaviour call 999 not 101, they think are urban explorers not local, I am not sure myself 1/
On one level I have sympathy for teenagers, I often ask developers what will teenagers do in their buildings for recreation? amazing views from the roof
And what investment has the Council made in facilities for teenagers in the last x years with all the money they earn? £0 2/
And if the teenagers were just hanging out and taking pics I might not say anything and keep it quiet but lately, they have started doing acrobatics, flips & tricks on the roof filming themselves and the pictures show some unsafe behaviour 3/
How would the emergency services get access assuming they do not land on the ground? hopefully with nobody underneath
And in getting access to the upper floors fire doors are being left propped open (see NPW fire for why that is a bad idea) 4/
If you also see unsafe behaviour at height let me know so that the building's owners can make it safe
Also ask your concierges etc (if you have one) if your roof space is secure
And do not let groups of teenagers into your building
But what should we be doing for teenagers?
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Next Tower Hamlets local elections are 11 months away today
So a thread about what that means for you
Pics are from GLA assembly member election last month at a ward level - red indicates runner up
As you can see under First Past the Post Labour would win 100% of the Council 1/
But in TH part of the local Labour vote sometimes splits (for Respect 2006, 2010, then Tower Hamlets First 2014, then Aspire/PATH 2018), it is why you have people like @going4golds , @RabinaKhan & I elected, in part because of that split 2/
In other parts of London like Newham or Lewisham there is no split & you have 100% Labour Councils
If Lutfur Rahman runs then likely in May 2022 similar splits will occur again
The question is where? pic also from GLA election for local assembly member by ward 3/
I read the interim London Fire Brigade report into the fire at New Providence Wharf
It confirms that fire safety involves more then just removing ACM cladding
I summarised the key issues/questions via comments in this PDF but will also list below cllrandrewwood.com/news/npw-fire-… 1/
This is how the building should work in pic
But either smoke detectors failed or failed to activate (report unclear on this)
So fire doors did not close, the alarm did not sound outside flat (but did inside), corridors/stairwells full of smoke, lifts operated as normal 2/
The Automatic Opening Vent (AOV) systems could have been switched on manually but was only done by LFB 40 minutes after fire started!
Why not activated by the waking watch/Ballymore staff when automatic system failed?
training?
Fire control panel 'difficult to understand' ! 2/
Can I recommend you do not buy a property in the Madison building on Marsh Wall, Isle of Dogs / Canary Wharf London UK E14
There are endemic build quality problems in the building (1st residents moved in last November)
-Lifts routinely fail (last 14 hr) themadison.co.uk 1/
-Internal noise from building movement
-Internal door locks removed as keep jamming (only fire exit!)
-Leaks when rains
-Rubbish chute does not work
I sent a 7-page detailed email a month ago to the Council, 1st 2 pages in pics
It has got worse since then
Part of the problem 2/
is that building under construction on top floors while people live in floors 2 to 15 (Amory Tower)
These are the affordable homes managed! by @networkhomesuk housing association
They are not managing this well
Who will take responsibility @balfourbeatty building it?
Owner? 3/
New public park & sailing in the river Thames west of Westferry road
Docklands Sailing & Watersports Centre wants to install a pontoon for sailing boats next to the land where the slipway is now opposite the sailing center
It would allow them to sail in the river Thames & not 1/
just in the docks. On land, there would be a security gate, access to electricity, water, and then a ramp down the slipway.
On the pontoon would be everything the sailors need
Idea goes back to the 1980s when the center was first set up but there was never enough £ to do it 2/
But if Westferry Printworks is built it would reduce the number of days that sailing could occur safely in part of the docks near the Printworks
So with fewer sailing days in the docks, the more expert sailors could sail in the Thames
More here facebook.com/groups/1458438…
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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 1/
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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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 3/
Key issue for Westferry Printworks
Tower Hamlets has missed its housing delivery targets set by the Mayor of London
Over last 3 years needed to deliver 11,002 homes in total (highest in country) but only delivered 8,106!
74% of target
Government rules 1/ gov.uk/government/pub…
make it harder to resist development if you do not achieve at least 75% of your target gov.uk/guidance/housi…
Developer will push this fact + economic development post-COVID of work starting on site 2/
But it turns out that putting most of your new housing targets into relatively small parts of Tower Hamlets may have been unwise (Council Local Plan)
Largest part of TH Central only has to deliver 14% despite excellent transport links in parts 3/