Vauxhall and Albert Embankment are part of an area earmarked for major redevelopment. What should the Vauxhall area look like in the future?
Lambeth Council is preparing a supplementary planning document (SPD) for the Vauxhall and Albert Embankment area that will set out a vision for the future and provide a guide as to what kind of development will be acceptable. They would like you to help them to shape this document. Come along to the event below, meet the urban designers and council officers involved and have your say.
A vision for the Vauxhall area
Open days
Wednesday 14 March 2012 / 3pm to 8pm
Thursday 15 March 2012 / 3pm to 8pm
Unit 13A, St George Wharf, Vauxhall SW8 2LL
What to expect:
Draft principles to guide future development
Plans for a new linear park (in Wandsworth)
Information on how new infrastructure, such as schools and community facilities, could be paid for.
How to get there:
The nearest tube and rail station is Vauxhall. St George Wharf is opposite, on the river just west of Vauxhall Bridge. Use Exit 6 from Vauxhall tube or cross over Wandsworth Road from BR or bus station. Unit 13A is on the River Walk, very close to St George Wharf pier (follow signs to the pier through St George Wharf).
Information on the Vauxhall area SPD is available online. Exhibition materials from the open days will also be available on line. You can also follow us @LambethRegen.
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Tuesday, 6 March 2012
Friday, 24 February 2012
Eastbury House, 30 - 34 Albert Embankment Public Exhibition Wednesday 29 February 5 pm - 8 pm and Saturday 3 March 10 am. - 1 pm
Public Exhibition on proposals for the redevelopment of EASTBURY HOUSE, 30 - 34 Albert Embankment
at Vauxhall Christian Centre, 105 Tyers Street,
Wednesday 29 February 5 pm - 8 pm and
Saturday 3 March 10 am - 1 pm
The site currently comprises an 11 storey office building location within the Vauxhall, Nine Elms and Battersea Opportunity Area. The developers' preliminary proposals are for a scheme comprising residential apartments, new offices and retail/coffee shop uses. The scheme will also include the creation of a small public piazza at ground floor level.
Timescale:
Consideration of responses from public exhibition and further development of proposals - March/April 2012
Submission of planning application - May 2012
A website will be available from early March at www.eastbury-house.co.uk which will contain details of the exhibition boards.
For more information please call +44 (0) 1932 869350
www.stjameshomes.co.uk
at Vauxhall Christian Centre, 105 Tyers Street,
Wednesday 29 February 5 pm - 8 pm and
Saturday 3 March 10 am - 1 pm
The site currently comprises an 11 storey office building location within the Vauxhall, Nine Elms and Battersea Opportunity Area. The developers' preliminary proposals are for a scheme comprising residential apartments, new offices and retail/coffee shop uses. The scheme will also include the creation of a small public piazza at ground floor level.
Timescale:
Consideration of responses from public exhibition and further development of proposals - March/April 2012
Submission of planning application - May 2012
A website will be available from early March at www.eastbury-house.co.uk which will contain details of the exhibition boards.
For more information please call +44 (0) 1932 869350
www.stjameshomes.co.uk
Wednesday, 22 February 2012
Vauxhall Planning 'Expo' on 14 and 15 March 2012
Two open days will be held on 14 and 15 March (3 pm to 8 pm) to kick start a new phase of consultation on the Vauxhall Supplementary Planning Document (SPD) (originally consulted on in 2008). The 'Expo' format, which proved successful for the VNEB event in November, will be used and the venue will be Unit 10A at St George Wharf.
The open days will include information on:
* Suggested draft principles to guide future development proposals
* Plans for a new linear park (in Wandsworth)
* Information on how new infrastructure, such as schools and community facilities, could be paid for
The material on show will also be available on Lambeth's website. Lambeth will be asking for feedback, which will help them to bring up to date the draft Supplementary Planning Document.
The open days will include information on:
* Suggested draft principles to guide future development proposals
* Plans for a new linear park (in Wandsworth)
* Information on how new infrastructure, such as schools and community facilities, could be paid for
The material on show will also be available on Lambeth's website. Lambeth will be asking for feedback, which will help them to bring up to date the draft Supplementary Planning Document.
Thursday, 27 October 2011
Vauxhall Square Public Exhibition 3rd and 5th November 2011
Public Exhibition on Vauxhall Square proposals on:
Thursday 3rd November from 5pm – 8pm and on
Saturday 5th November from 11am – 2pm
at 80-84 Bondway SW8 1SF
where developers CLS will be presenting their proposals for Vauxhall Square to the public. This will include all available models and presentation boards. They and the architects will be able to talk through all the various elements of the plans, showcase their models, answer any questions and obtain your feedback. The deadline for feedback is 21 November.
Thursday 3rd November from 5pm – 8pm and on
Saturday 5th November from 11am – 2pm
at 80-84 Bondway SW8 1SF
where developers CLS will be presenting their proposals for Vauxhall Square to the public. This will include all available models and presentation boards. They and the architects will be able to talk through all the various elements of the plans, showcase their models, answer any questions and obtain your feedback. The deadline for feedback is 21 November.
Thursday, 15 September 2011
Market Towers Redevelopment - Public Exhibition Saturday 17 September 2011
All are invited to a public exhibition on Saturday 17th September where proposals
to redevelop the Market Towers site in Vauxhall will be on display. The site is currently occupied by a 22 storey office tower built in the 1970s. The developers say the proposal would contribute to the ongoing regeneration of Vauxhall and Nine Elms by providing a gateway to the proposed Nine Elms linear park through high quality public spaces.
They say their proposals will create an urban oasis at the heart of Vauxhall, deliver new homes, jobs and local amenities such as cafés, restaurants and shops as well as exciting new cultural and community spaces.
TimescalesThe developers intend to submit a planning application to the London Borough of Wandsworth later this year and the views of local residents are wanted in advance of submitting the
proposals.
Public exhibition
Date: Saturday 17th September
Time: 10am to 2pm
Venue:
Ground Floor
Market Towers
1 Nine Elms Lane
London
SW8 5NQ
ConsultationThe public exhibition will be the first opportunity to view
our proposals and speak to members of the developers' team about any issues you may have. If you are unable to attend the exhibition, you will be able to view the proposals at www.onenineelms.co.uk from Thursday 15th September. At the exhibition, there will be a response form which will also be available online to allow as many
people as possible to comment. You are encouraged to take part form your own opinion of the new proposals and stay informed as the application progresses.
If you have any further questions, you can contact the developers in writing:
Freepost RSRG-LHZA-JULZ
Public Consultation (Cascade)
25 Floral Street
LONDON
WC2E 9DS
T: 020 7868 5531
E: onenineelms@cascadepr.co.uk
to redevelop the Market Towers site in Vauxhall will be on display. The site is currently occupied by a 22 storey office tower built in the 1970s. The developers say the proposal would contribute to the ongoing regeneration of Vauxhall and Nine Elms by providing a gateway to the proposed Nine Elms linear park through high quality public spaces.
They say their proposals will create an urban oasis at the heart of Vauxhall, deliver new homes, jobs and local amenities such as cafés, restaurants and shops as well as exciting new cultural and community spaces.
TimescalesThe developers intend to submit a planning application to the London Borough of Wandsworth later this year and the views of local residents are wanted in advance of submitting the
proposals.
Public exhibition
Date: Saturday 17th September
Time: 10am to 2pm
Venue:
Ground Floor
Market Towers
1 Nine Elms Lane
London
SW8 5NQ
ConsultationThe public exhibition will be the first opportunity to view
our proposals and speak to members of the developers' team about any issues you may have. If you are unable to attend the exhibition, you will be able to view the proposals at www.onenineelms.co.uk from Thursday 15th September. At the exhibition, there will be a response form which will also be available online to allow as many
people as possible to comment. You are encouraged to take part form your own opinion of the new proposals and stay informed as the application progresses.
If you have any further questions, you can contact the developers in writing:
Freepost RSRG-LHZA-JULZ
Public Consultation (Cascade)
25 Floral Street
LONDON
WC2E 9DS
T: 020 7868 5531
E: onenineelms@cascadepr.co.uk
Friday, 11 March 2011
New Covent Garden Market - Three developers taken forward
Covent Garden Market Authority (CGMA) has today announced the completion of the next stage of its OJEU procurement process to select a private development partner to lead the regeneration of the site and create modern new market facilities for its 200 tenant businesses.
The 57 acre site next to Vauxhall Cross forms a key part of the Nine Elms area and is one of London’s largest development opportunities.
The news follows the launch of the final stage of pre-application community consultation on 3 March, where new images and details of The Garden at New Covent Garden Market were displayed to key stakeholders and the public. An outline planning application covering the entire site will be submitted to Wandsworth Council this Summer.
The Garden will be developed at no expense to the tax payer and will be entirely self financing from CGMA’s land assets, with the potential to generate a gross development value of around £1 billion.
The three developers are:
- Barratt Developments plc & Kier Group plc
- Bouygues UK Ltd
- St. Modwen Properties plc & Vinci plc
Baroness Brenda Dean, Chairman of Covent Garden Market Authority said:
“We were delighted with the calibre of our original shortlist and this interest has been borne out in the high standard of outline solutions which were submitted.
“The three short-listed parties are all committed to this process and able to deliver. It has given us great confidence in the deliverability of the project as a whole and our ability to create modern new facilities for our tenants and their customers whilst also contributing to the wider regeneration of the Nine Elms area.
“This is one of the most exciting development opportunities anywhere in Europe right now and we look forward to engaging further and selecting a preferred partner later in the year.”
Jan Lloyd, Chief Executive of Covent Garden Market Authority said:
“This is a significant milestone for the project and we will now be working through the design and financial details with each bidder, as part of a competitive process to arrive at the right outcome for the Authority.
“Our priority rightly remains the Market itself and with the expertise of those on the short list we are confident we will get a Market we can all be proud of, delivered without any call on Treasury Funds.
“Coming so soon as it does following the start of the final phase of pre-application consultation, our momentum is building as we also work towards the submission of a planning application to Wandsworth Council this Summer.
Nigel Durman, Director of Drivers Jonas Deloitte said:
“The evaluation process has been rigorous as we considered each of the outline solutions against our detailed criteria and the quality of bids submitted has re-enforced the real desire which exists from the development sector to partner with CGMA to deliver this project.”
The competitive partner selection process is being undertaken in accordance with the competitive dialogue procedure under the Public Contracts Regulations 2006. CGMA is being advised on the procurement process by Drivers Jonas Deloitte (Property), Turner & Townsend (Project Manager), KPMG LLP (Financial) and Eversheds LLP (Legal).
For further information, please contact:· Suzi Lawrence, London Communications Agency, 020 7612 8480, sl@londoncommuniations.co.uk · Jonny Popper, London Communications Agency, 020 7612 8480, jp@londoncommuniations.co.uk · Helen Evans, Covent Garden Market Authority, 020 7501 3487, Helen.Evans@cgma.co.uk
· Nigel Durman, Drivers Jonas Deloitte, 020 7303 3573, ndurman@djdeloitte.co.uk.
The current anticipated timetable for the procurement process is:
· March 2011: Short list of developers reduced to enter final stage
· Summer 2011: Final tenders by the shortlisted potential private development partners
· Summer 2011: Planning application to be submitted to London Borough of Wandsworth
· Summer - Winter 2011: Planning application negotiations
· Autumn 2011: Final selection of private development partner
· Winter 2011: Planning application considered at Planning Committee Meeting
· Early / Spring 2012: Planning application decision by London Borough of Wandsworth
· Early/ Spring 2012: Private development partner awarded contract
About The Garden at New Covent Garden Market
· The plans consolidate all market activities onto the main market site, in a phased redevelopment which aims to move tenants only once. By redeveloping – rather than refurbishing the existing 1970’s buildings – a much more efficient site layout can be achieved with more space in the new market than is currently let.
· It will deliver five new buildings for wholesale and catering distributors, alongside a dedicated new flower market building, relocated from its current location at the Northern Site.
· Plans also include a new building, called The Garden Heart as a new Centre for new food and flowers in London. This will be a hub of activity outside of the Market, open to the public and providing a base for a host of facilities such as exhibition space, education facilities, cafes and possibly a public market.
· Four development plots are freed up by these plans with the money raised by CGMA releasing this land to be used to deliver the new market and facilities.
· The largest is the Northern site, 400 yards from Vauxhall Cross, which will include 1,750 new homes arranged around a new park which will also act as the start of the new ‘linear park’ for the area connecting Vauxhall at one end to the Entrance Site and Battersea Power Station at the other, linking with the proposed US Embassy public plaza along the way. Alongside the new homes will also be a hotel, serviced apartments, commercial space, shops including a new supermarket, cafes and restaurants.
· Along Thessaly Road – the South-Western boundary of the Market – there are currently homes on only side of the street, with a large brick wall on the other side. CGMA proposes to move this market boundary further back from the road, removing the current brick wall and building around 200 new apartments built around communal gardens and play spaces.
· At the College site, at the South Eastern end and opposite Lambeth College, around 100 new apartments are proposed arranged in four main blocks with improved pedestrian access from Wandsworth Road.
· At the current entrance to the Market along Nine Elms Lane, a further 450 homes are proposed arranged in three new buildings ranging from 9 - 11 storeys, including one new landmark 19 storey building to act as a marker for the site opposite Battersea Power Station. These would also be located at the Western end of the new linear park.
About New Covent Garden Market
· New Covent Garden Market is the largest fresh produce market in the UK. It plays a vital role in supplying London’s hospitality and food service sectors with fresh fruit, vegetables and flowers.
· New Covent Garden Market annual turnover is some £584 million, broken down as follows between the different trading areas:
- £154 million fruit & vegetable wholesale
- £183 million food service & wholesale distribution
- £47 million flower wholesale
- £80 million other food related activity
- £120 million (estimated) importer, agents and other services
· Over 350 varieties of fruit and vegetables are sold along with flowers and foliage from around the world.
· Its customers include leading chefs, restaurants and hotels in London and throughout the UK.
· Over 2,500 people are employed across 200 companies and the central location provides ready access to the West End, City and all parts of the Capital.
· New Covent Garden Market has over 800 years of history and has been located at Vauxhall since 1974.
About Covent Garden Market Authority (CGMA)· CGMA is a statutory corporation responsible for running New Covent Garden Market and made.
· CGMA is responsible to Defra for the ownership and operation of New Covent Garden Market.
About the redevelopment project
· Launched in September 2006 by former Food & Farming Minister Jeff Rooker, the redevelopment of New Covent Garden Market is being led by CGMA with full Defra and Government support.
· Initial tenant consultation and design conception took place to establish a base case model for the Market. This was tested in summer 2007 and established as financially and functionally viable.
· CGMA recognised that private sector involvement will be needed to develop the new market and secure maximum value from any surrounding development.
· In October 2008 Government approved the business case for the redevelopment allowing CGMA to proceed with more detailed work that will lead to the selection of a private development partner.
· This procurement process, which is being conducted via the OJEU process, began in March 2010 and will provide one of the largest development opportunities in London. It will be complete later this year with the selection of a preferred partner.
· The Garden is located within the Vauxhall / Nine Elms / Battersea Opportunity Area (VNEBOA), identified in the London Plan as an area of potential growth and regeneration.
· The planning framework for the VNEBOA area specifically supports the delivery of a new market as well as homes, jobs and open spaces. This document was published for consultation in November 2009 and it is anticipated that the final version of the OAPF will be published later this spring.
The 57 acre site next to Vauxhall Cross forms a key part of the Nine Elms area and is one of London’s largest development opportunities.
The news follows the launch of the final stage of pre-application community consultation on 3 March, where new images and details of The Garden at New Covent Garden Market were displayed to key stakeholders and the public. An outline planning application covering the entire site will be submitted to Wandsworth Council this Summer.
The Garden will be developed at no expense to the tax payer and will be entirely self financing from CGMA’s land assets, with the potential to generate a gross development value of around £1 billion.
The three developers are:
- Barratt Developments plc & Kier Group plc
- Bouygues UK Ltd
- St. Modwen Properties plc & Vinci plc
Baroness Brenda Dean, Chairman of Covent Garden Market Authority said:
“We were delighted with the calibre of our original shortlist and this interest has been borne out in the high standard of outline solutions which were submitted.
“The three short-listed parties are all committed to this process and able to deliver. It has given us great confidence in the deliverability of the project as a whole and our ability to create modern new facilities for our tenants and their customers whilst also contributing to the wider regeneration of the Nine Elms area.
“This is one of the most exciting development opportunities anywhere in Europe right now and we look forward to engaging further and selecting a preferred partner later in the year.”
Jan Lloyd, Chief Executive of Covent Garden Market Authority said:
“This is a significant milestone for the project and we will now be working through the design and financial details with each bidder, as part of a competitive process to arrive at the right outcome for the Authority.
“Our priority rightly remains the Market itself and with the expertise of those on the short list we are confident we will get a Market we can all be proud of, delivered without any call on Treasury Funds.
“Coming so soon as it does following the start of the final phase of pre-application consultation, our momentum is building as we also work towards the submission of a planning application to Wandsworth Council this Summer.
Nigel Durman, Director of Drivers Jonas Deloitte said:
“The evaluation process has been rigorous as we considered each of the outline solutions against our detailed criteria and the quality of bids submitted has re-enforced the real desire which exists from the development sector to partner with CGMA to deliver this project.”
The competitive partner selection process is being undertaken in accordance with the competitive dialogue procedure under the Public Contracts Regulations 2006. CGMA is being advised on the procurement process by Drivers Jonas Deloitte (Property), Turner & Townsend (Project Manager), KPMG LLP (Financial) and Eversheds LLP (Legal).
For further information, please contact:· Suzi Lawrence, London Communications Agency, 020 7612 8480, sl@londoncommuniations.co.uk · Jonny Popper, London Communications Agency, 020 7612 8480, jp@londoncommuniations.co.uk · Helen Evans, Covent Garden Market Authority, 020 7501 3487, Helen.Evans@cgma.co.uk
· Nigel Durman, Drivers Jonas Deloitte, 020 7303 3573, ndurman@djdeloitte.co.uk.
The current anticipated timetable for the procurement process is:
· March 2011: Short list of developers reduced to enter final stage
· Summer 2011: Final tenders by the shortlisted potential private development partners
· Summer 2011: Planning application to be submitted to London Borough of Wandsworth
· Summer - Winter 2011: Planning application negotiations
· Autumn 2011: Final selection of private development partner
· Winter 2011: Planning application considered at Planning Committee Meeting
· Early / Spring 2012: Planning application decision by London Borough of Wandsworth
· Early/ Spring 2012: Private development partner awarded contract
About The Garden at New Covent Garden Market
· The plans consolidate all market activities onto the main market site, in a phased redevelopment which aims to move tenants only once. By redeveloping – rather than refurbishing the existing 1970’s buildings – a much more efficient site layout can be achieved with more space in the new market than is currently let.
· It will deliver five new buildings for wholesale and catering distributors, alongside a dedicated new flower market building, relocated from its current location at the Northern Site.
· Plans also include a new building, called The Garden Heart as a new Centre for new food and flowers in London. This will be a hub of activity outside of the Market, open to the public and providing a base for a host of facilities such as exhibition space, education facilities, cafes and possibly a public market.
· Four development plots are freed up by these plans with the money raised by CGMA releasing this land to be used to deliver the new market and facilities.
· The largest is the Northern site, 400 yards from Vauxhall Cross, which will include 1,750 new homes arranged around a new park which will also act as the start of the new ‘linear park’ for the area connecting Vauxhall at one end to the Entrance Site and Battersea Power Station at the other, linking with the proposed US Embassy public plaza along the way. Alongside the new homes will also be a hotel, serviced apartments, commercial space, shops including a new supermarket, cafes and restaurants.
· Along Thessaly Road – the South-Western boundary of the Market – there are currently homes on only side of the street, with a large brick wall on the other side. CGMA proposes to move this market boundary further back from the road, removing the current brick wall and building around 200 new apartments built around communal gardens and play spaces.
· At the College site, at the South Eastern end and opposite Lambeth College, around 100 new apartments are proposed arranged in four main blocks with improved pedestrian access from Wandsworth Road.
· At the current entrance to the Market along Nine Elms Lane, a further 450 homes are proposed arranged in three new buildings ranging from 9 - 11 storeys, including one new landmark 19 storey building to act as a marker for the site opposite Battersea Power Station. These would also be located at the Western end of the new linear park.
About New Covent Garden Market
· New Covent Garden Market is the largest fresh produce market in the UK. It plays a vital role in supplying London’s hospitality and food service sectors with fresh fruit, vegetables and flowers.
· New Covent Garden Market annual turnover is some £584 million, broken down as follows between the different trading areas:
- £154 million fruit & vegetable wholesale
- £183 million food service & wholesale distribution
- £47 million flower wholesale
- £80 million other food related activity
- £120 million (estimated) importer, agents and other services
· Over 350 varieties of fruit and vegetables are sold along with flowers and foliage from around the world.
· Its customers include leading chefs, restaurants and hotels in London and throughout the UK.
· Over 2,500 people are employed across 200 companies and the central location provides ready access to the West End, City and all parts of the Capital.
· New Covent Garden Market has over 800 years of history and has been located at Vauxhall since 1974.
About Covent Garden Market Authority (CGMA)· CGMA is a statutory corporation responsible for running New Covent Garden Market and made.
· CGMA is responsible to Defra for the ownership and operation of New Covent Garden Market.
About the redevelopment project
· Launched in September 2006 by former Food & Farming Minister Jeff Rooker, the redevelopment of New Covent Garden Market is being led by CGMA with full Defra and Government support.
· Initial tenant consultation and design conception took place to establish a base case model for the Market. This was tested in summer 2007 and established as financially and functionally viable.
· CGMA recognised that private sector involvement will be needed to develop the new market and secure maximum value from any surrounding development.
· In October 2008 Government approved the business case for the redevelopment allowing CGMA to proceed with more detailed work that will lead to the selection of a private development partner.
· This procurement process, which is being conducted via the OJEU process, began in March 2010 and will provide one of the largest development opportunities in London. It will be complete later this year with the selection of a preferred partner.
· The Garden is located within the Vauxhall / Nine Elms / Battersea Opportunity Area (VNEBOA), identified in the London Plan as an area of potential growth and regeneration.
· The planning framework for the VNEBOA area specifically supports the delivery of a new market as well as homes, jobs and open spaces. This document was published for consultation in November 2009 and it is anticipated that the final version of the OAPF will be published later this spring.
Kylun Towers / Vauxhall Cross Island Site Development
Planning Application 10/02060/FUL
· Plot Bounded By Parry Street And Bondway And 7 To 93 Wandsworth Road
KOV has just been notified by Lambeth Planning that the planning application (ref: 10/02060/FUL) has been taken off the agenda of the Planning Applications Committee of Tuesday night (15 March 2011) at the request of Councillor Steve Reed and Councillor Morris. The site visit planned for Saturday 12 March will proceed (see earlier news item for details.
Lambeth Case Officer contact details:
David Smith
Planning Officer, (Majors Team)
Development Control
Planning Division - Housing, Regeneration & Environment
London Borough of Lambeth
phone: 020 7926 1256
fax: 020 7926 1171
email: dsmith1@lambeth.gov.uk
website: http://www.lambeth.gov.uk
Lambeth Planning
Phoenix House
10 Wandsworth Road
London SW8 2LL
· Plot Bounded By Parry Street And Bondway And 7 To 93 Wandsworth Road
KOV has just been notified by Lambeth Planning that the planning application (ref: 10/02060/FUL) has been taken off the agenda of the Planning Applications Committee of Tuesday night (15 March 2011) at the request of Councillor Steve Reed and Councillor Morris. The site visit planned for Saturday 12 March will proceed (see earlier news item for details.
Lambeth Case Officer contact details:
David Smith
Planning Officer, (Majors Team)
Development Control
Planning Division - Housing, Regeneration & Environment
London Borough of Lambeth
phone: 020 7926 1256
fax: 020 7926 1171
email: dsmith1@lambeth.gov.uk
website: http://www.lambeth.gov.uk
Lambeth Planning
Phoenix House
10 Wandsworth Road
London SW8 2LL
Saturday, 5 March 2011
Kylun Development - Site visit 12 March 2011, 10.15
Kylun Development/Vauxhall Triangle/Island site. There is to be a site visit on Saturday 12 March 2011 at 10.15, meeting outside Phoenix House, 10 Wandsworth Road, London SW8 2LL.
The planning application will go to the Planning Committee on 15th March at 7p.m. in Room 8, Ground Floor, Lambeth Town Hall, Brixton Hill, SW2 1RW (Acre Lane entrance). Recommendation at the moment is: Pending Consideration.
The planning application will go to the Planning Committee on 15th March at 7p.m. in Room 8, Ground Floor, Lambeth Town Hall, Brixton Hill, SW2 1RW (Acre Lane entrance). Recommendation at the moment is: Pending Consideration.
Thursday, 3 March 2011
The Garden at New Covent Garden Market
NEW IMAGES AND SCHEME DESIGNS RELEASED AS FINAL
PRE-APPLICATION CONSULTATION GETS UNDERWAY - Press release from Covent Garden Market Authority:
· Covent Garden Market Authority leading the regeneration of 57 acre site, a core part of the Vauxhall / Nine Elms / Battersea Opportunity Area
· Planning application to be submitted to Wandsworth Council this Summer
· Market plans will deliver a modern new market and new Centre for food and flowers (the Garden Heart)
· Development plans for 2,500 new homes alongside shops, cafes, restaurants and commercial space
· Major public open spaces proposed to begin and end the ‘linear park’ to run across the whole opportunity area
Covent Garden Market Authority (CGMA) has today launched its third pre-application public exhibition for its regeneration of The Garden at New Covent Garden Market, displaying designs prepared by Foster + Partners and Neil Tomlinson Architects for the 57 acre central London site.
Following the positive response received to the first public exhibitions held in November 2009 and February 2010, CGMA has undertaken further technical studies, detailed consultation with tenants and work with neighbouring landowners as well as with planners from the GLA and Wandsworth Council.
The plans on display today show a detailed layout for the entire site, with a modern new market providing increased trading space built onto a single site and four development plots, the most significant of which is the Northern Site next to Vauxhall interchange where the current flower market is located.
Speaking about the public consultation, Baroness Brenda Dean, Chairman of Covent Garden Market Authority said:
“We are delighted to be presenting our updated plans today which will provide the beating heart for Nine Elms and create a new city quarter, centred around a magnificent new park.
“For too long New Covent Garden Market has lacked investment in its facilities and these plans will allow us to create a modern new market for our traders and their customers alike and hugely strengthen London’s food supply.
“We also have the capacity to turn our vision into reality, with the procurement process for a private development partner well underway and our planning application to be submitted to Wandsworth Council later this year.”
Jan Lloyd, Chief Executive of Covent Garden Market Authority said:
“Our priority has always been the delivery of a new market for our tenants, but our vision is much broader than this.
“The Garden at New Covent Garden Market will become a new centre for food and flowers in London. Alongside the Market itself we are looking to encourage the provision of cafes, restaurants, education facilities, training rooms, business support initiatives and possibly a public market as well.
“We will help open up the site to the local community, and the Northern Site will act as the gateway to the wider Nine Elms area and the start of a magnificent new London Park throughout the area.
“I would encourage people to take the opportunity to engage with our plans and let us have their views.”
The plans for The Garden at New Covent Garden Market consolidate all market activities onto the main market site, in a phased redevelopment which aims to move tenants only once. It will deliver five new buildings for wholesale and catering distributors, alongside a dedicated new flower market building, relocated from its current location at the Northern Site.
By redeveloping – rather than refurbishing the existing 1970’s buildings – a much more efficient site layout can be achieved with flexible trading units created taking into account practical issue like standard pallet sizes, loading, unloading, utilities, food hygiene standards, storage and cooling. Tenants will be able to chose their own fit out requirements from a catalogue of interchangeable components.
The Garden Heart will be a new building, closest to Vauxhall interchange, as a new Centre for new food and flowers in London. This will be a hub of activity outside of the Market but provide a base for a host of facilities supporting the Market and be open to the public with exhibition space, cafes and possibly a public market.
Development plots are freed up by these plans and the money raised by CGMA releasing this land will be used to deliver the new market and facilities. CGMA is therefore currently in middle of an OJEU procurement process to select a private development partner to deliver the works in return for the surplus land. The initial short list of six parties will be reduced down to two or three within the coming weeks, with a selected partner identified later this year. This process is being led by Drivers Jonas Deloitte on behalf of CGMA.
The development plans at the Northern site will include 1,750 new homes arranged around a new park which will run throughout the site, with seating areas, play areas and other amenities. This will act as the start of the new ‘linear park’ for the area connecting Vauxhall at one end to the Entrance Site and Battersea Power Station at the other, linking with the proposed US Embassy public plaza along the way.
Around the parkland will be six new residential buildings ranging from 8-15 storeys, with three buildings of between 25-46 storeys to the East of the site, where planning policy specifically supports taller buildings. The tallest of these will include a hotel and service apartments on the lower floors with residential apartments above.
Alongside new shops, cafes and restaurants, a new supermarket is also proposed with access off Wandsworth Road offering more choice for local people and to support the growing population in this area. Two new junctions will help traffic move into and out of the site, linking to both Nine Elms Lane and Wandsworth Road.
Three smaller development plots are also proposed.
· Along Thessaly Road – the South-Western boundary of the Market – there are currently homes on only side of the street, with a large brick wall on the other side. CGMA proposes to move this market boundary further back from the road, removing the current brick wall and building around 200 new apartments built around communal gardens and play spaces.
· At the College site, at the South Eastern end and opposite Lambeth College, around 100 new apartments are proposed arranged in four main blocks with improved pedestrian access from Wandsworth Road.
· At the current entrance to the Market along Nine Elms Lane, a further 450 homes are proposed arranged in three new buildings ranging from 9 - 11 storeys, including one new landmark 19 storey building to act as a marker for the site opposite Battersea Power Station. These would also be located at the Western end of the new linear park.
PRE-APPLICATION CONSULTATION GETS UNDERWAY - Press release from Covent Garden Market Authority:
· Covent Garden Market Authority leading the regeneration of 57 acre site, a core part of the Vauxhall / Nine Elms / Battersea Opportunity Area
· Planning application to be submitted to Wandsworth Council this Summer
· Market plans will deliver a modern new market and new Centre for food and flowers (the Garden Heart)
· Development plans for 2,500 new homes alongside shops, cafes, restaurants and commercial space
· Major public open spaces proposed to begin and end the ‘linear park’ to run across the whole opportunity area
Covent Garden Market Authority (CGMA) has today launched its third pre-application public exhibition for its regeneration of The Garden at New Covent Garden Market, displaying designs prepared by Foster + Partners and Neil Tomlinson Architects for the 57 acre central London site.
Following the positive response received to the first public exhibitions held in November 2009 and February 2010, CGMA has undertaken further technical studies, detailed consultation with tenants and work with neighbouring landowners as well as with planners from the GLA and Wandsworth Council.
The plans on display today show a detailed layout for the entire site, with a modern new market providing increased trading space built onto a single site and four development plots, the most significant of which is the Northern Site next to Vauxhall interchange where the current flower market is located.
Speaking about the public consultation, Baroness Brenda Dean, Chairman of Covent Garden Market Authority said:
“We are delighted to be presenting our updated plans today which will provide the beating heart for Nine Elms and create a new city quarter, centred around a magnificent new park.
“For too long New Covent Garden Market has lacked investment in its facilities and these plans will allow us to create a modern new market for our traders and their customers alike and hugely strengthen London’s food supply.
“We also have the capacity to turn our vision into reality, with the procurement process for a private development partner well underway and our planning application to be submitted to Wandsworth Council later this year.”
Jan Lloyd, Chief Executive of Covent Garden Market Authority said:
“Our priority has always been the delivery of a new market for our tenants, but our vision is much broader than this.
“The Garden at New Covent Garden Market will become a new centre for food and flowers in London. Alongside the Market itself we are looking to encourage the provision of cafes, restaurants, education facilities, training rooms, business support initiatives and possibly a public market as well.
“We will help open up the site to the local community, and the Northern Site will act as the gateway to the wider Nine Elms area and the start of a magnificent new London Park throughout the area.
“I would encourage people to take the opportunity to engage with our plans and let us have their views.”
The plans for The Garden at New Covent Garden Market consolidate all market activities onto the main market site, in a phased redevelopment which aims to move tenants only once. It will deliver five new buildings for wholesale and catering distributors, alongside a dedicated new flower market building, relocated from its current location at the Northern Site.
By redeveloping – rather than refurbishing the existing 1970’s buildings – a much more efficient site layout can be achieved with flexible trading units created taking into account practical issue like standard pallet sizes, loading, unloading, utilities, food hygiene standards, storage and cooling. Tenants will be able to chose their own fit out requirements from a catalogue of interchangeable components.
The Garden Heart will be a new building, closest to Vauxhall interchange, as a new Centre for new food and flowers in London. This will be a hub of activity outside of the Market but provide a base for a host of facilities supporting the Market and be open to the public with exhibition space, cafes and possibly a public market.
Development plots are freed up by these plans and the money raised by CGMA releasing this land will be used to deliver the new market and facilities. CGMA is therefore currently in middle of an OJEU procurement process to select a private development partner to deliver the works in return for the surplus land. The initial short list of six parties will be reduced down to two or three within the coming weeks, with a selected partner identified later this year. This process is being led by Drivers Jonas Deloitte on behalf of CGMA.
The development plans at the Northern site will include 1,750 new homes arranged around a new park which will run throughout the site, with seating areas, play areas and other amenities. This will act as the start of the new ‘linear park’ for the area connecting Vauxhall at one end to the Entrance Site and Battersea Power Station at the other, linking with the proposed US Embassy public plaza along the way.
Around the parkland will be six new residential buildings ranging from 8-15 storeys, with three buildings of between 25-46 storeys to the East of the site, where planning policy specifically supports taller buildings. The tallest of these will include a hotel and service apartments on the lower floors with residential apartments above.
Alongside new shops, cafes and restaurants, a new supermarket is also proposed with access off Wandsworth Road offering more choice for local people and to support the growing population in this area. Two new junctions will help traffic move into and out of the site, linking to both Nine Elms Lane and Wandsworth Road.
Three smaller development plots are also proposed.
· Along Thessaly Road – the South-Western boundary of the Market – there are currently homes on only side of the street, with a large brick wall on the other side. CGMA proposes to move this market boundary further back from the road, removing the current brick wall and building around 200 new apartments built around communal gardens and play spaces.
· At the College site, at the South Eastern end and opposite Lambeth College, around 100 new apartments are proposed arranged in four main blocks with improved pedestrian access from Wandsworth Road.
· At the current entrance to the Market along Nine Elms Lane, a further 450 homes are proposed arranged in three new buildings ranging from 9 - 11 storeys, including one new landmark 19 storey building to act as a marker for the site opposite Battersea Power Station. These would also be located at the Western end of the new linear park.
Wednesday, 23 February 2011
New Exhibition on Updated plans for the Garden at New Covent Garden Market 3-5 March
Covent Garden Market Authority (CGMA) has announced the dates for the third public exhibition of their plans for The Garden at New Covent Garden Market.
The exhibition will provide local residents and businesses with an opportunity to see CGMA’s updated plans for the redevelopment of The Garden which will see the UK’s largest fresh produce market transformed after over 35 years in Nine Elms.
CGMA say they have been incorporating comments received from a wide range of stakeholders as well as from the tenants on the Market.
This third exhibition will therefore display new information and images about all the elements of the site as part of CGMA’s final pre-application consultation activities before they submit a planning application to Wandsworth Borough Council. Visitors will have the chance to meet the project team and give their comments on the updated plans.
The exhibition itself will be based in the Yvonne Carr Community Centre, 2 Thessaly Road, SW8 4HT and will be open at the following times:
· Thursday 3 March, 4.00pm – 8.00pm
· Friday 4 March, 4.00pm – 8.00pm
· Saturday 5 March, 10.00am – 5.00pm
Jan Lloyd, Chief Executive of Covent Garden Market Authority, said:
“We have come a long way with our plans and received very positive responses to our previous exhibitions. Over the last year we have been incorporating the feedback we have received and engaging in further consultation with our tenants to ensure that we deliver a new Market that works for their businesses now and in the future.
“We have also introduced a major redesign of our plans for the Northern Site to provide a greater proportion of open space to benefit the local communities in the wider area.
“We hope that lots of people will come along to this third exhibition to see these updated plans and let us know what they think before we submit a planning application later in the year."
If you are unable to visit the exhibition but want to know more about the plans you can request a leaflet by emailing thegarden@cgma.co.uk or calling the dedicated hotline on 0800 977 8794. More information will also be available from Thursday 3 March on the New Covent Garden Market website - www.newcoventgardenmarket.com.
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The exhibition will provide local residents and businesses with an opportunity to see CGMA’s updated plans for the redevelopment of The Garden which will see the UK’s largest fresh produce market transformed after over 35 years in Nine Elms.
CGMA say they have been incorporating comments received from a wide range of stakeholders as well as from the tenants on the Market.
This third exhibition will therefore display new information and images about all the elements of the site as part of CGMA’s final pre-application consultation activities before they submit a planning application to Wandsworth Borough Council. Visitors will have the chance to meet the project team and give their comments on the updated plans.
The exhibition itself will be based in the Yvonne Carr Community Centre, 2 Thessaly Road, SW8 4HT and will be open at the following times:
· Thursday 3 March, 4.00pm – 8.00pm
· Friday 4 March, 4.00pm – 8.00pm
· Saturday 5 March, 10.00am – 5.00pm
Jan Lloyd, Chief Executive of Covent Garden Market Authority, said:
“We have come a long way with our plans and received very positive responses to our previous exhibitions. Over the last year we have been incorporating the feedback we have received and engaging in further consultation with our tenants to ensure that we deliver a new Market that works for their businesses now and in the future.
“We have also introduced a major redesign of our plans for the Northern Site to provide a greater proportion of open space to benefit the local communities in the wider area.
“We hope that lots of people will come along to this third exhibition to see these updated plans and let us know what they think before we submit a planning application later in the year."
If you are unable to visit the exhibition but want to know more about the plans you can request a leaflet by emailing thegarden@cgma.co.uk or calling the dedicated hotline on 0800 977 8794. More information will also be available from Thursday 3 March on the New Covent Garden Market website - www.newcoventgardenmarket.com.
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Exhibition for Sainsbury's Nine Elms Development proposals
Sainbury's Development Proposals for their store site in Wandsworth Road, Nine Elms, are being displayed at a public exhibition on:
Friday 4th March : 2.00pm – 8.00pm
Saturday 5th March : 10.00am – 4.00pm
Venue: Sainsbury’s Nine Elms
62 Wandsworth Road
London
SW8 2LF
If you are unable to attend and require any further information at this stage, please do not hesitate to contact Nicholas Vose on 0870 626 9081 or via email at sainsburysnineelms@fourcommunications.com .
Friday 4th March : 2.00pm – 8.00pm
Saturday 5th March : 10.00am – 4.00pm
Venue: Sainsbury’s Nine Elms
62 Wandsworth Road
London
SW8 2LF
If you are unable to attend and require any further information at this stage, please do not hesitate to contact Nicholas Vose on 0870 626 9081 or via email at sainsburysnineelms@fourcommunications.com .
Saturday, 5 February 2011
Public Exhibition, A new public square for Vauxhall
CLS Holdings plc are proposing a major new public square in Vauxhall as part of a development which will include new shops, offices, restaurants, bars, a hotel, a cinema, student housing and residential apartments. In addition, they are proposing an aerial Linear Walk, which they believe will provide a solution tot he pedestrian problems at Vauxhall Cross.
The free public exhbition will be held at:
Market Towers, 19th floor
1 Nine Elms Lane (junction with Wandsworth Road)
London SW8 5NQ
on Friday 11 February, 10.30 am. to 8.00 pm and
Saturday 12 February, 10,00 am to 2.00 pm
The free public exhbition will be held at:
Market Towers, 19th floor
1 Nine Elms Lane (junction with Wandsworth Road)
London SW8 5NQ
on Friday 11 February, 10.30 am. to 8.00 pm and
Saturday 12 February, 10,00 am to 2.00 pm
Former HQ of London Fire Brigade, 8 Albert Embankment
London Fire Brigade and their Planning Consultants,Native Land, are hosting a public exhibition of the latest proposals for the site at 8 Albert Embankment.
This will be held at:
Lambeth Fire Station,
8 Albert Embankment,
SE1 7SP
on
Friday 11 February between 2 pm and 6 pm and
Saturday 12 February between 10.30 am and 1.30 pm
If you would like to give comments, other than at the exhibition,please contact Azizun Choudhury on 0870 066 8734 or E: azizun.choudhury@fourcommunications.com. Written comments can be sent Freepost to:
8 Albert Embankment SE1 Consultation
FREEPOST RLSX-KHXT-BGSR
Four Communications
48 Leicester Square
London
WC2H 7FG
This will be held at:
Lambeth Fire Station,
8 Albert Embankment,
SE1 7SP
on
Friday 11 February between 2 pm and 6 pm and
Saturday 12 February between 10.30 am and 1.30 pm
If you would like to give comments, other than at the exhibition,please contact Azizun Choudhury on 0870 066 8734 or E: azizun.choudhury@fourcommunications.com. Written comments can be sent Freepost to:
8 Albert Embankment SE1 Consultation
FREEPOST RLSX-KHXT-BGSR
Four Communications
48 Leicester Square
London
WC2H 7FG
Saturday, 15 January 2011
KOV's submission - Vauxhall Island Site/Kylun application
20 August 2010
Dear Mr Smith
PLANNING APPLICATION 10/02060/FUL: PLOT BOUNDED BY PARRY STREET, BONDWAY AND 7-93 WANDSWORTH ROAD
We wish to submit the following observations on the above application and to urge that it be refused for the reasons stated below.
1. The KOV Forum was established in 2000/2001 by local representative groups and individuals, including residents’ and tenants’ associations, community organisations and local businesses, at the instigation of Lambeth Council to strengthen community involvement in Council programmes, policies and plans. The area represented by the Forum is the whole of Prince’s and Oval wards and a small corner of Bishops ward south of Lambeth Road.
2. During discussions at numerous Forum meetings it has been evident that there is widespread and general concern regarding the new high-rise developments that are proliferating at or close to Vauxhall Cross; also about the concentration and very high densities of these developments. We understand that this approach to the development of this area has been promoted and encouraged by the Government and the Mayor’s London Plan and the identification of Vauxhall/Nine Elms as an Opportunity Area. But we feel developments completed and currently proposed have been allowed to happen in too piecemeal a way, with highly damaging effects on the character and amenity of the area. Concern has always been that no plans have been put in place to ensure the development of a sustainable community.
3. Vauxhall Cross offered real opportunity to provide attractive new buildings and street patterns that would link the near hinterland (east of the railway viaduct) with the Thames. Those opportunities were lost completely with the approval of the St George Wharf development. Not only have the assurances given by the developers at the time, in the face of public concern, proved meaningless; the incremental planning permissions since then have made them even less relevant. Local residents argued that the scale and character of that development would in effect create a bulky and ugly ‘wall’ between the river and the Vauxhall Cross area and an oppressive and dominating environment. That is exactly what has happened.
4. The St George Wharf development is relevant to the above current application because the land plot concerned is the only small area of open space left near the transport interchange and major road network dominating the area between the riverside developments and the railway viaduct. Air quality is already very poor (see the statistics in the Mayor for London’s Vauxhall & Nine Elms Opportunity Area report). It will only deteriorate further.
5. Both British Rail and TFL state that transport links are at capacity and do not foresee any way to improve them. Permission for so many homes, especially with limited parking, on the island site will put more pressure on the transport system, further reducing the quality of life for residents and office workers alike.
6. Very tall buildings, approved and proposed, are generally more suited to office accommodation than to housing, yet the proportion of housing being provided is large. There is a mismatch between the type of residential accommodation that can be provided in very tall buildings and the housing needs of significant sections of the local population. High-rise flats do not provide suitable accommodation for families. In this case there is far too little amenity public space to prevent the area feeling overcrowded and oppressive, for daytime office workers as well as for local residents.
Specifically, there is a deficiency of open and green space in line with Lambeth’s own policy and taken with other developments such as Bondway, the building on the island site would reduce the effective space to half the recommended area of 1.6 hectares per thousand of the population.
The application statements refer to ‘a new landscaped public square’ – a totally fanciful description given the modest space available – and ‘cultural uses, improved public realm and community benefits’ – all big words for what we regard as token gestures.
7. There is also a deficiency of playspace. Development for families should include a MINIMUM of 10 square meters of DEDICATED children’s playspace per child, preferably indoors. This is the equivalent of a small children’s playground. Presumably there will be children in the development.
8. The applicants admit (in their Design and Access statement) that they ‘recognise that these provisions [of amenity space attached to the development] will not satisfy Lambeth Borough Council’s requirements for providing public amenity space. Kylun have entered into S106 discussions . . .’ It is our view, however, that no S106 payments for (as is being proposed) public amenity space improvements elsewhere will alter the fact that there would be inadequate public amenity space on and around the island site. The proposed development does not add any adequate open space. It would reduce existing open space.
To sum up, our main reasons for opposing this application are:
(i) It is clear from KOV Forum meetings that there is widespread public concern about the concentration and very high densities of high-rise developments at and near Vauxhall Cross.
(ii) Recent, planned and proposed new development in this area has largely resulted in a lost opportunity to upgrade an area that cried out for sensitive re-use of redundant and neglected industrial land and a riverfront with great potential.
(iii) The combination of excessive densities and over-development of land, with virtually no open ground space between buildings is creating a hostile environment.
(iv) There is a mismatch between need and supply of family housing.
(v) The planning application for the island site describes in misleading terms its proposals for an extremely small amount of ground-level public amenity space. In context that small area would be dominated by the two tower blocks, with no sense of the open space residents and office workers should reasonably expect when they approach or leave their building.
(vi) The development would put further pressure on transport links already at capacity.
(vii) The amount of amenity space proposed in relation to this development does not meet the Council’s planning requirement and is acknowledged by the applicant.
If the proposed development provides too little amenity space on a small land plot surrounded and enclosed by high and bulky buildings, the railway viaduct and a major road network and junction, it is surely per se an unacceptable development.
Yours sincerely
Maureen Johnston MBE
Chair of Kennington, Oval and Vauxhall Forum
Dear Mr Smith
PLANNING APPLICATION 10/02060/FUL: PLOT BOUNDED BY PARRY STREET, BONDWAY AND 7-93 WANDSWORTH ROAD
We wish to submit the following observations on the above application and to urge that it be refused for the reasons stated below.
1. The KOV Forum was established in 2000/2001 by local representative groups and individuals, including residents’ and tenants’ associations, community organisations and local businesses, at the instigation of Lambeth Council to strengthen community involvement in Council programmes, policies and plans. The area represented by the Forum is the whole of Prince’s and Oval wards and a small corner of Bishops ward south of Lambeth Road.
2. During discussions at numerous Forum meetings it has been evident that there is widespread and general concern regarding the new high-rise developments that are proliferating at or close to Vauxhall Cross; also about the concentration and very high densities of these developments. We understand that this approach to the development of this area has been promoted and encouraged by the Government and the Mayor’s London Plan and the identification of Vauxhall/Nine Elms as an Opportunity Area. But we feel developments completed and currently proposed have been allowed to happen in too piecemeal a way, with highly damaging effects on the character and amenity of the area. Concern has always been that no plans have been put in place to ensure the development of a sustainable community.
3. Vauxhall Cross offered real opportunity to provide attractive new buildings and street patterns that would link the near hinterland (east of the railway viaduct) with the Thames. Those opportunities were lost completely with the approval of the St George Wharf development. Not only have the assurances given by the developers at the time, in the face of public concern, proved meaningless; the incremental planning permissions since then have made them even less relevant. Local residents argued that the scale and character of that development would in effect create a bulky and ugly ‘wall’ between the river and the Vauxhall Cross area and an oppressive and dominating environment. That is exactly what has happened.
4. The St George Wharf development is relevant to the above current application because the land plot concerned is the only small area of open space left near the transport interchange and major road network dominating the area between the riverside developments and the railway viaduct. Air quality is already very poor (see the statistics in the Mayor for London’s Vauxhall & Nine Elms Opportunity Area report). It will only deteriorate further.
5. Both British Rail and TFL state that transport links are at capacity and do not foresee any way to improve them. Permission for so many homes, especially with limited parking, on the island site will put more pressure on the transport system, further reducing the quality of life for residents and office workers alike.
6. Very tall buildings, approved and proposed, are generally more suited to office accommodation than to housing, yet the proportion of housing being provided is large. There is a mismatch between the type of residential accommodation that can be provided in very tall buildings and the housing needs of significant sections of the local population. High-rise flats do not provide suitable accommodation for families. In this case there is far too little amenity public space to prevent the area feeling overcrowded and oppressive, for daytime office workers as well as for local residents.
Specifically, there is a deficiency of open and green space in line with Lambeth’s own policy and taken with other developments such as Bondway, the building on the island site would reduce the effective space to half the recommended area of 1.6 hectares per thousand of the population.
The application statements refer to ‘a new landscaped public square’ – a totally fanciful description given the modest space available – and ‘cultural uses, improved public realm and community benefits’ – all big words for what we regard as token gestures.
7. There is also a deficiency of playspace. Development for families should include a MINIMUM of 10 square meters of DEDICATED children’s playspace per child, preferably indoors. This is the equivalent of a small children’s playground. Presumably there will be children in the development.
8. The applicants admit (in their Design and Access statement) that they ‘recognise that these provisions [of amenity space attached to the development] will not satisfy Lambeth Borough Council’s requirements for providing public amenity space. Kylun have entered into S106 discussions . . .’ It is our view, however, that no S106 payments for (as is being proposed) public amenity space improvements elsewhere will alter the fact that there would be inadequate public amenity space on and around the island site. The proposed development does not add any adequate open space. It would reduce existing open space.
To sum up, our main reasons for opposing this application are:
(i) It is clear from KOV Forum meetings that there is widespread public concern about the concentration and very high densities of high-rise developments at and near Vauxhall Cross.
(ii) Recent, planned and proposed new development in this area has largely resulted in a lost opportunity to upgrade an area that cried out for sensitive re-use of redundant and neglected industrial land and a riverfront with great potential.
(iii) The combination of excessive densities and over-development of land, with virtually no open ground space between buildings is creating a hostile environment.
(iv) There is a mismatch between need and supply of family housing.
(v) The planning application for the island site describes in misleading terms its proposals for an extremely small amount of ground-level public amenity space. In context that small area would be dominated by the two tower blocks, with no sense of the open space residents and office workers should reasonably expect when they approach or leave their building.
(vi) The development would put further pressure on transport links already at capacity.
(vii) The amount of amenity space proposed in relation to this development does not meet the Council’s planning requirement and is acknowledged by the applicant.
If the proposed development provides too little amenity space on a small land plot surrounded and enclosed by high and bulky buildings, the railway viaduct and a major road network and junction, it is surely per se an unacceptable development.
Yours sincerely
Maureen Johnston MBE
Chair of Kennington, Oval and Vauxhall Forum
Vauxhall Island site/Kylun Planning delay
Message received from Lambeth Planning:
Planning Application 10/02060/FUL
Plot Bounded By Parry Street And Bondway And 7 To 93 Wandsworth Road
'Lambeth Planning Officers had been intending to refer the application to a Planning Applications Committee on 25th January, but a number of outstanding issues has meant that this will not be possible.
'Pending resolution of those issues, the application will be reported to Committee at a later date - probably in either February or March.'
Lead officer: David Smith, Planning Officer, (Majors Team), Development Control, Planning Division - Housing, Regeneration & Environment, London Borough of Lambeth, phone: 020 7926 1256, fax: 020 7926 1171 Email: dsmith1@lambeth.gov.uk
Planning Application 10/02060/FUL
Plot Bounded By Parry Street And Bondway And 7 To 93 Wandsworth Road
'Lambeth Planning Officers had been intending to refer the application to a Planning Applications Committee on 25th January, but a number of outstanding issues has meant that this will not be possible.
'Pending resolution of those issues, the application will be reported to Committee at a later date - probably in either February or March.'
Lead officer: David Smith, Planning Officer, (Majors Team), Development Control, Planning Division - Housing, Regeneration & Environment, London Borough of Lambeth, phone: 020 7926 1256, fax: 020 7926 1171 Email: dsmith1@lambeth.gov.uk
Sunday, 28 March 2010
VNEB Opportunity Area Planning Framework
from Viva Vauxhall:
This has crept up on us a bit with all the furore over the Octave Tower, but it's still not too late to object! (Deadline 29 March).
If the GLA's VNEB (Vauxhall, New Elms, Battersea) Opportunity Area Framework is adopted, this will open the floodgates not just for a few tall buildings, but effectively a new town on the edge of Central London with the highest population density in the UK.
There will be an anticipated 16.000 additional dwellings and approx. 20.000 office workers coming into the area over the next 15 years with no extra public funds for infrastructure such as transport, schools, green spaces etc. other than what can be generated from planning gain - some of which the Mayor will want for Cross Rail (this will not even service this area).
Local Council Planning Laws appear to either being watered down or superseded by the new GLA Framework, which doesn't even meet the Mayor's own Plan Objectives!
There is a frightening lack of absence of any coherent strategy, seemingly allowing a complete 'free for all' for developers!
Object to the Framework by Monday, 5pm, by e-mailing mayor@london.gov.uk with "VNEB OAPF" in the subject line.
This has crept up on us a bit with all the furore over the Octave Tower, but it's still not too late to object! (Deadline 29 March).
If the GLA's VNEB (Vauxhall, New Elms, Battersea) Opportunity Area Framework is adopted, this will open the floodgates not just for a few tall buildings, but effectively a new town on the edge of Central London with the highest population density in the UK.
There will be an anticipated 16.000 additional dwellings and approx. 20.000 office workers coming into the area over the next 15 years with no extra public funds for infrastructure such as transport, schools, green spaces etc. other than what can be generated from planning gain - some of which the Mayor will want for Cross Rail (this will not even service this area).
Local Council Planning Laws appear to either being watered down or superseded by the new GLA Framework, which doesn't even meet the Mayor's own Plan Objectives!
There is a frightening lack of absence of any coherent strategy, seemingly allowing a complete 'free for all' for developers!
Object to the Framework by Monday, 5pm, by e-mailing mayor@london.gov.uk with "VNEB OAPF" in the subject line.
Thursday, 25 March 2010
Octave tower comes crashing down...
By Pete Morris of Viva Vauxhall
The planning application for the 149m Octave tower on the Bondway storage site was rejected last night. In a stunning victory for local campaigners, the planning committee slammed the bulk and height of the tower, the negative impact on the Vauxhall Conservation Area, loss of amenity for residents and loss of local employment space.
There was an impressive turnout of objectors, including Viva Vauxhalls¹s Jimmy and Andrea as well as contributions from Cllr Sawdon, Kennington Association, Waterloo Community Development Group and the Friends of Vauxhall Park.
Councillors accused the developer - which has already announced it¹s intention to appeal - of giving ³two fingers² to residents and the planning committee in its macho response, and its refusal to tone down the scheme after an earlier critical meeting.
The decision appears to mark a fight-back against the drift towards a Œhigh-rise¹ Vauxhall, and the planning committee said that it was concerned that developers did not appear to be taking into account the social impact of their schemes.
The application will now be heard later in the year at a full public planning inquiry.
The planning application for the 149m Octave tower on the Bondway storage site was rejected last night. In a stunning victory for local campaigners, the planning committee slammed the bulk and height of the tower, the negative impact on the Vauxhall Conservation Area, loss of amenity for residents and loss of local employment space.
There was an impressive turnout of objectors, including Viva Vauxhalls¹s Jimmy and Andrea as well as contributions from Cllr Sawdon, Kennington Association, Waterloo Community Development Group and the Friends of Vauxhall Park.
Councillors accused the developer - which has already announced it¹s intention to appeal - of giving ³two fingers² to residents and the planning committee in its macho response, and its refusal to tone down the scheme after an earlier critical meeting.
The decision appears to mark a fight-back against the drift towards a Œhigh-rise¹ Vauxhall, and the planning committee said that it was concerned that developers did not appear to be taking into account the social impact of their schemes.
The application will now be heard later in the year at a full public planning inquiry.
Sunday, 24 January 2010
Vauxhall Nine Elms Battersea - Opportunity Area Planning Framework -
http://www.london.gov.uk/mayor/planning/oapf-nine-elms/index.jsp
The consultation deadline for comments on the GLA's draft planning framework has been extended till 5.00 pm on 28 February.
Here's the extract from the GLA website.
"Have your say
"The consultation draft Vauxhall Nine Elms Battersea Opportunity Area Planning Framework is open for public comment until 28 February 2010. Please get back to us in writing, and make sure you explain which paragraph and page of the document you are referring to in your comments.
"You can send your views by email or by post:
"by email to mayor@london.gov.uk with 'VNEB OAPF' in the title. If you send in a response by email it is not necessary to also send us a hard copy.
by post (no stamp required) to:
Boris Johnson, Mayor of London
(VNEB OAPF)
FREEPOST LON15799
GLA City Hall, post point 19B
The Queen's Walk
London SE1 2BR
All responses (emails and letters) must be received by 5:00 pm on 28 February 2010."
Kennington, Oval and Vauxhall Forum will be holding a special meeting to discuss this at 7 pm, 10 February 2010 at St Peters' Church, 310 Kennington Lane, SE11 5HY (corner of Tyers St). All welcome!
The consultation deadline for comments on the GLA's draft planning framework has been extended till 5.00 pm on 28 February.
Here's the extract from the GLA website.
"Have your say
"The consultation draft Vauxhall Nine Elms Battersea Opportunity Area Planning Framework is open for public comment until 28 February 2010. Please get back to us in writing, and make sure you explain which paragraph and page of the document you are referring to in your comments.
"You can send your views by email or by post:
"by email to mayor@london.gov.uk with 'VNEB OAPF' in the title. If you send in a response by email it is not necessary to also send us a hard copy.
by post (no stamp required) to:
Boris Johnson, Mayor of London
(VNEB OAPF)
FREEPOST LON15799
GLA City Hall, post point 19B
The Queen's Walk
London SE1 2BR
All responses (emails and letters) must be received by 5:00 pm on 28 February 2010."
Kennington, Oval and Vauxhall Forum will be holding a special meeting to discuss this at 7 pm, 10 February 2010 at St Peters' Church, 310 Kennington Lane, SE11 5HY (corner of Tyers St). All welcome!
Tuesday, 9 June 2009
Planning application for 42 story building at Bondway, Vauxhall
We heard tonight at KOV Forum that an application has been submitted for a 42 storey building at Bondway, Vauxhall. The reference no is 09/01520/FUL. You may be able to view it at the Tate South Lambeth Library in South Lambeth Road, and certainly at Phoenix House, 10 Wandsworth Road, SW8. The Lambeth Planning Department dealing with the application can be reached on 020 7926 1208. Comments need to be sent in to Lambeth Council by 24 June.
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