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3 years ago @ http://www.conservativ... - Gareth Lyon: We need a... · 1 reply · +1 points
3 years ago @ http://www.conservativ... - Christopher Pincher: T... · 2 replies · +1 points
One of the Councillors said in reply to an email "The Planning Committee is obliged to follow our regulations. The loss of space that has been providing employment requires evidence that it has been thoroughly marketed for replacement employment opportunities before a change to residential status."
This decision seemingly ignores the fact that the reality of the Covid world is that many people in employment are now working from home, so in effect the 116 proposed new houses with good broadband would double up as employment units.
The Councillor also makes the point "We are bound by the Local Plan approved in 2018. A new one is being produced, but the approval process is long and not simply under the Borough’s control. It also has to conform to the overall London Plan."
What is surprising is that the consultation with local area residents has been going on since 2017, so why did Richmond Council apparently not alert them to fundamental legal obstacles to residential builds at an earlier stage?
In a practical sense how can central Government cut though all this?
I have no connection with the developers but they seem to think that the planning reforms will address this type of situation. Will it? https://richmond.nub.news/n/116-home-plan-on-form...
3 years ago @ http://www.conservativ... - Algorithm or no algori... · 0 replies · +1 points
In Twickenham for example last week the council unanimously rejected a proposal to build 116 homes, some "affordable", and some industrial units, on a 5.29 acre estate (formerly Greggs Bakery) which is in the middle of a residential area and which has been empty since December 2016.
One of the Councillors said in reply to an email "The Planning Committee is obliged to follow our regulations. The loss of space that has been providing employment requires evidence that it has been thoroughly marketed for replacement employment opportunities before a change to residential status."
This decision seemingly ignores the fact that the reality of the Covid world is that many people in employment are now working from home, so in effect the 116 proposed new houses with good broadband would double up as employment units.
The Councillor also makes the point "We are bound by the Local Plan approved in 2018. A new one is being produced, but the approval process is long and not simply under the Borough’s control. It also has to conform with the overall London Plan."
In a practical sense how can central Government cut though all this?
3 years ago @ http://www.conservativ... - These BBC Bourbons who... · 8 replies · +1 points
In this forward looking context is the offending lyric in Rule Britannia still offensive?
3 years ago @ http://www.conservativ... - Sunder Katwala: Gandhi... · 1 reply · +1 points
3 years ago @ http://www.conservativ... - Mark Pengelly and Ayes... · 0 replies · +1 points
Going forward, with this experience, I really wish year on year the country could adopt the continental model of a shutdown for 4 weeks every August.
4 years ago @ http://www.conservativ... - Anthony Browne: Sunak ... · 2 replies · +1 points
For example on 28th December 2019 in Conservative Home, Susan Hall, Leader of the Conservative Group on the London Assembly, expressed her opposition to the proposed expansion of the London Ultra Low Emission Zone, writing
"The General Election showed that at a national level the Labour Party has lost touch with its working class voters. The ULEZ extension demonstrates that the Mayor of London suffers from the same problem."
And earlier in 2019 Shaun Bailey, Conservative mayoral candidate, stated his opposition as well. Unless he is prepared to do a U-turn on this, I am afraid I cannot vote for him. On a daily basis as I walk to the station in Wimbledon I see, smell and feel the effects of vehicle pollution and believe that immediate and decisive action is now necessary. The long term health effects of this pollution affects everyone regardless of class or political affiliation.
4 years ago @ http://www.conservativ... - Will Sweet: As a Wands... · 1 reply · +1 points
Following a particularly vicious bronchial flu at the beginning of October I have become hypersensitive to traffic fumes.
Why wouldn't it be desirable to have a phased extension for the ULEZ to include the North/South Circular, through Wandsworth, Merton and Richmond?
This is not a rhetorical question, I am genuinely interested.
5 years ago @ http://www.conservativ... - Tom Bennett: A new, li... · 2 replies · +1 points
6 years ago @ http://www.conservativ... - What should Tories tax... · 0 replies · +1 points
Why doesn't UK legislate a similar policy for UK citizens, obviously taking into account double taxation treaties?
Perhaps this kind of thinking is already taking place. According to the Financial Times (25 March 2017) there was a change in the law with respect to non-doms "Thousands of British expats face significant bills if they return to the UK after new non-dom tax rules come into force in April".
Does this go far enough?