A COMMUNITY ALLIANCE FOR RESPONSIBLE DEVELOPMENT


The application has now been called in by the Mayor.

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We have also started a fundraiser for expert help at this critical juncture.

To find out more and donate, visit https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/stop-motspur-towers


Our communities deserve better – London deserves better

The Motspur Park gas holders and surrounding Metropolitan Open Land from above Motspur Park

LATEST NEWS

A New Community Alliance and Crowdfunding Campaign

Until now the gas holder campaign has consisted of multiple groups and individuals, working independently, often with different interests and objectives. This was because the application involved three Boroughs. Two were the local planning authorities making the ultimate decisions (Kingston and Merton), and the third (Sutton) was a statutory consultee. With the application called in…

Mayoral ‘call-in’ and the road ahead

On 7 April the Mayor of London notified Kingston and Merton Councils that he would be calling in both parts of this cross-boundary application, and that the GLA would become the local planning authority for the whole scheme. His reasons are twofold: The full Stage 2 Referral Report can be found here. There has been…

Referral to the GLA & Objecting

The application has now been referred back to the Mayor for him to decide whether to call it in. Whilst objections and comments can normally be sent after a call-in decision is made, we have noticed several discrepancies between the two parts of the application on the GLA website. In particular, the Merton application (25/P2859)…