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To: WESTMINSTER CITY COUNCIL PLANNING DEPARTMENT
STOP ANOTHER TALL BUILDING BLIGHTING LONDON'S SKYLINE
WE ASK WCC TO REFUSE PLANNING PERMISSION FOR THIS DEVELOPMENT
Why is this important?
Please sign this petition:
Stop the Edgware Road Tower!
A 38-storey skyscraper has been submitted for Planning Permission adjacent to the listed St Mary’s Church in Paddington Green. This latest Tall Building will also shatter London’s historic skyline and blight protected views. At 166m tall, it would be taller than two of the most odious tall buildings in London, the Walkie-Talkie in the City and the Strata Building at Elephant and Castle.
Located outside the Paddington Opportunity Area, this tower would be hugely visible for miles across London, and spectacularly intrusive in relation to many of the city's most cherished Conservation Areas, including neighbourhoods nearby, such as Little Venice, Maida Vale, and Bayswater, and as far afield as St John’s Wood, Primrose Hill, Knightsbridge, and from the Royal Parks – Hyde Park, Regents Park and Primrose Hill.
In exchange for a modest amount of affordable homes, Westminster Council is prepared to dismiss its own planning policies, disregarding the fact that the damage to the capital as a whole will be permanent. If consented, this tower will usher in a cluster of towers in the Paddington area and create a precedent for an unsustainable number of other skyscrapers in North West and Central London.
While a previous application for a 26 storey tower on this site was refused at appeal, an alternative proposal at 22 storeys was found to be acceptable.
At 38 storeys, this proposal does not comply with Historic England’s advice, nor with the interests and will of local residents and businesses, or of those of many concerned Londoners and visitors who are waking up to the recent proliferation of poorly conceived towers in the capital.
The planning application for this tower is being rushed through the system. The official online PUBLIC CONSULTATION period, will expire towards the end of February 2016, though comments can still be made after this date.
IT IS VERY IMPORTANT - AND WOULD BE MUCH APPRECIATED - IF YOU COULD SIGN OUR PETITION AND "OBJECT" TO THE PROPOSAL ON THE WCC PLANNING PORTAL , POSTING YOUR COMMENTS AT
http://tinyurl.com/EdgwareRdComments
WE CALL ON WESTMINSTER CITY COUNCIL TO COMPLY WITH ITS OWN LONG-STANDING AND ADMIRABLE CONSERVATION POLICIES, AND WITH HISTORIC ENGLAND'S GUIDANCE, DECISIVELY REFUSING THIS APPLICATION.
This petition is promoted by The Skyline Campaign:
The Skyline Campaign was formed in early 2014 when it emerged that more than 230 new towers had either received planning consent in London or were in the pipeline. The Skyline Campaign is not against tall buildings, but aims to raise awareness of the irreversible consequences for London of the current unbridled tower construction, much of which has happened without adequate public awareness or planning policy. The Skyline Campaign is lobbying for a major public debate regarding a new vision for the capital; it also demands well-considered and effective policy change, to bring much greater scrutiny and control to the construction of tall buildings across the city.
Stop the Edgware Road Tower!
A 38-storey skyscraper has been submitted for Planning Permission adjacent to the listed St Mary’s Church in Paddington Green. This latest Tall Building will also shatter London’s historic skyline and blight protected views. At 166m tall, it would be taller than two of the most odious tall buildings in London, the Walkie-Talkie in the City and the Strata Building at Elephant and Castle.
Located outside the Paddington Opportunity Area, this tower would be hugely visible for miles across London, and spectacularly intrusive in relation to many of the city's most cherished Conservation Areas, including neighbourhoods nearby, such as Little Venice, Maida Vale, and Bayswater, and as far afield as St John’s Wood, Primrose Hill, Knightsbridge, and from the Royal Parks – Hyde Park, Regents Park and Primrose Hill.
In exchange for a modest amount of affordable homes, Westminster Council is prepared to dismiss its own planning policies, disregarding the fact that the damage to the capital as a whole will be permanent. If consented, this tower will usher in a cluster of towers in the Paddington area and create a precedent for an unsustainable number of other skyscrapers in North West and Central London.
While a previous application for a 26 storey tower on this site was refused at appeal, an alternative proposal at 22 storeys was found to be acceptable.
At 38 storeys, this proposal does not comply with Historic England’s advice, nor with the interests and will of local residents and businesses, or of those of many concerned Londoners and visitors who are waking up to the recent proliferation of poorly conceived towers in the capital.
The planning application for this tower is being rushed through the system. The official online PUBLIC CONSULTATION period, will expire towards the end of February 2016, though comments can still be made after this date.
IT IS VERY IMPORTANT - AND WOULD BE MUCH APPRECIATED - IF YOU COULD SIGN OUR PETITION AND "OBJECT" TO THE PROPOSAL ON THE WCC PLANNING PORTAL , POSTING YOUR COMMENTS AT
http://tinyurl.com/EdgwareRdComments
WE CALL ON WESTMINSTER CITY COUNCIL TO COMPLY WITH ITS OWN LONG-STANDING AND ADMIRABLE CONSERVATION POLICIES, AND WITH HISTORIC ENGLAND'S GUIDANCE, DECISIVELY REFUSING THIS APPLICATION.
This petition is promoted by The Skyline Campaign:
The Skyline Campaign was formed in early 2014 when it emerged that more than 230 new towers had either received planning consent in London or were in the pipeline. The Skyline Campaign is not against tall buildings, but aims to raise awareness of the irreversible consequences for London of the current unbridled tower construction, much of which has happened without adequate public awareness or planning policy. The Skyline Campaign is lobbying for a major public debate regarding a new vision for the capital; it also demands well-considered and effective policy change, to bring much greater scrutiny and control to the construction of tall buildings across the city.
