On Tuesday - the day before the meeting and after we emailed our latest newsletter - we received information via twitter that the DECISION meeting is CANCELLED...
Planning shambles, again.
On Tuesday - the day before the meeting and after we emailed our latest newsletter - we received information via twitter that the DECISION meeting is CANCELLED...
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OPEN LETTER TO ALL KINGSTON COUNCILLORS
... The lease as you most likely know, has been granted to Stables Pizza Restaurant (see below) by the Kingtson 'Growth" Committee on 3rd February. This is so NOT what Kingston needs or wants to see happen. Protecting our cultural and heritage assets should be one of RBKs priorities, above economics. This is a short sighted move... The Eden Walk pre -decision meetingAt council meeting number 1 of 2 in the decision making process, British Land presented; KRA & Kingston Society members presented in opposition;
and the committee asked questions... Just five out of eleven Councillors voted against the Old Post Office site application. It was not enough to stop this...
The pre -decision meetingThe Eden Walk redevelopment will be presented to the Development Control Committee on 8 March 2016 to allow the applicant to present the scheme and for objectors to express their views directly to the Councillors....
Congratulations to Kingston Quaker Centre by Tectus architects for jointly winning the 2015 Art & Christianity/RIBA Award for Religious Architecture...
On 14th January 2016 St George submitted their fourth proposal for the Old Post Office Site redevelopment in central Kingston. The councils' 3 week re-consultation process re-opened...
Identity is ‘the extent to which a person can recognize or recall a place as being distinct from other places’.
One of the key tasks for developers, politicians and residents is to understand what makes a town’s identity unique and recognizable. Since identity is directly related to the ‘character’ of an area, which matures over time, this is certainly not an easy task to achieve instantaneously... On 1 December 2015 following their planning submission on 5th November, British Land hosted a meeting with representatives from KRA and the Kingston Society...
Tonight the Kingston Upon Thames Society announced the winners of the biennial Tony Leitch Townscape Awards...
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