Planning Refused for 66 Crown Road
At the planning committee meeting on the 15th of May the application to turn the former doctors surgery at 66 Crown Road into 2 two bed flats, 1 one bed flat and a studio flat was refused. This was despite the planning officer having recommended that the proposal be granted. Forty residents had registered individual objections to the proposed plan which initially included a suggestion that the development would take the doctors parking bay and use it for their own personal use. This was then amended with a suggestion that the number of parking permits would be legally restricted to two permits from that address. The committee was concerned at the amount of flats being proposed in the development which would not even have left room for sufficient space for bicycle parking for all the householders.
Local ward councillor Phillip Morgan spoke on behalf of the residents concerns and said afterwards that he was very pleased with the result which shows that “democracy does work and councillors do take account of local residents views. It was very unusual to have 40 individual objections and showed a high level of public concern about the proposal.” It is now up to the developer whether or not they wish to appeal or to try again with new plans. Hopefully they will want to be more considerate of their neighbours with any future plans.
15 May 2008 | Category » news | Comments [2]
Poll: CPZ Second Stage
As you are probably aware, the second stage questionnaire needs to be returned to the Richmond Council by Friday 23 May 2008 as do any comments or representations to the Transport Consultative Group. However, we would like to take another informal poll on this site to see if anything has changed since our poll in June 2006.
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15 May 2008 | Category » news | Comments [1]
St Stephen's Curriculum "outstanding" says Ofsted
St Stephen’s varied and interesting curriculum was highly praised by inspectors when the school underwent a recent Ofsted inspection. According to the report, “aspects of the curriculum are outstanding. There is excellent provision for health education and pupils understand…
15 May 2008 | Category » news | Comments [0]
Letter: Why We Need a CPZ
“Some residents of Sidney Road are distributing a flier in our street summarising why we believe we cannot afford to miss out on this opportunity to become a controlled parking zone. Perhaps residents of other streets in the consultation area…
15 May 2008 | Category » news | Comments [9]
66 Crown Road Gets Planning Officer's Approval
The planning application for the former Crown Road Surgery at 66 Crown Road have been recommended to be granted permission by the planning council officers despite there being 40 objections. “The application proposes to convert a vacant doctor’s surgery to…
14 May 2008 | Category » news | Comments [0]
St Margarets CPZ Proposed Extension Questionnaires Sent
This week, all residents and businesses in proposed CPZ Zone S extension area for St Margarets should have received their questionnaires from Richmond Council. The closing date for the return of questionnaires and any representations is Friday the 23rd…
8 May 2008 | Category » news | Comments [0]
Event Reminder: St Margarets Parking Association's CPZ Meeting
By now, village residents and businesses should have recieved their formal questionnaires from the Council. Our association would like the opportunity to counter the council’s proposed CPZ and present the reasons why you should be concerned. We hope to…
8 May 2008 | Category » around town | Comments [20]
Kumon Students Raise Money for Charity in National Mathathon
Students at the St Margarets Kumon study centre will be doing their sums as part of a national Mathathon in order to raise money for charity. The Mathathon will take place on Tuesday 27th of May, with local children completing…
8 May 2008 | Category » news | Comments [0]
Event Reminder: Club Acoustica & Club Acoustica Too
Event Reminder: Club Acoustica & Club Acoustica Too Here are two new (to us) local music clubs in the area. Club Acoustica ALTERNATE FRIDAY’S AND OCCASIONAL SATURDAY’S AT THE CROWN, 174 RICHMOND ROAD, TWICKENHAM, MIDDLESEX, TW1 2NH - FROM 7.30PM…
8 May 2008 | Category » around town | Comments [0]
Event Reminder: Safer Neighbourhood Meeting
Come and meet the officers from the Richmond Borough Operations Command Unit of the Metropolitan Police, your Safer Neighbourhood Team officers and your local councillors. This is your chance to ask questions about any issues regarding crime and the policing…
8 May 2008 | Category » around town | Comments [0]
