A 5-year review of a sample of 96 commercial sites finds 48% with an outstanding planning breach. For every breach resolved, 3 further were committed. Continue reading Planning Breaches in Camden Remain Out of Control
The latest statistics regarding Camden’s housing delivery show a significant shortfall against their mandated requirement in the Local Plan. Until this shortfall is rectified, Camden planners now have reduced powers to refuse major development proposals. Continue reading Inappropriate Development in Camden Likely to Increase in Coming Years
Hello all. I am posting to let you know I have set up a new architectural design and conservation practice. Ward Conservation & Design Practical conservation and architectural work is what I have been spending most of my time on … Continue reading New Conservation and Design Practice
I have attached my dissertation as per the above title for general reading, commentary, and as a future reference for anyone studying the area. It seeks to answer just one question – why do the community and local authority conflict … Continue reading Conservation and Conflict in Bloomsbury and Covent Garden – MSc Dissertation
Many have noted that I have not posted on this blog for a long time, and that is principally because nothing new has really happened since the local elections in 2022. There have, of course, been several major applications, including … Continue reading Selkirk House Judicial Review – A Commentary
Dear Bloomsburyites, Apologies for my long absence on this blog. I have been doing a lot of work in conservation and architecture, both locally and worldwide, spending some time in India working on world heritage sites and the like. I … Continue reading MSc Research – Conservation in Bloomsbury and Covent Garden
The problems themselves are clear to all – but what ties them all together, and why does it seem so inevitable and impossible for those problems to be fixed? Continue reading May 5 Elections: Will Anything Change?
Round-the-clock work by planners and conservationists in Bloomsbury is at risk of becoming a farce as the BCAAC’s recent enforcement surveys indicate the majority of buildings in Bloomsbury have been illegally altered over the past ten years. Continue reading ‘Planning Lawlessness’ as Camden Fails to Investigate Hundreds of Illegal Alterations to Historic Buildings
Over the course of three months Camden’s planning department has breached the local authority’s constitution three times, illegally approving planning applications without the mandatory scrutiny of elected councillors. Continue reading Camden Breaches its Constitution for Third Time in Three Months
For the first time since the extinction of the dinosaurs the national public body charged with protecting our historic environment has objected to a planning application in Camden. Continue reading Historic England pull their Finger out for Selkirk House
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