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Topic: Re:Re:Re:Developers Say We are Delighted with High Rise
Posted by: Paul Pryce
Date/Time: 29/08/14 14:46:00

Condemning developers for wanting to make money is a bit silly. Ultimately these flats will be homes and in some cases affordable ones provided much needed additions to London's housing stock. If the time, effort and expertise of the company behind it is rewarded with a profit that is a good thing.

The developer is also well within their rights to talk about the positive side of local reaction to this scheme. Most people I have spoken to will be pleased to see Empire House refurbed, new shops on a desolate stretch of the High Road and a tidying up of the area around Essex Place.

The one aspect of the development that is contentious is the Essex Place high rise tower. It could be argued that, as it won't be as high as Empire House it won't make much difference to the High Road. The claim has been made that it won't unduly overshadow Turnham Green. The question must be - how can we know? The developers airbrushed out the second tower from the visualisations of the scheme from Turnham Green and have studiously avoided showing any drawing from this aspect. This viewpoint is clearly the most important and, that it is not being shown strongly suggests that people would have found it unpalatable. The publicity for the exhibitions in obscure publications rather than the mainstream local media is also indicative of this not really being a genuine consultation exercise.

Why this ultimately might be important is that we may not be far away from an even bigger redevelopment of Sainsbury's and its car park. An 8 storey tower in this location is a trojan horse for numerous similarly tall buildings to spring up in the area.


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Developers Say We are Delighted with High Rise 27/08/14 12:59:00 Claire Moran
   Re:Developers Say We are Delighted with High Rise 27/08/14 13:19:00 George Turner
      Re:Re:Developers Say We are Delighted with High Rise 27/08/14 14:51:00 Trudie Fuller
         Re:Re:Re:Developers Say We are Delighted with High Rise 27/08/14 14:56:00 Brian Coyle
            Re:Re:Re:Re:Developers Say We are Delighted with High Rise 27/08/14 15:24:00 Adam Beamish
               Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Developers Say We are Delighted with High Rise 27/08/14 16:21:00 Brian Coyle
                  Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Developers Say We are Delighted with High Rise 27/08/14 18:56:00 Claire Moran
                     Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Developers Say We are Delighted with High Rise 27/08/14 19:34:00 Claire Moran
                     Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Developers Say We are Delighted with High Rise 27/08/14 20:29:00 Adam Beamish
                        Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Developers Say We are Delighted with High Rise 27/08/14 20:42:00 Claire Moran
                           Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Developers Say We are Delighted with High Rise 27/08/14 21:12:00 Carl Wynne
                              Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Developers Say We are Delighted with High Rise 27/08/14 21:17:00 Claire Moran
                              Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Developers Say We are Delighted with High Rise 27/08/14 21:22:00 Russell Pearson
                                 Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Developers Say We are Delighted with High Rise 27/08/14 21:35:00 Claire Moran
                                 Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Developers Say We are Delighted with High Rise 27/08/14 21:40:00 Brian Coyle
                                    Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Developers Say We are Delighted with High Rise 27/08/14 21:43:00 Claire Moran
                           Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Developers Say We are Delighted with High Rise 27/08/14 21:42:00 Adam Beamish
                              Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Developers Say We are Delighted with High Rise 27/08/14 21:45:00 Claire Moran
                                 Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Developers Say We are Delighted with High Rise 27/08/14 21:46:00 Claire Moran
                                    Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Developers Say We are Delighted with High Rise 27/08/14 21:52:00 Russell Pearson
                                 Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Developers Say We are Delighted with High Rise 27/08/14 21:52:00 Adam Beamish
                                    Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Developers Say We are Delighted with High Rise 27/08/14 21:59:00 Claire Moran
                                       Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Developers Say We are Delighted with High Rise 27/08/14 22:04:00 Julian Pavey
                                          Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Developers Say We are Delighted with High Rise 27/08/14 22:08:00 Russell Pearson
                                             Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Developers Say We are Delighted with High Rise 27/08/14 22:13:00 Claire Moran
                                                Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Developers Say We are Delighted with High Rise 27/08/14 22:19:00 Russell Pearson
                                                   Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Developers Say We are Delighted with High Rise 27/08/14 22:21:00 Claire Moran
                                                      Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Developers Say We are Delighted with High Rise 27/08/14 22:41:00 Russell Pearson
                                                         Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Developers Say We are Delighted with High Rise 27/08/14 23:57:00 Robert Fish
   Re:Developers Say We are Delighted with High Rise 27/08/14 23:53:00 Paul Pryce
      Re:Re:Developers Say We are Delighted with High Rise 28/08/14 09:02:00 Adam Beamish
         Re:Re:Re:Developers Say We are Delighted with High Rise 28/08/14 09:15:00 Andrew Cumming
         Re:Re:Re:Developers Say We are Delighted with High Rise 28/08/14 09:16:00 Trudie Fuller
            Re:Re:Re:Re:Developers Say We are Delighted with High Rise 28/08/14 09:42:00 Trudie Fuller
               Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Developers Say We are Delighted with High Rise 28/08/14 09:49:00 Brian Coyle
                  Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Developers Say We are Delighted with High Rise 28/08/14 09:56:00 Will Watson
                     Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Developers Say We are Delighted with High Rise 28/08/14 10:16:00 Jonathan Bingham
                     Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Developers Say We are Delighted with High Rise 28/08/14 10:21:00 Guy Lambert
                     Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Developers Say We are Delighted with High Rise 28/08/14 10:30:00 Sam Hearn
                        Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Developers Say We are Delighted with High Rise 28/08/14 10:47:00 Claire Moran
                           Where is the new high rise in this proposal?28/08/14 11:29:00 John Connelly
                              Re:Where is the new high rise in this proposal?29/08/14 09:34:00 Anita Blake
                                 Re:Re:Where is the new high rise in this proposal?29/08/14 11:00:00 Adam Beamish
                        Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Developers Say We are Delighted with High Rise 28/08/14 12:12:00 Michael Robinson
                        Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Developers Say We are Delighted with High Rise 28/08/14 13:43:00 Richard Greenhough
                           Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Developers Say We are Delighted with High Rise 28/08/14 14:23:00 Sam Hearn
                              Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Developers Say We are Delighted with High Rise 28/08/14 16:37:00 Trudie Fuller
                                 Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Developers Say We are Delighted with High Rise 29/08/14 07:18:00 James Holmes-Siedle
   Re:Developers Say We are Delighted with High Rise 29/08/14 12:48:00 Jonathan Bingham
      Re:Re:Developers Say We are Delighted with High Rise 29/08/14 12:57:00 Brian Coyle
      Re:Re:Developers Say We are Delighted with High Rise 29/08/14 13:50:00 Adam Beamish
         Re:Re:Re:Developers Say We are Delighted with High Rise 29/08/14 14:46:00 Paul Pryce
            Re:Re:Re:Re:Developers Say We are Delighted with High Rise 29/08/14 15:07:00 Claire Moran
               Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Developers Say We are Delighted with High Rise 29/08/14 15:25:00 Trudie Fuller
                  Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Developers Say We are Delighted with High Rise 29/08/14 15:37:00 Adam Beamish
                     Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Developers Say We are Delighted with High Rise 29/08/14 15:48:00 Paul Pryce
                        Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Developers Say We are Delighted with High Rise 29/08/14 15:57:00 Adam Beamish
                        Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Developers Say We are Delighted with High Rise 29/08/14 16:09:00 Claire Moran
               Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Developers Say We are Delighted with High Rise 29/08/14 15:53:00 James Holmes-Siedle
                  Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Developers Say We are Delighted with High Rise 29/08/14 15:58:00 Adam Beamish
                     Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Developers Say We are Delighted with High Rise 29/08/14 16:20:00 James Holmes-Siedle
                        Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Developers Say We are Delighted with High Rise 29/08/14 16:44:00 John Connelly
                           Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Developers Say We are Delighted with High Rise 29/08/14 17:02:00 Felicity Caborn
                              Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Developers Say We are Delighted with High Rise 29/08/14 17:16:00 Anita Blake
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