TfL Battersea Bridge Safety Improvements Scheme
While the Battersea Society is generally in favour of any proposals to improve safety and traffic flow across Battersea Bridge and along Battersea Bridge Road we are not supportive of these proposals.
Railway Station Ticket Office Closures
The Battersea Society object strongly to the limited consultation on the proposal to close so many ticket offices and to the obscure manner in which that consultation has taken place.
57-59 Lombard Road, 2023/0892
The Battersea Society acknowledges that this application follows an extant permission for a major development on this site, 2018/3776. We objected to that application on the grounds of excessive height at 20 storeys (see attached letter).
The Local Plan: Coming to the End of a Long Journey?
We are finally getting towards the end of the processes involved in Wandsworth’s producing a new Local Plan, to replace the one which was published in 2016. The process began for us more than four years ago, when we commented on a Local Plan Issues Document issued by the Council in December 2018.
Northern Site, New Covent Garden Market 2022/4809
The Battersea Society objects to these proposals in relation to: affordable housing proposals, poor daylight and sunlight measures, low BREEAM rating, the manner in which the entrance pavilion blocks the open space and the fact that despite major design changes no Design Review has taken place since an initial review by CABE in 2014.
Clapham Junction Station 2022/4923
The Battersea Society is concerned that this application for an interchange over-bridge and lifts between platforms will do little to reduce congestion and future proof against increased footfall.
Go Ape Extension Battersea Park 2022/3095
The Battersea Society objects strongly to this application for an extension of Go Ape to provide a 'plummet feature' as part of its operation within the Grade2* historic Battersea Park.
Latchmere Estate Conservation Area (2022/3212, 3213, 3220, 3225, 3235, 3237, 3238)
The Battersea Society objects most strongly to the damage to the Conservation Area of work currently being undertaken in direct contravention to the Article 4 directions and to the planning permission given for the original applications.
Changes at Clapham Junction Station
In the Spring of 2019, Network Rail announced ambitious plans for the complete redevelopment of Clapham Junction station.
Arding and Hobbs
The Battersea Society objects strongly to the proposed amendments to the roof profile which are detrimental to the listed building and should be referred to the Wandsworth Conservation Areas Committee before any decision is taken by the Planning Applications Committee.
Central London Bus Review
This response relates to the routes in the Central London Bus Review of significance for those living within the area covered by the Battersea Society; that is the former borough of Battersea.
Booker Cash and Carry, Battersea Park Road
The Battersea Society objects strongly to this unneighbourly over-development of the site which fails to complement other buildings within the area; to the move from housing to student accommodation; and to the lack of concern for the environment in relation both to the removal of trees and to the low level of BREEAM proposed.
Planning and the “Levelling Up and Regeneration” Bill
Scarcely had the ink dried on the Queen’s Speech than Michael Gove’s Levelling-up and Regeneration Bill (LURB) hit the streets.
Listing for St Saviour’s Vicarage
We are very pleased that following our application to Historic England, the former St Saviour’s Vicarage on the corner of Prince of Wales Drive and Alexandra Avenue has now been listed as being of special architectural and historic interest.
Wandsworth Local Plan
The latest version of the Local Plan was published for consultation in January. It aims to set policies governing the development of Wandsworth over a period of 15 years from 2023.
Improving the Junction
The Battersea Society is part of a consortium led by the Clapham Junction Business Improvement District which is investigating ways to improve the environment for businesses, residents and all those who use the town centre.
Phone Boxes on Falcon Road (2021/ 5699 & 5835); Usk /York Roads (5825 &5832); Beaufoy /Queenstown Roads (5698 &5701); St John’s Road (5387 &5843); and St John’s Hill (5286 &5834)
The Battersea Society objects to these applications to replace telephone boxes with “Street Hubs”.
Wandsworth Draft Walking and Cycling Strategy - December 2021
There is much that is laudable in this strategy and little with which we would disagree. We are disappointed, however, that while the targets for changes in behaviour on page 12 are set in precise terms, most of the actions to be taken by the Council are highly generalised and non-specific.
Battersea Reach Pathway -2021/5234
The Battersea Society objects to this application. As we set out in detail below with regard to the Mendip/Chatfield Road pathway and the garden alongside it, both the current situation and the changes proposed in the application are in conflict with the policies relating to the riverside
Dominvs Hotel - 2021/4900
The Battersea Society maintains its objection to these revised proposals which are proposed to be built so close to the roadway along both Nine Elms and Ponton Road as to leave inadequate space for drop off, servicing and essential parking.