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PRESERVE THE ART DECO HERITAGE OF EARLS COURT

2010-10-16T13:30:27Z

Earls Court 1 Exhibition centre as well as the Warwick Road exit of Earls Court Tube station are beautifully designed historic structures that need to be preserved.

They do need some careful restoration and refurbishment - but their design heritage should be protected in this process.

Under no circumstances should they be demolished. If the current functions as an exhibition space is not feasible anymore, the outer shell could nevertheless be maintained and the inside converted into flats, businesses or used as a community space. The old Arsenal stadium could be used as an example.

Homes with gardens

2012-03-11T10:50:10Z

I received an information leaflet from the Conservative Party and it states that people would get homes with gardens. I have looked at the website and it states people would be compenstated if they lost their gardens, I would like to ask how can the Conservatives state that people would keep their garden if compenstation is mentioned. I have also looked at the website and cannot find the homes with gardens. Where are they?. The website certainly does not show them. I would like to ask people with gardens when the redevelopment is decided are people who currently have gardens and private driveway are they going to get the same as they currently have.

Classical Designs that people can be proud of

2012-01-31T19:47:00Z

Thank you for looking at my post.

It would really benefit the community if the architects used classical designs that have stood the test of time and that people enjoy living in.

London has fantastic Georgian, Victorian and Edwardian designs that work fantastically as places to live and are tried and tested.

We know this because people still pay lots of money to live in them despite the designs being hundreds of years old.

Modern designs look good at the start but quickly deteriorate and are expensive to maintain. Once they start to look shabby people don’t take care of them anymore and the whole area deteriorates. This becomes a big cost burden on the council and the community.

Please don’t build a place that looks like a modern council estate, pay a little more money for the materials, have a classical design, and build a place that people are proud to live, look after, and is more cost effective in the long term.

Thank you for reading this.

End Earls Court One-Way Traffic

2011-04-17T00:35:11Z

The Earls Court One-Way System has created urban highways that are killing local business and leading to run-down residential housing. The reason is simple: Nobody wants to walk next to a highway….nevermind live on one. The Earls Court Project currently under discussion should include elimination of one-way traffic on Earls court Road and Warwick Road.

Media articles - New laws could see homes transferred to residents

2011-01-12T17:11:41Z

INSIDE HOUSING

New laws could see homes transferred to residents

Councils could be forced to help tenants’ groups form housing associations to take over the ownership and management of their estates, under government plans.

In a move likely to initiate a new wave of stock transfers, ministers will next month launch a consultation on regulations that require authorities to co-operate with tenants seeking ownership of their estates.

http://www.insidehousing.co.uk/news/housing-management/new-laws-could-see-homes-transferred-to-residents/6513129.article

THE GUARDIAN

Tory council could be stopped from demolishing estates by government plans for tenants
Coalition aims to give tenants power to take control of properties as part of ‘big society’

Dave Hill
guardian.co.uk, Tuesday 11 January 2011 14.38 GMT

Local residents could prevent a flagship Conservative-led London borough from demolishing two or more of its council estates under powers the government intends to place in the hands of tenants’ groups.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2011/jan/11/tory-council-housing-estates-tenants

THE GUARDIAN

Housing powers: Hammersmith, Fulham and Shirley Porter

What might happen in London as a result of the government’s move to potentially give Council tenants new powers to own and manage their estates for themselves? Inside Housing, which broke the story, reckons “a new wave of stock transfers” could break across the land.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/davehillblog/2011/jan/11/government-council-tenants-self-governing-powers

PROPERTY WEEK

CapCo faces “localist” stumbling block
12 January 2011

Developer Capital & Counties has hit a fresh planning hurdle in its proposed 67-acre redevelopment of the Earl’s Court area in west London.

Coalition ministers want to implement a 25-year-old law that would force councils to assist tenants who want to take ownership of their estates – a move that would jeopardise the large residential scheme that makes up around 35% of CapCo’s scheme.

http://www.propertyweek.com/news/capco-faces-localist-stumbling-block/5011389.article#ixzz1Aopmd9Mm

ESTATES GAZETTE

CapCo plays down housing regulation threat to Earls Court
Paul Norman 12/01/2011 09:17

Capital & Counties and Hammersmith and Fulham council have played down suggestions that new legislation giving tenants greater control of housing estates could threaten their proposed 67-acre Earls Court regeneration scheme.

The Department for Communities and Local Government yesterday confirmed that it will begin consultation on introducing the so far unused section 34a in the 1985 Housing act.

ARCHITECTS’ JOURNAL

Big Society challenge to Farrell’s Earls Court masterplan

12 January, 2011 | By Merlin Fulcher

New government housing regulations could scupper Terry Farrell’s 28-hectare masterplan for the redevelopment of the Earls Court exhibition centre in west London

Local residents who oppose the multi-billion pound scheme are seeking ownership of a housing estate which is earmarked for demolition under the proposals for the 33ha site.

BUILDING DESIGN

Farrell’s Earls Court redevelopment threatened by Big Society plans

A multi-billion pound scheme to redevelop the Earls Court exhibition centre in west London could be scuppered by the coalition government’s Big Society plans.

http://www.bdonline.co.uk/5011541.article#ixzz1AuuCgNPy

HAMMERSMITH & KENSINGTON TIMES

Hammersmith and Fulham resident associations to block council developement plans

New legislation could transfer control of estates from council to tenant and resident groups

A COUNCIL’S plans to redevelop housing estates in West London could be in jeopardy after the government expressed its intent to allow residents to take over their estates.
Residents on the West Kensington and Gibbs Green estates, near Earls Court, have been fighting plans by Hammersmith and Fulham Council to allow a private developer to turn their homes into mixed-use sites for the past 18 months.

http://www.hammersmithandkensingtontimes.co.uk/news/hammersmith_and_fulham_resident_associations_to_block_council_developement_plans_1_772863

FINANCIAL TIMES

http://search.ft.com/search?queryText=“Big+Society+threatens+Earls+Court+project”&ftsearchType=type_news

Safeguarding strategic rail routes

2011-06-28T08:36:02Z

Please can you provide more detail on the protected alignment and box for the West London Line, and potential expansion at West Brompton?

The West London Line is an important strategic rail route, and it’s important to safeguard a 4-track alignment, e.g. for freight passing loops. Can you point me to your plans for this? And is there also provision for additional platforms at West Brompton.

Also, I assume Lillie Bridge deport will close? And are there any plans to improve the alignments or junctions of the District Line?

Broadway Southern Entrance

2011-03-21T14:46:28Z

Having visited the Master Plan Exhibition on Friday 18th at Earls Court I broadly welcome the plan and concept as a whole. However; I was struck by the current intention to build a four story retail and residential building on the eastern boundary of the southern entrance to the Broadway. This proposed building backs immediately onto the west side of Empress Place where it would overshadow the gardens and existing houses depriving them of daylight and sunlight. If a retail development is required in this position then it will need to be single story. There is abundant opportunity for higher rise building within the development area without adversely affecting existing surrounding residential buildings. Any planning proposal for the building as proposed will meet strenuous opposition from local residents.

Keep the volume of people the same or less.

2011-04-04T09:58:32Z

Everyone that lives in and around the Earls Court area will know the volume of people passing through the area is extremely large. If you’ve ever had the pleasure of jumping on a tube train during rush hour or attempted to get down the Earls Court road when Chelsea are playing at home will know that there’s too many people for the available space.

So lets do some basic maths at the proposed increase in numbers of people in the area.

There’s currently around 600 to 800 homes on the West Ken estate. If you put an average of two adults in each property, that works out to around 1,400 people. This is probably a conservative estimation of number of people currently living in the estate.
If we now look at the number of proposed homes that are being planned to be on the site when everything has been completed, it’s currently estimated to be around 8,000.
Doing the same basic maths as before of two adults per property that works out to 16,000 people. Again this is probably much lower than 8,000 home will hold (i.e. not taking into account children or more people sharing)

Now call me a little be selfish, but having a constant +16,000 additional people living in the area isn’t particularly inviting, regardless of how pretty the building and landscaping turn out to be. To put it into context, the maximum capacity of the Earls Court Exhibition centre is around 19,000 which would equate to having a concert full of people living full time in the area.

It doesn’t take a genius to know that a permanent increase in this number will cause a huge increase in the number of cars and a huge increase in the numbers of people using the trains, tubes and busses. Kensington and Chelsea already over subscribe the number of parking permits and London Transport aren’t going to be installing new train lines and track, so it’s impossible to increase numbers without negatively impacting the existing residents.

Redevelopment

2011-06-11T19:39:12Z

I have just looked at the designs and I am a little concerned. I want one of the houses but they seam very overlooked. I wish to enquire if you have got feedback from Hammersmith and Fulham Council/Family Mosaic if Gibbs Green are going to be included.

Public transport

2011-03-24T02:38:56Z

Moving about such a vastly increased population does not seem to be a problem addressed by he developers. I suggest:
• an Earl’s Court hub, with a well thought-out interchange between the West London Overground line, soon to become part of the London Orbital railway, and the District and Piccadilly Underground lines.
• an improved and extended West Kensington tube station, with platform-to-street-level escalators.
And, of course, road capacity for increased bus circulation
George Ross