| Topic: | Protecting London's open spaces | |
| Posted by: | David Pavett | |
| Date/Time: | 13/12/15 10:45:00 |
| After the Brent Lea fiasco it is worth pointing out that the affair does not seem to have had the effect increasing Council respect for Hounslow (and London's) open spaces. If anything it may well have had the opposite result by making lead councillors work up more excuses for encroachment. Recent Cabinet papers on school place planning seem to me to do just that. The Planning Committee meeting of 3rd Dec, which approved plans for a school for 1400 children on Metropolitan Open Land in Osterley, was something of a classic in showing total lack of concern for planning guidelines regarding open spaces (among other things). You can see a brief report of the meeting with some telling quotes from the proceedings (along with an audio record of the entire meeting) on the Keep Osterley Green website: http://keeposterleygreen.org/ It looks like there is a need for stronger links across the borough between all groups and individuals who take planning guideline commitments to protecting open space seriously. |