Churchill Labour have continually raised our concerns with Westminster Council about its proposals for the Darwin House & Balmoral Castle site on Churchill Gardens. We believe that all new housing built on our local historic estate should be social – not intermediate – housing. And while we support improved homes
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Cllr Mann spoke at Westminster City Council’s Planning (Major Applications) Sub-Committee about Grosvenor’s planning application for its Cundy Street Quarter development: “I wanted to take this chance to give some comments on these proposals from both myself and my fellow Churchill Ward Labour councillor, Shamim Talukder. Ever since Grosvenor announced
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The speech Churchill Labour Councillor Andrea Mann gave at Westminster City Council’s Full Council meeting, January 2020: A Tale of Two Cities: Inequality in Westminster The tale of Westminster really is a tale of two cities. The neighbourhoods that make up our borough rank among the least and most deprived
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Westminster Council’s planning application for the redevelopment of Darwin House and the Balmoral Castle site on Churchill Gardens has now gone live on its planning portal. You can view the Council’s full proposals – and leave your views and comments about the plans – at www.westminster.gov.uk/planning, using the reference/search term
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It’s not too late to submit your views to Westminster City Council about Grosvenor’s plans for the Cundy Street Quarter development. Simply go to the council’s planning portal and search by the planning application’s reference: 20/03307/FULL to leave your comment. You can find out more about Grosvenor’s proposals on their
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Westminster Council has just launched the next stage of its consultation with local residents about its plans to redevelop Darwin House and the Balmoral Castle pub site on Churchill Gardens. The Council’s plans would mean the demolition of Darwin House and the creation of a new Community Supported Housing block
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UPDATE: 9 June 2020: Grosvenor have now applied for planning permission to Westminster Council for their proposals for the Cundy Street Quarter. We encourage all local residents to view the full planning application online and take part in the consultation by leaving a comment. To do that, just go to
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Churchill Labour Councillors are delighted that Walden House residents have secured another victory in their discussions with Grosvenor Estates. Grosvenor are planning to demolish both Walden House – a block of 40 Council homes – and Cundy Street Flats as part of their Cundy Street Quarter development, with building work
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UPDATE: Due to the coronavirus crisis, the consultation has now been extended until 8th May 2020. See the proposals and have your say here. Westminster City Council is presenting its updated designs for the new Ebury Bridge Estate to the public, ahead of submitting them to planning in June 2020.
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Westminster City Council is working with the Victoria Business Improvement District (VBID), Greater London Authority, Network Rail and Transport for London to set out a new Place Plan for Victoria. As part of this, the Council have brought in an architect-led team to compile a concept masterplan called ‘Future Victoria’.
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