Judicial Review
Posted Thu 20 Apr '17Friends of North Kensington Library are seeking legal advice to call the decision to build a new multiplex building into Judicial Review.
The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea are known by local developers as an authority that sees planning regulations as a minor concern that they can opt out of enforcing when it comes to the interests of their friends.
The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea are known by local developers as an authority that sees planning regulations as a minor concern that they can opt out of enforcing when it comes to the interests of their friends.
In keeping with this long and rotten tradition they recently granted planning permission for a building which consolidates library and youth services into a large multiplex building, in order to facilitate the expansion of two private schools. One of the schools will inhabit the historic, grade two listed current library building and the other will occupy 60% of the new building. The scheme epitomises RBKC's reputation for ignoring the wishes of residents, servicing developers and flouting planning law.
The proposed new building:
- flies in the face of local opposition
- disadvantages disabled users of youth services
- sees the loss of the a separate children's library
- increases traffic at a local accident blackspot
- proposes a children's playground in the direct fallout of a motorway
- fails national standards for preserving sunlight on the surrounding buildings
- grossly outmasses the buildings it is set to replace
- does not comply with local planning law
Friends of North Kensington Library are seeking legal advice to call this decision into Judicial Review. The initial costs of this advice will be:
£1250 = initial advice, £1500 = drafting an application to review if the advice is positive
Join us in showing RBKC that our community will not stand by while they ride roughshod over ordinary people and the law to do favours for their friends.
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Sara donated £130.00 on the 10 Jul 2017"for my dad, an old North Ken boy"
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MG donated £20.00 on the 21 May 2017"Well done on all your hard work so far"
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Lizzie Spring donated £20.00 on the 03 May 2017"The loss of this beautiful building used by all the local communities and age groups, just to expand a private school in an area already crammed with them, is truly sad. I really hope RBKC council has the intelligence to listen and change its mind; everyone apart from a handful of sharp elbowed parents would be so pleased, Their children would benefit in the longer term too, by learning greedy pushiness is a killer to enjoying community life."
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Anonymous donated £50.00 on the 02 May 2017"Best of luck, I'm proud to help a cause like this."
Gem donated £50.00 on the 02 May 2017"Amazing how generous the community at the lower end of the financial spectrum can be."
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Anonymous donated £10.00 on the 26 Apr 2017"Isn't it shocking that we are having to raise money in order to have our voices heard by our supposed representatives on the council? There has been no adequate response, reasoning, or dialogue from RBKC about this plan."
Anonymous donated £50.00 on the 24 Apr 2017
Anonymous donated £50.00 on the 24 Apr 2017"Keep the fight going."
Anonymous donated £30.00 on the 24 Apr 2017"Good Luck"
M donated £20.00 on the 22 Apr 2017"Good luck!"
Anonymous donated £100.00 on the 21 Apr 2017
Kensington & Chelsea Labour Councillors donated £100.00 on the 19 Apr 2017
Anonymous donated £20.00 on the 21 Apr 2017
Anonymous donated £10.00 on the 20 Apr 2017"We want to have a real say in what happens to our public assets."
Anonymous donated £30.00 on the 19 Apr 2017"We need to maintain this important public building as an open and inclusive asset for our community. The Council's rationale for their project is to expand private education and to convert public assets in the area into income. It's purpose is not, as they claim, to provide residents with better services."
Anonymous donated £100.00 on the 19 Apr 2017"Keep up the brilliant work."
Anonymous donated £20.00 on the 19 Apr 2017"Brilliant, good luck"
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