19 January 2018

Gasholder development

Dear Kennington Companions,

I was wondering if you knew of Berkeley Homes plan for the Oval Gasholder site?  This latest update to the masterplan that they unveiled mid-December really shows the scale of their ambition with adding 18 storey buildings to the site where Tesco now stands and a 10 storey building inside the listed gasholder.  This is after the neighbourhood reacted against initial heights suggested at 8 storeys.  Now they have more than doubled it.

Having done a flyer run around the area last weekend and speaking with people, it was shocking how few people knew this was being planned, and that the planning application is happening now and closing soon.  Is there any possibility you could help raise awareness of this?

We (the neighbourhood around the site) have set up a Friends of the Oval gasholder page https://www.facebook.com/friendsoftheovalgasholder with information on the development as well as links to the Lambeth Planning Portal herehttp://bit.ly/gasworks-2 

Please let me know if this is something you can cover.

Best,

Kirk Hendry
Kilner House
Clayton St



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