According to the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 National Planning Policy Framework must be taken into account in making planning decisions. The current planning application for a 32-storey skyscraper at Chiswick Roundabout (dubbed The Chiswick Curve) is unsustainable. It…
The challenge brought by local resident Simon Kverndal QC against the Lend Lease development of Empire House and Essex place was adjourned until September in the High Court today. Local residents donated a total of £20,035 towards legal fees for…
Chiswick High Road Action Group will be part of a team representing the views of the vast majority of local residents and speaking up against the Empire House site development at Hounslow’s Planning Committee meeting tomorrow evening. Four residents’ groups have…
CHRAG met with Rachel Victor-Sampson, Chiswick Town Centre Manager. Rachel explained that she covers Brentford and Isleworth as well as Chiswick. Her team at the Council is principally involved with Regeneration and Inward Investment, headed up by Ian Rae. We…
Chiswick High Road Action Group (CHRAG) is an amorphous group comprising local residents and business people. It is committed to supporting good sustainable development of the Chiswick High Road Area. CHRAG has published its response to this major development Download Full…
Chiswick High Road Action Group carried out a survey to discover the true reactions of local residents to the proposed redevelopment of Empire House, Acton Lane, and Essex Place after developer Lend Lease claimed that their “consultation” had shown overwhelming…
11th October 2014 Do you know about the proposed new 13 storey tower block development overlooking Turnham Green? CHRAG is currently working on its formal response to the Empire House / Essex Place development, which includes 137 new dwellings in…
June 2014 Rather than writing a formal response at this stage, CHRAG would like to express a series of “likes and dislikes” about the plans shown in Lend Lease’s public consultation which took place this week: Likes We support the plan…
Below are minutes from CHRAG’s meeting with Lend Lease about the current plans for Empire House, Chiswick High Road. Thanks to Paul Dimoldenberg for putting these together. Minutes Meeting: Chiswick High Road – Design Principles Community Consultation Date: 21st May…
In addition to the formal responses to Hounslow about the Local Plan Consultation sent by CHRAG (read these in full here), the group has today lodged a complaint about the consultation process itself as follows: Further to the representations made by…