tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2129943063330427887.post6192461407437176833..comments2024-03-28T19:20:52.408+00:00Comments on WEMBLEY MATTERS: Plans for First Way – where has our love of beauty gone?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2129943063330427887.post-44010384956399684722017-06-02T12:32:56.792+01:002017-06-02T12:32:56.792+01:00Jaine, I do agree the members ought to have expert...Jaine, I do agree the members ought to have expertise: they used to! In law, you're not allowed to vote or take part in a committee discussion if you've an "interest", but you can of course, speak. Problem is, councillors don't always side with residents. We had one case here where the residents were just about unanimously opposed, but the ward councillor spoke in favour. Alison Hopkinsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2129943063330427887.post-9181034019177290522017-06-01T10:25:32.384+01:002017-06-01T10:25:32.384+01:00What I find hard to grasp, it that safe from the o...What I find hard to grasp, it that safe from the odd one or two, many of the Councillors who sit on the planning committee have very little work/life/background experience or interest in planning or development. I find it hard to believe that it should not be compulsory to have a Councillor from the ward that is being discussed where these large planning applications are being discussed should be made to sit on the panel soley to represent the views of the residents who have elected them.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12923259818430439272noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2129943063330427887.post-50111523971026993482017-05-31T22:01:17.750+01:002017-05-31T22:01:17.750+01:00Gazing at the Acropolis of Athens over the weekend...Gazing at the Acropolis of Athens over the weekend I was thinking exactly the same thing. I still can't get over the changes previously posted on Wembley Matters by Phillip Grant in Wembley Park. The destruction of all that Greenery, for concrete monstrosity over the years is astonishing. If developers are unable/unwilling to up their game (even on basic things like mitigating climate impact or ensuring real affordable housing) it is surely up to council planners to ensure they do so. Yet we know the council planners are reliant on the councillors we select. Scotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17419322826872295307noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2129943063330427887.post-18850872567815224362017-05-31T19:08:14.311+01:002017-05-31T19:08:14.311+01:00I forgot to say - most of the images used in my gu...I forgot to say - most of the images used in my guest blog are from the Wembley History Society Collection at Brent Archives.<br /><br />You can search for local history images, and view them, from thousands of old photographs and postcards (including several hundred from the British Empire Exhibition) by visiting the Brent Archives website at:<br />www.brent.gov.uk/archives <br />and clicking on the "online catalogue" link.<br /><br />Philip.Philip Granthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08216646114377430489noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2129943063330427887.post-53075707073068655262017-05-31T18:28:46.908+01:002017-05-31T18:28:46.908+01:00I too agree with you Philip, all these little boxe...I too agree with you Philip, all these little boxes piled on top of one another, no art, aesthestics, or imagination on the part of the developers or planners. I would also like them to find another name for this urban conurbation, as Wembley Park it certainly isn't. In fact, much to my amusement a tourist asked me directions last friday, having given them, they then asked "Why do they call it Wembley Park? cos I couldn't find one, I only saw the childrens play area". I explained that less than 100 years ago the whole of this area was parkland which the Victorian's enjoyed at their leisure. Their answer was "Oh that's so SAD, and I have to agree. So Quintain, Lone Star Investments or whatever you now call yourselves should look for a new name, for this area of Wembley!, and while your at it stop calling these unattractive blocks of flats, Montana, and Dakota, names of trees etc. cos when I see those names in conjures up images of Wyoming wild beautiful countryside in the Mid West States of USA, not what I see in Wembley NOPARK.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12923259818430439272noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2129943063330427887.post-90056352163726944362017-05-31T15:53:32.448+01:002017-05-31T15:53:32.448+01:00Don't abandon hope, Philip. When Butt declares...Don't abandon hope, Philip. When Butt declares himself Beloved Leader for Life just before the next elections I can see him being quite open to a few 'mock minarets and fantasy buildings' to tart up the peacock-infested grounds of his People's Palace.<br /><br />Mike HineAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2129943063330427887.post-42875483612452746912017-05-31T13:05:09.208+01:002017-05-31T13:05:09.208+01:00I do so agree with you Philip.I do so agree with you Philip.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com