From Keep Kensal Green
KENSAL CANALSIDE DEVELOPMENT UPDATE
BALLYMORE WILL SUBMIT A HYBRID PLANNING APPLICATION AT THE END OF SEPT. 2023
On September 14th we learnt that Ballymore would be submitting a "Hybrid" Planning Application to RBKC at the end of September.
A Hybrid application means that Ballymore will only submit a detailed plan for the new Sainsburys build.
Plans for the rest of the housing development will only be submitted in outline with updated plans for different parcels of land (or plots) submitted as and when Ballymore are ready.
This type of planning application is not unusual for large scale developments, but given the long list of concerns raised by residents about scale and density of the build, loss of light, traffic congestion, impact on the Cemetery, drain on local infrastructure and crucially the issue of site contamination and how this will be dealt with on a "plot by plot" basis -- its vital that we register our complaint NOW before the application goes in.
We have been advised by a lawyer that residents should have been made aware from DAY 1 of the consultation process that this was a HYBRID planning application. RBKC's failure to do so is deemed "misleading" and unacceptable.
We have also been advised we have grounds to mount a challenge and ask RBKC to start a new consultation process that this time, includes information about the proposed Hybrid application.
If you would like to register your concern please click on the link to download a TEMPLATE Letter of Complaint which you can adapt and edit as you like.
