The public enquiry was officially closed on Friday 12th January following a site visit the day previous to Cinnamon Street, Clegg Street and Clave Street.

It lasted for 7 days at Mulberry Place from December 12-21. Each side had a barrister and experts on transport, heritage, daylight and sunlight and a planning consultant each. The estimated cost is around £100,000, which is the average cost of a full scale public planning enquiry. A decision will be published on February 19.

A planning enquiry into the decision to refuse consent for a development in Whitechapel – to demolish the old nurses home and other similar buildings  and replace with 12 new buildings including a 90 metre tower – had been heard at Mulberry Place a week earlier than the Cinnamon Street appeal; there are at least 3 more appeals to be heard over the next few months.

Click on the link below to see the Council’s chief planning officer’s report on planning appeals over the past year or so.

Planning Appeals Report

Appeals report 2017 appendix

Please click on the links below to read the closing statements from both sides regarding the Cinnamon Street appeal. There is also a draft set of conditions should the appeal be upheld. The statements provide a good review of the issues discussed.

LPA Closing Submission – 5 January 2018 (2)

CinnamonSt.closing submissions

Draft Conditions – Final 4.1.18

Did you know that there are more than 50 listed buildings and structures in Wapping? and we have 2 Grade I listings here.

They are St Peter’s Church on Wapping Lane, and the skin floor of the warehouses at Pennington Street. The Thames Tunnel is Grade II* and the elaborate lamp post next to King Henry’s Stairs is Grade II. We have included Historic England’s listings here for ease of reference. However if there are any omissions or amendments needed, please get in touch.

Over the next few weeks, we will put up pictures of all the listings. There are a few inclusions that should not be there as they  must have been put in erroneously by Historic England – which is probably something that can be sorted out easily enough.

The List Search Results for Wapping london | Historic England.page 1pdf

The List Search Results for Wapping london p 2| Historic England

The List Search Results for Wapping london p 3 | Historic England

The List Search Results for Wapping london p 4 | Historic England

The List Search Results for Wapping london p5 | Historic England

On Tuesday December 12 a public inquiry will begin at Mulberry Place to challenge the decision by Tower Hamlets Planning Committee for refusing planning permission on a 41-home development (PA/15/03561) that borders Cinnamon Street, Clave St Clegg St and Wapping High St.

Documents are available here: https://development.towerhamlets.gov.uk/online-applications/applicationDetails.do?activeTab=documents&keyVal=DCAPR_116467

and we have distributed a flyer A5 Appeal flyer #2

The hearing was brought about by the developers, Rail for London and Wapping High Street, which maintain that their application is appropriate for the site, even though councillors from all parties voted against the development unanimously in November 2016.

If you can spare any time to attend the inquiry, please do so and support our campaign against the appeal. It starts on Tuesday December 12 at 10 am in Room MP702, Mulberry Place, 5 Clove Crescent, London E14 2BG.

Planning proposal Brewhouse Lane

There is a planning exhibition at Tobacco Dock for a housing proposal on Brewhouse Lane on November 15, 2-8pm the Churchill Room.

see link above

The History of Wapping Trust is launching its new book on Captain Bligh oThursday November 16 at Raine’s House, Raine Street E1W 3RL see flyer attached

In the summer Tower Hamlets Council published its masterplan for Shadwell Park, also known as King Edward Memorial Park. Thames Tideway which is conducting the works for the new supersewer has allocated £3 million to the project to offset the impact on the park and the duration of time the works will take – until 2020/21.

The Community Liaison Working Group which meets with Tideway bi-monthly believes that the scheme Tower Hamlets has devised could be greatly improved with more input from local residents in what they want for their park. To do this the working group is running an intensive planning weekend and has invited designers, landscape architects and cost consultants, people from the council and Tideway to come together and produce a scheme that is the most fitting for this unique riverside park.

A leaflet should reach every address in Shadwell and Wapping by the first week of October with all the details. In order to make the park one that everyone is proud of, as many local residents as possible should attend. The programme starts on Friday October 13 at 6.30pm at Shadwell Basin Centre, Shadwell Pierhead, Glamis Road E1W 3TD.

Here is a link to the masterplan

http://www.towerhamlets.gov.uk/Documents/Leisure-and-culture/Parks-and-open-spaces/170615_final_KEMP_masterplan_report_lores.pdf

Here is a link to the details and times for the planning weekend

A bright future for Shadwell Park

Community Planning weekend October

History of Wapping Trust film night

Film show 2017 blitz

The History trust will be showing a film about the Blitz; “I was a Fireman” on Thursday September 14 at Raines House, E1W 3RL from 7-9pm.

Do come and the bar will be open

On Wednesday 9th August Tower Hamlets Development Committee approved
plans for a lido at Brussels Wharf on a vote of 6-1.

We would to thank everyone for supporting our unique project and can
now look forward to getting the lido funded, built and open.

We will shortly be setting up a website for the lido where all plans,
updates and news will be posted.

Since last year, the Turk’s Head has been supporting local residents to object to the application above for 41 flats across 3 sites. Site A is opposite Wapping Station. A link to the planning portal is here with all the correspondence and plans. Tower Hamlets Development Committee refused planning permission for this development last year, but the applicant has lodged an appeal which will be heard in December this year. The applicant for the proposal is Rail for London, which owns the land.

The appeal will be run by the Planning Inspectorate at Mulberry Place.

https://development.towerhamlets.gov.uk/online-applications/applicationDetails.do?activeTab=documents&keyVal=DCAPR_116467

Last week TfL wrote to the Planning Inspectorate requesting that the hearing be brought forward because it believes that the Mayor’s housing delivery programme is a priority and it believes that a transport expert is not required for the hearing. Please see letter attached.

The Turk’s Head has written to the Mayor and the Planning Inspectorate requesting that the agreed timetable go ahead in December and allow due process to go ahead. Its statement against the appeal and letter to the Mayor are attached below. Have also attached Tower Hamlets Full Statement of case against the appeal and an earlier letter from TfL’s  infrastructure dept registering its concerns about the development plans.

Appeal doc for planning inspectorate

PA.15.03561 – LPA Full Statement of Case

PA_15_03561-LETTER_FROM_APPELLANT_TO_PINS_DATED__17.07.17-1309785

PA_15_03561-TFL_COMMENTS-1132974

It is hoped that as many residents as possible can attend the hearing in December and a flyer will be circulated a little later in the year.

Thank you to everyone who came to the Wapping Summer Shindig and made it such a lovely day. See you next time!