Less than a week left to appeal against Old Loyal Britons demolition
Standard Consultation Expiry Date - Tue 05 Aug 2014 - submit your objections online today.
There is less than a week left to register objections to the planning application from the freeholder of the Old Loyal Britons in Greenwich to demolish the property and build a 6 storey block of flats with a restaurant on the ground floor.
Planning application reference is 14/1636/F
We are finalising a formal objection on behalf of the branch although you are able to submit objections/comments online on the Green website.
Possible reasons for objection you may wish to include some of, in your own words (as a dozen identical objections could carry less weight):
- It is a Victorian building of character and the only remaining historic property of note in the immediate vicinity
- It is in the West Greenwich Conservation Area
- The Council’s own conservation report comments that post-war development of council flats in the area is out of scale compared with the height of the nearby town centre buildings and is of no special distinction. There is therefore no reason now to make a bad situation worse, and even more reason to preserve what little history is left!
- The appearance of the building has been improved under the current tenant – the photos submitted with the application pre-date this
- The applicant tries to justify demolition due to the building being of significantly lower height than neighbouring properties – this is insufficient grounds to bulldoze it
- The applicant also claims that their plans are in scale with plans of the owner of the property to the rear to redevelop it as a taller building of flats – however there is no trace online of a planning application for this and so it may never happen
- Applicant does not demonstrate sufficiently that the current pub operation is not viable. conversely the tenant has built up a successful venue that offers something that most of the other Greenwich town centre pubs do not – a convivial atmosphere without constant music. tv, and serving consistently good and reasonably priced beers sourced mainly from local London breweries