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Hondo's plans for a huge tower on Pope's Road, Brixton and the Brixton Project

Development will have adverse affect on windows in 368 to 372 Coldharbour lane north facing elevation. Officer says these are mainly bedrooms.
 
Onto Site 16 in the Local Plan.

Officer says proposal is departure from agreed policy

This is outweighed by what officer regards as benefits of the scheme.

Jobs, affordable workspace, community commercial use scheme being developed with Brixton Project. Etc
 
Alan Piper recorded objection.

Harm to Brixton Tower to high .Damage to conservation area.

Should be half the size.
 
Taylor Williams

Project will keep jobs in Brixton, more business rates, dedicated community space by Brixton Project. Plus partner with Impact Brixton.
 
Cllr Scarlet OHara objects

Tower will dominate Brixton. Deviates from local plan. Overshadow Brixton.

Affect Carney place flats.

Not high standard of green sustainable architecture.
 
Cllr Thackeray (Green). Would workspace be affordable to SMEs?

Officers- 10 percent affordable.

Meets emerging policy on affordable workspace. Managed by Impact Brixton.

Office Ecosystem. Business can move within building as grow.

Bespoke scheme for developing business.

Cllr Thackeray where is artists studios/ creative space?

Cllr Leigh question. Large employer take office there? What's the ecosystem.

Officer Bristow. Shoreditch White collar factory is a business ecosystem. This plan is big enough to do an ecosystem.

( Apparently new paper about this was sent out today by applicant / officers)

Cllr Leigh. Anchor business? Large business.

Officer says developer has told them that they are sure office space can be pre let
 
Cllr Simpson question

Covid and office demand. Does Covid have impact on office space demand?

Officer reply.

Savills say office will remain necessity. Savill say young people want to return to office. This is from Savills report. Detailed industry study by estate agent Savills

So office space needed in Brixton. Under supply of office space in Brixton.
 
Cllr Seedat.

Will be able to enforce 10 percent affordable space.

Officer. Will have wording to stop change to flats.

Conditions will be enforceable.

Section 106 will include monitoring.
 
How can anyone think this is great design? It's like a failed shopping mall from the 70s,

The heavily built-up future of Pope's Road in Brixton and Hondo's half-arsed consultation's Road in Brixton and Hondo's half-arsed consultation

I think a small baked-potato outlet could slot in perfectly there. Free drink refills until it was established. It's beyond awful. Is this some sort of a joke?
 
Cllr Kind.

What is community space to be used for? It's tucked at back of building. Not near front.

Officer reply. Commercial and Community strategy.

Community floorspace/ how whole building be used by community.

Cllr Kind what is space going to be used for? Seems tacked on. Does not look very accessible. Its at back of building

Officer reply. Current engagement going on to find uses. Not hidden away.

( So in effect officer does not know)

Applicant is involved with Brixton Project. Brixton project are reaching out to community to find uses etc. Community use will be driven by the engagement work of Brixton Project.

Cllr Kind. Will community space be in more prominent location if community wants?
 
Cllr Kind.

What is community space to be used for? It's tucked at back of building. Not near front.

Officer reply. Commercial and Community strategy.

Community floorspace/ how whole building be used by community.

Cllr Kind what is space going to be used for? Seems tacked on. Does not look very accessible. Its at back of building

Officer reply. Current engagement going on to find uses. Not hidden away.

( So in effect officer does not know)

Applicant is involved with Brixton Project. Brixton project are reaching out to community to find uses etc. Community use will be driven by the engagement work of Brixton Project.

Cllr Kind. Will community space be in more prominent location if community wants?
Brixton Project are emerging with zero credibility out of this.
 
call me a cynic I reckon we’re being conned....council will reject the current plans then Hondo will appeal and get a 12/15 storey version which is probably what they wanted all along....
 
Bristow officer. Office demand. Puts up Savill s lovely report/ survey on why office demand is going to stay up.

Officer says this report state its comprehensive .But takes the report word that is the case.

( So to answer to Cllr questions officers have read Savills report and taken it unquestioned. As its by Savills. An estate agent)

Officer is now going on about Savills report . They see this a clear evidence that new office space is needed in Brixton.
 
Ten minutes break now.

Officers imo are spending s lot of time trying to justify the proposal. It's like the Hero application. They aren't giving balanced viewpoint.
 
Bristow officer. Office demand. Puts up Savill s lovely report/ survey on why office demand is going to stay up.

Officer says this report state its comprehensive .But takes the report word that is the case.

( So to answer to Cllr questions officers have read Savills report and taken it unquestioned. As its by Savills. An estate agent)

Officer is now going on about Savills report . They see this a clear evidence that new office space is needed in Brixton.
Savills, eh? That's nice and cosy.


 
This internet meeting stuff. Good for listening. I really miss the audience one gets at contentious applications like this. Its a loss to local democracy on some ways.
 
Interesting piece here

And as we look at the statements being made in support on the Hondo tower, we need to question who they really represent, if the right voices are being heard. Two of the statements are from a planning consultant whose website says specialise in getting planning consent. One of their statements points out that the architects firm they are working with designed the African American Museum in Washington DC and the National Cathedral of Ghana.

This seems like a distraction when the firm has not been commissioned to design a museum, but an office space. And I am sure this architect and this firm will have other potential ideas that are better for this place.

When we are faced with distractions we should ask, who controls this?
 
Question on permitted development by Cllr Seedat

Officer reply they have bolstered guarantee that will not change to residential. Its tight and robust.

Cllr Seedat- is it capable of being overturned?

Officer in future challenge Lambeth will defend keep to office space.

Could move condition into Section 106. Would be stronger safeguard.

( So looks like this could be challenged in future)
 
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