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Lambeth's plans to demolish Cressingham Gardens and other estates without the consent of residents
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Manter
Lunch Mob
Yup
editor
hiraethified
New video from Reel News:
Lambeth’s shame: council press ahead for demolition of Cressingham Gardens against residents’ wishes – new video
PLEASE donate to the Save Cressingham Gardens crowdfunding appeal.
Lambeth’s shame: council press ahead for demolition of Cressingham Gardens against residents’ wishes – new video
PLEASE donate to the Save Cressingham Gardens crowdfunding appeal.
ViolentPanda
Hardly getting over it.
Robert Langtry
Member
Judicial Review Hearing 3rd and 4th November.
Does anyone know yet which location / building /part of the High Court the hearing is being heard?
Are the Public allowed to attend? Any idea of the times of day?
Have looked online, and the Court seems to only publish daily schedules of what and when on the day.
If Public spaces are limited and been allocated to Cressingham people and Journalists that's OK. We will hear about it later. As they say in England 'Go an break some Legs!'
Does anyone know yet which location / building /part of the High Court the hearing is being heard?
Are the Public allowed to attend? Any idea of the times of day?
Have looked online, and the Court seems to only publish daily schedules of what and when on the day.
If Public spaces are limited and been allocated to Cressingham people and Journalists that's OK. We will hear about it later. As they say in England 'Go an break some Legs!'
It is happening at the Royal Courts of Justice on the Strand. I think it is starting 10am/10.30am. Don't know yet which room.
Public spaces are limited, but looks like there might be a protest gathering outside as well, so people will probably take turns inside the court.
Public spaces are limited, but looks like there might be a protest gathering outside as well, so people will probably take turns inside the court.
Gramsci
Well-Known Member
Protest at what time on 3rd? If around 9 ish could take be around and take some photos. And say hello.
DJWrongspeed
radio eros
With the judicial review about to take place are they still collecting donations? I'd like to donate but just want to clarify that the money is still needed.
Yes, we're still collecting, and yes it's still needed.
We're getting closer, but not there yet.
BTW even if we win this judicial review, there may be further legal battles ahead.
brixtonblade
Well-Known Member
Good luck.
Do you find out the result on the 5th or do they take it away to think about?
Do you find out the result on the 5th or do they take it away to think about?
Thanks. I don't know. this is somebody else's field, not mine.
editor
hiraethified
Robert Langtry
Member
Got it. It's Court 66 at 10:30am before Mrs Justice Elisabeth Laing. Bokrosova .v. London Borough of lambeth.
CH1
"Red Guard"(NLYL)
Their Facebook page says a decision in about 2 weeks.
ViolentPanda
Hardly getting over it.
Might be sooner. All depends on Justice Laing's take on things. We know she wasn't at all impressed with how Lambeth presented their side of things - apparently their barrister was NOT on top of his brief - but that doesn't necessarily mean that any decision she makes will favour us. She may tell Lambeth to re-consult as the consultation wasn't lawful, but she might rule that what's done is done, and while their behaviour was unlawful, it doesn't constitute an issue significant enough to force the council to re-consult.
Something which ought to be of concern to people living near the estate.
You won't have been invited to the Rotunda to see the boards about Regeneration plans which labelled a lowrise block at 115 Tulse Hill and the safe house on the corner of Trinity Rise, as well as a few of the semidetached houses on Trinity Rise near the safe house as a "land acquisition opportunity".
You won't have been invited to the Rotunda to see the boards about Regeneration plans which labelled a lowrise block at 115 Tulse Hill and the safe house on the corner of Trinity Rise, as well as a few of the semidetached houses on Trinity Rise near the safe house as a "land acquisition opportunity".
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299 old timer
Well-Known Member
Is that statement in an official document? If so can you point me toward it please Greebo, thanks.
It was included in the content of the boards displayed by firms tendering for the regeneration contract. These were recently displayed in the Rotunda, for residents of the estate to see, at very short notice and for a relatively short time.
ViolentPanda can you put it up please?
ViolentPanda
Hardly getting over it.
It was included in the content of the boards displayed by firms tendering for the regeneration contract. These were recently displayed in the Rotunda, for residents of the estate to see, at very short notice and for a relatively short time.
ViolentPanda can you put it up please?
Yep, no problem. Small correction, though. The "halfway house"/bail hostel isn't directly under threat in the same way as 115 Tulse Hill (Park View House) and 126-138 Trinity Rise are, because it's part of the Crown Estate, so it can't be CPO'd. That doesn't, however, mean that Lambeth can't come to a direct leasing arrangement with the Crown Estate, just that they'll have to pay market rate for it if Brenda wants to do business with them.
ViolentPanda
Hardly getting over it.
It's an official proposal based on data submitted to the company by Lambeth Council. I was scrupulous in asking the functionaries for the company where their data came from.
299 old timer
Well-Known Member
Thanks both very much.
One of the Cressingham residents that attended both days has started to publish an almost blow-by-blow account of the judicial review hearing:
Court Report Part One: Judicial Review into "unfair and unlawful" Cressingham Gardens demolition consultation
Court Report Part One: Judicial Review into "unfair and unlawful" Cressingham Gardens demolition consultation
Thanks for passing that on, and kudos to the person who took such detailed notes. It's amazing the amount of barely tapped-into skills we have on this estate.
brixtonblade
Well-Known Member
Thanks - excellent link. Lambeth look incredibly shoddy.
299 old timer
Well-Known Member
Shoddy is being too kind.
Nor had the elusive document been supplied to the court as part of the council’s supporting evidence, but Lambeth’s barrister Jon Holbrook, claimed it did exist. He said: “There are so many documents in this case, Mr Vokes has made an assertion and if I had to bring a document to support every assertion he makes, there would be a lot more documents than there are already. I can see it’s relevant and I can copy it and bring it to court.”
I swore out loud reading this part, luckily no one heard me. Truly incredible ineptitude.
Nor had the elusive document been supplied to the court as part of the council’s supporting evidence, but Lambeth’s barrister Jon Holbrook, claimed it did exist. He said: “There are so many documents in this case, Mr Vokes has made an assertion and if I had to bring a document to support every assertion he makes, there would be a lot more documents than there are already. I can see it’s relevant and I can copy it and bring it to court.”
I swore out loud reading this part, luckily no one heard me. Truly incredible ineptitude.
brixtonblade
Well-Known Member
So what is the best case outcome? Judge agrees consultation was flawed and asks for it to be redone and that Financial models are produced/verified and show that refurb is viable?
