"Boris Johnson has bypassed the town hall by calling in plans to build nearly 700 homes at the Royal Mail’s Mount Pleasant site.
The Mayor of London made his ruling yesterday (January 21) after the newly-privatised company asked him to step in over the future of London’s largest building site – in Farringdon Road.
Campaigners against the project, which will provide only 12 per cent affordable housing, were outraged by the Mayor’s decision and Islington Council leader Cllr Richard Watts called the move “premature and unjustified” and executive member for housing and development Cllr James Murray branded Boris “outrageous" ...." (more? follow link http://www.islingtongazette.co.uk/news/boris_bypasses_islington_council_with_outrageous_royal_mail_call_in_1_3234742 )
this seems to "pre-empt" the situation in Tower Hamlets where the local council refused planning permission for the controversial London Fruit and Wool Exchange Development http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-19896394
The scheme has faced considerable local opposition http://islingtonnow.co.uk/royal-mail-criticised-over-32m-development-plans/ and planning permission may have been refused. By pre-empting the decision. Mayor Boris avoids criticism that he is quashing local democracy
The Islington Site was previously the one of the largest mail-sorttng centres in the world http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Pleasant_Mail_Centre
It was a main hub for the now-disused "Rail Mail" underground rail system http://londonlandscapeobservatory.blogspot.co.uk/search?q=Rail+Mail;
The Mayor of London made his ruling yesterday (January 21) after the newly-privatised company asked him to step in over the future of London’s largest building site – in Farringdon Road.
Campaigners against the project, which will provide only 12 per cent affordable housing, were outraged by the Mayor’s decision and Islington Council leader Cllr Richard Watts called the move “premature and unjustified” and executive member for housing and development Cllr James Murray branded Boris “outrageous" ...." (more? follow link http://www.islingtongazette.co.uk/news/boris_bypasses_islington_council_with_outrageous_royal_mail_call_in_1_3234742 )
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this seems to "pre-empt" the situation in Tower Hamlets where the local council refused planning permission for the controversial London Fruit and Wool Exchange Development http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-19896394
The scheme has faced considerable local opposition http://islingtonnow.co.uk/royal-mail-criticised-over-32m-development-plans/ and planning permission may have been refused. By pre-empting the decision. Mayor Boris avoids criticism that he is quashing local democracy
The Islington Site was previously the one of the largest mail-sorttng centres in the world http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Pleasant_Mail_Centre
It was a main hub for the now-disused "Rail Mail" underground rail system http://londonlandscapeobservatory.blogspot.co.uk/search?q=Rail+Mail;
