Two Community Consultation meetings arranged by ARUP were held on Saturday 1st March 2014 at 11.30 and 13.30 at the Paxton Suite in The Lodge, Crystal Palace Park. These meetings, though inadequately publicised by the organisers, were well notified by the CPCA and other local organisations, which perhaps contributed to the inauspicious start to the first meeting, when more than 200 people attending at 11.30 were unable to gain admittance, finding the room already packed to capacity, with every seat taken and many more standing and even sitting on the floor. Predictably, people unable to attend were furious at this fiasco, which was not helped by the sublime arrogance of…
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FURTHER ASSAULT ON PLANNING LAWS – ‘Planning Armageddon’
The Coalition is preparing a new assault on planning laws that will give developers legal powers to force through planning applications without council approval or environmental assessments. Under new proposals, described by one planning expert as a nuclear option, developers and builders will be able to by-pass local authorities that delay decisions on conditions attached to planning approval. Even worse, the Coalition also proposes to remove requirement to assess the impact of some large residential developments or housing estates, super-markets and shopping centres on the countryside. Campaigners, including concerned Tory back-bencher MPs representing rural areas have warned that these radical reforms could result in communities being “held to ransom” and…
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UPPER NORWOOD LIBRARY TRUST NEEDS YOU
Trustees are wanted for an exciting new social enterprise in Upper Norwood due to take over the running of the Upper Norwood Library. The Upper Norwood Library Trust (UNLT) is a newly formed organisation formed by local residents with the objective of taking over the governance and management of the Upper Norwood Joint Library (UNJL) as a library and community hub. We keen to ensure we properly reflect the local community, so we are looking for people with a range of skills and experience, particularly people who have experience/skills in one of the following, libraries, community engagement, education, accountancy, HR, legal, fundraising, business, business development, and or marketing. But just…
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CPCA CHALLENGE REFUSED – Crystal Palace Community Association Challenge to Decision by Secretary of State to Approve the LDA Crystal Palace Masterplan Rejected
Appeal Lords say no Three Lords of Appeal found against the CPCA at hearing on Tuesday 23rd April 2013 rejecting submission by Robert McCracken QC that the LDA Masterplan application should not have been outline application and that proposal under it for sale of land to raise money disregarded the importance of Habitats Directive Regulations concerning bats. CPCA Chair John Payne said “Whilst naturally disappointed we are greatly encouraged by the messages of support from all quarters and it is as though we had won the challenge to the Masterplan not lost it. It is gratifying that all the efforts and costs in bringing this matter into the courts have been…
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CPCA Newsletter Spring 2013
See our latest edition with pieces on the CPCA’s High Court Masterplan challenge, Crystal Palace Park and the Upper Norwood Joint Library, plus a roundup of forthcoming CPCA social events. Click below to view.