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Article: Mar 22, 2012GLA Member Mike Tuffrey last week asked the Mayor to support the call for residents of West Kensington and Gibbs Green to be allowed to vote in an independently run ballot on whether they support redevelopment plans.
Residents of the Estates have been fighting to save their homes from demolition, as H&F Council has been negotiating the sale of the land to the company planning the Earls Court Redevelopment scheme.
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Article: Mar 2, 2012
Response to the Council's proposals for demolition and redevelopment of the Earl's Court Exhibition Centre and West Kensington/Gibbs Green estate
The Council's February 2012 'Your Fulham' update invited Fulham residents to "have their say" on the future of West Kensington & Gibbs Green Estates by Monday 12 March
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Article: Mar 2, 2012
Despite overwhelming opposition from local residents and conservation groups, Hammersmith & Fulham Council conditionally approved the controversial Seagrave Rd development on 16 February.
This element of the overall development is pivotal, and indicative of how the other Earl's Court planning applications will be pursued. It is vital for Earl's Court as well as Fulham residents to object.
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Article: Feb 12, 2012
Dick Newby, Lib Dem Treasury Spokesman in the House of Lords, spoke to Hammersmith and Fulham Liberal Democrats on "Tackling High Pay and Inequality".
Previous governments had largely ignored the growing problem of income inequality in the UK, until the banking crisis exposed the culture of excessive rewards endemic in many boardrooms. The High Pay Commission has spent the last year looking at the problem, its consequences and possible solutions
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Article: Dec 8, 2011
Campaigners against the construction of a super-sewer shaft in a residential area of Fulham were disappointed at a travesty of a meeting in South Fulham tonight, Wednesday.
Residents at the meeting, organised by the Council had hoped for some constructive movement towards convincing Thames Water that it was a mistake to make the site at Carnworth Road their preferred site for the main shaft of the Thames Tideway Tunnel.
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Article: Dec 2, 2011
After a very crowded and rowdy meeting lasting more than 4 hours, and in the face of opposition from all parts of the community, Hammersmith and FulhamÂ' Council's Planning Committee has approved the proposed redevelopment of the Town Hall site.
Paul Kennedy of H&F Liberal Democrats was among several Lib Dems there. He writes: Â"The meeting had been moved to Latymer Upper School in an acknowledgment of the strength of opposition, but despite this 100 or so of the 400 or so people attending had to wait up to an hour to get in because of inadequate marshalling. Acoustics were terrible and there was no loop for those with hearing aids: for example, after an hour, Audrey Burtt of Ravenscourt Place told me she was leaving the hall because she could hear nothing.
The applicants' slides showing the impact of the development were disgracefully misleading, using photographs taken from enormous distances or obscure angles, or from behind other buildings which shielded the towers, or with clouds in the background so you couldn't tell what was tower and what was cloud, but they fooled nobody. Officials admitted that the development was larger than they had originally felt comfortable with, but were now supporting it simply in order to ensure the developers made a profit.
The application was approved, despite several Conservative Councillors having absented themselves during the meeting while evidence was being given so that I don't see how they could properly have voted, and of course massive opposition from the audience.
The highlight of a depressing evening for local democracy and the people of Hammersmith was a brilliant and courageous speech by Conservative Councillor Lucy Ivimy, supporting the protesters' objections and roundly condemning the Council. It is unusual to find a Conservative Councillor who is prepared to put people before profits. I'm not sure where she goes from here, but her words will prick the consciences of her colleagues for a long time. Clearly very emotional she was congratulated by all of us as she left the hall. The opposition was fantastically orchestrated by the Save Our Skyline committee, as always.
Marie-Antoinette-style, one of the Fulham councillors on the committee suggested that historic Hammersmith cinema which will be demolished to make way for the development could be replaced by an impromptu open-air cinema in the new so-called 'piazza'.
The campaign is not over. Next stop, Eric Pickles and then the Mayor."
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Article: Nov 7, 2011
On Wednesday 09 November (in two days time) Hammersmith and Fulham Council's planning committee will consider adopting a new "Protocol" controlling access to confidential documents submitted as part of a planning application. The effect of the Protocol, if adopted, will be to prevent elected Councillors from accessing planning application documentation.
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Article: Nov 7, 2011
Hammersmith & Fulham Liberal Democrats have proposed a Charter for all road users, including pedestrians, cyclists and motorcyclists, residents, motorists, and users of public transport in Hammersmith and Fulham.
As a result of neglect from successive Labour and Conservative administrations, Hammersmith and Fulham has some of the worst traffic congestion, road safety and air quality in London. Our roads are a disgrace. Yet the Council wants to bring even more through-traffic into our Borough, reducing our quality of life still further. Its unambitious target is to increase cycling from 4% to just 5% of total trips, compared with more than 50% in some Dutch towns. -
Article: Oct 27, 2011
A report for Hammersmith and Fulham Council by architect Sir Terry Farrell sets out a vision for a major new development in the north of the borough and beyond
The focus is Old Oak Common, an area currently largely made up of industrial estates and railway sidings, which extends from Willesden Junction station to the North, and Wormwood Scrubs to the South.
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Article: Oct 16, 2011
Schools in Hammersmith and Fulham are getting an extra £ 2.9 million this year from the Pupil Premium to improve the education of the most disadvantaged children.
The Government has released the final Pupil Premium figures for English schools and every school will receive an extra £488 for each child on free school meals they have on their roll. Although based on the number of "deprived" children, 5900 in H&F, it will benefit all pupils.
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