Comments - Sainsbury's Threat to Abney - ACT NOW! - Sustainable Hackney2024-03-28T10:51:25Zhttps://sustainablehackney.org.uk/profiles/comment/feed?attachedTo=6446498%3ABlogPost%3A18220&xn_auth=noMany of the new planning docu…tag:sustainablehackney.org.uk,2013-03-15:6446498:Comment:186192013-03-15T14:42:50.054ZRussell Millerhttps://sustainablehackney.org.uk/profile/RussellMiller
<p>Many of the new planning documents were not avialable on the LBH website so there is a push for longer consultation.</p>
<p>KEEP THE <strong><a href="http://apps.hackney.gov.uk/servapps/Northgate/PlanningExplorer/PLComments.aspx?pk=176880" target="_blank">OBJECTIONS</a></strong>COMING!</p>
<p>Many of the new planning documents were not avialable on the LBH website so there is a push for longer consultation.</p>
<p>KEEP THE <strong><a href="http://apps.hackney.gov.uk/servapps/Northgate/PlanningExplorer/PLComments.aspx?pk=176880" target="_blank">OBJECTIONS</a></strong>COMING!</p> Objection done. Thanks for ke…tag:sustainablehackney.org.uk,2013-03-14:6446498:Comment:186022013-03-14T19:38:24.450ZTim Evanshttps://sustainablehackney.org.uk/profile/TimEvans
<p>Objection done. Thanks for keeping us on top of this, Russell.</p>
<p>Objection done. Thanks for keeping us on top of this, Russell.</p> The revisions to the developm…tag:sustainablehackney.org.uk,2013-03-14:6446498:Comment:182222013-03-14T14:46:53.401ZRussell Millerhttps://sustainablehackney.org.uk/profile/RussellMiller
<p>The revisions to the development primarily involve reduction in overall height. Whilst this is good it does not go nearly far enough. The building would still cast considerable shade over Abney.</p>
<p>However the most significant issue is the building's ground floor (and below ground) footprint which is so close to Abney's boundary (<0.5m) trees in Abney would have to be trimmed to build it. This is why the proposal necessarily means destroying the entire woodland edge on the building's…</p>
<p>The revisions to the development primarily involve reduction in overall height. Whilst this is good it does not go nearly far enough. The building would still cast considerable shade over Abney.</p>
<p>However the most significant issue is the building's ground floor (and below ground) footprint which is so close to Abney's boundary (<0.5m) trees in Abney would have to be trimmed to build it. This is why the proposal necessarily means destroying the entire woodland edge on the building's west (100m) and north (20m) sides. At present the entire boundary is open with a 2-3m grass verge all around. This provides good herb and field layer (in Wilmer Place) to complement Abney's trees and shrubs, which extend across the boundary. There should be a 20m wide buffer zone around Abney and any development within that buffer should have to complement not destroy the nature reserve. This can easily be done with a 10m wide gradiated shrub and grass edge. The developers would only loose 1000sqm of floor space at ground level and very little above (because the existing building steps back from the cemetery at floors 1 and 2.</p>