{"id":15655,"date":"2017-05-17T16:05:15","date_gmt":"2017-05-17T15:05:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ihbconline.co.uk\/newsachive\/?p=15655"},"modified":"2017-05-17T10:26:19","modified_gmt":"2017-05-17T09:26:19","slug":"londons-skyline-campaign-launches-petition-against-change-to-westminsters-tall-buildings-policy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=15655","title":{"rendered":"London\u2019s Skyline Campaign launches petition against change to Westminster\u2019s tall buildings policy"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/SkylineCampaignwebsiteMay2017-e1495013152292.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-15656\" src=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/SkylineCampaignwebsiteMay2017-279x300.jpg\" alt=\"Skyline Campaign website 17\/05\/2017\" width=\"279\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a>The Skyline Campaign has launched a petition against proposed change to Westminster Council\u2019s policy on tall buildings, arguing it would be the \u2018kiss of death to conservation\u2019, and describing the consultation questionnaire as \u2018devious and dishonest\u2019.<\/h3>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The consultation documentation states that one way to achieve growth is to build higher \u2013 either by adding storeys to existing properties or by \u2018building significantly taller buildings\u2019. A council survey asks respondents to give their opinions on tall buildings.<\/p>\n<p>The Skyline Campaign has called for the \u2018devious and dishonest\u2019 questionnaire to be disregarded. \u2018In reality the majority of the questions are phrased and grouped in such a way as to ensure that hapless respondents will be acquiescing to more and taller buildings without even realising that they are doing such a thing,\u2019 its petition states.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>The petition notes<strong>: <\/strong>\u2018Westminster Council already has at its disposal very well-considered and carefully drafted policies that regulate tall buildings. There is no need to rewrite them. This is the latest attempt to undermine such policies to achieve a laissez-faire regime that will not be able to stop any degree of inappropriate development. This would be the kiss of death to conservation in Westminster.\u2019<strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>For more details see <a href=\"http:\/\/www.skylinecampaign.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Skyline Campaign<\/a><\/p>\n<p>For other articles see <a href=\"https:\/\/www.consultationinstitute.org\/consultation-news\/campaigners-accuse-london-borough-devious-dishonest-questionnaire-tall-building-policy-consultation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Consultation Institute<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.architectsjournal.co.uk\/news\/campaigners-attack-plans-to-allow-more-towers-in-westminster\/10019640.article\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Architects Journal<\/a><\/p>\n<p>For more background on tall buildings see the <a href=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?s=Tall+buildings\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Newsblogs<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Skyline Campaign has launched a petition against proposed change to Westminster Council\u2019s policy on tall buildings, arguing it would be the \u2018kiss of death to conservation\u2019, and describing the consultation questionnaire as \u2018devious and dishonest\u2019.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15655","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sector-newsblog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15655","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=15655"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15655\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15657,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15655\/revisions\/15657"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=15655"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=15655"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=15655"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}