{"id":26695,"date":"2020-06-21T16:36:15","date_gmt":"2020-06-21T15:36:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsblogsnew.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=26695"},"modified":"2020-06-21T16:36:15","modified_gmt":"2020-06-21T15:36:15","slug":"two-towers-plan-with-fire-brigade-museum-in-lambeth-called-in-for-a-public-inquiry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=26695","title":{"rendered":"Two towers plan with fire brigade museum in Lambeth called in for a public inquiry"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-26696\" src=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/LondonNews_200620.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"212\" \/>Plans to build a 26-storey and a 24-storey block on a former London fire brigade headquarters have been blocked by Robert Jenrick, Housing Communities and Local Government Secretary.<\/h3>\n<h6><em>image: South London News website<\/em><\/h6>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><em>South London News<\/em> writes:<\/p>\n<p>Housing, Communities and Local Government Robert Jenrick has \u201ccalled in\u201d the scheme for 8 Albert Embankment, Lambeth \u2013 so it will now be the subject of a planning inquiry.<\/p>\n<p>Developer U+I wants to build 443 flats and a 200-room hotel as part of a revamp of Lambeth Fire Station and \u2013 with a new London Fire Brigade (LFB) Museum.<\/p>\n<p>The site houses LFB\u2019s 83-year-old former headquarters \u2013 but objectors, representing residents in nearby flats, are furious the loss of daylight they would suffer.<\/p>\n<p>An online petition had gained 3,000 signatures, 10 times that of the comments of support on the planning application&#8230;..<\/p>\n<p>A London Fire Brigade spokesperson said: \u201cWe are disappointed. &#8230;.<\/p>\n<p>&#8230;.We remain committed to this scheme which is an important part of our future.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But Michael Ball of Waterloo Community Development Group said:\u201dThe LFB does not need a \u00a3500m development and three tower blocks simply to get a modernised fire station and a new site for the LFB museum!&#8230;.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8230;.Lambeth\u2019s planning committee in December said the benefits outweighed the potential negative impact \u2013 and the scheme was better than the one which is had replaced. It was approved on the casting vote of the chairman.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/londonnewsonline.co.uk\/two-towers-plan-with-fire-brigade-museum-in-lambeth-is-called-in-for-a-public-inquiry\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more&#8230;.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Plans to build a 26-storey and a 24-storey block on a former London fire brigade headquarters have been blocked by Robert Jenrick, Housing Communities and Local Government Secretary. image: South London News website<\/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-26695","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\/26695","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=26695"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26695\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26697,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26695\/revisions\/26697"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=26695"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=26695"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=26695"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}