{"id":34790,"date":"2022-11-04T17:14:04","date_gmt":"2022-11-04T17:14:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsblogsnew.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=34790"},"modified":"2022-11-04T17:14:04","modified_gmt":"2022-11-04T17:14:04","slug":"ihbc-features-heritage-from-the-community-doorstep-save-waterloos-paradise-from-lambeths-largest-single-office-proposal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=34790","title":{"rendered":"IHBC features \u2018Heritage from the (community) doorstep\u2019: Save Waterloo\u2019s Paradise from Lambeth\u2019s \u2018largest single office proposal\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.savewaterlooparadise.com\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-34791\" src=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/SaveWaterlooParadise_appeal_041122.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"221\" \/><\/a>The mediaeval tranquillity of South London\u2019s oldest gardens in central London are threatened by a cluster of 6 new tall buildings opposite Big Ben, say opponents who have launched the campaign to \u2018Save Waterloo\u2019s Paradise\u2019.<\/h3>\n<h6><em>image: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.savewaterlooparadise.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">savewaterlooparadise.com<\/a><\/em><\/h6>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em><span style=\"color: #800080;\">\u2026 immortalised in The Kink\u2019s 1966 classic hit \u2018Waterloo Sunset\u2019\u2026<\/span><\/em><\/h2>\n<p><em>Brixton Buzz<\/em> writes (20 Oct 2022):<\/p>\n<p>Developers Stanhope have submitted the largest planning application in Lambeth\u2019s history, to build 1.5m sq ft of offices in 6 buildings over 200ft high on sites belonging to St Thomas\u2019 Hospital Trust directly across the river from the Palace of Westminster.<\/p>\n<p>The area immortalised in The Kink\u2019s 1966 classic hit \u2018Waterloo Sunset\u2019 already has the UK\u2019s busiest station with 100 million commuters a year, and 30 million people visiting the South Bank, which includes Europe\u2019s largest arts centre.<\/p>\n<p>But the area around Lambeth Palace has some of the quietest and oldest gardens in the capital&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p>All of this could change with the huge new office blocks&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p>&#8230;.with impacts on the Westminster World Heritage site it has already drawn objections from Historic England and the Twentieth Century Society.<\/p>\n<p>The school buildings are now home to an exuberant collection of small businesses in Old Paradise Yard&#8230;.hosting an open day for the community on 29th October.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.brixtonbuzz.com\/2022\/10\/save-waterloo-paradise-gardens-from-being-engulfed-by-the-largest-single-office-proposal-ever-seen-in-lambeth\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more&#8230;.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>For more see <a href=\"https:\/\/www.savewaterlooparadise.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">savewaterlooparadise.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The mediaeval tranquillity of South London\u2019s oldest gardens in central London are threatened by a cluster of 6 new tall buildings opposite Big Ben, say opponents who have launched the campaign to \u2018Save Waterloo\u2019s Paradise\u2019. image: savewaterlooparadise.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-34790","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ihbc-newsblog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34790","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\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=34790"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34790\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":34792,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34790\/revisions\/34792"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=34790"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=34790"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=34790"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}