Tuesday 16 January 2018
News & features published on 16 January 2018
Mission: Impossible 6 filming at Blackfriars Railway Station
Scenes for Tom Cruise's new Mission: Impossible 6 movie were filmed from a low-flying helicopter above Blackfriars Railway Station on Saturday and Sunday morning.
Date set for Boris's Garden Bridge grilling at City Hall
Former mayor Boris Johnson will return to City Hall on Thursday 1 March to answer question from the London Assembly about the Garden Bridge project, after the GLA Oversight Committee used its legal powers to compel him to attend.
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Tweets on 16 January 2018
@LedburyAction Not at the moment. I am still recording on another device and will put whole thing on YT tomorrow.
@ncallanan Sorry have had to give up. Still recording on other camera and will put whole thing on YouTube tomorrow.
Have now given up on Facebook live and will use phone to keep tweeting instead.
Advice from director of planning about how review mechanism for capturing extra affordable housing in event that sc… https://t.co/KTcS7OccnR
@langrabbie @lb_southwark Defeated by own optimism thinking that 6 hour battery life would suffice and meeting coul… https://t.co/8ibw0Iqci9
Next chunk of live video can now be found here: https://t.co/EGU7oRsUeq
Will put the whole thing on YouTube tomorrow in two simple videos
Council's viability consultant is now advising the planning committee about E&C scheme https://t.co/EGU7oRsUeq
Latest installment of the Elephant & Castle planning committee webcast is now here https://t.co/XspqSnUzuP
Construction traffic access to the (current) LCC site will be via Oswin Street https://t.co/EGU7oRsUeq
Now moving on to the final part of the meeting. Committee members will now put questions to planning officers, then… https://t.co/K4B9Bs32WP
Battery now on 2%. Webcast continues at https://t.co/EGU7oRsUeq - will tweet the outcome once webcast ends.
Cllr @rebeccalury suggests that all the three-year reviews of incomes etc to determine eligibility for the discount… https://t.co/xXADbhTi5c
Thanks for all the kind comments re tonight's Elephant & Castle coverage. Before the battery dies, just want to say… https://t.co/0wDV8ESkZg
Cllr @rebeccalury highlights the fact that there still seems to be a funding gap for the new Northern line entrance… https://t.co/EJwsnfJBu4
Cllr @MerrillDarren says that average household income in East Walworth is c. £20k. Affordable housing that needs e… https://t.co/xrPDB0pKow
Now @cllrmseaton says that local traders have operated under adverse conditions for some time - ward councillors wo… https://t.co/R8MtxPxCHm
Southwark's planning committee has now been in session for 5 hours dealing with massive 1000-home scheme with new L… https://t.co/mwrzyLpJzv
@DarkenedDragon Should be running OK now, subject to council wifi. Latest link will always be on our FB page.
Laptop battery now down to 20 minutes, so if the tweets stop, that's why... Webcast will continue at facebook.com/londonse1
Planning committee members are now going to put questions to the ward councillors who represent Cathedrals and East… https://t.co/KGIn2hjLpt
Cllr @mariaadderley tells the committee: "local people don't want to see all the things that they value swept away… https://t.co/oM9q4h89UB
Cllr @mariaadderley highlights lack of affordable housing and lack of credible offer to maintain cluster of Latin A… https://t.co/z986TWc7Df
Tuesday recap: London-SE1.co.uk/date/2018-01-16
Cllr @rebeccalury says it's "unacceptable" that massive E&C development of 1000 homes has just 33 at social rent eq… https://t.co/eDiEqpmHRw
Watch live as ward councillors @MerrillDarren, @cathedralsdavid, @mariaadderley, @rebeccalury and @cllrmseaton set… https://t.co/a6G2BJ7Pj3
Hopefully we'll soon get to hear from the East Walworth and Cathedrals ward councillors https://t.co/ZwRe0ww3CN
Chair calls another 5-minute comfort break https://t.co/ZwRe0ww3CN
Delancey's Stafford Lancaster says @LCCLondon will be "heart and soul" of the new Elephant & Castle - wants to see… https://t.co/PGWS3a5asw
London College of Communication boss Natalie Brett says she wants the first three floors of their new building to b… https://t.co/UWKrzrQaLx
Cllr @AdeleCathedrals asks Delancey to explain their vision for the Elephant & Castle ... what kind of shops, what… https://t.co/j8FJRDnOdr
We're now 4.5 hours into the Elephant & Castle planning application hearing. https://t.co/ZwRe0ww3CN
The London College of Communication wants to own its own building, so Delancey will sell the new building to UAL, w… https://t.co/i0djRxW3GF
LCC boss Natalie Brett explains that college's parent body - University of the Arts London - will relocate its cent… https://t.co/u0m5hfFvoO
"We're committed to being in Elephant" says Natalie Brett of @LCCLondon. Says they looked at relocating to Stratfor… https://t.co/MEDVFY6p2k
Natalie Brett - head of @LCCLondon - now addressing committee. Says current building is falling down. Would be "too… https://t.co/ozJYxyb0xL
Sounds like the new music venue at the Elephant was something pushed by the GLA that Delancey have run with https://t.co/ZwRe0ww3CN
Councillors trying to tease out more details of what exactly the proposed music venue to be built immediately north… https://t.co/N2cJfjhc1v
May not be able to keep tweeting till the end of the meeting as laptop battery is rapidly depleting. Will keep the… https://t.co/Mo6GsAMFyL
Architect Artur Carulla says that his team have carefully considered the relationship between the development and t… https://t.co/P0bIAxcjtr
Sorry - another live stream intermission due to wifi problems at Southwark HQ.
Stream now up and running again… https://t.co/JkyvnIXPVA
Delancey says "we are very open to businesses coming back" to the site - but says realistically many traders will prefer to avoid two moves.
We're now moving to questions to Delancey about retail. We're 4 hours in to this session london-se1.co.uk/news/view/9503
Delancey's Stafford Lancaster is talking about "the potential for bingo" as part of a portfolio of community activi… https://t.co/1FGlH4uFWE
We're now moving on to questions to Delancey about bingo london-se1.co.uk/news/view/9503
Delancey has a 20-year covenant preventing them from selling on the Elephant & Castle development. Affordable housi… https://t.co/NqSxNejV8z
There will be a review mechanism so that if the development is more profitable than expected, then more of the mark… https://t.co/YIBkpRziSi
We're now 3.5 hours into tonight's planning committee session on the Elephant & Castle shopping centre and LCC deve… https://t.co/8Tt1kHEnoN
The affordable homes in the E&C scheme (inc social rent equivalent) will have same 3-year tenancies as the market r… https://t.co/lui0V4ia1P
Delancey says it has carried out focus groups in the Elephant & Castle area which show that there is demand for pri… https://t.co/3XjcjMlQ3v
Average income of tenants at Get Living London's other housing is £34,000 says Delancey rep
Some of the affordable housing at the E&C development will be targeted at households with combined income of £60,00… https://t.co/PkwWwsmhII
Precedent of East Village scheme is of limited relevance because the affordable housing element of that scheme was… https://t.co/3kz6jJNkq7
Cllr @AdeleCathedrals asks Delancey to explain why they are proposing private rented homes (PRS) at the Elephant. S… https://t.co/0cWXTnlnEQ
Cllr @AdeleCathedrals points out that many of the homes near E&C that will lose daylight/sunlight due to new towers… https://t.co/IwIqNaXtax
Developer's consultant is now trying to justify the loss of daylight/sunlight that residents of 97 homes in Oswin… https://t.co/JAYeCzP3kS
Good question from Cllr Lucas Green about integration between the new Northern line station and the extended Bakerl… https://t.co/93WNZDxMjX
Residents of some of the new flats at the Elephant & Castle shopping centre site wouldn't be able to have a Tesco/O… https://t.co/COklgKrE70
Erm - sounds like people living in the new flats on the shopping centre site will only be able to have deliveries/t… https://t.co/EPZXPa5l8i
We've barely heard any details tonight of the retail proposition, the cinema, the detail of the LCC building, the m… https://t.co/k1W06mc9wM
This planning application is really too big to consider at a committee meeting in this format. There are huge swath… https://t.co/HWjqIc76Cl
Some basement space that Delancey had previously earmarked for car parking could be turned into a bingo venue, says… https://t.co/cFtiZCgXG4
Cllr @AdeleCathedrals now leading a line of questioning about wheelchair accessible homes and related parking space… https://t.co/ssNR2djESZ
Now discussing deliveries and servicing access to new development. TfL won't allow vehicle access to the sites from… https://t.co/3ReXfGnLXM
The planning committee webcast link can also be found on our Facebook page: https://t.co/d6oTBDMz56
Elephant & Castle scheme offers "significant benefits for a huge range of people" says Delancey's Stafford Lancaste… https://t.co/NVkP9iOOjz
Delancey's Stafford Lancaster says that Southwark council has pushed the company to improve its affordable housing… https://t.co/hOZeCgKdDb
Live stream now resumed: https://t.co/HBb1cTCPGB
Stafford Lancaster of Delancey says they've consulted for 4 years… https://t.co/T1FLB6smwm
We're now having a 10 minute comfort break ...
Metropolitan Tabernacle says that loss of parking for its minibus fleet will severely affect its sunday school and… https://t.co/Mhjnvgx0Ol
Metropolitan Tabernacle rep says they've had problems with items thrown/dropped from adjacent One the Elephant towe… https://t.co/VBY07IALPX
We're now hearing from a representative of the Metropolitan Tabernacle Baptist Church; says 35 storey tower will be… https://t.co/ubjDyTaKxo
Third part of the webcast re Elephant Shopping Centre redevelopment is now live here: london-se1.co.uk/news/view/9503
Sorry - having wifi problems. Stream now restarted.
Patria Roman @LatinElephant says planning application has failed to address the negative impact of redeveloping the… https://t.co/faVVjCrmI5
The webcast of the Elephant & Castle planning committee has resumed - scroll down to second video here, or go to ou… https://t.co/3cgPsdnHgg
If you're watching the webcast, we'll have to disconnect in a few minutes due to limitations of @LB_Southwark wifi.… https://t.co/IOzNlIz1nC
Traders' association rep reminds councillors that local businesses will face "severe substantial losses" as a resul… https://t.co/hMuf8jSrX9
Traders' association rep is now examining the financing of the new Northern line ticket hall - where will money com… https://t.co/j4CftYzBuN
Now we're hearing from Elephant & Castle Traders' Association. london-se1.co.uk/news/view/9503
@stevekgraphics @sohocub Yep - new LCC building will be on shopping centre site, then new flats where LCC is now.
Southwark Council should really have found a bigger venue for tonight's Elephant & Castle planning committee meetin… https://t.co/vO5ukFkrhG
Patria Roman @LatinElephant highlights the key role Elephant & Castle plays in London's Latin American community an… https://t.co/n56YHzW30Z
Next up: Patria Roman of @LatinElephant highlights "social and cultural value" of the indoor spaces at Elephant & C… https://t.co/kruAdBzGTc
Chair Nick Dolezal now questioning @BingoPatrick closely on the visitor numbers for the bingo and bowling at Elepha… https://t.co/jRYYZ1UQY7
Patrick Duffy says there is "absolutely huge" potential for leisure venues at Elephant & Castle - says it's like an… https://t.co/6MkRmS0Ayw
Cllr Lauder asks Patrick Duffy if he's been offered alternative venues for his bingo club. He says what's been put… https://t.co/QVChc76Wm0
Patrick Duffy says he'd welcome development at Elephant & Castle Shopping Centre, but this scheme is inadequate london-se1.co.uk/news/view/9503
Patrick Duffy warns committee they " will destroy the social lives of thousands of people" if they approve the E&C… https://t.co/1tYmY5Eyt8
About 50% of customers at Elephant & Castle Palace Bingo are from African and Afro-Caribbean backgrounds says… https://t.co/0pDk3enikX
"Bingo has not got the most glamorous image ... but it's got value" - inexpensive, safe, security, ethnically diver… https://t.co/shvTgmhoeB
Patrick Duffy @BingoPatrick tells planning committee that Elephant & Castle bingo hall gets 7,500 visits a week ("m… https://t.co/1WBNjpMGOS
Jerry @35percent_EAN says that it hasn't been demonstrated that discounted market rent as part of a PRS scheme is p… https://t.co/t4LxSdwNLl
Jerry Flynn @35percent_EAN acknowledges "marginal improvement" in Delancey's affordable housing offer but says it's… https://t.co/nI4ezoCyUo
Jerry Flynn @35percent_EAN draws attention to various issues with the use of discounted market rent as a form of af… https://t.co/HbuZgSFj3E
Also objecting, Jennifer Marshall of Hayles Street TRA and @BingoPatrick of the bingo and bowling at E&C Shopping C… https://t.co/VvwTxKF7ut
Objectors include a trader who runs 3 units at E&C Shopping Centre, Jerry Flynn of @35percent_EAN, Patria Roman of… https://t.co/Vz3Vd3vEIY
Planning committee re Elephant & Castle Shopping Centre is about to hear from objectors to the Delancey scheme inc… https://t.co/3ksMhHxUAs
Planning chair Nick Dolezal is recalling previous proposals for the redevelopment of Elephant & Castle Shopping Cen… https://t.co/QYn8n9F6ZQ
Meeting now taking a brief comfort break before officers answer questions from councillors and then we hear from ob… https://t.co/jmdhElavf4
Bridin O'Connor: "This is both an ambitious and challenging scheme" which "meets the aspirations" set out in many p… https://t.co/nWDclf4dHn
"Significant adverse impacts" obvs.
Oswin Street and Hayles Buildings will experience "significant advert impacts" re daylight/sunlight says Bridin O'C… https://t.co/ePaAChS7O3
Delancey yesterday submitted a revised 35% affordable housing proposal for E&C scheme, of which
- 10% social rent… https://t.co/9EkEcpu0oa
Just published - Elephant & Castle Shopping Centre planning hearing: watch live dlvr.it/QBTXDC
Elephant & Castle scheme is the first major PRS or built-to-rent scheme in Southwark, says Bridin O'Connor - a dif… https://t.co/1LWnHBn9Ip
In density terms the scheme is in excess of the policies set out in the Southwark core strategy, says O'Connor - bu… https://t.co/ZRZJZzzI9b
In design terms the scheme has been "well-considered" and "the architecture and detailing is of a high quality" say… https://t.co/gUCNQcjXNX
Bridin O'Connor: "overall the development is expected to have a positive environmental effect"
london-se1.co.uk/news/view/9503
Loss of bingo hall at Elephant & Castle has "equalities implications" acknowledges planning officer Bridin O'Connor london-se1.co.uk/news/view/9503
O'Connor: new Northern line escalator access at Elephant & Castle is of "major significance" to the wider regenerat… https://t.co/63SFHBgAQp
O'Connor is describing the range of tall buildings proposed at the Elephant & Castle site - up to 35 storeys high
london-se1.co.uk/news/view/9503
Bridin O'Connor reminds the committee that benefits of the redevelopment include a new Northern line ticket hall, a… https://t.co/t3To5HFlny
Bridin O'Connor: council has had long-standing aspiration to redevelop the Elephant & Castle Shopping Centre - "in… https://t.co/UJmDPfwnCJ
Southwark Planning Committee now beginning the Elephant & Castle item with a presentation from senior planning offi… https://t.co/GGWsG8TRFa
Planning committee live stream now also available at london-se1.co.uk/news/view/9503
Watch live stream of Southwark planning committee re Elephant & Castle Shopping Centre etc here:… https://t.co/u7u204hzza
THREAD STARTS HERE
Tonight Southwark's planning committee is considering plans for major redevelopment of Elephant… https://t.co/kO7BtDcAGu
Protesters against the Elephant & Castle Shopping Centre redevelopment have entered the foyer of Southwark Council… https://t.co/YkTUf36Gqc
We'll be attempting to live-stream tonight's Elephant & Castle planning meeting on our Facebook page:… https://t.co/Ys9w1joSzz
Live coverage of the Elephant & Castle Shopping Centre / London College of Communication planning committee hearing begins at 6pm
These are the councillors who will decide on plans to redevelop the Elephant & Castle Shopping Centre and London Co… https://t.co/AMa17ZcsdD
Protests in Tooley Street against elephant and castle shopping centre development pic.twitter.com/3PX0qvOtb6
Protest against Elephant & Castle Shopping Centre development reaches Southwark council hq in Tooley Street. pic.twitter.com/inXnK3mbGf
Chants of “Southwark Council shame on you†in Tooley Street as councillors prepare to consider Elephant & Castle Sh… https://t.co/l8phTesk7n
Next speaker at Elephant & Castle development protest is Piers Corbyn who begins by celebrating the achievements of… https://t.co/mENLkV9sYg
Piers Corbyn says Elephant Shopping Centre development is an “utter abomination†that will exclude existing local communities.
Chavender Demo starts at LCC @se1 #demo #elephantstrumpet #london #sketch pic.twitter.com/JLCNPiI35b
mrkrbd Farewell to the @BritishArmy #Lynx helicopter @ArmyAirCorps @ThamesPics #RiverThames #Bankside pic.twitter.com/Tsbs4q6SF0
Just published - Mission: Impossible 6 with Tom Cruise filming at Blackfriars Railway Station dlvr.it/QBRsQC
Just published - Date set for Boris Johnson's #GardenBridge grilling at City Hall @LondonAssembly dlvr.it/QBRQRz
Plans for London South Bank University to take on Lambeth College have run in to difficulties: https://t.co/6xqNTMd07d
[Forum] Butchers on Great Suffolk Street to close: https://t.co/tQ5kJR2PU0
Hyslop45 Feeling cold at work today ? Nothing on these explorers.. #TateModern #bankside #chimney @BetterBankside @se1 pic.twitter.com/IZ5aNLf6FL
@Buyshirts1 @lb_southwark They do provide public WiFi but unfortunately it auto logs out every 2 hours ... and you… https://t.co/bmw0WTI3bK
Prince William due to visit @EvelinaLondon children's hospital this week https://t.co/CjeKfjUjbE
Pady_oFurniture London is beautiful today in the Winter sun
From 12th floor London Bridge
@se1 pic.twitter.com/6YCFFNH0KQ
Southwark: the London borough where house prices have crashed by 21% - Bloomberg https://t.co/MFunDoWoa1
Today’s the day when Southwark’s planning committee decides on massive application to redevelop Elephant & Castle S… https://t.co/osYACntJB8
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