The Society, together with Keep the G in WGC met members outside the exhibition. There was an overwhelmingly negative reaction to the proposals.
Context: The Broadwater Road South Site developer MTV has a massive Granted Planning Permission from December 2018. They have failed to build most of it. The Bad News: MTV are still proposing bulky increases to their Granted Planning Permission – note this is the baseline for any numbers that MTV give you.
The Better News: MTV community consultation -beware, they do not really want your views. They appear to want any scraps of approval that they can ‘spin’ in their publicity.
The online feedback form is here: https://concilioconnects.typeform.com/to/X9CVQWM7?typeform-source=wgc-southside-mtvh.co.uk
DO NOT answer any questions that you consider misleading – you can skip over them using the arrows on the form.
Here is some suggested free text for the feedback form – THOUGH YOUR OWN VERSION IS MORE POWERFUL.
Keep a copy of your text and send a copy to info@wgcsociety.orgin case it gets ‘lost’.
Enough is enough – Stop increasing and get building!
The exhibition was short-notice and sketchy. It comes across as a PR exercise. I do not agree that more dwellings should be on the site and I certainly disagree that MTV propose adding 45% 195 dwellings to the Granted Permission. Why aren’t MTV building the Granted Planning Permission received in 2018? MTV could have completed that development by now. Your proposed changes are wasting everyone’s time.
MTV are adding +45% dwellings, why are MTV not adding +45% community facilities and infrastructure? (schools, GP surgeries, sports facilities, road improvements etc.) [On top of the Granted Planning Permission N.B. the previous proposals from the Granted Planning Permission are ‘banked’].
MTV are not clearly showing the impact of the changes in ground level green spaces from the Granted Planning Permission. Great play is made of ‘The Weave’, however several squares have been quietly paved over.
Where will all the cars go? Mirage & surrounding areas will be impacted by rogue car parking.
Roof spaces are not green spaces. They add to the service charges; dangerous for children; fall into disrepair and end up being closed at a later date. Please provide examples of rooftop gardens that have been operational over a long period.
What additional social housing are MTV providing? (‘Affordable’ housing does not count as it is not affordable).
The Granted Planning Permission should be the baseline. Where are the ADDITIONAL building blocks to the Granted Planning Permission identified? Why are MTV not clearly identifying them?
I understand that MTV manage properties on Times Square. Have they learnt the lessons from that development e.g. lack of car parking, poor landscaping, base build issues etc. It is NOT a good example.
Why does MTV need such a huge development if MTV is truly ‘not-for-profit’?
Please can MTV set up a future exhibition consultation in the Town Centre.
The Granted Planning Permission is sufficiently large as it is – Enough is enough – Stop increasing and get building!
Why are MTVH so poor at current community liaison? There is excessive secrecy about the current construction programme on Phase 1? MTV will not divulge any key dates or when community infrastructure will be in place instead MTV hide behind ‘confidentiality’.
