Boris's plans to block Ovals views

Tonight Oval labour candidates Jane Edbrooke and Jack Hopkins attended the Kennington, Oval and Vauxhall (KOV) Forum www.kovforum.org.uk .

The meetings was dominated by the presentation from GLA officers on the Vauxhall Nine Elms Battersea Opportunity Area Planning Framework. Residents welcomed the idea of a co-ordinated approach to planned development in Vauxhall and along to Battersea - and it's status as an opportunity area. However, residents strongly voiced their concerns over plans to build a number of high rise buildings(referred to as a tall building cluster). These buildings will be up to 150m (which is 30-50 floors), near Vauxhall - dramatically changing the London skyline, not to mention residents views.

Jane also voiced concern that all over the proposed 16,000 residential units were high-rise flats - not family homes, and would welcome a more family friendly mixed development.'

Residents felt there are many more issues to address, including transport demand, in these plans and asked officers to return to the Vauxhall area to give more residents the chance to repond to this consultation. We will keep this blog up to date with any additional consultation meetings

The consultation draft Vauxhall Nine Elms Battersea Opportunity Area Planning Framework is open for public comment from 2 November 2009 to 29 January 2010 - information is on their website:
http://www.london.gov.uk/mayor/planning/oapf-nine-elms/index.jsp

Oval action team out and about in Oval tomorrow

Drop us an email at ovallabour@googlemail.com if you would like us to drop by to discuss any local oval issues.


- Posted by jane

Kennington, Oval and Vauxhall (KOV) Forum

http://www.kovforum.org.uk/

The next Forum meeting will be on 19 January, at 7.00 for 7.30 start, at:

Montgomery Hall

58 Kennington Oval

SE11 5SW

A full agenda will follow shortly as will minutes of the previous meeting. The venue is on the Vauxhall side of the Oval House Theatre. The main item will be:

Vauxhall Nine Elms Battersea Opportunity Area Planning Framework - What could this mean for Vauxhall? What do you think?

Oval Action Team brave the cold to talk to residents!

On Sunday 10th January Oval ward candidates Karim, Jack and Jane were joined by their colleagues to brave the cold to speak to residents on the Wyvil Estate.

A number of residents were experiencing boiler problems - and the action team were happy to speak to the Council on their behalf to tackle any issues, especially given the current weather conditions!