We've been informed by Hackney Planning that the public consultation for the Goodsyard is set to commence next week. Details are below.
And thus begins the most important part of our campaign: YOUR FEEDBACK. In the coming days we will begin to circulate details of and commentary on the plans. …
Blog posts: "General"
CONSULTATION TO BEGIN 20 OCTOBER
October 14, 2014
"Is there any benefit from the Goodsyard proposals?"
September 30, 2014
Recently the Courier brought together Andrew Sissons, Head of Redevelopment for Hackney Council, and David Silverman, a director at Derwent London, to discuss the growing shortage of cheap workspace that's centrally located.
The underlying thesis was: “Shoreditch has been the hub for creative co…
Vital Reading: "Truth About Property Developers"
September 18, 2014
Vital reading in yesterday's Guardian about the processes that are bringing neighbourhood-destroying housing developments to all parts of London.
Entitled "The Truth about property developers: How they are exploiting planning authorities and ruining our cities", the article highlights how inevitabl…
A Brief History Of Bishopsgate Goodsyard
September 15, 2014
Today we republish the recent account from the Gentle Author entitled "A Brief History Of Bishopsgate Goodsyard".
The column can be found by clicking here.
In this fine piece you'll get a sense of the many continuities that run through time in Spitalfields, with - in the words of the author- "…
How a Good Goodsyard Development Affects Us All
August 11, 2014
The proposals for the Goodsyard call for 1,400 housing units, but with no commitment to any kind of affordable housing scheme. The housing will be in high-rise towers up to 48 stories tall, mostly one and two bedroom units. These units – similar to almost every major housing development in the nei…
Press: Building Design on our Campaign
August 4, 2014
More coverage has been published following the official launch of our campaign to “make the Goodsyard great!”. Building Design (BDonline) published this article:
Bishopsgate towers draw opponents' ire
4 August 2014 | By David Rogers
Worries over height and light
A local campaign group has …
So What's Next? Where do I Sign Up?
August 4, 2014
Top two questions from our followers so far: "What's next?" And "Where do I sign up to get involved?". Taking them in turn:
What's Next? Aka the Current Status
As of today, the current status is essentially "application pending". Ie what has happened is the JV partners have delivered the …
Press: Architects Journal on our Campaign
August 1, 2014
Coverage flowed this week following the official launch of our campaign to “make the Goodsyard great!”. Architects Journal (AJ) published this article:
Backlash begins over Farrell’s Bishopsgate scheme
30 July, 2014 | By Tim Clark, Laura Mark
A campaign group is attempting to halt Terry F…
Press: Hackney Citizen on our Campaign
August 1, 2014
Coverage flowed this week following the official launch of our campaign to “make the Goodsyard great!”. The Hackney Citizen published this article:
Campaign launches against ‘Hong Kong style’ Shoreditch skyscrapers
Developers Hammerson and Ballymore say the scheme will ‘breathe life’ int…
OFFICIAL LAUNCH! - read the press release
July 30, 2014
Dear all,
With the attached press release, we officially launched our campaign to reappraise the proposals for the Goodsyard and to protect the vibrancy and character of the neighbourhood from the threat of generic high rise towers.
As submitted by joint venture partners Hammerson and Ballymore, t…
Will the Death Star Loom over Shoreditch?
July 29, 2014
Last week’s flurry of press on the recently-submitted application for the massive Goodsyard development included a comment from one of the developer’s CEOs that the plans were “sensitive”.
This raised the obvious question of “sensitive to what”? Sensitive to the mostly two story building…
News Coverage of the Submitted Plans
July 28, 2014
There was a small flurry of news coverage when the JV submitted plans for the Goodsyard last week.
Most of it took at face value all of the "good" that the JV says the project brings to the neighbourhood. Read all about it here:
Evening Standard (document here)
The Evening Standard article ge…
Plans on File
July 28, 2014
On the 21st of July the JV submitted the planning application for the Goodsyard to the London Borough’s of Hackney and Tower Hamlets.
The local authorities will now check the application and then notify when the statutory consultation process should be run. Please, please, please sign up for ou…
New Beginnings...an unofficial hello
June 18, 2014
More than a century ago the Bishopsgate Goods Yard was a central hub of London activity. Today we find ourselves in magic of the future, building communities via wires, electricity and handheld computers of unimaginable power. But today's virtual community is no less valid than the gatherings of y…
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