A fund to raise £2,400 for the first steps of a Judicial Review of Lambeth’s approval of the Woodgate Tower planning application. This will buy a barrister’s opinion upon the legal grounds for quashing the plan.
In March Lambeth Council approved application 22/00300/FUL, featuring three buildings over 25m high, one of them the 14 storey ‘Woodgate Tower’, on the Streatham Common Homebase site. The GLA / Mayor have recently decided that they see no reason to intervene. There is only one realistic option left - a judicial review.
The decision by Lambeth Planning Application Committee seems to be badly flawed: apparent misdirection of the committee by council officers in several instances; and a quite unreasonable conclusion of ‘no harm’ to the protected view from Streatham Common. But we need a barrister’s opinion.
Inspired by Netflix subscription rates (£60pa with ads, £132pa standard, £216 premium) and the TV licence (£169), I suggest contributions levels of: £200 for immediate neighbours; £120 for those simply infuriated by Lambeth’s behaviour / those nearby whose on-street parking is liable to become a nightmare; £50 for those without much spare cash. Any and all contributions are of course welcome.
This is an ‘All or nothing’ fund - if the target isn’t reached, no money will be taken at all. It’s an ‘all or nothing’ situation. But if, eventually, it gets to court and we win, then all our money is returned.
This fund is on behalf of the Woodgate Tower Protest Group. The money will be sent to Leigh Day solicitors to cover ‘initial advice’ as soon as Lambeth issue their Notice of Decision, which will start the 6 weeks during which any JR action must be launched. Invoices for all legal fees will be posted at the Woodgate Tower Protest group on WhatsApp.