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Simon Bevan
Director of Planning
Chief Executive’s Department
5th Floor, Hub 4
Southwark Council
PO Box 64529
London, SE1P 5LX
Friday 17th August 2018
Dear Simon,
At our meeting with yourself and Councillors Johnson Situ and Leo Pollak on
Weds 8th August we were promised two immediate letters (for Thursday 9th
August) on the new ‘Consultation Charter’ which were to set out how the council
are now setting about re-framing developer-community consultation / a new era
of meaningful engagement. These letters (from Cllr Situ) arrived on Friday 10th
setting out how a joint pre-app outline masterplan is in progress (ahead of any
public consultation / engagement) and giving mention of a future social
regeneration charter for St Thomas Street. We responded immediately by email
(to which you were copied in) asking for clarity on ‘meaningful consultation’ and
have had no response to date.
At the meeting we were also informed of the imminent reversal of the Council’s
policy on a Local List. We look forward to seeing the details of the new proposal
in September.
Given the delay to the NSP (with submission to an inspector not expected for at
east 8-12 months) please will you confirm if the council will now also be
taking the opportunity to make the NSP compliant with the London Plan
and the NPPF both in respect of Policy 14: Tall Buildings and Site
Allocations NSP52 and 53?
In conjunction with the work that your department are now/shortly undertaking on
both the borough wide Local List and the Consultation Charter it would seem
impossible for any new engagement or consultation to avoid the consideration of
specific and clearly located height limits for tall buildings across the borough – let
alone in sites as important as those covered by NSP 52 and 53. Please confirm
you accept this and will be addressing the matters accordingly.
Yours Sincerely,
Toby O’Connor