Tuesday, 8 June 2010

IMPORTANT COMMENT REGARDING YET MORE RBKC DIRTY TRICKS

I received this comment a few days ago and thought that it deserved some space of its own where it wont get ignored as other comments sometimes are. It came from a person calling himself 'Tomas' and lists yet more of the underhanded methods that the council, who are becoming increasingly more blatant, arrogant and shameless in the application of their 'make 'em up as we go along-policies' regarding the long planned Blitzkrieg against Portobello market.
Members of RBKC planning department (along with other obliging departments no doubt) are getting up to a stunning amount of what I can only politely call bad behaviour, behaviour coming from the council who have been behaving in naughty little ways like renaging on written promises and making up their own building policy as they went along, depending on the buildings location of course.
The sort of action that will hopefully end the council up in court getting their knuckles rapped.
Anyway, heres Tomas' comment:

"Fury over portobello market PLANS, Almost 34,000 people have backed a petition calling for action after 150 traders were ejected from Portobello Market and replaced by a chain store.
The traders say it was promised they could return to Lipka's Arcade in the west London market once it had been "refurbished" by a developer.
But the antique stalls were instead merged into a giant shop, now inhabited by fashion store All Saints.
Marion Gettleson, who has run an antiques shop in the market for 50 years, said: "There are letters in which it was promised people could come back after work was done. That meant traders were willing to go quietly.
"But when scaffolding was removed there was a massive, 10,000-square-foot All Saints in place of the stalls.
"It is so utterly out of character with the neighbourhood it's breathtaking."
Traders allege the development is improper because the developer said in his planning application that stallholders could return - something they say influenced the council's decision to give plans the green light.
The final development is allegedly taller than was permitted under original plans, blocking a view to Notting Hill.
Planning permission is being retrospectively sought for a fibreglass shop-front erected without authorisation.
Kensington and Chelsea Council say no permission was needed to merge stalls.
Among the 150 antiques traders, many of whom have now given up, was a woman in her 90s who had run a stall for several decades.
Remaining traders say the changes to the arcade, undertaken by developer Warren Todd, threaten the character of one of London's top tourist attractions.
There are already several All Saints stores in west London, including two in the nearby Westfield shopping centre.
PETTYMARKET.COM BEST OF LONDON"
Cheers Tomas.

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