The latest awful plans for development at Wornington Green. Please object!

The long delayed planning application for Phase 3 of the Wornington Green development is closing now on March 22 (FRIDAY THIS WEEK!). We've held back from asking you to object because we tried to engage with the developers to make the proposals more acceptable. Unfortunately, they've failed to listen, again. So could you please take 5 minutes to object? We've summarised our main objections below, but longer versions, sample letters can be found on our website. 

Please: 

1. object on the council website
2. ask your friends to do the same
3. post a request on social media.

Here are the key objections (more details on our website):

• Too many existing mature trees will be lost. Proposed replacements are inadequate.
• Insufficient new tree planting proposed, especially large, broad-leaf varieties like London planes, limes, beech, maples.
• Loss of biodiversity and wildlife habitat from reduced mature tree coverage.
• Increased urban heat island effect due to insufficient tree canopy coverage.
• Insufficient quality and quantity of play spaces and open spaces.
• Lack of genuine consultation with residents on open space design.
• Potential issues with wind, overshadowing, and lack of greenery in some spaces like the ‘courtyard garden’ and ‘neighbourhood garden’.
• Roads unnecessarily dividing up children's play areas.
• Many small disconnected open spaces instead of one integrated "place".
• Athlone Gardens park should be connected to the play space at the northern end via people-prioritised streets to create a safe and continuous open space for children.
• The co-design process beyond just the park to the surrounding public realm.
  Dedicated cycle infrastructure and parking for bikes, e-bikes, scooters be maximised.
• 15-storey tower will cause overshadowing and divide spaces. It exceeds the 9-storey height guidance by more than 50%.
• The development should not result in any increase in on-street parking. All new and replacement parking should be provided off-street.
• Ensure timely completion of the community centre and park with enforceable mechanisms
• Separation of the community centre/ adventure playground from the park creates a traffic safety hazard for children crossing Portobello Road.

It's super easy to copy these bullets into ChatGPT or similar and ask it to create a personalised letter to upload to the RBKC planning portal. Please do it now. It will only take a few minutes.

Thank you!

Jessica

on behalf of Wornington Trees Community Group