Two interesting articles on the Sainsbury’s development have appeared recently. Rowan Moore, architecture critic for The Guardian and Observer lambasted the development in an article covering the legacy of Boris Johnson. He recommended the Sainsbury's development "be dispatched by planners back to its developers and architects as a crude imposition on a rich and historic part of London.” http://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2016/apr/10/boris-johnson-london-legacy-folly-vanity-rowan-moore The distinguished architectural writer Gillian Darley explored whether the London’s skyscraper boom is damaging the city in Apollo Magazine. She paid particular attention to the Trinity Almshouses, stating: “If the development goes ahead, the long shadow of the proposed towers (regardless of architectural quality which, as it happens, is negligible in this case) will fall over the tiny red brick cottages with their protective chapel and proud gates like a predatory invader in a sci-fi film. What a grim metaphor for London in 2016.” www.apollo-magazine.com/is-londons-skyscraper-boom-damaging-the-city Gillian Darley’s Return to Subtopia will be broadcast on Saturday the 7th May on BBC Radio 4 and is sure to be an interesting listen. However, despite the petition and media coverage, there have still been very few objection emails to the development! We desperately need more people to email objections to dr.developmentcontrol@towerhamlets.gov.uk There is a template below for you to expand on. Duplicate objections are discounted so it’s vital that you add your own personal reasons for opposing the development. Don't forget to include your postal address on the email, as those without one are also not valid. All the best, #StopSainsburysSaveWhitechapel Name Address To whom it may concern, I would like to register my objection to the Sainsburys Whitechapel development (application PA/15/00837) which offers little public benefit to counteract the irreversible harm it will cause to Whitechapel community, residents and businesses. - Of the proposed 559 apartments only 89 apartments (16%) are to be ‘affordable’, falling far short of the Council’s targets of 35-50%. Just 6% are family dwellings, making the mix wholly inappropriate for this part of Whitechapel, and contributing to the wider London housing crisis. - The high rise development is radically out of scale with the surrounding low rise Whitechapel. The 8 towers of up to 28 stories would introduce a density beyond Council guidelines, would block daylight to hundreds of homes and businesses, and overlook countless more. - The proposal will overwhelm historic Whitechapel causing irreversible damage to many listed buildings, including the Grade 1 listed Trinity Green, just 100m from the tower. - As required by planning policy, the application has not considered alternative massing arrangements, which is a fundamental obligation for developments of this scale (EIA Regulations). Instead, it appears to be driven by density and high value apartments. I urge Tower Hamlets to reject the decisively reject this application on the basis that it contravenes policy and offers little to the local residents. Kind regards, Name