STOP

The residents of Lambeth Village are deeply concerned that the London Fire Brigade is choosing to go ahead with a major redevelopment of their Grade II listed headquarters building at 8 Albert Embankment with insufficient attention to the impact on the local community.
Developer U+I has submitted a plan that calls for:
- Two 90 metre towers in an area designated by the latest Lambeth Plan as being unsuitable for towers meaning the application is a departure from agreed planning practice.  These enormous towers take up to 75% of the sun and light from the low rise residential buildings adjacent, in particular in Whitgift Street.
- A double height glass box on top of the iconic headquarters and a new large hotel at the back enclosing the parade grounds and balconies, forever damaging the heritage aspect of this important building
- An office, residential buildings and a hotel in an area designated for KIBA.
- No plan for how the congestion already occurring frequently in Black Prince Road will be managed when an additional 2500 people access the new buildings daily.
And all with almost no real consultation with the local community groups affected.
We are raising funds to pay for experts to attend the planning committee sessions and advise us on daylight issues and heritage issues and how to fight this egregious display of greed and over development.
Thank you for whatever you can give!
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