High Court Hearing for Permission to Proceed with Judicial Review

We now have the Court date for our application for judicial review.

The Court hearing is on 1st March at the Royal Courts of Justice in the Strand WC2A 2LL.
The hearing is in public and we will be able to publish the time and the court room number the day before.

The Royal Courts of Justice

Our claim will be argued by our very experienced and specialist barrister, Matthew Horton QC, who has the reputation as a “Brilliant heavyweight advocate, who has a great presence and thinks outside the box" 

However we can’t win this case without money! Please help us and donate on our CrowdJustice page

We must stop this building blocking winter sunlight on our only park and the school playground. Hundreds of children will be denied winter sun if this is allowed to continue.

The Bowater House Spectres of Modernism banner protest

A win will be a blow against property speculation and Londoners being priced out - we need social rented accommodation for people not luxury investment apartments left empty.

The Denizen won't contain any affordable housing
and is being marketed in Hong Kong as investment property

It will be a blow against those seeking to damage our architectural heritage and steal our sunlight by overdevelopment.

It will be a blow against corporate governments which seek to exploit community assets for their own benefit.

For far too long the Corporation of London has ignored the community's views and needs in preference to the views of developers. This has to change. If we win this battle there will be far reaching consequences for other developments.

TW are not paying the full 106 contribution to affordable homes because they say they paid the City too much for the site and the City accepted this excuse.
The City of London has ignored over 180 objections from local people.

Please help support this campaign by donating funds towards our Judicial Review on the CrowdJustice page and put a stop to communities being ignored and the development of more unnecessary overdeveloped luxury investment properties. We need affordable homes not cash boxes in the sky.

A mountain of greed.
The Denizen cash boxes in the sky, engulfing the Jewin Church
and overshadowing our park and school and homes

Taylor Wimpey have finished the wasteful demolition of Bernard Morgan House. We have all suffered during the demolition process from the uncontrolled dust. Taylor Wimpey have continued their uncaring attitude towards everyone who lives in this community.

The appalling toxic dust, created as Bernard Morgan House is destroyed

They wouldn't even agree to stop the demolition during the periods when Richard Cloudesley children were arriving and leaving school.

The mini buses and taxis waiting outside Richard Cloudesley School to collect children

Now Bernard Morgan House has been destroyed this site needs to be developed in a way that would benefit the community and the environment.

The empty site

An imaginative design that complements the surrounding listed architecture of the Golden Lane Estate and the Barbican and does not block the light and sunlight on Fortune Street Park, Prior Weston School, and neighbouring residential properties. It’s not impossible.

Social housing by Rick Mather Architects, inspired by Golden Lane maisonettes,
something like this would have complemented Bowater House beautifully. 

We're not against development if it will benefit the community and create much needed homes. Key worker homes to replace the police accommodation lost by this wanton vandalism.

The Denizen, unneeded luxury flats that will block light on our park and school

Unnecessary destruction of police accommodation

If this building had been refurbished people would be living there by now