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Have to say, I much prefer Create Streets' proposals for the site on behalf of Save Oval.
Although this is especially pertinent here given that there are a number of listed buildings (and structures) within the site, and the immediate vicinity, and that the site is directly adjacent to Kennington Conservation Area et al.
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We are not NIMBYs. We want to see redevelopment of the Gas-holder site.
But we want to see redevelopment that enhances the area, not spoiling the area with high-rise towers.
Working with www.createstreets.com we have worked up the following alternative plan:
Streetscape with large, iconic green space
Our plan has more streets through the site than the Berkeley plan - in particular, we also open up a route into the site from the Kennington Park estate - the closest neighbours of the site.
Because our plan avoids any buildings over 7 storeys, the streets and gardens are not over-shadowed the way the Berkeley Masterplan streets would be. This plan creates high-density new, attractive and affordable homes to help solve the borough's chronic housing shortage, whilst building a vibrant neighbourly community.
I maintain hope that one day a housing developer will listen to sense and revise their bland, soulless scheme for something like this. One day.More "green" routes through the site
We believe that the Berkeley plan ignores the most significant neighbours of the area - the residents of Kennington Park Estate, which surrounds the Gas-holder site to the North and South. After consultation with Kennington Park Estate residents, we believe it is vital that the development opens up more routes through the site from the Kennington Park estate - so in our scheme the gas-holder park would be open to both Montford Place and Kennington Park estate, ensuring more through routes and livelier streets
Although this is especially pertinent here given that there are a number of listed buildings (and structures) within the site, and the immediate vicinity, and that the site is directly adjacent to Kennington Conservation Area et al.
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