Proposed demolition of Holborn Studios by Hackney Council

You can have your say on the application (2017/3511) below. All forms will be submitted to Hackney Council.

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My position on the proposed demolition of Holborn Studios site

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I object to the application because

Loss of Culture
London’s culture and creativity is world-renowned and is the lifeblood of the city. However, London’s cultural infrastructure —faces a number of pressures, including rising rents and threats from development. At a time when London’s cultural infrastructure is increasingly at risk, Holborn Studios’ contribution is even more valuable and significant. The application proposals would result in the removal of the existing Holborn Studios use, destroying the culture and creative use of the site and undermining the cultural and creative industries of this part of the City Fringe. This would be directly contrary to key planning policies set out in the adopted London Plan and Hackney Local Plan.

Affordable Housing
The application proposes a substantial reduction in the off-site affordable housing contribution payment, which is now reduced from £757,076 to £170,000. This is a minuscule sum for a scheme of this nature in the context of a London-wide affordable housing crisis and housing need in Hackney and results in there being no planning benefits arising from the proposal whatsoever.

Climate Change
London has declared a climate emergency. The planning policy and statutory framework in relation to climate change both globally and locally has changed drastically since the previous planning decision. Proposals for development cannot do the same as what they may have done before, they need to grasp the environmental challenge and deliver meaningful contributions while future proofing against climate scenarios. The current proposals do not rise to this challenge.

A fresh analysis of the scheme against the current 2021 planning policy regime, which includes much more stringent sustainability and climate change objectives should conclude that planning permission should be refused as this scheme is unjustified and materially harmful with no overriding reasons to grant planning permission in these circumstances.

It is detrimental to local tax paying residents for the LB Hackney to continue to determine another application, which is even weaker than the previous 2 quashed decisions and where all previous document in relation to which have been lost by LB Hackney in a data hack.

WE WILL USE YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS TO COMMUNICATE NEWS ABOUT THE DEMOLITION OF HOLBORN STUDIOS SITE. IT WILL NOT BE USED BY HOLBORN STUDIOS LTD OR THEIR PARTNERS FOR ANY MARKETING AND WILL BE DISPOSED OF ONCE THE FUTURE OF THE COMPLEX IS DECIDED

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+44 (0) 207 490 4099

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contactus@holbornstudios.com

You can have your say on the application (2017/3511) below. All forms will be submitted to Hackney Council.

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