The latest Islington Council Planning Committee meeting was held on Thursday 15th of February, and for the third time HFI were in front of the committee in an attempt to convince them of the merits of their Major Works plan. HFI’s proposal was once again deferred, with a 2-1 majority of councilors concerned that HFI’s proposed mix of sliding and top-hung windows would be detrimental to the building.
There was also a great deal of confusion as to whether HFI had provided the appropriate documentation in time for the meeting, as many of the plans (including elevations and window cross-sections) were not generally available for interested parties to examine until the evening prior to the meeting, and were only presented to the councilors at the meeting itself. This caused some discussion as to whether a decision could even be made based on the state of the proposal, however it was decided by the committee that the plans, regardless of the state at the time of the meeting, would not resolve quesions over the proposed plans suitability.
Once again this will delay the commencement of the Major Works plan at The Triangle. We will now have to wait until either HFI decide to put forward a proposal that is acceptable to the Planning Committee (at this stage it appears it would have to incorporate sliding windows throughout) or take their proposal to Planning Appeals. If the proposal were to go to appeal, it would cause further serious delay to an already laughably late improvements project.
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The latest Islington Council Planning Committee meeting was held on Thursday 15th of February, and for the third time HFI were in front of the committee in an attempt to convince them of the merits of their Major Works plan. HFI’s proposal was once again deferred, with a 2-1 majority of councilors concerned that HFI’s proposed mix of sliding and top-hung windows would be detrimental to the building.
There was also a great deal of confusion as to whether HFI had provided the appropriate documentation in time for the meeting, as many of the plans (including elevations and window cross-sections) were not generally available for interested parties to examine until the evening prior to the meeting, and were only presented to the councilors at the meeting itself. This caused some discussion as to whether a decision could even be made based on the state of the proposal, however it was decided by the committee that the plans, regardless of the state at the time of the meeting, would not resolve quesions over the proposed plans suitability.
Once again this will delay the commencement of the Major Works plan at The Triangle. We will now have to wait until either HFI decide to put forward a proposal that is acceptable to the Planning Committee (at this stage it appears it would have to incorporate sliding windows throughout) or take their proposal to Planning Appeals. If the proposal were to go to appeal, it would cause further serious delay to an already laughably late improvements project.
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