Homebase Tower at Wandsworth Town

This incongruous design will result in even more overcrowding for an already crowded part of London. If the Mayor of London wants to implore the government to run the Battersea extension of the Northern Line to Wandsworth then feel free. Until then, keep development in proportion with local infrastructure.

I am strongly opposed to the proposed development of the Homebase site in its new iteration. The size of the towers together with the density has already been acknowledged as inappropriate and negative, thus was turned down in previous application incarnations (when even lower towers were then deemed too tall for the area.) I object to the Mayor's decision to "call in" the application, and ask the Mayor to respect Wandsworth Council's decision to reject the previous applications, rejecting this one again for the same reasons. This is obviously a location which should be afforded Conservation Area status in order to prevent overdevelopment.

I completely understand the need for more affordable housing but the issue we have in Wandsworth is the simple fact that there is no infrastructure in place to support the already existing building projects in this area. We live on Eltringham street and in the middle of enduring all the building works with the Battersea Reach and The School Yard developments. All the Ram Brewery development. We've seen high rises around King George's Park, The Riverside, the new works behind HSBC/ next to the library and now there is talk of knocking down Homebase and building even more. Oh and the new block on Garratt Lane too near the doctors. We can't get a train from Wandsworth Town in the morning - from 7-9.30am it is rammed. We simply cannot due to the volume of people already in the area trying to do the same thing. We have to walk to Clapham Junction instead and even then you say a little prayer! We can't get a doctor's appointment for the same reason. Schools are already full. The hospitals are bursting. It's all very well bringing more residential units and retail units - this will bring the developer lots of money. But it will put pressure on an infrastructure that is already in trouble and that's without the many other building works complete. We need someone to put money aside (in their considerations) and make a decision based on the community. We also have to consider the eyesore that tall towers will bring - not in keeping with the area just south of Wandsworth town station. The school yard's 9 storeys is an eyesore! Please please please, put a stop to all this high rise building in our lovely, friendly and homely Wandsworth (not Hong Kong or New York) or at least consider the designs are wrong and that Wandsworth council should be left to make it's own decisions! Thanks, Kate

Please respect Wandsworth Council's original decision and the extremely valid reasons behind it

I heartily oppose the Homebase planning application and the Mayor of London's decision to support the application. The height and density of this proposed area is outrageous. This part of Wandsworth is already over built, the train station is overflowing with commuters and the buses and road infrastructure cannot cope with even more congestion.

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Completely inappropriate height for the area and no plan to improve infrastructure (railway, health, education) to cope. Rejected already by the council who have more understanding of local needs than a distant mayor.

It will take away the light from the Tonsley area. Wandsworth Town Station cannot cope as it is.

I wish to express my objection at the proposed plans. The infrastructure of the surrounding area already struggles to cope with the sheer volume of traffic and people. This, added to all the current developments in the nearby area, will mean that anyone trying to get on a train will find it almost impossible. In addition, the Tonsleys is a special area with a very much village like feel. This will be eradicated if this development goes ahead.

I completely understand the need for more affordable housing but the issue we have in Wandsworth is the simple fact that there is no infrastructure in place to support the already existing building projects in this area. We live on Barchard street and in the middle of enduring all the building works with the Ram Brewery development. We've seen high rises around King George's Park, The Riverside, now literally next to us at the Ram Brewery, the new works behind HSBC and now there is talk of knocking down Homebase and building even more. Oh and the new block on Garratt Lane too near the doctors. We can't get a train from Wandsworth Town in the morning. We simply cannot due to the volume of people already in the area trying to do the same thing. We have to walk to Clapham Junction instead. We can't get a doctor's appointment for the same reason. Schools are already full. The hospitals are bursting. It's all very well bringing more residential units and retail units - this will bring the developer lots of money. But it will put pressure on an infrastructure that is already in trouble and that's without the many other building works complete. We need someone to put money aside (in their considerations) and make a decision based on the community. Please. Please please please, put a stop to all this high rise building in our lovely Wandsworth and if it has to happen, ensure that the infrastructure is able to support it in the first instance. At the moment it can't and we will not support further building works until there is. Thanks, Su

The height of the tower is completely inappropriate with no sympathetic consideration to the local environment, listen to the residents of this great borough.

This area has lost any true potential of having its own character after years of 'luxury' development, this is just another case of the same bland thing that surrounds it. Yet it's proximity to the station with it's seriously overcrowded trains is certainly a stupid selling point and just makes everyones lives in the area more miserable. Enough with development in Wandsworth, it's no longer part of London, but some strange suburb of some other bland made-up place

With all the development around the area and already congested one way system!!! Let's not do this and destroy the old wandsworth town.

Strongly oppose - esp as it's been rejected twice!!

The area is rather crowded with high rise apartments. Please Mr Khan do the right thing.

I would like to object to the high rise development where Homebase currently sits on Swandon Way, Wandsworth, SW18

We, the local residents, reject the further development of yet another massive, mainly for profit large scale project, and it is unacceptable for this to be forced upon us unilaterally by you. This is not democracy, but dictatorship.

Respect the previous rulings of our elected council. Too high, too dense, congestion, light pollution, infrastructure cannot cope, particularly Wandsworth Town station, already well over capacity. Dictatorial and undemocratic.

delete As an owner of a property that sits in the shadow of this proposed high rise I object on the grounds that it will diminish the daylight my building would receive. Another objection is that the height at which it is proposed is not in-keeping with the area. Finally, and most importantly, I object on the basis that an increase in residents of this magnitude would create enormous pressure on the current transport infrastructure which is already overburdened.

As an owner of a property that sits in the shadow of this proposed high rise I object on the grounds that it will diminish the daylight my building would receive. Another objection is that the height at which it is proposed is not in-keeping with the area. Finally, and most importantly, I object on the basis that an increase in residents of this magnitude would create enormous pressure on the current transport infrastructure which is already overburdened.

I completely oppose the development . The infrastructure and facilities of the area simply can't cope with further large scale development. School places, parking, travel links......and so on