Homebase Tower at Wandsworth Town

another ill conceived developement which is not really addressing the housing needs of London and with an increasing disregard for the locale .

I support the Wandworth conservative councillors in their objection to this development

This umpteenth application makes a mockery of planning guidelines and shows total contempt for the Council and the residents.

I am wondering who is advising the mayor on this planning application as anyone with knowledge of the area would know that such high rise blocks on this site are not appropriate.

There is no justifiable reason for the Mayor to get involved when it is clear how strongly this development is opposed by local residents and Wandsworth Council.

The fact that Sadiq Khan intends to exercise his power and has requested/agreed changes to the development makes this all very suspicious and one can assume this will be passed through.

"Our elected council rejected this planning application twice and for very good reasons". I couldn't agree more. End of story.

This is undemocratic and dictatorial. Our elected council rejected this planning application twice and for very good reasons.

This is not democracy. This is dictatorial. Our elected council rejected this planning application twice and for very good reasons.

I wrote at length objecting to the scale and size of the proposed development when it was at an earlier stage in the planning process and was delighted with the Wandsworth Applications Committee's decision. I was disheartened (but not surprised) by the Mayor's subsequent intervention. As I said in my earlier submissions, I don't object to the site being developed, just to the size, density and scale of this proposed development. For these reasons, I strongly oppose the development of the Homebase Tower given the environmental impact it will have on the area. The scale of the proposed development is simply wrong for Wandsworth and those living here already. I urge the Mayor to reject the application and request the developers to return to the drawing board to create a smaller development more in keeping with the area and the wishes of those who live here already.

We have been following progress on this application, as we have a property in the adjacent road, Old York Road. Broadly speaking, we are in favour of an attractive development of this site, with good quality housing, with pedestrianised squares and parking, but not overly dense. Unfortunately the scheme has grown into a high density scheme which is thoroughly overbearing to the locality. It makes no sense to build up to 17 stories in this location, in my view, so it should be rejected. Local people deserve to have good housing, not more tower blocks in this non-town centre location.

the public should be listened to

I strongly oppose the development of the Homebase Tower given the environmental impact it will have on the area. The Tonsleys should be given Conservation Area status and this development is not suitable for the architectural style of the area, particularly under the proposal to increase the height of the tower to 17 stories.

This is not democracy.

Dear Mayor Khan You will be aware that the re-development of the Homebase site, on Swandon Way in Wandsworth, has been called in by your office for you to be the final arbiter. It has been a long, drawn-out application that has, somewhat unusually, resulted in even our planning committee balking at the overall scale relative to its surroundings, causing them to twice reject it. I do not wish to dwell on the specifics of the plan as you will also be aware of the many hundreds of objections from residents, local interest groups and even the current leasees, Bunnings, who will have to close down against their wishes, leading to the loss of dozens of jobs. I hope that these, and the various petitions that have also been presented, will speak volumes about the strength of feeling in the borough. I am asking you to consider rejecting the application for a more fundamental reason. The GLA and Wandsworth Council publish guidelines and development strategy documents that set out how land may be used, and at what density or heights new build may take place. You publish housing quota and affordability targets. Residents and businesses have the chance to comment and seem to be generally supportive of the current set. The value of any parcel of land should, therefore, be in some way related to these preagreed guidelines and developers should factor this in to their strategies and business models. The attitude from many developers, however, seems to be that in order to meet affordability targets they must be allowed to ignore all other guidelines so they can make the profit they want. The developers of the Homebase site have owned the land for many years so its value to them is strongly determined by what Wandsworth Council, or yourself, will allow them to do with it. They have decided how many market-price apartments will give them their desired profits and are now cynically horse trading with the affordable portion. If this plan gets the go ahead

This isn't about 'affordable housing'.

Plans for this site have been submitted to the Wandsworth Council on two separate occasions and both were turned down for reasons set out in the Council's report. The latest proposals submitted by the developers to the GLA are larger and hence even more inappropriate for this mostly two-storey residential area. We and our neighbours have already objected because of the detrimental effect on the local infrastructure and amenities. The decision of the Wandsworth Council and local residents should not be disregarded.

Wandsworth needs town houses or maisonettes suitable for families, not more high-rise flats

Horror!

Far to dense. A tower is not appropriate