JUDICIAL REVIEW 11, 12 & 15 November 2010 – UPDATE – THE TRIAL FINISHED ON MONDAY 15th STILL NO VERDICT!
Trillium (Developers) made two planning applications for the demolition of the former POPLAR EMPLOYMENT EXCHANGE at 307 Burdett Road, and both were refused by Tower Hamlets Council. One of the reasons for refusing the 2009 application for demolition and replacement by an 11-storey block of flats was that the building makes a positive contribution to the character and appearance of the Limehouse Cut Conservation Area. Trillium responded by starting judicial review proceedings in the High Court against the Council’s designation of the conservation area, with a view to having it quashed.
The judicial review will be held on 11 and 12 November at the Administrative Court Office – COURT 2 – by MR JUSTICE OUSELEY
The Queen on the application of Trillium (prime) Property Gp Limited v London Borough Of Tower Hamlets
Court 2 -The Royal Courts of Justice,
Strand,
London
WC2A 2LL
It is absolutely essential for local residents and others to attend so that the judges can see the extent of support for the conservation area. The case has now run on into Monday – so please meet up outside by 9.45 am on Monday 15th November 2010 or make your way up to court 2 – 1st floor.
Should Trillium win in the High Court, the Limehouse Cut Conservation Area would be revoked. Consequently, the former POPLAR EMPLOYMENT EXCHANGE, and several other buildings in the construction area, would almost certainly be demolished for tall blocks of flats. Most of the historic canalscape on London’s oldest canal would be lost and the canal would become a sunless concrete canyon.