Cath Jeater

EVENT: Back by popular demand, C20's unmissable walking tour of Surrey Quays. Led by Philip Downer, it explores the legacy of the LDDC, “toytown” architecture, big housebuilders doing PoMo, and the incorporation of the old dock system into a new district. Book fast for this one! 🗓️ Sat 22 March 2025, 10:30am-12:30pm 🎟️ secure.c20society.org.uk/Default.aspx?t…

shouldn’t that be Fatwick Airport?

@TanyaSzendeffy Yup but it’s to be expected, yes? 1970s industrialisation of a port to be dominated by logistics…par for the course. How can it be improved for pedestrians and not further neglected by ES is probably a better question. I know a man who can…. 😂

How to almost destroy a town in one swift swirl of the pen: Newhaven has suffered significantly since the construction of its ring road. Think before you swirl. Think once, breath. Think twice, breath. Question and make a decision. and if in doubt. Think again before you swirl.

Our excavations at The Liberty in Southwark have revealed incredible Roman remains. In this first blog in our new series we're finding out ‘what happens next’ & how our discoveries fit into this site’s fascinating 2000-year-old story Read the blog HERE: mola.org.uk/discoveries/ne…

@bens2477 Hassocks

I'm curious - other than Micheldever Station and Llandudno Junction - are there any other villages/towns named after a station? For those who don't know, Micheldever is in a village called Micheldever Station which is a fair way away from another village called... Micheldever

@WalworthSociety @lb_southwark Whoop! I wrote the design & conservation comments for this one, I wonder what they’ll come back with….

Letters going out from @lb_southwark to everyone who objected to the Beehive PH application (23/AP/0481) that the planning appeal hearing that was to be held on Tues 22nd Oct has been CANCELLED as the planning appeal has now been WITHDRAWN.

@AlbionSalter @HistoricEngland @BedfordTweets Yeah pretty great that one.

@AlbionSalter @HistoricEngland @BedfordTweets Haha, he’s a good negotiator but in Walworth we struggled to get owners to sign up.

Bedford, then and now. 👀 On Bedford high street, our High Street Heritage Action Zone has revealed and enhanced historic building features to create a more inviting environment for shoppers and visitors. #HistoricHighStreets @BedfordTweets

@russellcurtis Yeah I know. Have always thought it odd. Members sign off on it though so lobby direct. At a previous authority the Scheme of dele included being decided at committee if anyone wanted to speak on any application. Cue agents asking to “speak” on all their applications. 🤦🏼‍♀️

@CathJeater Unfortunately not everywhere

So here's a thing. Unless I'm wrong, if there are enough objections to a planning application recommended for approval it goes to committee. But if there are the same number of people supporting a delegated rejection, it doesn't. Why is this?

@griffitha Look in the mirror much?

“The sleaze, nepotism and apparent avarice are off the scale.” To which I would add corrupting the senior civil service through crony and donor appointments.

@Conservatives Please, Conservative party and speaking as a member and a former MP layoff the Prime Minister’s children grow up This pathetic war on dresses and children just shows that you have nothing else to say. I am ashamed.

Do vote for Lao Dao @ Kennedys, Walworth Road

@griffitha The scandal of parachuting a director of a right wing think tank into a safe Tory seat…..nope, not heard of that one either.

Sir Alistair said the Government had made “early, silly mistakes which they should learn from”. “They should learn very quickly from them or their approach to standards will be subject to a great deal of public criticism,” he said.

The scandal of appointing Labour supporters and donors directly into impartial very senior civil service roles is not going away. Sir Alistair Graham joins @instituteforgov, Civil Service Commissioner, @WhitehallWatch_ and others in condemning.

It’s the club nobody wants to join. Sending ❤️ to my favourite 90s icon @laurenlaverne

But who could have foreseen that this would lead to anti-refugee sentiment?

@griffitha Thank goodness we can build homes in locations that can support them and people want to buy them. You need to get with the times!

More on what this means for the west of West Sussex: 🐘Horsham which has been building around 600 homes a year faces a more than doubling to 1,300 homes a year. 🌊Arun, which has been building around 770 homes a year, faces an 80% increase to 1,400; and ⚓️Chichester which has been building around 750 homes a year faces a 60% increase to 1,200 homes

Setting? Less than substantial? Better revealing? #beaulieu #holibobs

Your periodic reminder that town planning used to be an Olympic event. John Hughes won gold for Team GB in 1932.