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The SOS Save Our South Bank action group has launched an appeal for financial support to fund the legal fight against “The Slab”, labelled as an “aggressive eyesore” by Simon Jenkins in The Guardian.
This powerful campaign – supported by local MP Florence Eshalomi, and councillors, with objections from Historic England, the Twentieth Century Society, and the National Theatre – provided the groundswell that has resulted in the government calling-in the planning application for a public inquiry. This is a fantastic result!
Continued support is more important than ever to push forward with the next stage of the campaign. The target is to raise £15,000 to pay for full participation in the public inquiry, where the case can be presented, and witnesses cross-examined.
Please donate today and do your bit to #StopTheSlab!
https://donate.giveasyoulive.com/campaign/save-our-south-bank
All donations are managed by Waterloo Community Development Group (WCDG) to help #StopTheSlab.
How your donation will help
It is a David -v- Goliath battle: any donation – no matter how large or small – will help meet the costs of representing the case against this development at the public inquiry.
The arguments need to be framed in legal terms, fund the cost of calling expert witnesses, spend time reviewing and refuting the developer’s claims and then go up against a team of expensive and experienced barristers and professional witnesses.
All funds raised via WCDG will be held and used specifically for the costs we will incur in mounting our challenge to the 72 Upper Ground development.
Why is SOS Save Our South Bank Action group doing this?
The Mitsubishi estate bought ITV’s former studios in 2020 but propose to bulldoze everything including the existing tower and build speculative offices 50% taller and more than double the size, unnecessarily throwing over 100,000 tonnes of CO2 into the atmosphere.
The prominent site means it would be visible from miles around and would destroy treasured views, rob social housing of daylight, and cast the Queen’s Walkway, Riverside Walkway and Bernie Spain Gardens into shadow.
Both the Mitsubishi team and Lambeth Council are putting together legal teams headed up by leading barristers to argue in favour of this development.
The SOS Save Our South Bank action group will be making the community’s case against, with a fraction of the resources – and need your help!