Articles and Press

This page has links to a number of articles in local and national press which are relevant to the Newcombe House development plan and other local issues

Evening Standard article: ‘Has Covid killed the skyscraper? A more hybrid London beckons’ (January 22nd, 2021)

https://www.standard.co.uk/comment/covid-skyscraper-offices-workers-b900774.html

Evening Standard article: ‘Notting Hill development taken out of Mayor's hands amid war of words’ (May 29th, 2019)

https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/newslondon/notting-hill-development-taken-out-of-mayors-hands-amid-war-of-words/ar-AAC5cFN?ocid=spartandhp

Notting Hill residents Furious At Plans For New Tfl Cycle Route: ‘They want to chop down our trees’ (May 31st, 2019)

https://www.londonnewsonline.co.uk/notting-hill-residents-furious-at-plans-for-new-tfl-cycle-route-they-want-to-chop-down-our-trees/

Article in the FT outlining the fall in demand (and prices) for new build properties in London - undermining the viability plans for the total rebuilding of Newcombe House (February 20th 2019) :

https://www.ft.com/content/a8e529e4-307a-11e9-8744-e7016697f225

Evening Standard article about the Mayor’s decision to approve the redevelopment of Newcombe House. The article quotes our Treasurer, Sam Dunkley (September 19th, 2018):

https://www.standard.co.uk/news/london/newcombe-house-latest-monstrosity-tower-will-be-built-after-london-mayor-sadiq-khan-overrules-a3939766.html

Blog post from THis Is North Kensington (THINK), ahead of Mayor Khan’s decision. HVRA is quoted (September 18th, 2018):

https://thisisnorthkensington.wordpress.com/2018/09/18/newcombe-house-redevelopment-for-or-against/

Highlighting developer-friendly planning processes (April 18th):

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2018/apr/29/nearly-100-london-councillors-have-links-to-property-industry

Letter to The Evening Standard by Sam Dunkley, one of our Committee Members  (23rd April 2018).  Scroll down the page to see the letters:

https://www.standard.co.uk/comment/letters/the-reader-take-more-drastic-steps-to-stem-the-tide-of-plastic-pollution-a3820876.html

Construction press article stating that over 500 tall towers are in the planning pipeline for London.  This was widely picked up in the national press (April 18th):

http://www.constructionenquirer.com/2018/04/18/more-than-500-towers-planned-for-london/

Major issues with the Earl's Court development  (April 18th): 

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/earls-court-property-row-forces-developer-capco-into-retreat-m7sh0btrd

The Times commenting on the proposed Newcombe House development (April 18th):

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/sixties-symbol-thats-not-trendy-enough-for-notting-hill-ktzltsfbl8w 

Review of the King's Cross developments by the Guardian's architecture critic (Feb 2018):

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2018/feb/09/gasholders-london-kings-cross-rebirth-google-hq

The Standard commenting on the Newcombe House controversy (Jan 2018):

https://www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/notting-hill-split-over-new-plan-for-18storey-tower-block-and-treelined-square-a3750341.html

The piece by Simon Jenkins in the Standard mentioning Newcombe House (Oct 2017):

https://www.standard.co.uk/comment/comment/simon-jenkins-the-death-of-the-conservation-area-is-destroying-our-skyline-a3660701.html