Benjamin Murphy

This weekend, Members of the Epping Forest and Commons Committee headed to north-east Surrey for a site visit to Ashtead Common. The 450 acre Common is designated as National Nature Reserve – home to over 1,000 ancient oak pollards and…

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The City of London Corporation has been working with the City’s Business Improvement Districts (BIDs) and Central London Alliance (CIC) to collaboratively leverage this summer’s global sports events, including the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Over the summer, City BIDs and CIC will deliver sporting installations and…

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I have said many times before that people are the City of London’s greatest asset. At Epping Forest, volunteers form a critical part of our people strategy – we simply couldn’t run our open spaces charities without the hard work…

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I am delighted to have been appointed Chairman of Corporate Projects and Procurement at the City of London Corporation, alongside Deputy Chairman, Philip Woodhouse. The Corporation currently procures around £700m of goods and services annually, with almost 1,200 third party…

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This notice gives details of applications registered by the Department of The Built Environment Code: FULL/FULEIA/FULMAJ/FULLR3 – Planning Permission; LBC – Listed Building Consent; MDC – Submission of Details; TPO – Tree Preservation Order 1 Appold Street London EC2A 2UU…

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Broadgate is a large, mainly pedestrianised, 32-acre office and retail estate located in the Bishopsgate Ward of the City of London, next to Liverpool Street Station. In the early 1990s, it was actually the largest office development in London, until…

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In September last year, I provided an update on the Wanstead Park projects in-flight, following a site visit from the Epping Forest and Commons Committee at the City of London Corporation. This week, we were pleased to extend these sessions…

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I was delighted to be a guest of British Land at the City Property Association’s annual lunch at Guildhall today. The CPA is a not-for-profit membership body and advocacy group representing the major owners, occupiers, developers, investors and advisers to…

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Veterinary MP Neil Hudson visits Epping Forest cattle before spring turnout | Dr Neil Hudson Shadow Minister for the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs , Dr Neil Hudson MP, recently visited Epping Forest’s English Longhorn cattle in their…

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This notice gives details of applications registered by the Department of The Built Environment Code: FULL/FULEIA/FULMAJ/FULLR3 – Planning Permission; LBC – Listed Building Consent; MDC – Submission of Details; TPO – Tree Preservation Order 1 – 2 Broadgate London EC2M…

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