I hope you have managed to recharge your batteries and connect with family and friends this summer. Many of you, I know, have taken the opportunity to visit ‘the Green Lungs of London’. I have seen families flying kites and model aeroplanes,…
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Bishopsgate: Weekly Planning Applications
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 4 – 5 Devonshire Square London…
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Epping Forest: Skylark Send-Off Celebration
Earlier this year, I was proud to join forces with the Wren Wildlife and Conservation Group to launch a campaign to protect the closest skylark nesting site to London. Skylarks are ground-nesting birds and therefore they are exposed to disturbance…
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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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Epping Forest Celebrates £4.4m Grant for Habitat Restoration Work
It is with enormous pleasure I can share the news that Epping Forest has successfully won a grant totalling £2,351,000 from the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs through their Countryside Stewardship Scheme. The grant will be paid in…
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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 118 Middlesex Street London E1 7HY…
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Bishopsgate: 1 Exchange Square – Green Roofs & Living Walls Plan
This week, the City of London Corporation has received 1 Exchange Square’s plans to introduce green roofs and walls. Green roofs and living walls act as natural air filters, with plants absorbing pollutants and CO2 while releasing oxygen through photosynthesis. In…
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Banksy Installation Appears in the City of London
There has been much excitement over the past 24 hours, following street artist Banksy’s announcement on Instagram that they had been responsible for the redecoration of a City of London Police sentry box on Ludgate Hill with a piranha design.…
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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 19 Widegate Street London E1 7HP…
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Bishopsgate: Street Cleaning Improvements
Regular readers will be aware that I have written about the declining standards of cleanliness in Bishopsgate, particularly around Liverpool Street Station before (here and here). Data from the City Corporation, an audit by Keep Britain Tidy and feedback from…
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