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Bishopsgate: Weekly Planning Applications

Bishopsgate: Weekly Planning Applications

Posted on August 21, 2024 by Benjamin Murphy

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

Epping Forest Celebrates £4.4m Grant for Habitat Restoration Work

Posted on August 21, 2024 by Benjamin Murphy

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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Bishopsgate: Weekly Planning Applications

Bishopsgate: Weekly Planning Applications

Posted on August 13, 2024 by Benjamin Murphy

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

Bishopsgate: 1 Exchange Square – Green Roofs & Living Walls Plan

Posted on August 13, 2024 by Benjamin Murphy

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

Banksy Installation Appears in the City of London

Posted on August 12, 2024 by Benjamin Murphy

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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Bishopsgate: Weekly Planning Applications

Bishopsgate: Weekly Planning Applications

Posted on August 6, 2024 by Benjamin Murphy

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

Bishopsgate: Street Cleaning Improvements

Posted on August 6, 2024 by Benjamin Murphy

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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Burnham Beeches: enduring attraction spans generations (Bucks Free Press)

Burnham Beeches: enduring attraction spans generations (Bucks Free Press)

Posted on August 2, 2024 by Benjamin Murphy

Buckinghamshire is home to many important natural woodlands. One of those is Burnham Beeches, situated between Slough and Beaconsfield, which is owned, managed and conserved by the City of London Corporation. It has long been one of the places in…

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Epping Forest: Chairman’s Column – July 2024

Epping Forest: Chairman’s Column – July 2024

Posted on August 2, 2024 by Benjamin Murphy

Ben Murphy on Epping Forest Green Flag award and fire safety | East London and West Essex Guardian Series (guardian-series.co.uk) Parents, teachers, and students across the country are breathing a sigh of relief that the summer holidays are finally upon…

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Bishopsgate: Jubilee Garden Redesign Update – August 2024

Bishopsgate: Jubilee Garden Redesign Update – August 2024

Posted on August 1, 2024 by Benjamin Murphy

As readers will have noted from my previous post,  the City of London Corporation is investing £680,000 in a project to improve Jubilee Gardens on Houndsditch (next to Devonshire Square). Works include relandscaping the gardens to create a more open,…

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