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10th May 2022
"We shall be holding RBKC & Clarion to their words and commitments that the estate remains as per the legacy of William Sutton: Social Housing.
And to honour the ruling of James Brokenshire after the Sutton Estate Public Inquiry; That there shall be no loss of social housing on any estate development.
Happy to be part of a committed group of local residents and many more who stood up for this principle and still do.
We are still here.
#saveoursutton "
And to honour the ruling of James Brokenshire after the Sutton Estate Public Inquiry; That there shall be no loss of social housing on any estate development.
Happy to be part of a committed group of local residents and many more who stood up for this principle and still do.
We are still here.
#saveoursutton "
- Ian Henderson
4th Jan 2020
Eight Objections to Planning Application PP/20/05566
11/12/2020 OBJECTION to PLANNING APPLICATION PP/20/05566
I am extremely disappointed to see such a large loss of social housing units in Clarion's proposal.
While in their previous application for luxury flats on the estate the management of Clarion seemed happy to waste £9 million on public relations firms, lawyers, third-rate architects, and consultants, they seem unwilling to spend what is necessary to deliver the best option for residents, RBKC, and London, and have gone for the cheapest option possible, which entails a huge loss of social housing units, and the loss of one building without a satisfactory replacement of value to the community.
There is still no absolute clarity on the tenancies that will be offered on these flats.
Clarion needs to confirm:
1. All rents will be at social rent levels at launch and on an ongoing basis
2. The nature of tenancies to be offered to new, existing tenants and
future tenants
3. The estate as a whole will remain at social rents for all tenants
4. Who will manage allocations for the new properties, and for those
properties left empty by existing tenants moving to the new build.
5. Any properties already rented out at commercial rates will be returned to social housing rates at the earliest opportunity.
6. No properties will be sold.
Clarion management has demonstrated a pattern of obfuscation and furtiveness in their previous planning applications for the Sutton Estate, in their behaviour in hiving off the shops from the estate into a separate company, and has an appalling history in the quality of their other construction projects; so it is essential that there is unequivocal clarity on these points, and intensive oversight of the project. If they won't respond directly with an irrevocable guarantee to any of the above points, then their intentions need to be challenged. Furthermore, the appointment by Clarion of Savills to act for them, with their long association with social cleansing through the sale of social housing throughout the UK, seems hugely inappropriate for a social housing provider, and must put their motivation and agenda for this development into question.
While in their previous application for luxury flats on the estate the management of Clarion seemed happy to waste £9 million on public relations firms, lawyers, third-rate architects, and consultants, they seem unwilling to spend what is necessary to deliver the best option for residents, RBKC, and London, and have gone for the cheapest option possible, which entails a huge loss of social housing units, and the loss of one building without a satisfactory replacement of value to the community.
There is still no absolute clarity on the tenancies that will be offered on these flats.
Clarion needs to confirm:
1. All rents will be at social rent levels at launch and on an ongoing basis
2. The nature of tenancies to be offered to new, existing tenants and
future tenants
3. The estate as a whole will remain at social rents for all tenants
4. Who will manage allocations for the new properties, and for those
properties left empty by existing tenants moving to the new build.
5. Any properties already rented out at commercial rates will be returned to social housing rates at the earliest opportunity.
6. No properties will be sold.
Clarion management has demonstrated a pattern of obfuscation and furtiveness in their previous planning applications for the Sutton Estate, in their behaviour in hiving off the shops from the estate into a separate company, and has an appalling history in the quality of their other construction projects; so it is essential that there is unequivocal clarity on these points, and intensive oversight of the project. If they won't respond directly with an irrevocable guarantee to any of the above points, then their intentions need to be challenged. Furthermore, the appointment by Clarion of Savills to act for them, with their long association with social cleansing through the sale of social housing throughout the UK, seems hugely inappropriate for a social housing provider, and must put their motivation and agenda for this development into question.
14/12/2020 OBJECTION to PLANNING APPLICATION PP/20/05566
After the successful campaign to retain the beautiful buildings on the William Sutton Estate, it is regrettable that the plans for refurbishment result in a reduction in the number of social housing units and of the total floor space within the flats.
Unlike the building contractors employed by the Wm. Sutton Trust originally, Clarion do not have a good track record in terms of building installations or maintenance. Any planning permission granted should require high standards and an independent inspection of the redesigned interiors. It is well established that roofs and drainage throughout the estate have been neglected for years. It should be part of this major application to ensure that attention is paid to this aspect over the entire estate, not just the area including the 4 blocks: Aldbury, Bedbury, Chipperfield and Delmerend.
I also object to the demolition of the Estate Manager's house at the centre of the estate and the failure to replace it with a structure large enough for community gatherings. The pergola in the planned garden on the site will give no shelter of value, while the style of the planned shed/bin store is quite at odds with the red brick facades of the surrounding buildings.
Finally I object to the reduction in the number of parking spaces and the lack of storage provision for mobility scooters, buggies and other forms of increasingly popular essential transport; admittedly there is ample provision for cycles, but that is no help to most people with mobility problems.
The estate was built for uniquely social housing. Any other use should be excluded in perpetuity.
Unlike the building contractors employed by the Wm. Sutton Trust originally, Clarion do not have a good track record in terms of building installations or maintenance. Any planning permission granted should require high standards and an independent inspection of the redesigned interiors. It is well established that roofs and drainage throughout the estate have been neglected for years. It should be part of this major application to ensure that attention is paid to this aspect over the entire estate, not just the area including the 4 blocks: Aldbury, Bedbury, Chipperfield and Delmerend.
I also object to the demolition of the Estate Manager's house at the centre of the estate and the failure to replace it with a structure large enough for community gatherings. The pergola in the planned garden on the site will give no shelter of value, while the style of the planned shed/bin store is quite at odds with the red brick facades of the surrounding buildings.
Finally I object to the reduction in the number of parking spaces and the lack of storage provision for mobility scooters, buggies and other forms of increasingly popular essential transport; admittedly there is ample provision for cycles, but that is no help to most people with mobility problems.
The estate was built for uniquely social housing. Any other use should be excluded in perpetuity.
11th Dec 2020
Planning Application PP/20/05566 by Clarion Housing Association Limited / Savills
See all documents summited as part of the planning application HERE
Target date for decision: Friday, 5th Feb 2021
Target date for decision: Friday, 5th Feb 2021
5th June 2019
"Sutton estate is now a conservation area, meaning greater protection for their homes. Future development must preserve or enhance the character or appearance of the area."
21st March 2019
Consultation SECURE THE SUTTON ESTATE'S PLACE IN HISTORY
DESIGNATE THE HISTORIC ESTATE PART OF A CONSERVATION AREA
A Public Consultation is underway to make the Sutton Estate in Chelsea part of a Conservation Area due to its architectural and historic interest. Please add your voice to this important proposal by using the RBKC online form or by emailing email a word response form to [email protected].
ref:APP/K5600/W/17/3177810Your
ref: TH-THL.FID100128239
TOWN AND COUNTRY PLANNING ACT 1990 – SECTION 78
APPEAL BY CLARION HOUSING GROUP (Affinity Sutton Homes Limited)
SITE AT William Sutton Estate, Cale Street, London SW3 3QY
Report APP/K5600/W/17/3177810
ref: TH-THL.FID100128239
TOWN AND COUNTRY PLANNING ACT 1990 – SECTION 78
APPEAL BY CLARION HOUSING GROUP (Affinity Sutton Homes Limited)
SITE AT William Sutton Estate, Cale Street, London SW3 3QY
Report APP/K5600/W/17/3177810
18th December 2018 -
PLANNING PERMISSION BY CLARION HOUSING GROUP (AFFINITY SUTTON) TO DEMOLISH THE HISTORIC SUTTON ESTATE IS REFUSED.
APPEAL DISMISSED. Read the full decision
More than
12,000 people
Object to the destruction of the historic sutton Estate
Threatened with Demolition, Residents DeCanted (removed, relocated, evicted) and A philanthropic Codicil ignored.
The Sutton Estate, was built over 100 years ago in the heart of Chelsea with quality building materials and architectural design. It survived WW2 and has seen generations of families form a community in Chelsea who to this day call it home. FIND OUT ABOUT THE SUTTON ESTATE'S HISTORY.
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Background
The Sutton Trust was founded in 1900 on the death of the entrepreneur William Sutton, who endowed the vast majority of his fortune to provide "housing for the poor". The Sutton Estate (north west of Chelsea Green) was completed in 1913 to the designs of the distinguished architect, Edward Charles Philip Monson, and was the largest estate built at that date by any of the four main London housing trusts. Despite its neglected condition, it remains one of the finest Edwardian estates in London.
Read More From Richard Grantley Chairman, Milner Street Area Residents' Association
The Sutton Trust was founded in 1900 on the death of the entrepreneur William Sutton, who endowed the vast majority of his fortune to provide "housing for the poor". The Sutton Estate (north west of Chelsea Green) was completed in 1913 to the designs of the distinguished architect, Edward Charles Philip Monson, and was the largest estate built at that date by any of the four main London housing trusts. Despite its neglected condition, it remains one of the finest Edwardian estates in London.
Read More From Richard Grantley Chairman, Milner Street Area Residents' Association
Dear Save The Sutton Estate...
I am a resident and I am wholly against Affinity Sutton appealing the decision to reject their proposed demolition of blocks Albury to Kingsmill along with Nettleden and Oatwell Houses on the Sutton Estate Chelsea SW3.
I have lived in Chelsea for all of my life, as has my wife; in fact both sides of our families have lived in the area for at least five generations....READ MORE
I have lived in Chelsea for all of my life, as has my wife; in fact both sides of our families have lived in the area for at least five generations....READ MORE
RBKC PLANNERS PAN AFFINITY SUTTON
Mr Stallwood has done the right thing. He has advised the Planning Committee to kick out Affinity Sutton's social cleansing plans for Sutton Estate. Had Mr Stallwood not done so he would have played straight into the hands of the opportunists and speculators who run Affinity Sutton. READ MORE
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Send them away...
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The UK’s most expensive borough to live in, the royal borough of Kensington and Chelsea, plans to send some of its most vulnerable residents to live outside London because the soaring property market means it can no longer afford to house them.
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A Big Issue...
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"The Sutton Dwellings form a social housing estate. The blocks were built back in 1913 at the behest of philanthropist William Sutton, a Londoner who made his fortune in parcel delivery. He wanted to provide “houses for use and occupation by the poor”. His wishes were fulfilled for more than a century. Yet most of the estate is now set to be torn down".
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Born & Bred...
February 2015
Tenants condemn plans for Chelsea Estate Eddie Izzard & Tom Watson MP say the plans by Affinity Sutton will “rip apart” a close knit community Read More |
Facing Eviction...
February 2015
Fight plans to sell off social housing estate Plan to evict low-income tenants from Sutton Estate to make way for private homes. Read More |
From across the capital...
Jan 2015
Protest over lack of affordable London housing Campaigners from across the capital, will also call for more focus on building social housing Read More |
The Raw Story...Live
Supporters of The Sutton Estate Blog. News alerts, comment and opinion.
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Flora Neville casts her studious eye on Affinty Sutton's demolition plans
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1. Refurbishing & upgrading existing homes should always be the first and preferred option rather than demolition.
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I Live on the Sutton Estate...
A letter from a resident on the Sutton Estate. READ MORE |
Firstly they state they are better homes for all of us. Well I totally disagree with what I saw of the new homes, they did not impress me at all.
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The history of the sutton estate, Chelsea
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Affinity Sutton's planning application proposal would have entailed:
Number of social rent homes demolished = 383
Number of social rent homes
proposed
= 237
Total loss = 146 homes
Social housing floorspace to be demolished = 18,708 m2
Social housing floorspace proposed = 16,142 m2
Total loss = 2566 m2
Number of sheltered housing units demolished = 73 (Blocks J-K)
Number of sheltered housing units to be built = 0
Private garden and community area for sheltered housing residents will not be replaced.
Gross revenues from sale of properties > £380 million
Number of social rent homes demolished = 383
Number of social rent homes
proposed
= 237
Total loss = 146 homes
Social housing floorspace to be demolished = 18,708 m2
Social housing floorspace proposed = 16,142 m2
Total loss = 2566 m2
Number of sheltered housing units demolished = 73 (Blocks J-K)
Number of sheltered housing units to be built = 0
Private garden and community area for sheltered housing residents will not be replaced.
Gross revenues from sale of properties > £380 million
Apart from the issue that the proposed building is an ugly mediocrity totally inappropriate, out of keeping and context with its surroundings, this application is in clear breach of the 2010 RBKC Core Strategy in the loss of social housing.
Both the RBKC Consolidated Local Plan (CLP) and the London Plan (LP) state that there will be no net loss of existing social rented provision.
Both the RBKC Consolidated Local Plan (CLP) and the London Plan (LP) state that there will be no net loss of existing social rented provision.
These properties are in a bad condition because, despite an income in excess of £3.5 million p.a. from the estate, AS has been deliberately letting the properties dilapidated.
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