Louise Sleeman, GiGL Information Officer With a population of nearly nine million and growing, development and the number of planning applications in Greater London inevitably continues to rise. However, behind the scaffolding and bricks, numerous open spaces and...
DC Sarah Bailey, Metropolitan Police A housing development company has become the first to be prosecuted by the Metropolitan Police Service for destroying a bat roost. City and Westminster Developments Ltd, based in Kilburn Lane, London, W10 4AN pleaded guilty to...
Maria Longley, GiGL Community Manager and Chloë Smith, GiGL Partnership Manager What’s happening in your neighbourhood? How do you engage with nature and open spaces? Maybe you are a member of your local park’s Friends group, or an allotment society. Maybe you record...
Alison Fure A planning application to develop the largest area of standing water in Kingston upon Thames was defeated last year. The application proposed to construct sixty-four floating homes on the Seething Wells former filter beds, with the addition of a...
Mandy Rudd, GiGL Director Publicly available planning figures show 17,000 planning applications were assessed in London between January and March last year (2011). In the same period, GiGL delivered just 144 data searches. While not all applications have a potential...
