News in Brief
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Below are short excerpts of our recent news with links to the full stories. Scroll down to select from our list of news topics, or to check our Diary, recent Twitter and Facebook postings.

Tom Ryland's Memorial Bench

Winter Newsletter 2019-20

Our 12-page newsletter has been published, and printed copies circulated to subscribing members.  Subjects include:

  • Hammersmith Bridge
  • Cycleways
  • Heathrow Third Runway
  • King Street Civic Campus (Town Hall)
  • “Warmer Together” HUC winter fuel appeal
  • OPDC – Old Oak
  • Linford Christie …
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/ Affiliations, Airports, Conservation, Council, Counters Creek/Tideway Tunnel, Cycling, Environment & Streetscape, Hammersmith Bridge, Major Developments, Newsletters, Olympia, OPDC, Smaller Developments, Town Hall, Transport/TfL, White City
London Air quality history, 2010-2019

Air Quality: Not the same as Climate Change!

Many journals have pronounced that London’s ‘filthy air’ is killing thousands, and we note that all candidates standing for Mayor of London this year quote Air Quality as a pillar of their campaign. Here, taking the long view, we look …
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/ Air Quality, Cycling, Environment & Streetscape, Government, News, Transport/TfL
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Disability Forum Planning Group

The Council’s Disability Forum Planning Group (DFPG) provides advice to Hammersmith & Fulham Council on making sure that planning applications create new buildings that are accessible and inclusive, and that work for everyone. The group will use the Social Model …
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/ Consultations, Council, Local Plan, Neighbourhood planning, News
Cycling in Denmark, 2015

Cycle Superhighways: CS9 & CS10

The CS9 saga has been running for a couple of years now, and we’re finally beginning to achieve some clarity in the plans for Hammersmith. CS9 has been renamed CW9 “CycleWay 9” to distance it from existing Central London Superhighways, …
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/ Air Quality, Consultations, Council, Cycling, Environment & Streetscape, News, Transport/TfL
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Water Fountain at Pallingswick House / WLFS

The Mayor of London has recently announced a scheme for Thames Water to install fountains to help reduce single-use plastic consumption, a sentiment we obviously endorse.  You may have noticed refill stations appearing in TfL locations recently, such as Hammersmith …
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/ Conservation, Cycling, Environment & Streetscape, News
Heathrow expansion 2019-07

Heathrow Expansion Consultation

Eagle-eyed members checking our diary will have spotted that Heathrow chose to splashdown with its consultation roadshow in Hammersmith Town Hall on Wednesday 24th July, the 50th anniversary of the return of the Apollo 11 astronauts. The date helps highlight …
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/ Air Quality, Airports, Consultations, News, Transport/TfL
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Future Of Linford Christie Stadium

The results of the consultation on the future of Linford Christie stadium, situated on Wormwood Scrubs, have been published. The results are startling: over 80% of respondents appear to support Option 3, the 45,000 seat sports stadium and event space …
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/ Conservation, Consultations, News, Parks/Open Spaces/Sports

2019 AGM and Awards

We were pleased to announce our 2019 Awards at the AGM at Olympia on Wednesday 12th June, introduced by committee member Derrick Wright and presented by our President, Prof. Hans Haenlein. The large number of members present were provided excellent …
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/ Conservation, Environment & Streetscape, Hammersmith Bridge, News, Olympia, Society/Awards, Town Hall
Melanie Whitlock - Civic Award 2019

Vice-Chair Melanie Whitlock awarded Civic Honour

We are delighted to announce that our vice-chair Melanie Whitlock won the 2019 Hammersmith and Fulham Civic Award for “Contributions to art, culture or heritage” on Wednesday 12th June at a ceremony in the Town Hall.  Congratulations and thanks …
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/ Council, News, Society/Awards
AGM19 - Cllr Harcourt describes Hammersmith Bridge problems

Hammersmith Bridge update

At our AGM on 12th June, members of the audience asked a number of questions about the Bridge. As we reported in our recent newsletter and over the previous 4 years, the bridge has been in trouble for a long …
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/ Conservation, Council, Government, Hammersmith Bridge, News
HGCA glasshouses

Hammersmith Community Gardens fund-raising

Hammersmith Community Gardens Association is a local charity that has been operating on a site in Ravenscourt Park since 2004.  The existing glasshouse structures have been refurbished twice but are at the end of their life, and existing facilities are …
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/ Consultations, News, Parks/Open Spaces/Sports, Society/Awards
2019 Award Nominations

2019 Award Nominations shortlisted

Members of the Committee visited our 30th Annual Award Nominations on Sunday 19th May and shortlisted them. They’re all shown on the nominations page in their categories, with a selection here. If you would like to comment on them, or …
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/ Conservation, Consultations, Environment & Streetscape, News, Parks/Open Spaces/Sports, Smaller Developments, Society/Awards, White City
 
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News Topics

ACV Affiliations Airports Air Quality Arts/Culture Capability Brown Conservation Council Counters Creek/Tideway Tunnel Crime Cycling Environment & Streetscape Flyunder Government Hammersmith Bridge Local Plan London Plan Major Developments Neighbourhood planning Olympia OPDC Parks/Open Spaces/Sports Riverside Studios Shepherd's Bush Smaller Developments Society/Awards Town Centre/Masterplan Town Hall Transport/TfL Triangle Site White City

Our Diary

  • Committee meeting

    Mon 6th Apr | 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
    Zoom.us (Map)

  • Environment Awards ‘Walkabout’

    Sun 17th May | 10:00 am - 1:00 pm

    Committee visit and photograph the 2020 Award Nominations

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