The first meeting of the group of local residents to review proposals for the Town Centre including the Flyunder took place on 3 December. There are 25 on the panel and the Hammersmith Society Committee is represented by myself, Melanie Whitlock, Rosemary Pettit and Richard Winterton. The first meeting involved a summary of the group’s

Details of this scheme for a panel to advise the Council on emerging plans for Hammersmith Town Centre (including the Flyunder) were posted in previous News Updates : The Council have now announced membership of the panel. Apparently they received a very large number of applications to choose from. A initial meeting is due to

This was announced by the Council on 23 June 2015 and is quite separate from the above. The intention is that the panel will assist the Council determine the future of Hammersmith Town Centre including options for tunnelling the A4.  Refer to the council website here The original deadline for registration of interest was extended

At the recent Question Time event based upon the ‘Flyunder’, which formed part of this year’s London Festival of Architecture events arranged by West London Link and Hammersmith BID, Cllr Stephen Cowan announced the setting up of a Residents’ Panel to act as a consultative group for the various projects affecting Hammersmith Town Centre. These

The council has reworked several pieces of longstanding planning work, and is asking for feedback from you in a series of consultations – details in our diary. We’ve been keen to progress this matter for a while, and it’s good to see new activity. Firstly we should set the historical context, to better understand how

Our vice-chair, Melanie Whitlock and her family have recently decided to move to Edinburgh after living in Hammersmith for a long time, Melanie has been a stalwart of the Society for at least 38 years. She has been on the committee since the 1980’s, chairing the Society twice, with a long stint from 1984-1990 during

We have reported on the progress on the new Hammersmith and Fulham Local Plan over the last two years. The revised Plan incorporating several of our comments and recommendations will now be the subject of this Inquiry by a Government appointed inspector. He will be assessing the soundness of the plan and conformity to planning

Four of your Committee are on the Council’s Hammersmith Residents’ Working Party (Melanie Whitlock, Rosemary Pettit, Richard Winterton and myself)  : We have had three meetings since its inception, which have included a presentation by Transport for London (TfL) on their current thinking for the Flyunder and the Broadway. Mysteriously, they failed to mention the strategic

The 16-page April Newsletter has been published and circulated to subscribing members.  Subjects include: St. Augustine’s Church And Priory Cambridge House Old Oak Common And Park Royal (OPDC) Car Giant Dimes Place AGM Mobile Phone Masts The Walkabout Air Quality Commission The Third Runway At Heathrow Neighbourhood Planning Hammersmith Residents’ Working Party Latymer School Boathouse

Planning and Other Policies The Hammersmith Society is regularly consulted by the Council, the Mayor of London and by the Government on a variety of policy and practical issues relating to the environment of Hammersmith. We are also proactive in relation to issues where we think that action should be taken to improve our area.