https://www.hammersmithsociety.org.uk/tag/opdc/ Working to preserve and enhance our architecture and urban environment since 1962 Thu, 29 May 2025 09:51:22 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://i0.wp.com/www.hammersmithsociety.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/cropped-hammersmith-society_founded1962.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 https://www.hammersmithsociety.org.uk/tag/opdc/ 32 32 141086131 https://www.hammersmithsociety.org.uk/tall-buildings/ Tue, 27 May 2025 09:09:22 +0000 https://www.hammersmithsociety.org.uk/?p=32518 Hammersmith has several tall buildings, the latest being 181 Talgarth road, but perhaps the most iconic is 1961’s Empress State (31 Storeys) next to Earls Court. There are more in the pipeline, particularly on our borders. Six years ago, we wrote about the increasing fashion for rather less iconic hi-rises, then referring to what we]]> 32518 https://www.hammersmithsociety.org.uk/olympia-update-2/ Mon, 08 May 2023 08:58:41 +0000 https://www.hammersmithsociety.org.uk/?p=30210 On a brisk March morning, we looked at the new West Hall music venue, the most advanced of the structures being built at Olympia, and viewed some of the rest of the site. As you can see, it’s still a major construction site and will be for the next couple of years.  From the roof,]]> 30210 https://www.hammersmithsociety.org.uk/old-oak-west-placelab/ Wed, 22 Mar 2023 09:24:43 +0000 https://www.hammersmithsociety.org.uk/?p=29553 We attended the first Placelab session held next to the North Acton gyratory at Gypsy Corner, to help shape plans for Old Oak West.  Representing our affiliate Old Oak Neighbourhood Forum, Henry Peterson was there, as were a good cross-section of neighbours and resident groups.  For those of you unfamiliar with Old Oak, please read]]> 29553 https://www.hammersmithsociety.org.uk/taking-a-view-opdc-local-plan-adoption/ Tue, 05 Jul 2022 09:53:25 +0000 https://www.hammersmithsociety.org.uk/?p=27870 Our member Henry Peterson has a a lifetime’s experience in the world of planning, and been a long-term adviser to affiliate St. Helens Residents Association and the Old Oak Neighbourhood Forum.  He’s written on OPDC matters extensively, including for us, and his comments were mentioned several times in the recent Local Plan adoption meeting. Here]]> 27870 https://www.hammersmithsociety.org.uk/old-oak-park-royal-local-plan/ Mon, 06 Sep 2021 16:02:59 +0000 https://www.hammersmithsociety.org.uk/?p=24628 A further consultation stage ended on 5 July. This was made necessary because the Car Giant section of the OPDC area was ruled to be “undevelopable” for the duration of the Plan (as a result of no agreement with Car Giant) – so the quantum of development has to be shifted to the west of]]> 24628 https://www.hammersmithsociety.org.uk/hs2-muddled-thinking/ Wed, 11 Aug 2021 15:40:58 +0000 https://www.hammersmithsociety.org.uk/?p=24304 If you saw the HS2 story on last week’s Newsnight, you might be surprised at how so much money has been spent, and how much digging done, including in this borough with parts of Wormwood Scrubs being churned up to break ground for Old Oak station, “the most connected station in the UK”, possibly without]]> 24304 https://www.hammersmithsociety.org.uk/property-prices-development-a-25-year-review/ Wed, 05 May 2021 15:54:14 +0000 https://www.hammersmithsociety.org.uk/?p=23122 So-called property porn continues to make up a good percentage of the TV schedules 25 years after Changing Rooms started Building the Dream in a Location, Location, Location for The Poshest Sleepover in Millionaires’ Mansions, then over to The Great Interior Design Challenge, creating some Grand Designs, and moving on to daytime TV with rather lower]]> 23122 https://www.hammersmithsociety.org.uk/linford-christie-stadium-and-wormwood-scrubs-update/ Mon, 26 Oct 2020 19:12:07 +0000 http://www.hammersmithsociety.org.uk/?p=18892 We reported earlier this year on plans for the Linford Christie Stadium site, which is right on the edge of Wormwood Scrubs and which, like the open space itself, is Metropolitan Open Land. Last year the Council held a consultation on the future of the stadium, which resulted – with apparently a big push from]]> 18892