Chelsea Bridge Wharf Residents’ Newsletter – Latest Issue
Download latest issue here. cbw-news-v2-1-10-16
Category Archive: Issues with the developer (Berkeley Homes)
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Urgent – Have your say on planning application for Sopwith Way depots – deadline 13th October
Berkeley Homes received a letter from Wandsworth Council on 2nd August 2016 instructing them to shut the depots or to submit a planning application within 28 days. Berkeley Homes missed this deadline but… Continue reading
Chelsea Bridge Wharf – London’s most glamorous riverside development?
The depots on Sopwith Way, which Berkeley Homes set up in April 2016 without resident consultation or planning permission.
CHELSEA BRIDGE WHARF RESIDENT TELLS BERKELEY HOMES SOME UNCOMFORTABLE TRUTHS
On 24th August 2016, temperatures in London reached 33 C (91 F). At Chelsea Bridge Wharf, residents were forced to keep their windows closed as Berkeley Homes continued to use heavy diesel engined… Continue reading
Residents to be charged three-quarters of a million pounds + for new car park doors and entryphone
The service charges are already grossly inflated and there is no case whatsoever for these doors. Have there been numerous break-ins to the car park on P2? Have there been intruders to the building? Official statistics show that since CBW was built there has been one break into the car park and one attempted break in. The Community Safety Officer has advised that the existing doors are fit for purpose.
Berkeley Homes, Rendall & Rittner and Mysterious delays in ‘Quarterly’ Residents’ Meeting
Rendall & Rittner, managing agents at Chelsea bridge Wharf, today informed residents that the ‘quarterly’ meeting would be on October 11th. This is very strange given that the last ‘quarterly’ meeting was 1st March,… Continue reading
Berkeley Homes continue to use Sopwith Way depots without planning permission
Saturday 20th August, 09:30 am. No mercy for the residents – despite lack of planning permission, Berkeley Homes continues to operate heavy diesel engined vehicles with reversing sirens in and out of depots, metres from residents’ flats.
Wandsworth Council finds Berkeley Homes in breech of planning law at Chelsea Bridge Wharf
Berkeley Homes have been notified by Wandsworth Council that the opening of depots on Sopwith Way is an unauthorised change of use (i.e. it does not have planning permission and so is in breech of planing law). The letter to Berkeley Homes, dated 2nd August 2016, requires Berkeley Homes to shut down the depots or to submit a retrospective planning application within 28 days
Rendall & Rittner refuse to reply to request for residents’ meeting
A request was made to Rendall and Rittner on 9th June 2016 for an urgent residents’ meeting to discuss the changes which Berkeley Homes have inflicted on Chelsea Bridge Wharf residents without consultation (HGV access to Battersea Power… Continue reading
No Bank Holidays for Berkeley Homes
Even on a bank holiday there is no respite from Berkeley Homes. The lovely relaxing sound of reversing sirens from the VISTA construction depots on Sopwith Way are such sweet music to my ears!