We were delighted to be included in The Cambridge Room event on 26 March, their first talk on ‘Let’s talk about the Beehive’ and grateful to know that our work has been recognised with comments on how helpful our website is and our considered contributions to the planning process.

A Freedom of Information (FOI) request allows the public to access information held by UK public authorities, requiring these authorities to respond with the requested information within 20 working days, unless an exemption applies

An update on the status and an invitation to comment with points of concern that you may wish to cover.

What happened at the planning committee meeting on 12 February when the Beehive plans were discussed? Here’s our summary of what we expect to happen next.

Railpen have lobbied the Secretary of State to get their plans called-in, thus bypassing local democracy. Here’s how to help if you want a better plan for the Beehive site.

The proceedings of the planning committee meeting, their decisions and all the comments and reports will be sent to the Planning Inspectorate for review. Because the committee can’t actually refuse due to the ‘calling in’, as recommended by the case officers, they were ‘minded to refuse’, so had this been a standard planning meeting, we’d have been very pleased with the results, which was a unanimous refusal on the grounds of residential amenities.