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Planning Issues

Downtown Development

By Samu  By Samu 

• Part 1: John Fleming, the city's manager of land use planning policy, wants to change how we design our suburbs. Part 2: Part 3.
• Neighbourhoods in London's Old North are celebrating after successfully battling a proposed student housing development.
• Decision deferred on an application to demolish the historic cottage-style home at 911 Richmond St. to build a 16-bedroom four-plex for students.
• North Londoners reeling over a developer's plan to more than double the size of a proposed condo complex.
• E². The Economies of Being Environmentally Conscious. A new series on green urban design coming to PBS
• Parking lot slated to replace athlete's former home. More
• Parking lot saved!!!
• Parking lot could replace two more downtown heritage buildings. More More
• Developers insist a lot replacing the heritage buildings would be only temporary. More and More.
• Ridout bites the dust. More
• Heritage advocates say the Ridout Street project would destroy historic buildings. More.
• Pivotal decision could  give Locust Mount heritage status.
• Ditching downtown a worry
• Former Central Library to be rezoned for highrise
• Developers running parking lot without city approval on property where a heritage building once stood. More
• The city to hire a consultant to study London's core parking woes that includes making a case for a 500- to 1,000-stall parking garage.
• St. Peter's historic rectory  not  soon to be replaced by a planned replica but a parking lot.
• London developer Shmuel Farhi wins business award. More.
• Lack of vision clouds view. More
• Ambitious city plans worth effort. More.
• Farhi raps city's heritage policies
• London's five most threatened historic or heritage properties.

• London's record on heritage protection. More. More.

• Elsie gets city's shaft again. More.
• Locust Mount Historic home ruling put on hold.
• A court axes a Richmond Street development freeze the city spent about $220,000 to defend.
• Woodholme vote tonight.
• Heritage protection all about trust. More.
• London brims with bleak, er, inspiring structures.
• Downtown rebirth?
• Downtown revitalization has 'turned the corner'
• MainStreet pushes downtown About Face. More

• Developers should become more engaged in community debate on the city's future.

• Drewlo Holdings to seek demolition of Locust Mount (661 Talbot) at Planning Committee's meeting Monday, Sept 26.6PM