Save Talacre opposes the development of 55 flats on Dalby Street in front of the Talacre Sports Centre building
The Developer (Findon Urban Lofts' subsidiary Cornwall Overseas Developments) and Camden Council have promoted a scheme which can only work to the detriment of the public and in particular to the Sports Centre, its Gymnastics Club and Treetops. If the access arrangements work in the way they are described in the signed agreements, the expected costs and potential for additional costs of the owners of the flats will be extremely high. For example, we estimate that the combined service charge and ground rent for a 3 bedroom flat will be about £200 a week increasing if more resources such as extra marshals are needed to make the access arrangements safe and workable. This means that the only way that the scheme could work would be if the Developer or future owners neglect to carry out the terms of the agreements or can persuade Camden to change its terms. The purpose of this web site is to provide facts about the development so that
"It seems highly likely that local organisations would be vigilant in keeping an eye on the situation to ensure compliance. More positively, the Plans include provisions for annual reviews, with freedom for the Council to impose any variation “if required to safeguard public amenity and the reasonable access requirements of the Leisure Centre”"  This website representing local people and Sports Centre users is part of that vigilance. Such was their fury that since planning permission was given, they persuaded Camden Council to apply for most of the rest of the Talacre area to become a Town Green - the first Town Green in London. They did that to ensure that other parts of Talacre have complete protection against this or any other developer intruding upon the area WITH OR WITHOUT the Council's agreement. In other words, authority has been taken out of the Council's hands by a resolution of the Council as a result of fury about this development. Pages on the site include LATEST NEWS including of recent updates to this website DALBY STREET DEVELOPMENT describing the development scheme and in particular the unusual access arrangements in the legal ("s106") agreement THE PLANNING AGREEMENT including details of many of the clauses giving the liabilities and obligations that the developer has taken on. In many cases, they get passed on to the future owners of the flats. Anyone thinking of investing in any way should look at this section. It is not an alternative to reading the whole of the agreement which is attached for reference but it gives some pointers PLANNING APPLICATIONS provides details of and links to the relevant planning applications LAND describes the extent of land taken up by the development and its acquisition THE DEVELOPER provides details of Findon Urban Lofts, Cornwall Overseas Developments and Union Developments FINANCING OF FINDON AND TASE. Because Findon Urban Lofts raises funds on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange (TASE) we give details of what is shown on the TASE web site and provide opinions on some of what we have found there FINDON'S OTHER DEVELOPMENTS gives details of Findon's 6 other developments (all in London) TALE OF TALACRE. A living monument to the triumph of people-power over government. Home to the biggest gymnastics club in Britain. And once the site of avant-garde building that influenced some of today's most famous architects. Talacre has a rich and important history that has been determined by ordinary people standing up for themselves and their neighbourhood. By Richard Benson, best selling author of The Farm and a local resident CONTACT provides details of how to contact and support us In our view planning permission for this scheme actually expired on 10th January 2009 since the developer had failed to “implement” it as required under the standard terms of the legal agreement. The Developer did in fact carry out the first stage of the development which was to demolish 52 Prince of Wales Road, but the correct process was not followed and that demolition was not sufficient for him to claim he had started to "implement" the planning permission in time. As of today, it is understood that the Developer is claiming to have started work around 11.12.08 because he had carried out the piling shown in the first picture on the Land page. This work is not relevant to implementing the scheme. Until we receive confirmation from Camden that the planning permission has indeed expired, we are proceeding on the assumption that they have decided to overlook this matter or disagree with us. Furthermore that the Developer has fulfilled the other conditions which must then have been made under the contract. We have provided Camden with all the evidence needed to demonstrate that the planning permission no longer exists. The scheme is referred to here as “Dalby
Street”. References elsewhere to Talacre, Prince of Wales Road or POW are
likely to be to the same scheme. Anyone seeking further information or access to another website where detailed information and links are provided should contact us on tut@savetalacre.co.uk Another website www.talacrefacts.org.uk provides the main documents and letters to and from Camden and masses of other information. If any inaccuracies are pointed out to us, we will promptly correct them. Opinions, however, are our privilege.
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