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Little Green Street — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 08:40:03 +0000

Little Green Street is now in the top five million web-sites in the world (simultaneously pathetic and jaw-dropping). We're currently ranked 4,566,665 by Alexa. Hurrah! Welcome readers! Its all about content, of course and we wouldn't be anywhere without the comedy that is the triangulation of EuroInvestments, Camden Council and now the Planning Inspectorate and their combined impact on the real lives of people who won't stand for everything that's wrong with planning in the UK today.

Full marks for chutzpah

Little Green Street — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 08:27:45 +0000

Remember how planning permission lapsed on 23 June? Even the Inspector spotted this and wrote to the developers saying (I'm paraphrasing here) "Er, thats it, then. Bye". "Oh no it's not - we've already started work" replied the developers. "Fair enough. As you were. We'll consider your appeal" say the Planning Inspectorate, rolling over.

Er, hang on - aren't the developers expressly forbidden BY THE INSPECTORATE from digging holes, etc until Camden say it's OK? "...no work will be commenced until the Construction Methodology is approved by the local authority". Apparently not. All you have to do is ignore the rules and do it anyway. Camden's approach to enforcement continues to be limp, secretive and apparently ineffectual.

So, all you have to do to completely undermine the system is break the law and you'll get away with it. What a joke.

Gentlemen, zip up your anoraks

Little Green Street — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 09:52:50 +0000

It must be how celebrities feel. Once you become famous, people think you're their's and think nothing of marching up to you and taking photos. Over the past few days, other than higher than normal 'vehicle movements' (mostly macho Transit drivers testing their mettle on the cobbles) we've also seen tourists taking pictures. Oh, the pretty end is nothing new, but of the site? Most conspicuous was a gentleman from Orpington who claimed to be travelling the country (on his free bus pass) photographing controversial development sites. Or perhaps he was a spy for another amateur developer...

How interesting?

Little Green Street — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 14:18:06 +0000

In the UK, according to Alexa, this site is the 199,599th most visited. Worldwide, we're now 7,14861,081th. Wow.

Its hard to sneak onto the site...

Little Green Street — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 13:54:25 +0000

But that doesn't stop them trying...

They think its all over...

Little Green Street — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 07:16:34 +0000

It is now.* There's been a recent flurry of wannabe developers racing up to the site recently, but with the arse falling out of the house building market (even for gated McMansions) it would be a brave (and/or stupid) purchase. Perhaps they're just thinking of buying the sub-prime real estate, imagining that they can succeed where the current owners have failed. Good development is all about scale, proportion, context and harmony. That would be a start.

*according to my maths, conditional planning permission lapsed at midnight yesterday. We're waiting on official confirmation. and then there's the business of the Inspector, who may have already been for all we know.

21,101,926th

Little Green Street — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 15:48:09 +0000

That's us! According to Alexa, we are the twenty-one million, one hundred and first thousand, nine hundred and twenty sixth most popular site on the internet. Not bad.

Obscure web-site of the day

Little Green Street — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 14:31:35 +0000

This mentions LGS by way of Frommers as yet unpublished but heavily trailed '500 places' book.

And still the coverage continues

Little Green Street — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 07:20:58 +0000

Welcome London Lite readers. (We were in yesterday's)

All are welcome. Do come see. And get mad.

A good report. Factual, interesting, researched and with content!

Little Green Street — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 16:28:27 +0000

Today's Camden New Journal, complete with a quote from the author. For those who doubt that its a real book try here