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tomp · September 2013

Work has started in the corner premises (gear box place) at FiveWays<div><br></div><div>Anyone got any info ?</div>

Arkady · September 2013

Is it external work? The building is in Haringey, but I've not seen a planning application for it.<br><br>Does anyone know the address of the building? I'd like to get on to this straight away.<br>

SBW · September 2013

A furniture place, called The Concept according to the signs on the windows which criminally have now had the original curved glass removed and replaced with double glazed straight glass thereby at a stroke removing one of the most interesting features of the building

Arkady · September 2013

I'm on it.<br>

Arkady · September 2013

1 Stapleton Hall Road. No planning application, let alone permission.<br><br>I have alerted the relevant people, and will keep you informed.<br>

yagamuffin · September 2013

GO ARKADY! Well done that man!

Arkady · September 2013

I should say that in principle I wish these guys well, and I would definitely support a renovation and restoration of the building, as it currently lets down otherwise top-notch Victorian splendour of the Fiveways junction. But one can't go about making changes to a building's exterior in a conservation area without planning permission, and you certainly shouldn't be removing curved Victorian glasswork and replacing it with a modern alternative without approval.<br><br>There has been a similar case on Quernmore Road, where the last Victorian shop front was ripped out last month. They have submitted a retrospective planning application which is still pending. In my mind these are precisely the sort of cases where the council should be cracking down hard with their enforcement teams and making an example of people. And it's my intention to ensure that they do just that. Or my word there will be a fuss.<br>

miss annie · September 2013

Well done and thank you Arky! I was fond of those windows.

djmattyoung · September 2013

Yes well done Arkady. I can't understand why people would ruin a lovely victorian building to put in some modern rubbish.

tomp · September 2013

good work, curved glass is a glorious feature and should be kept

tomp · September 2013

if theres any kind of pressure group / petition to sign point us in the right direction<div><br></div><div>my personal bugbear is total lack of pavement enforcement outside the Post Office and value4money on SGR.</div><div><br></div><div>piles upon piles of cheap hats and tat are not 'vibrant' , just a frigging eyesore</div><div><br></div>

Arkady · September 2013

@Tomp - I will.<br><br>I welcome a correction on this, but I believe that the shops along SGR are allowed to 'take over; the pavement as far as the metal studs that are embedded in it, and that the shops that you mention are therefore in compliance.<br>

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yagamuffin · September 2013

If it has been broken are sold they need to pay for a like for like replacement.<div>The whole idea of retrospective planning permission annoys me, so many people use it to get around conservation and listed building rules it really needs to be sorted.</div>

miss annie · September 2013

Waterstones in Piccadilly has curved (inward) glass windows from the '30's. A pack of German teenagers sat in them last Christmas and cracked one, it cost several thousands to replace but being a listed building you have to replace like for like.

SBW · September 2013

Good luck arkady if all else fails we still have o' reilly's furniture emporium for excellent curved glass action

Arkady · September 2013

Whip-around, anyone?<div><br></div><div><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7370/9734259341_1106a28f15_k.jpg"></div>

Mirandola · September 2013

Bullet? Gosh.

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gardener-joe · September 2013

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harpistic · September 2013

That's really not how crowdfunding works... Unless they're going to pay someone to do their fundraising for them. <br>

Jonathan · September 2013

@mirandola yes quite. Although maybe it was in turn an historical stray bullet from decades ago ...

ChangN4N6 · September 2013

Something evil here. Chang

andy · September 2013

ha ha ha bollocks

emine · September 2013

I don't get why they think the local community should pay for this. If someone starts refurbing a building in a conservation area, replacing like-for-like should be budgeted for. It shouldn't simply be down to the renovators' "budget and time" as to whether a job is done properly or not. Retrospective planning is a joke. Keep on it Arkady!<div><br></div><div>Sounds like an interesting shop though. The chi-chi-fication of SGR continues...</div>

lucyabcde · September 2013

I think the bullet hole would have added character

Arkady · September 2013

Precisely Emine. Their argument appears to be that they don't have to comply with the law because that would be expensive, but they would be happy to stop breaking the law if we will pay them.

gardener-joe · September 2013

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Mirandola · September 2013

@Arkady, Civil offence shurely?

Arkady · September 2013

Quite right, I have corrected above.

Mirandola · September 2013

Am being pedantic. Incidentally, having read the article you recommended am now persuaded that RT+LS=JS.

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