The following newsletter has just been received from St James.
The main item of news is that work is due to start on Saturday the 13th of February to run a gas supply from outside RP to Heritage Walk. This will mean a contraflow system will be set up for a week.
This work is unrelated to the gas work that has just finished outside RP which was to repair a gas leak.
Sorry these are a bit late but notes from the Annual Resident’s Briefing are detailed below.
Mike Crump led the presentation (pdf attached) Directors Meeting – 21st Jan 16 Final and the main points of discussions were:
Email from St James notifying of late working.
Dear all,
Due to the inclement weather of late we will be working late this evening to complete the Ground floor Basement, as you can see below we will only have a minimum number of people onsite and noise will be kept to a minimum.
If you require any further information please contact John Morris: 07717 548 329.
On Wednesday the 20th of January George Cross (Director RP) met with John Browning (Project Manager, St James) as part of a new series of liaison meetings to discuss the development opposite Regatta Point. The following are notes on the main points of the meeting.
Apologies from John Browning for not making contact sooner. He has already established links with Green Dragon Lane Estate, local school and shop and should have done the same with RP.
The development consists of 91 units spread across three buildings – up from the 74 in the original application as an extra floor has been added to two of the buildings. They are 8, 7 and 5 stories high.
All the preparation work is now complete and foundations are being laid. Work should be complete by January 2017.
Operating hours are 8am to 6pm Monday to Friday and 8am to 1pm on a Saturday. It is not anticipated that any other work (save dismantling of the cranes) should take place outside of that. It was reported that there was noise coming from site into the early hours of the morning the other week but this could not have been from this site as no overnight working has ever been approved.
There will be a lot of lorries using the site but they have to be booked 48 hours in advance as space is tight and must only arrive and leave during normal operating hours.
There will be a contraflow in operation in the road outside RP during the third week of February whilst the gas mains are extended from the RP pathway to the St James site.
Our new director, Hilary Oliver, will be the lead on liaisons with St. James going forward.
Hopefully you have all received notification that, in what is a common approach from developers, St James have submitted an amendment to the planning application regarding the three tower blocks that are to be build on the Thames Water site opposite the front door of Regatta Point (one, at 7 stories, is as tall as Regatta Point).
The Phase II application amendment asks to add 15 new homes to the 76 already approved.
Public exhibitions will take place in the Babcock Boiler Room at the Steam Museum on Thursday the 20th of November (3pm to 7pm) and Saturday the 22nd of November (10am to 1pm).