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Cambridge Road Estate: Christmas planning application

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                                                                          CRE by solstice moonlight S. Seyghal   The planning application  was passed last Tuesday night at the Guildhall, 8 for, 1 against. The proposal is for 2,170 units with 6,477 habitable rooms (average 3 rooms per unit). Kingston Council's CEO took to Twitter and claimed there were only 6 resident objectors to the scheme, until he was spotted and challenged by a vigilant resident. His response to the this challenge was  ' it is very important that the council and it's development department address the concerns sympathetically of the 27% of r...

Chessington World of Adventures

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'Share your adventure' says the board. So, I thought I would share mine. When I visited today, I noticed that the Public Rights of Way (PROW) signs were missing/destroyed/smashed/pointing in the wrong direction. If you look carefully, there is a small blue faded sticker, which might actually say, ' Chessington Countryside Walk '. If you look on the ground, the waymarker stating 'Public Footpath', is long dead. In the Summer months, its quite intimidating gauntlet to run, as streaming hoards cross the path from the Goliath or Macaw car parks, and you are summoned to produce tickets.   Small blue sticker on the post, might attest to 'Chessington Countryside Walk', and a long  dead waymarker on the ground perpendicular to the broken style For this reason, it is a little difficult to find your way without a map. Not surprisingly therefore, you might find yourself completely lost and looking into a construction site.           ...