Full consultation requested

Dear Lead Principal Planning Officer

 

I write to object to the amended application ref. 2498/25 on the grounds that the London Borough of Redbridge may have failed to comply with the statutory duty of candour, resulting in a consultation that appears neither fair, intelligible, nor capable of enabling meaningful public participation.

 

The neighbour notification dated 8 October 2026 (attached) identifies only vague categories of change, stating that amendments “include but are not limited to” a change to the affordable housing offer, a reduction in cycle parking, an increase in residential units, and alterations to elevations and floor plans. No quantification is provided. No explanation of impacts is given. No summary of the revised scheme is offered.

This is a major EIA development, involving substantial redesign, changes to tenure mix, massing alterations, and increases in residential density. The duty of candour requires the authority to disclose the nature, scale, and consequences of amendments. Instead, the public is left to decipher hundreds of technical documents without any indication of what has changed.

The consultation is therefore procedurally unfair, contrary to:

• The duty of candour
• The principles in R (Moseley) v Haringey
• The EIA Regulations (requirement for intelligible public participation)
• The legitimate expectation arising from prior consultations on this scheme

I request that the application be paused until a compliant consultation is undertaken, including clear disclosure of:

• The new total number of residential units
• The revised affordable housing percentage and tenure mix
• The number of cycle parking spaces removed
• Any increase in building height or massing
• Any changes to elevations or materials
• The Council is silent on what 106 benefits the developer is promising, previously there was a school or a village hall.

Until this information is provided, the consultation could be considered unlawful.

 

I would be grateful for a reply as your earliest convenience. To be clear, I am not threaening a judicial review on this issue now, however, it must be prudent for Redbridge to consider the points I raise now in case any resident were to challenge this point at court later.

 

The last full consultation was around 2020/21 which involved meetings in local halls with questions to developers, which from memory led to minor amemdments to the plan. It seems reasonable to expect another similar consultation.

 

Yours faithfully,

 

Andy Walker

120 Blythswood Road IG3 8SG

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