Friday 30 May 2008

St Modwen flags are coming down

Haha! As suspected, the arrogant St Modwen flags on the Arcade site are indeed illegal because they don't have advertisement consent.
Responding to our complaint, a council officer said: "The matter has been raised with St Modwen who have undertaken to remove the flags at this time. They have however indicated that they will be making an application for advertisement consent to put them back, and we will consult on this in the usual way." He adds that the flags should be down by early next week.
Hmm, small victories. But this isn't just about the illegal flags themselves... although they are pretty obnoxious. It's about the fact that St Modwen have pitched up in Walthamstow and think they can act like they own the place. They've put up hoardings that boast they will be on site in Spring 2009 but they haven't even applied for planning permission yet, let alone got it. They make it sound like it's a done deal. Trust us, it isn't!

2 comments:

Fight The Height said...

UPDATE: The flags are now down (3/6/08). We suspect St Modwen left them up till after the weekend so as not to lose face before the demo!

HAZEL SCULLY said...

Same people after our homes along with local authority.191 houses and flats under threat of demolition to make money on new,private,build for others.Our homes are sound in build,35 years old and has central position in town.Have met St.Modwen rep--arrogant isn.t the word I put to her-could be much stronger.