The Forge on Saturday 14th January

Jill, Hamish and Alan say: “We’ve recently been advised that the Old Forge planning application has been withdrawn. We would like to thank the residents of Carshalton who alerted us to the demolition work being carried out illegally by the owners of The Forge in the High Street, Carshalton. We had immediately informed the Council’s enforcement officers who put a stop to the works, served an enforcement order and threatened prosecution on the developer, if it continued. We had also requested that the now-withdrawn planning application be heard in public at the Council’s Planning Committee so that we have the opportunity to raise concerns.
    This site is in the heart of the Carshalton (Village) Conservation Area which gives it a degree of protection against unsuitable development.  We value our local heritage and believe that a car wash would be wholly unsuitable on this site, as well as causing unacceptable traffic and parking problems. The local police team are now also involved keeping an eye on the site. We are very concerned about recent events and want to maintain the historic nature of the area.”  More in a future posting and/or in our FOCUS!  Update on 30th January 2012: Some local residents in the Village area near the site should receive a FOCUS leaflet on this topic and others shortly, if they haven’t already done so.