There is a developing situation in Ellington gardens, part of the Riverside Conservation Area, that is going to provide an acid test as to whether a Conservation Area really does mean anything in terms of protection from overdevelopment. The area in question is the last stand of trees remaining in the Conservation Area and it seems a grouping of developers has decided they will destroy them all and replace them with houses. There appear to be no less than seven developers or people keen on developing that area, namely,
MaST, Church, Persimmon, Butcher, Alea, Beni and Hussein.
This small piece of land has apparently just changed hands for about £1.5M
So there is now serious money at stake.
