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Government support for the Thames Tideway Tunnel will be put to the test after a west London council gave planning consent to a housing development on one of its key construction sites.
Thames Water wants to construct a supersewer at Carnwath Road, Fulham
which is part of land intended for regeneration. However, yesterday
evening Hammersmith & Fulham’s Council gave the go-ahead for Fulham
Riverside West Partnerships to build 475 riverside homes in the area,
putting Thames Water’s plans in doubt.
The water company faces opposition from the local community, and the
Prince’s Foundation, both of which support the housing project.
Last year, communities secretary Eric Pickles took the unusual step
of serving a safeguarding direction on the land. This means the council
must now seek authorisation from the Department of Communities and Local
Government for the project.
Hammersmith & Fulham Council have urged Thames Water to pick an
alternative site such as an uninhabited land in Barn Elms, Wandsworth.
Councillor Nicholas Botterill, Hammersmith & Fulham council
leader said: “Thames Water needs to find an alternative site for their
unnecessary stink-pipe or, better still, ditch their costly white
elephant all together. Experts have repeatedly highlighted the cheaper,
less disruptive and greener ways to clean up the river and Thames Water
should now admit that their concrete tunnel plan is a dead duck.”
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