PLANNING COMMITTEE MEETING FOR DECISION
Wednesday 3rd June @ 19.30 Guildhall
Plans submitted for a brutal 30m tower on the Hogsmill River, Middle Mill
- It's Ugly.
- It will damage our local ecology.
- It will cast a massive shadow on our community.
PLEASE TAKE ACTION
6 Simple Steps you can take
Sign the Petition
Signing the petition will really help show the Council and University the level of interest in this development not going ahead as planned. Its Free and Easy!
Join the WhatsApp Group
Stay up to date with everything that the Community is doing to stop the development in its current form
Make a Donation
We need your support to get indepdendant peer reviews of key points in the planning application. This is the only way the planning committee can challange university's plans
Write to the Council
Write to our elected ward councillors, they need to hear from you
Write to Planning
Submit a comment on the planning portal:
Also write to the planning case officer
helen.harris@kingston.gov.uk
Display a Poster
Spread the word and put a poster up in your window. If you don’t have one, download from the website or email:
WHAT IS HAPPENING?
MIDDLE MILL IS BEING BRUTALLY REDEVELOPED
Kingston University has submitted plans for a 30-metre, tower-scale brutalist brick building (its really ugly!) on the Middle Mill site. This is right beside our conservation area and the rare Hogsmill chalk stream. This development will re-shape our neighbourhood for generations, affecting light, wildlife, traffic, schools
The University is not being a good neighbour - this proposal is too tall, too intrusive, and too damaging to ignore.
Core Issues
* This will harm our protected neighbourhood
* It will damage the local environment and Hogsmill
* It will harm our local green space
* It will be a precedent for a "tower corridor" in our community
HARMING OUR PROTECTED NEIGHBOURHOOD
The proposed building is far bigger than anything around it and completely out of keeping with the neighbouring conservation area. This is a low-rise, historic part of Kingston with a strong sense of place. A development of this height would dominate the street, break the skyline, and permanently change how this area feels. Once something this big is allowed here, it becomes the new normal — and that precedent cannot be undone.
DAMAGING THE LOCAL ENVIRONMENT
The Hogsmill is a rare chalk stream and one of the most important natural features in our area. It supports fragile river habitats and is a known route for kingfishers, bats and other wildlife that rely on darkness, quiet and an undisturbed river corridor. A large development built so close to the river brings increased lighting, noise, activity and shadow into a space that should be protected, not pressured. Once this environment is damaged, it cannot simply be put back.
OUR GREEN SPACE MATTERS
The Community Garden and Mill Street Green are loved, shared spaces that bring people together. They rely on sunlight, openness and calm. Overshadowing and the presence of a large building next door will change how these spaces feel and how they can be used. This is not spare land — it is part of the heart of our community.
PRECENDT TOWER CORRIDOR IN KT1
The University and Kingston Council will use this Tower to build more and higher buildings in our area. This will impact the whole community. It MUST be lowered
How Can you Help?
Submit Planning Feedback
Learn more about the planning issues here and submitt feedback
Planning Application: Submitt Feedback 25/02541/FUL
Contact Local Councillors
Cllr Roger Hayes (Liberal Democrat)
roger.hayes@kingston.gov.uk
Cllr Nicola Nardelli (Liberal Democrat)
nicola.nardelli@kingston.gov.uk
Cllr John Sweeney (Liberal Democrat)
john.sweeney@kingston.gov.uk
Join our groups
Do you know a specialist
If you know a specialist that can help provide some indenpendant advice on the ecology impact for the hogsmill especially related to wildlfie. Or someone who can support an indepentant light survey then please get in touch.
Contact us
PLease contact us or join the group