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Frustrated buyers face more delays at Ballymore

West Hampstead Life Posted on November 25, 2016 by Mark StonebanksNovember 25, 2016

West Hampstead Square still isn’t finished. As you will have noticed. Progress is being made as recent tweets show but it’s well overdue, and while it’s annoying for locals as the roads clog up with lorries delivering materials, for those … Continue reading →

Posted in Frontpage Article, Planning & Development, Property News | Tagged ballymore, M&S, property, West Hampstead Square | 1 Reply

Authors recognised as Ballymore apartment blocks named

West Hampstead Life Posted on April 4, 2014 by Jonathan TurtonJanuary 16, 2015

It’s been a long time coming, but Ballymore has finally announced the names of its tower blocks, following the competition West Hampstead Life ran back in August. Only the first five blocks have been named so far and Ballymore hasn’t … Continue reading →

Posted in Frontpage Article, Planning & Development, Property News | Tagged aa milne, ballymore, Doris Lessing, famous people, george orwell, history, thomas hardy, West Hampstead Square, william beckford | 1 Reply

Ballymore construction starts March 10th

West Hampstead Life Posted on March 2, 2014 by Jonathan TurtonMarch 2, 2014

Having cleared the site (and, yes, the trees), construction of West Hampstead Square is now imminent. At the first working group meeting between developers Ballymore, building contractors O’Hare McGovern and community representatives, Ballymore announced that work would start on March … Continue reading →

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Timber! Ballymore trees finally felled

West Hampstead Life Posted on February 13, 2014 by Jonathan TurtonJanuary 16, 2017

This morning the trees on the Ballymore site, which have been the subject of so much protest, are being felled. Cut logs are being piled up and a woodchipper is making short work of the spindly branches. The petition that … Continue reading →

Posted in Frontpage Article, Planning & Development | Tagged ballymore, trees, West Hampstead Square | 6 Replies

Tree vigil outside West Hampstead Square

West Hampstead Life Posted on February 8, 2014 by Jonathan TurtonFebruary 9, 2014

A small group of about a dozen people stood in the weak winter sunshine this morning protesting about the removal of the trees on Ballymore’s West Hampstead Square site. It had been described as a “vigil”, but that would really … Continue reading →

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David vs. Goliath as tree campaign takes root

West Hampstead Life Posted on January 31, 2014 by Jonathan TurtonJanuary 31, 2014

As all bright schoolchildren know, King Canute didn’t believe his regal powers could stop the tide. In fact, he got his feet wet precisely to prove this point to his obsequious courtiers. Still, to this day “Canute-like” is used to … Continue reading →

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Trees: Will they stay or will they go?

West Hampstead Life Posted on November 8, 2013 by Jonathan TurtonNovember 8, 2013

The saga of the trees on and around the West Hampstead Square site drags on. The campaigners continue to pester Camden to slap preservation orders on those trees growing by the Overground line that are off the Ballymore site, but … Continue reading →

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Emma Thompson joins Ballymore tree row

West Hampstead Life Posted on November 2, 2013 by Jonathan TurtonNovember 2, 2013

It’s been quiet of late on the Ballymore building site at West Hampstead Square. This has meant a stay of execution for the trees that have caused so much heated debate over the past couple of months. Emma Thompson at … Continue reading →

Posted in Planning & Development | Tagged ballymore, emma thompson, trees, west hampstead, West Hampstead Square | 7 Replies

Tree debate moves to Network Rail

West Hampstead Life Posted on October 6, 2013 by Jonathan TurtonDecember 22, 2013

If anyone still sent actual letters, then the local back-and-forth about the chopping down of the trees on and near the Ballymore site would have accounted for a small copse all by itself. Mercifully, it’s only been everyone’s inboxes taking … Continue reading →

Posted in Planning & Development, Transport & Travel | Tagged ballymore, development, environment, network rail, West Hampstead Square | Leave a reply

Who’s saving which trees now?

West Hampstead Life Posted on September 14, 2013 by Jonathan TurtonDecember 22, 2013

The saga of the Ballymore trees has been clogging up my inbox over the past week or so. It feels like there’s some confusion as to which trees it is exactly we’re all hell bent on saving. What’s becoming clear … Continue reading →

Posted in Planning & Development, Transport & Travel | Tagged ballymore, Camden, development, environment, network rail, West Hampstead Square | 2 Replies
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