by Citizen Reporter | May 24, 2026 | Campaigns-riverside
Such was the high profile nature of the S.O.B.B campaign, and the wider significance of the planning battle, that the victory two years later brought extensive media coverage. Every main national newspaper covered it in depth and hundreds of news websites followed...
by Citizen Reporter | May 22, 2026 | Campaigns-riverside, News
For more than two years, the proposed Battersea Bridge tower has dominated conversation s on both sides of the river, sparking fierce debate over heritage, skyline and the future character of an historical stretch of London’s riverside. The Planning Inspector...
by John Cookson | May 14, 2026 | Campaigns-riverside, News
Campaigners are celebrating in Chelsea and Battersea today after a Government planning inspector dramatically threw out Rockwell’s hugely controversial plans for a 29-storey riverside tower beside Battersea Bridge. In a crushing blow to the developer, Planning...
by Citizen Reporter | Apr 20, 2026 | Campaigns-riverside, News
The Chelsea Citizen partnered with the Friends of Battersea Riverside – our campaigning compatriots across the water – to create a short film to depict how Rockwell Property’s tower development might pan out. The video was constructed using AI and it...
by John Cookson | Mar 27, 2026 | Campaigns-riverside, News
Seven days. One towering row. The planning inquiry that swung from dry technical detail to full-blown courtroom theatre finally reached its climax yesterday. At precisely 1pm, Planning Inspector Joanna Gilbert — cool, yet affable and quick to smile, bespectacled and...
by John Cookson | Mar 26, 2026 | Campaigns-riverside, News
The final full day of the explosive Battersea Tower public inquiry witnessed a dramatic late intervention yesterday from the Government’s Environment Agency — raising fresh fears the controversial high-rise could put flood defences at risk. During Day Six of the...
