by Rob McGibbon | Mar 16, 2026 | Campaigns-riverside, News
Wandsworth Council’s leading planning chief has blasted developers of the controversial tower by Battersea Bridge as ‘arrogant’ and acting with ‘no care’ for the views of residents, or the council. Councillor Tony Belton, chairman of the Planning Applications...
by Rob McGibbon | Feb 26, 2026 | Campaigns-riverside
Rob McGibbon was interviewed for Press Gazette by writer Alice Brooker to mark the first anniversary of The Chelsea Citizen. The article covered a range of issues about the successes and challenges during the first year of the hyper-local journalism venture. The piece...
by Rob McGibbon | Feb 20, 2026 | Campaigns-riverside
In this interview for Jason & Ali’s Breakfast Show on the Battersea radio station, Rob McGibbon talked to reporter Patrick Hess about the forthcoming Public Inquiry into the Battersea Bridge tower. They discussed the determined efforts by thousands of residents,...
by Rob McGibbon | Apr 22, 2025 | Campaigns-riverside, News, Planning
A disgruntled Battersea resident has told how he was “tricked” into publicly supporting the controversial Battersea Bridge tower planning scheme. Digital technology strategist Pedro Silva, 52, who lives near the tower being proposed by planning giant...
by Rob McGibbon | Jun 12, 2024 | Campaigns-riverside
Long-time Chelsea resident Sir Mick Jagger lends his considerable support to the S.O.B.B campaign
by Rob McGibbon | Jun 9, 2024 | Campaigns-riverside
The Sunday Times reveals that rock star Eric Clapton and The Good Life actress have weighed in to support the campaign to stop the tower
