Telephone House, Town Centre, Tunbridge Wells - 14.02.2003
CALA Homes' contractor Wooldridge Ecotec Demolition


cala homes - wooldridge demolition - church road across telephone house site to york road

Will the planners for Telephone House NOW realise, how small 0.7 acres / 0.3 hectare is ?
Will the planners for Telephone House NOW realise, how many flats they want to squeeze there ? -
43 flats including 8 social housing, are foreseen to be packed together, equal to 140 units per hectare.



cala homes - wooldridge demolition - telephonehouse west wing scaffolding "Dancing with the Scaffolding"

I'm gonna do it, I can't wait.
Watch me climb, I'm going great.
I can do it, yes I can
Look Ma, No Hands!
© Rosen, Shontz, Storey, Silver.








Bizarrely, Policy H6(a) allocated for Telephone House was identical to the two refused planning applications for the Telephone House development.
[1st: refused at delegated officers level - 2nd: refused by the Councillors of the Western Area Planning Committee].
Policy H6(a) is the most controversial document, produced by the Tunbridge Wells Borough Council, leading to the Telephone House Debacle.

DENSITY - cramming ? - lifestyle ?

Who is crossing the t's and dotting the i's ?
Health and Safety Executive
H.M. Inspector Peter Collingwood - 01233 624658
e-mail peter.collingwood@hse.gsi.gov.uk

CALA Homes move in - the demoliton of Telephone House