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On May 15, 12:29?am, Mr Thant

St George's contribution was only ever going to cover half the
construction costs, and according to the GLA, "The West London Line
station contribution has been
received":http://www.london.gov.uk/mayor/plann...egic_dev/2005/...

The other half of the cost is meant to be met by another developer
(Circadian) if their development goes ahead.

U

Many thanks for that.

This is certainly NOT what either St. George or the local authority
said AT THE TIME PLANNING CONSENT WAS GRANTED. They had us believe
that the money for the station was ringfenced and the ONLY obstruction
was Railtrack.

At that time, the other development (Lots Road Power Station) was not
even being considered, Lots Road Power Station was still in operation,
no development plans let alone developers were on the table and, in
any event, that land is outside Hammersmith & Fulham's jurisdiction
anyway, so they could have had no say in demanding money from those
(yet to be appointed) developers for money towards a station.


I wonder if its simply that the original amount ringfenced didn't ever
account for 'railway inflation' during the intervening period - Railtrack
were apparently quite optimistic on project costs - and now the local
authority & St George are trying to collectively flannel their way round the
issue, by attempting to offload it onto the newer development? Its not too
easy to find anything concrete on the H&F web site...

Paul