Tolworth Tower

Tolworth goalie dies at 82 0
- History, News, Sport
- 30th December 2022
Tributes have been paid to a Tolworth goalkeeper who has died at the age of 82. Memorably, he played just the once in the shadow of Tolworth Tower, in a warm-up game at the Decca sports ground, across the road from the bowling alley. But he did also win three World Cups. Footballing legend Pele,
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Have your say on Tolworth towers 0
- Environment, News
- 12th September 2022
A two-week online consultation on plans for Tolworth Broadway starts tomorrow (Tuesday 13th). www.tolworthtowerconsultation.co.uk will show designs for the redevelopment of the Broadway, with a feedback form for you to submit your views. There will also be a chance for the public to view the plans in person and question the project team at the Broadway
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Towering infernal…1
- Environment, News
- 19th October 2021
The proposed second and third Tolworth towers, alongside the original 1960s skyscraper, would damage the area, be too high, ugly and ‘blocky’ and are just not right for the Broadway. That was the opinion of Ada Simpson, a resident giving evidence to the public inquiry into Kingston Council’s refusal of permission to triple the tower
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Watch ‘hush-hush’ Tower inquiry 0
- Environment, News
- 13th October 2021
The public inquiry that nobody seems to want the public to know about continues on Thursday morning (Oct 14) at 9.30am, with inspector Yvonne Wright taking evidence to decide if Tolworth Tower will be joined by two more tower blocks in the Broadway… and just how much ‘affordable’ housing should be included. The developer originally
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Tower block inquiry starts 0
- News
- 12th October 2021
One of the least publicised local public inquiries got underway this morning – the examination of plans to build two more tower blocks in Tolworth Broadway to go alongside the original 1960s Tolworth Tower. It began at 10am on Tuesday, with no fanfare and only a complex notice in the local paper to alert residents,
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Three tower project for Tolworth Broadway is refused by planners 0
- Environment, News
- 25th May 2021
Plans to add two more high-rise blocks to Tolworth Broadway and build 499 new homes in a scheme which also involved turning the existing Tolworth Tower into flats have hit the buffers as Kingston council threw out the proposal, pictured, by developers Meadow Partners. Ten reasons were cited by planners as to why the application
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