City Matters Edition 057

ROCK ’EM SOCK ’EM
Find out how sock brand
ChattyFeet has a personality
all its own, and why what’s
hidden in your shoes can
make quite a statement Page 11
LEFT IT LATE?
Time may be ticking away
but there are plenty of venues
in and around the City
still taking bookings for
Christmas parties Pages 14&15
CITY MATTERS
15 - 21 November 2017 The City of London’s FREE hyperlocal with 30,000 WEEKLY READERS Edition 057
Councillor regretting
his right Goyal error
‘SINCERE APOLOGY’ AFTER MEMBER ADMITS SPENDING PUBLIC FUNDS
A COMMON Councillor has been forced to
apologise after using public funds to print off
election leaflets promoting his candidacy.
Bishopsgate Ward representative Prem Goyal
said he “sincerely regrets” not undertaking training
on members’ code of conduct prior to using the
Corporation’s printing facilities ahead of his
joining the race to become the next Alderman of
Portsoken.
Mr Goyal’s case was dragged in front of the
standards sub-committee on Monday after a
complaint was lodged by Sir Michael Bear, the
outgoing Portsoken Alderman – a post that will be
contested in December.
Breached
In an email exchange seen by City Matters, Mr
Goyal admits to printing an estimated 1,000 leaflets
as he “did not have a fast printer” adding that he
“didn’t think it would be an issue”.
He went on to explain that he did not plan to use
the local authority’s equipment during the election
expense-regulated campaign period that began
on 14 November, and said that if he was found to
have breached regulations then he would “happily”
reimburse the City for costs incurred.
When contacted by comptroller and City solicitor
Michael Cogher, Mr Goyal was charged with
acting against the public’s interest and utilising
Corporation resources for political purposes.
In his response, Mr Goyal said: “This situation
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Bowman’s bash hits target
CHARLES BOWMAN was announced as
the Lord Mayor of the City of London amidst
spectacular scenes on Saturday.
The 690th person to take the post was greeted
with rapturous applause as he weaved through
the Square Mile as part of Dominic Reid’s lavish
pageant – and City Matters joined the fun.
Some 7,000 people, 200 horses and 70
decorated floats comprised the parade, which
Mr Bowman (right) hopes will kickstart a
fruitful year in office that will centre on a
‘Business of Trust’ campaign.
“It is entirely right that the show brings
together so many diverse groups and communities
from London and the UK, including hundreds
of young people who love taking
part,” he said.
“Working with businesses,
some of whom are taking part,
and their communities,
to promote integrity and
create a positive effect
on society will be at
the heart of my
mayoralty.”
Picture Special Page 4
Behind-the-scenes
tour of Museum of
London’s new West
Smithfield site PAGE 2
Conservation area
bid for residential
estates reaches public
consultation PAGE 3
Just go with it! The
company making
headway on the
improv scene PAGE 9

CITYMATTERS.LONDON 15 - 21 November 2017 | Page 3
News Matters
Developers in
love with City
CITY planners are a
developers best friend
according to a report
highlighting the success
rate of major applications
in the Square Mile.
A study from
commercial finance
brokers Pure
Commercial Finance
revealed that in the year
a whole, rather than specific buildings, and
ending March 2017 there
currently fall under sections 69 and 70 of the
were 18 destinations
Planning Act.
across England
Of particular contention is the area between
where 100% of major
the two estates around Fann Street and
development bids were
Bridgewater Square, earmarked in an officers’
given the green light, the
report presented to the planning committee
City included.
The report also
as ‘Zone 2’.
highlighted the
Planners said it did not meet the criteria for
City’s willingness to
a conservation area, arguing that its inclusion
consultation: Golden Lane is in line for rubberstamp bids of
could weaken the overall importance of
more protection Photo by Steve Cadman varying sizes, with
conservation areas, which currently cover
98.53% of minor
35.8% of the Square Mile as 26 different zones.
applications also signed
off last year.
Square Mile
scores poorly in
homelessness
league table
THE City of London
has ranked among the
worst 50 boroughs for
homelessness.
Charity Shelter
reports that one in 125
of the Square Mile’s
population are homeless,
with around 75 sleeping
rough.
The City came in
at 32nd in the study
and suffered due to its
comparatively small
number of residents.
In Newham, the worst
performing borough in
the standings, the ratio is
close to one in 25.
Shelter puts the total
number of homeless
people in Britain at
300,000.
In July the City
Corporation signed
off on a £430,000 fund
to finance a service
development package to
combat rough sleeping.
But looking further
afield London Assembly
Member for the City,
Unmesh Desai, said that
more needs to be done
at the top level to help
prevent people falling
through the gaps, and
assist those who have to
get back on their feet.
“Recently the National
Audit Office warned
that government welfare
policies are directly
contributing to the
homelessness crisis.
“These appalling
figures show that
the government has
wilfully turned its back
on those who’ve had
the misfortune to find
themselves homeless.”
66,000 new homes
are needed each year for
the Capital to address its
housing crises.
Mr Desai said that the
government “cannot miss
the opportunity” at this
year’s budget to hand
Sadiq Khan the funding
to make this a reality.
“Right now we’ve got
a Prime Minister who
has prioritised pumping
£10billion into Help
to Buy, inflating house
prices in the process,
rather than committing
the funding to build
hundreds of thousands
of much needed social
houses,” he said.
“The need to pave the
way for longer tenancies
doesn’t even appear to
be on the government’s
radar and they chose
capping benefits over
capping rent increases.
“We know so much
about the causes of
homelessness, but if we
don’t start applying the
solutions this picture in
places like City of London
is only going to become
more bleak.”
CONSERVATION BID REACHES PUBLIC CONSULTATION
GLERA backlash
is on the cards
THE Square Mile’s two largest residential
estates could be placed under tighter
planning controls if two new conservation
zones get the green light, but locals say the
plans still don’t go far enough to protect the
area.
The City Corporation’s planning committee
voted to recommend two separate conservation
areas for the Barbican and Golden Lane
estates yesterday, adding an additional layer
of protection for the Grade II-listed sites.
The proposals will now go out for public
consultation, but are likely to be met with
strong opposition from the Golden Lane
Estate Residents’ Association (GLERA), which
wants the streets surrounding both estates
included as one large conservation area.
GLERA chair Tim Godsmark, who
spearheaded the campaign and collected
almost 780 signatures in support from local
residents, says the redrawn zones have
“emasculated the proposal”.
“The aim of the conservation area was
to include the land between the estates
and to the south of the Barbican so that
more consideration could be given to the
surroundings of the listed buildings,” he
said.
Conservation areas were introduced in
1967 as a way to protect the quality and
special interest of a neighbourhood or area as
Councillor lands in hot water
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has arisen due to my lack of experience as an elected member: my
election on 23 March 2017, seven months ago, was the first time I was
elected to public office.
“Unfortunately, I was unable to attend the Corporation’s induction
training on the members’ code of conduct for new members: I sincerely
regret that.”
In a separate letter to new Lord Mayor Charles Bowman, Mr Goyal
said his apology was “sincere and unreserved”.
He added: “I also undertake to the court that I will not at any time
in the future use Corporation resources, including but not limited to,
communication and printing facilities, meeting rooms, and hospitality
and other privileges extended to me by the Corporation by virtue of my
office for inappropriate purposes.”
The committee decided that in light of Mr Goyal’s compliance it
would not proceed with an investigation, but he was ordered to attend
training and refund expenditure for the leaflets.
A Corporation spokesperson said: “This matter has been dealt [with]
and reported under our normal procedures and in a fully transparent
matter.”
Force joins
gun amnesty
CITY Police has appealed for
people to hand over their illegal
or unwanted guns during a
fortnight-long amnesty of
firearms and ammunition.
The national surrender
initiative is being co-ordinated
by the National Ballistics
Intelligence Service and will run
until 26 November.
During the two-week period,
those handing over firearms will
not face prosecution for illegal
possession, and can remain
anonymous.
Commander Jane Gyford said
Evidence
The report said: “It is an area with historical
associations from the 18th century; however
the evidence that survives in the plan form
is not of sufficiently high quality and defined
character.”
But Mr Godsmark said that the Fann Street/
Bridgewater Square area, which includes the
Bernard Morgan House site, currently the
subject of a controversial redevelopment into
99 luxury flats, is integral for the ongoing
protection of the two estates.
“Although planning policy says that the
setting of listed buildings should be carefully
controlled, developments around the Golden
Lane Estate and the Barbican simply seem to
ignore this,” he said. “Developments have been
the force takes a zero-tolerance
approach to gun crime, as well as
to those in possession of firearms
even if they don’t intend to use
them.
“I would encourage anyone
who knows about, or owns, an
illegal firearm, to surrender it
at one of the designated police
stations across the UK,” she
said.
“This can help keep dangerous
weapons out of the wrong
hands.”
The previous surrender in
2014 resulted in more than 6,000
items being handed into police
stations across the UK.
Bishopsgate police station is
the designated drop-off for the
Square Mile.
Old Street
Barbican
Goswell Rd
Long Lane
BARBICAN DENTAL CENTRE
BARBICAN
DENTAL
CENTRE
Fann St
Old Street
Golden Lane
and are being built which overshadow and
overlook people’s flats and, to make matters
worse, the City seems very lax in applying the
rules concerning provision of social housing
and payments in lieu.”
Several members of the planning committee
spoke out in favour of making Zone 2 part
of the council’s recommended conservation
area, with Mark Bostock calling the decision
to leave “a hole” in the middle of the two
protected estates “totally irrational”.
Thomas Anderson proposed an amendment
to include Fann Street and surrounds in the
proposal for public consultation, but it was
ultimately thrown out with 11 committee
members voting in favour and 14 against.
Residents will be able to have their say on
the proposals once the public consultation is
launched in the coming months.
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Bishopsgate
vote verdict to
be announced
VOTERS in the
Bishopsgate Ward were
going to the polls as City
Matters went to press
this week.
Patrick Streeter,
Benjamin Murphy
and Timothy Becker
were all in the running
on Tuesday. Head to
citymatters.london for
the results and reaction.

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Artizan Street Library
1 Artizan St, E1 7AF
Barbican Library
Level 2, Barbican Centre, Silk Street, EC2Y 8DS
Bishopsgate Institute Library
230 Bishopsgate, EC2M 4QH
City of London Information Centre
St. Paul’s Churchyard, EC4M 8BX
Coffee Stall
In front of St Mary Abchurch,
Abchurch Lane, EC4N 7BA
Coppa Club
4 St. Paul’s Churchyard, EC4M 8AY
El Vino Wine Merchant
6 Martin Lane, Cannon St, EC4R 0DP
Fuller’s - The Counting House
50 Cornhill, EC3V 3PD
Fuller’s - The Old Bank of England
194 Fleet St, EC4A 2LT
Giddy Up Coffee
Fortune Street Park, EC1Y 0SB
Jeeves Dry Cleaners
131 Fleet St, EC4A 2BH
J Rogers & Sons - Shoe Repair
28 Liverpool St, EC2M 7PD
Guildhall Library
Aldermanbury, EC2V 7HH
Merchant House
13 Well Court, EC4M 9DN
8 Bride Court, EC4Y 8DU
You’ll be able to pick up your
copy every Thursday from one
of the above collection points.
www.citymatters.london
Nincom Soup
Old Street Station, EC1Y 1BE
Oh’Lola
58 Hatton Garden, EC1N 8LS
Pod Good Food
75 King William Street, EC4N 7BE
Protestant Truth Society Inc - Book Shop
184 Fleet St, EC4A 2HJ
Rome Coffee Cart
3 Fleet Place, EC4M 7RD
Scott’s Shoe Repair & Dry Cleaners
City Thameslink Holborn Concourse, EC4M 7RA
65 Ludgate Hill, EC4M 7JH
Old Street Station, EC1Y 1BE
Shoe Lane Library
Little Hill House, Little New Street, EC4A 3JR
Spitalfields Market E1
Brushfield Street, Spitalfields, E1 6AA
Sweetings Restaurant
39 Queen Victoria St, EC4N 4SF
Temple Brew House
46 Essex St, WC2R 3JF
The Franklin Building
124 Goswell Road, EC1V 7DP
The M Bar
48-51 Leadenhall Market, EC3V 1LT
The Natural Kitchen
15-17 New St Square, Fetter Lane, EC4A 3AP
176 Aldersgate St, EC1A 4HR
Waterstones
Leadenhall Market,
1-3 Whittington Ave, EC3V 1PJ
Ye Old Cheshire Cheese
145 Fleet Street, EC4A 2BU

CITYMATTERS.LONDON 15 - 21 November 2017 | Page 13
THE CITY’S NEW
GIGABIT WIFI
NETWORK IS NOW
AVAILABLE
The City Corporation has launched
a free to use Gigabit WiFi network
offering user speeds of up to
100 megabits per second across
the Square Mile and allowing users
to enjoy high bandwidth services
such as video calling.
The network requires a one-time
only registration:
• Go to the settings icon on your phone
• Click the ‘WiFi’ entry
• Select ‘O2 WIFI’ and when prompted
type in your mobile number.
• You will be then sent a code by text
which you will have to enter followed
by a few personal details (you can
unsubscribe to emails and texts once
set up)
• You’re good to go
www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/wifi
www.cityoflondon.gov.uk
@cityoflondoncorp |
@cityoflondon

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