Bonber Command Memorial
Submitted by Anonymous on Mon, 2010-05-17 15:33.Westminster City Council planning sub-committe, aginst the advice of their own planning officers decided on 13 May to approve the design for this memorial. I am not against having a memorial but one of this dimension and pretentious design is more suitable to Berlin in the '30's than one of our lovliest Royal Parks. I have yet to hear why the designers did not design a memorial which could be constructed within the £1.5 Million collected.
There is in place a government moratorium on memorials in the Royal Parks. Let us hope the new Minister will insist this moratorium remains in place and that he suggests to the BCA they ask their designers to have a rethink and produce a design that is not only relevant to the site but is also modest in massing,scale and most importantly of all cost.
Ivor Hall