Last night patience was rewarded as LB Hammersmith & Fulham resolved to grant  Planning Permission for the Diamond Jubilee Footbridge, 6 votes to 2.

Jubilee footbridge

Chris Medland RIBA, architect behind the planned bridge expressed his thanks to Hotel Rafayel, Palace Investments, Expedition Engineering, Beckett Rankine, Paul Nulty Lighting Design, HR Wallingford, RPS, Oxford Archaeology, Jane Ellison MP, Richard Tracey AM and the many others that have been instrumental in getting to this point.

The application will now be considered by the GLA and the bridge team will start actively seeking funding.

Jubilee footbridge

It has been a rollercoaster few months but the proposal for a footbridge over the Thames alongside the Wandsworth railway bridge is now recommended for approval by the planning authority.

LB Hammersmith & Fulham expect to put the scheme to their committee in July, again with a recommendation for approval, and then the application will be referred to the Mayor for a final decision.

The £22m bridge will take cyclists and pedestrians between Chelsea Harbour and Lombard Road, Battersea. Projected costs are in the order of £20m.