This created uproar among the neighbors that previously housed the old Slagtergårde on Vesterbro in Copenhagen. On Thursday morning, they were witnessing the beginning of an illegal demolition of the only back on the site – a grade ii listed chimney.
the Owner, Jesper Reinholdt, quickly got an immediate injunction from the technical and environmental administration in city of Copenhagen toward to touch the more by the more than 130 year old chimney, but now there is new in the case.
Friday was authorised, that the chimney gets cut off 11 feet of its height, so it goes from 31 to 20 metres. A work that has been started in Friday.
But then the party stops there also. It guarantees the advisor Gert Olsen, who stands for the area of the tove’s Mansion, as the new apartment complex on Enghavevej 12, is going to be called.
– I can guarantee you 100 percent that the developer and I don’t want that chimney to be torn down. About the municipality as of the reasons other find out that they would rather have it completely down, I can not guarantee, says Gert Olsen to Ekstra Bladet.
Bygherrerådgiveren have previously submitted an application to the technical and environmental administration in the Copenhagen Municipality, where there is sought a derogation to take 11 feet of the chimney due to nedstyrtningsfare.
But in the application are searched also for a demolition of the entire chimney. The part of the application management has not yet finalised.
– Read the newspaper Politiken today, so it appears that the owner, Jesper Reinhardt, has submitted an application for the completely to be able to remove the chimney, how does that go together with the according to you is not being pulled down to the ground?
the Municipality asked for some architectural explanations of how the buildings will look, if the chimney was down – alternatively completely removed. It is them who have asked for it. We have not wondered specifically to be allowed to tear it down completely.
– We have had a desire, that the chimney is maintained at a height of 20 meters, so that it becomes stable, says Gert Olsen to Ekstra Bladet.
Both the municipality and police was on Thursday contacted by angry residents, because the demolition of the chimney was gone in the time without permission.
– I have been waiting for a decision on whether it is okay to cut the 11 meters – why have commenced the work of demolition, and before has been allowed for it?
– It is, quite simply, because it is a developer’s damned duty. When he finds that there is a danger of falling, then it is his duty as a landowner to ensure that there is no personal injury if it falls.
– It is the municipality been informed of. I have, before the demolition even began, discussed with the municipality’s lawyer on the case, with enhedschefen and with the municipality’s supervisor, before it all went in time. They have indicated that the demolition, if we began, would be illegal, but that they would not oppose it, reads the explanation from Gert Olsen.
– you will Get a fine for it here?
– I would certainly not expect. The police have been pregnant two times in the day and seen the nedrivningstilladelse, we have. They have said ‘have a nice weekend and good luck. See to get it down in a hurry’, says Gert Olsen.
Enhedschef in the city of Copenhagen Kevan Latin Hansen says to Ekstra Bladet, that he expects that there will be a ‘restoration of the chimney’.
the Municipality of Copenhagen has any interest in, the chimney must be completely removed or it remains with its 20 meters?
– No, so immediately the standing with the 20 meters. We have, as the authority does not have any interest in removing a grade ii listed building. In the event that the owner refused his application, so we will probably require that the building is being rebuilt as the last legitimate approved conditions.
– It will probably mean the re-establishment of the chimney. So it comes up in his then height and stoutness, as it was before.
So neither the owner or the municipality has an interest in the must be removed, then the conclusion is surely that it is standing?
– This is how, as we see it, in any case, it sounds from the enhedschefen.
