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Category Archives: Colm Lacey
Council’s latest land grab sees short-notice garage evictions
The council’s moved in for yet another land grab. Notices went up last week on the garages behind homes on College Green in Crystal Palace, giving residents just one month’s notice to remove all their possessions. This land grab is … Continue reading
MP Philp asks Whitehall to investigate cheap land sales to BxB
About five years ago, Robert Jenrick was being considered by local Conservatives as their possible candidate for Croydon South, until an even safer safe Tory seat came up in Newark. So it is perhaps with added interest that Jenrick, now … Continue reading
Posted in Alison Butler, Brick by Brick, Chris Philp MP, Colm Lacey, Croydon Council, Croydon South, Housing, Jo Negrini, Tony Newman
Tagged Alison Butler, Brick by Brick, Chris Philp MP, Colm Lacey, Conservative, Croydon Council, Croydon South, Jo Negrini, Labour, London Borough of Croydon, Robert Jenrick, Tony Newman, Tory
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Croydon Council, which has built no council homes since 2014, is now staging a museum exhibition on council homes
Without a hint of irony, nor a shred of shame, Croydon Council this week announced the opening of a month-long exhibition to celebrate “100 years of council homes in the borough”. “The 1919 Housing Act heralded a huge council house-building … Continue reading
Newman ducks questions to show he’s all words, not deeds
TOWN HALL SKETCH: Who are we to believe? The last full council meeting until October descended into accusations from politicians of lying (ahh, the sweet irony), while the public’s petitions were re-written for them by council officials, until debate was … Continue reading
Posted in "Hammersfield", Alisa Flemming, Alison Butler, Brick by Brick, Business, Chris Clark, Croydon Council, Croydon parks, Environment, Housing, Jason Perry, Jo Negrini, Libraries, Paul Scott, Peter Underwood, Planning, Sarah Jones MP, Stuart Collins, Tim Pollard, Tony Newman, Waste incinerator, Whitgift Centre
Tagged Alison Butler, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, Extinction Rebellion, Helen Pollard, Jo Negrini, Labour, London Borough of Croydon, Paul Scott, Tim Pollard, Tony Newman, Tory
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Brick by Brick chief admits failing to meet 50% affordable target
Colm Lacey, the head of the council’s house-builders, says that that there will be no council homes built and that he is missing his ‘affordable’ housing targets. BARRATT HOLMES, housing correspondent, reports Colm Lacey, the former council employee who has … Continue reading
Posted in Brick by Brick, Colm Lacey, Housing, Jo Negrini, Paul Scott, Planning, Tony Newman
Tagged Alison Butler, Brick by Brick, BxB, Colm Lacey, Croydon, Croydon Council, Jo Negrini, Labour, London, London Borough of Croydon, Mayor, Paul Scott, Tony Newman
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Whitehall says council did not seek permission for sales to BxB
STEVEN DOWNES reports on how Croydon Council has failed to comply with the law by selling land to its in-house house-builders for just £250, where terraced houses are now on private sale for £600,000 each Croydon Council did not obtain … Continue reading
Posted in Alison Butler, Brick by Brick, Business, Chris Philp MP, Croydon Council, Housing, Jo Negrini
Tagged Alison Butler, Brick by Brick, Chris Philp MP, Croydon, Croydon Council, Crystal Palace, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Jo Negrini, Kit Malthouse, Labour, London Borough of Croydon
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Brick by Brick’s homes prove too expensive for Croydon locals
Housing correspondent BARRATT HOLMES on how the council-owned housing company is struggling to sell its new homes The first batch of Brick by Brick homes, which the council promised were being built using public land and public money to help … Continue reading
