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Category Archives: Brick by Brick
Brick by Brick climbdown over ‘Stasi prison block’ in Waddon
It’s get-out-of-jail-free for the residents of Theobald Road, as the council-owned developer pulls its plans for an ugly block of flats, without any public explanation. Prisons correspondent, BELLE MARSH, reports Brick by Brick has withdrawn its planning application to build … Continue reading
Brick by Brick lied about using £600k house as site office
EXCLUSIVE: A family with a five-year-old child undergoing cancer treatment are among those whose house-owning dream has been turned into a nightmare. By BARRATT HOLMES, housing correspondent A young family have been delayed for more than a year from moving … Continue reading
Administrators accuse council of forcing hotel out of business
EXCLUSIVE: The closure of the Croydon Park Hotel, with nearly 100 employees losing their jobs, could open the way for the site to be used to build more flats. By STEVEN DOWNES A confidential report from accountants carrying out the … Continue reading
Brick by Brick claim building on green space is ‘sustainable’
If there was any doubt of the contempt in which the residents of this borough are held by the six-figure salaried executives at Brick by Brick and their paymasters at Croydon Council, then one need only look at the back-slapping … Continue reading
Council planners forced into U-turn over Hawthorn Crescent
EXCLUSIVE: Brick by Brick scheme to build eight houses for private sale on open green space in Selsdon gets pulled from the planning committee agenda. By BARRATT HOLMES Brick by Brick’s application to build on green space at Hawthorn Crescent … Continue reading
Posted in Andrew Stranack, Brick by Brick, Croydon Council, Environment, Planning, Selsdon Residents' Association, Selsdon Vale and Forestdale
Tagged Andy Stranack, Brick by Brick, Croydon Council, Hawthorn Crescent, Labour, London Borough of Croydon, Selsdon, Selsdon Vale and Forestdale
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Green spaces under threat as Scott seeks to ignore covenants
Our housing correspondent, BARRATT HOLMES, on the latest Brick by Brick schemes which will concrete over green space, destroy mature trees and even tear up a legal covenant that dates back to the 19th century Thursday’s virtual planning meeting will … Continue reading
Posted in Alisa Flemming, Andrew Stranack, Brick by Brick, Croydon Council, Environment, Housing, Norbury Park, Paul Scott, Planning, Selsdon Vale and Forestdale, Sherwan Chowdhury
Tagged Andy Stranack, Brick by Brick, Covington Way, Croydon Council, Hawthorn Crescent, Labour, London Borough of Croydon, Norbury, Norbury Park, Paul Scott, Selsdon Vale and Forestdale
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Negrini using coronavirus as smokescreen for financial failure
Council chiefs knew at least since the end of last year that the borough’s finances were in deep trouble after a resilience survey included an adverse auditor’s opinion, though the chief executive used the experts’ report to promote her career. … Continue reading
Posted in Brick by Brick, Croydon Council, Jacqueline Harris-Baker, Jo Negrini
Tagged Brick by Brick, Croydon, Croydon Council, Jo Negrini, Labour, Tony Newman
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Council to borrow another £30m to buy Brick by Brick flats
EXCLUSIVE: A local authority already £1.5bn in debt and nursing a coronavirus overspend of £65m now wants to increase its borrowing further, as the failed in-house housebuilder needs another bail-out. By STEVEN DOWNES Alison Butler and Simon Hall, part of … Continue reading
Residents plan legal action to save green from Brick by Brick
A group of residents in Kenley and Purley are getting financially “tooled up” to take on the council’s planning committee and the in-house house-builder Brick by Brick by raising money through a crowd-funder for a possible Judicial Review of a … Continue reading
Loss-making Brick by Brick offers profit sharing to new recruit
Our housing correspondent BARRATT HOLMES reports that while there continues to be a myriad of problems on sites run by the council-owned house-builders, one thing that they have not been slow to do is empire-building While cash-strapped Croydon Council may … Continue reading
Posted in Brick by Brick, Business, Colm Lacey, Croydon Council
Tagged Brick by Brick, Colm Lacey, Croydon Council
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