Category Archives: Brick by Brick

Planning chair Scott to face scrutiny at gentrification screening

Posted on September 12, 2017 by

Paul Scott, the chair of Croydon Council’s planning committee which is pushing through £250million-worth of publicly financed house-building without a single council home being built, is to face public scrutiny in his own backyard tomorrow night at the Stanley’s Film … Continue reading →

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Planners wave away environmental tests on 44-storey prefabs

Posted on September 1, 2017 by

The planning department at Croydon Council has decided to allow proposals for a 44-storey residential tower block at East Croydon to go into the planning process without undergoing any independent Environmental Impact Assessment. One planning expert contacted by Inside Croydon … Continue reading →

Posted in Brick by Brick, Business, Croydon Council, East Croydon, Environment, Fairfield, Housing, Jo Negrini, Planning, Property | Tagged , , , , , | 4 Comments

Butler’s all excited for her Big Night Out at The Hurlingham

Posted on August 23, 2017 by

KEN LEE reports on a raft of housing award nominations for a council-owned house-builder which has so far built the grand total of zero homes Council leader Tony Newman, his deputy Alison Butler, council chief exec Jo Negrini and loads … Continue reading →

Posted in Alison Butler, Brick by Brick, Business, Croydon Council, Housing, Jo Negrini, Mayor of London, Paul Scott, Place Review Panel, Planning, Sadiq Khan, Tony Newman | Tagged , , , , , , , , | 4 Comments

Brick by Brick building no social rent homes with Mayor money

Posted on August 22, 2017 by

BARRATT HOLMES, our housing correspondent, on City Hall figures that show Croydon Council’s house-building strategy is letting the housing market take its course New figures from City Hall show that Brick by Brick, the private housing developer owned by Croydon … Continue reading →

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Croydon just about ‘average’ for delivering ‘affordable’ homes

Posted on August 17, 2017 by

Croydon’s only just about average when it comes to delivering affordable housing. That’s according to figures from the Mayor of London, which shows Croydon outside the top 10 London boroughs for building housing that is “affordable” (which of itself is … Continue reading →

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Planners ignored equalities law for South Norwood flats

Posted on August 17, 2017 by

The council’s under-fire planning department may have broken the law in its rush to push through a controversial Brick by Brick development on a social housing estate in South Norwood. Residents around Church Road, Auckland Rise and Sylvan Hill maintain … Continue reading →

Posted in Brick by Brick, Colm Lacey, Croydon Council, Jo Negrini, Paul Scott, Planning, Property, South Norwood | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , | 1 Comment

Has Negrini’s appointee just admitted she can’t do the job?

Posted on August 14, 2017 by

WALTER CRONXITE reports on a secretive multi-million pound deal to come out of the Town Hall At lunchtime today, one of Croydon’s most senior executive officers got a “key decision” passed, without any discussion by our elected representatives at any … Continue reading →

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