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London’s social housing is worth £6.9bn to national economy
A group representing London’s largest housing associations reckons that social homes in the capital contribute nearly £6.9billion per year to the national economy. The G15 group said that the failure to address the capital’s housing crisis, “exacerbated by political uncertainty … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Housing, London-wide issues
Tagged Angela Rayner, Angela Rayner MP, G15, housing associations, Housing minister, social housing
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Seifert’s Croydon landmark set to be converted into 250 flats
CROYDON IN CRISIS: Architecture and heritage campaigners have expressed concerns over plans to turn 24-storey No1 Croydon at East Croydon from office use to residential – and the local council won’t do anything about it. EXCLUSIVE by STEVEN DOWNES The … Continue reading
Posted in Addiscombe West, Art, Business, Croydon Council, East Croydon, Housing, No1 Croydon, Planning, Property
Tagged 20th Century Society, Addiscombe, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, East Croydon, East Croydon station, Jerry Fitzpatrick, NLA Tower, No1 Croydon, Permitted Development, Planning, Rabbit Hutch flats, Richard Seifert, Slums of the future, The 50p Building, Tory
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Brick by Brick residents tell Mayor Perry: ‘We’ve had enough’
As the housing company that did so much to bankrupt Croydon Council is being wound-up, residents in Crystal Palace who bought its new-build homes say their serious complaints are being ignored Residents of three Brick by Brick developments this week … Continue reading
Posted in Brick by Brick, Claire Bonham, Croydon Council, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Housing, Mayor Jason Perry
Tagged Auckland Rise, Brick by Brick, Claire Bonham, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, Crystal Palace, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Liberal Democrats, London Borough of Croydon, Mayor Jason Perry, Tory
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Lloyd Park listed building Coombe House for sale for £6m
Another impressive Croydon heritage building is being placed on the property market, potentially to be bought for residential development. The 263-year-old GradeII-listed Coombe House sits next to Lloyd Park, and has a host of period features, including what was thought … Continue reading
Ombudsman creates league table of London’s failing councils
The Housing Ombudsman has launched a special investigation into Lewisham Council, which is guilty of “repeated failings”. The watchdog said it would carry out the probe into the south London council after issuing it with 16 “severe maladministration” findings in … Continue reading
Posted in Alison Butler, Bexley, Bromley Council, Croydon Council, Housing, Lambeth Council, Lewisham, London-wide issues, Merton, Southwark Council, Sutton Council, Wandsworth Council
Tagged Alison Butler, Bexley, Brick by Brick, Bromley, Croydon, Croydon Council, Housing Ombudsman, Labour, Lambeth, Lewisham, Merton, Richard Blakeway, Southwark, Sutton
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Bromley green lights John Lewis’s 24-storey housing scheme
Bromley’s Conservative-controlled council has granted planning permission to John Lewis for the “Waitrose Tower” which, at 24 storeys, is much taller than any development given the green light in any Croydon district centre. The £500million project will take until 2029 … Continue reading
Croydon housing policy is reminiscent of Dickensian England
CROYDON COMMENTARY: A council briefing document shows that officials and the Mayor are playing fast and loose with their legal obligations on provision for the homeless, says KEN TOWL Croydon Council is playing fast and loose with their obligations on … Continue reading
More than 200 families split up by council’s housing department
CROYDON IN CRISIS: As it struggles to find suitable accommodation for the borough’s homeless families, official figures show that the council has split up one family placed in temporary accommodation for 12 years. EXCLUSIVE by STEVEN DOWNES Official council figures, … Continue reading
Posted in Croydon Council, Housing, Mayor Jason Perry, Stuart King, Susmita Sen
Tagged Concord House, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, Gilroy Court, Housing, Labour, London Borough of Croydon, Mayor Jason Perry, STUART KING, Temporary accommodation, Thornton Heath, Tory, Windsor House
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Council claims its housing reforms are beginning to work
Croydon Council claims that reforms of its housing department has seen the authority reduce its costs by £13.5million a year, receive an additional £4.5million in benefit payments, and halve its homelessness assessment waiting times by more than half. The reforms … Continue reading
Regina Road demolition set to begin, thanks to £54m GLA grant
The next stage of the demolition and replacement of the notorious council blocks on Regina Road will be discussed at a Town Hall meeting on Monday night – with Croydon’s Tory Mayor about to deliver around 200 council homes which … Continue reading
Posted in Croydon Council, Housing, London-wide issues, Mayor Jason Perry, Mayor of London, Planning, Regina Road redevelopment, Sadiq Khan, South Norwood, Susmita Sen, Wates
Tagged Conservative, council homes, Council housing, Croydon, Croydon Council, GLA, Greater London Authority, Labour, London, Mayor Jason Perry, Regina Road, Regina Road redevelopment, South Norwood, Tory
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Council slammed over plans to create HMO in public cemetery
Residents in Beddington are up in arms over ‘insensitive’ council plans to convert a former caretaker’s lodge in a cemetery into an HMO – a house in multiple occupation – without consulting local residents. Bandon Hill Cemetery, on Plough Lane, … Continue reading
Younger people have had their futures sold down the river
CROYDON ELECTION QUESTIONS For this General Election, Inside Croydon has been offering a platform to candidates from across the political spectrum, from across the borough’s four constituencies. Much the same questions, their answers published at length. Our first interview is … Continue reading
Posted in 2024 General Election, Brick by Brick, Claire Bonham, Council Tax, Croydon parks, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Housing, London-wide issues
Tagged 15% Council Tax hike, 2024 General Election, Brick by Brick, Claire Bonham, Council Tax, Croydon, Crystal Palace, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, David Cameron, General Election, General Election 2024, Liberal Democrats, London, Nick Clegg, Say No To 15%, Sir Ed Davey, Streatham and Croydon North
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Anger after residents’ IDs used to support planning application
KEN LEE reports on a troubling development involving an HMO development in Selhurst An attempt to obtain planning permission to convert a rundown office block in Selhurst into a house of multiple occupation, or HMO, has been thrown into doubt … Continue reading
Posted in Catherine Wilson, Croydon Council, Housing, London-wide issues, Mayor Jason Perry, Mohammed Islam, Planning, Selhurst
Tagged Catherine Wilson, Croydon, Croydon Council, HMO, House in Multiple Occupation, London Borough of Croydon, Mayor Jason Perry, Mohammed Islam, Neville Road, Planning, Selhurst
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School site to be sold off as pupils finish their final term
Education correspondent GENE BRODIE on the latest move by the borough’s biggest landowners in the slow, death throes of one of Croydon’s best-known schools The final bell, on the final day at the end of the school’s final year has … Continue reading
Posted in Charity, Housing, Old Palace, Planning, Property, Schools, South Croydon, Whitgift Foundation
Tagged Croydon, Emily Boynton, Hammersfield, Hammerson, Knight Frank, Melville Avenue, Old Palace, Old Palace of John Whitgift School, Old Palace Prep School, Old Palace School, South Croydon, Westfield, Whitgift Foundation
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Coulsdon flats deal was rushed through as massive tax dodge
CROYDON COMMENTARY: Professional financial analyst RICHARD HOWARD, pictured left, has been concerned for some time about the multi-million-pound sale-and-leaseback arrangement that the council has carved out with an Essex property firm for Red Clover Gardens in Coulsdon. Here, he goes … Continue reading
Posted in 2024 General Election, Brick by Brick, Business, Chris Philp MP, Coulsdon, Croydon Council, Croydon South, Housing, Jason Cummings, London-wide issues, Mayor Jason Perry, Rick Howard
Tagged Brick by Brick, Chris Philp MP, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, Croydon South, Jason Cummings, London, London Borough of Croydon, Mayor Jason Perry, Mears, Red Clover Gardens, Regen Capital, Richard Howard, Tory
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Panicked Purley Pool developer in appeal for public support
BARRATT HOLMES, our correspondent covering shadowy wealthy-developers-based-in-off-shore-tax-havens, reports on the panic that has broken out among the company behind the massive retirement homes scheme proposed for Purley Polaska, the shadowy development firm which is ultimately owned by an even more … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Chris Philp MP, Community associations, Coulsdon West Residents' Association, Croydon Council, East Coulsdon Residents' Association, HADRA, Housing, Mayor Jason Perry, Old Coulsdon Residents' Association, Parking, Planning, Polaska, Polaska Assets Ltd, Property, Purley, Purley Oaks and Riddlesdown, Purley Pool, Samir Dwesar, Selsdon Residents' Association, Simon Brew
Tagged Conservative, Coulsdon West Residents' Association, Croham Valley Residents Association, Croydon, Croydon Council, East Coulsdon Residents' Association, Hartley and District Residents' Association, London, London Borough of Croydon, Mayor Jason Perry, Old Coulsdon Residents' Association, Polaska, Polaska Assets BVI, Polaska Assets Ltd, Purley, Purley Pool, Riddlesdown Residents Association, Samir Dwesar, Selsdon Residents' Association, Simon Brew, Tory
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Coulsdon’s new flats with ‘parking option’ for £100 per month
Residents have started to take occupancy in the long-vacant Red Clover Gardens. But as housing correspondent BARRATT HOLMES reports, anyone owning a car is likely to get hit with extra bills Private tenants looking to live in new blocks of … Continue reading
Posted in Brick by Brick, Business, Coulsdon, Coulsdon East, Coulsdon Town, Croydon Council, Housing, Mayor Jason Perry
Tagged Brick by Brick, BxB, Conservative, Coulsdon, Croydon, Croydon Council, Lion Green Road car park, London Borough of Croydon, Mears Group Plc, Red Clover Gardens, Regen Capital, Tory
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Perry’s ‘sale’ of Coulsdon flats will cost Croydon £60million!
CROYDON IN CRISIS: The borough’s Tory Mayor is accused of ‘doing a Tony Newman’ over a multi-million-pound property deal, one which will cost future generations tens of millions. EXCLUSIVE by STEVEN DOWNES Meet the new boss. Same as the old … Continue reading
Posted in Andrew Pelling, Brick by Brick, Business, Chris Philp MP, Coulsdon, Croydon Council, Croydon East, Croydon South, Housing, Jane West, Jason Cummings, Mayor Jason Perry, Mears, Property, Rick Howard, Susmita Sen
Tagged Andrew Pelling, Brick by Brick, Chris Philp MP, Conservative, Coulsdon, Croydon, Croydon Affordable Homes, Croydon Council, Croydon South, Labour, Liberal Democrats, Lion Green Road car park, London Borough of Croydon, Mayor Jason Perry, Mears, Red Clover Gardens, Regen Capital, Richard Howard, Tony Newman, Tory
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Squatters take over centre that has been unused for four years
Squatters have taken over the council-owned Goldcrest Youth Centre in New Addington, for almost a month turning it into a real community centre – and so far have successfully resisted all attempts to remove them. The centre has been closed … Continue reading
Council places homeless in closed pub that was cannabis farm
CROYDON IN CRISIS: From the council that brought us housing scandals Brick by Brick and Regina Road, now we have temporary accommodation being provided 10 miles away in an abandoned pub which last year was being used as an illegal … Continue reading
Posted in Croydon Council, Greenwich Council, Housing, Local media, London-wide issues, Mayor Jason Perry, Outside Croydon, The Greenwich Wire
Tagged Charlton, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, Greenwich, Greenwich Council, London, Mayor Jason Perry, Temporary accommodation, The Greenwich Wire, The White Swan pub, Tory
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Brick by Brick’s final flats put up for rent at £2,400 per month
In Coulsdon, 157 flats have been standing empty for almost two years, in the middle of a housing crisis. But now, with the council silent on the multi-million sale of the properties, some are being made available for eye-watering rents. … Continue reading
Posted in Brick by Brick, Business, Coulsdon, Coulsdon East, Coulsdon Town, Coulsdon West Residents' Association, Croydon Council, East Coulsdon Residents' Association, Housing, Mayor Jason Perry
Tagged Alison Butler, Brick by Brick, BxB, Chris Philp MP, Colm Lacey, Conservative, Coulsdon, Croydon, Croydon Council, Jason Cummings, Jo Negrini, Labour, London Borough of Croydon, Mary Duggan, Mears Group Plc, Notting Hill Genesis, Paul Scott, Red Clover Gardens, Regen Capital, Tony Newman, Tory
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Residents’ groups reject Purley ‘pool’ plan backed by Perry
Our shadowy multi-millionaire developers based in off-shore tax havens correspondent, BARRATT HOLMES, on an outbreak of common sense, and serious reservations, over proposals for a massive retirement home complex Seven of the borough’s largest and most influential residents’ associations have … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Chris Philp MP, Community associations, Coulsdon West Residents' Association, Croydon Council, East Coulsdon Residents' Association, HADRA, Housing, Mayor Jason Perry, Old Coulsdon Residents' Association, Parking, Place Review Panel, Planning, Polaska, Polaska Assets Ltd, Property, Purley, Purley Oaks and Riddlesdown, Purley Pool, Selsdon Residents' Association
Tagged Conservative, Coulsdon West Residents' Association, Croham Valley Residents Association, Croydon, Croydon Council, East Coulsdon Residents' Association, Hartley and District Residents' Association, London, London Borough of Croydon, Mayor Jason Perry, Old Coulsdon Residents' Association, Polaska, Polaska Assets BVI, Polaska Assets Ltd, Purley, Purley Pool, Riddlesdown Residents Association, Samir Dwesar, Selsdon Residents' Association, Tory
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Builders brand Gove’s latest CPO reforms as ‘desperation’
Our housing correspondent, BARRATT HOLMES, on how a ‘very un-Conservative’ policy shift has probably come too late to save Croydon town centre New powers handed to local authorities by the Conservative Government could, just, open the way for Croydon Council … Continue reading
Posted in "Hammersfield", Business, CPO, Croydon Council, Housing, London-wide issues, Planning, Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield, Whitgift Centre, Whitgift Foundation
Tagged Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, Hammersfield, Hammerson, London Borough of Croydon, Westfield, Whitgift Centre, Whitgift Foundation
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