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Tag Archives: Barratt Homes
Councillor demands ‘proper’ probe into failing heat network
A veteran councillor in Sutton is demanding a “proper investigation” into the dodgy-looking business affairs of the council-owned heating network, SDEN. In a matter of a few weeks, a council meeting was told how the business plan of Sutton Decentralised … Continue reading →
Ofgem called in to rule over SDEN’s unfair heating prices
Sutton’s deputy leader has much to account for over the ‘too complicated’ business model for the misfiring power network. CARL SHILTON reports Just days after appointing independent accountants to conduct a review into the business of Sutton’s controversial heating network, … Continue reading →
Posted in Environment, Jayne McCoy, Nick Mattey, Outside Croydon, Richard Simpson, Sutton Council, Waste incinerator
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Tagged Barratt Homes, Jayne McCoy, New Mill Quarter, New Mill Quarter Residents Association, Nick Mattey, NMQ, Richard Simpson, SDEN, Sheldon Vestey, Sutton Decentralised Energy Network
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Builders pay £56m to strip Grenfell cladding from Croydon flats
Barratt, the housing developers, took a £56million hit on its profits to fix fire safety and structural problems in “legacy properties”, the bulk of which was spent in removing flammable cladding from their Citiscape block in Croydon. The 95 flats … Continue reading →
Sutton heating ‘disaster’ has residents seeking compensation
CARL SHILTON, our Sutton correspondent, reports on a badly-organised meeting – part Muppet Show, part Orwell’s 1984 – at which shocked residents saw their new ‘luxury’ homes reduced in value potentially by tens of thousands of pounds because of a … Continue reading →
Posted in Ben Andrew, Elliot Colburn, Housing, Jayne McCoy, London-wide issues, Property, Sutton Council, Waste incinerator
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Tagged Amanda Cherrington, Barratt Homes, Barratt London, Beddington Lane incinerator, Carshalton and Wallington, Elliot Colburn MP, Hackbridge, Jayne McCoy, New Mill Quarter, Sheldon Vestey, Sutton Council, Tom Brake, Viridor
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Residents afraid of ‘risk to life’ from flats’ heating system
For the second time in just four cold, winter days, more than a thousand residents of “luxury” homes in Hackbridge had to go without heating and hot water today – and this time it required an emergency call-out for the … Continue reading →
Posted in Sutton Council, Waste incinerator
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Tagged Amanda Cherrington, Barratt Homes, Hackbridge, New Mill Quarter, SDEN, Sheldon Vestey, Sutton, Sutton Council
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Cane Hill builder collects hundreds of Christmas boxes
A house-builder in Coulsdon has managed to collect 452 shoe boxes laden with festive cheer for under-privileged children as part of its Operation Christmas Child appeal. The gift-laden boxes were collected from the sales and marketing suite of Barratt Homes … Continue reading →
Posted in Business, Charity, Coulsdon, Property
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Tagged Barratt Homes, Cane Hill, Coulsdon
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Sutton admits incinerator heating could end up in High Court
A tender guidance document raises a lot of awkward questions for Sutton Council’s leadership over its continued support for the £1bn Beddington incinerator and its heating network. WALTER CRONXITE reports Sutton published a tender on Friday for SDEN, the Sutton … Continue reading →
Posted in Environment, Niall Bolger, Sutton Council, Waste incinerator
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Tagged Barratt Homes, Beddington Lane incinerator, Liberal Democrats, London, SDEN, Sutton Council, Viridor
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