Property & Planning

BRICK BY BRICK GRANTED PLANNING PERMISSION FOR FIRST BATCH OF HOMES New, affordable homes are to be built in Croydon after Brick by Brick – the council’s house building company – was granted planning permission for its first batch of developments. Set up to ensure Croydon residents ha

LANDLORD FINED MORE THAN £6,000 OVER DANGEROUS HOUSE SHARE A Croydon landlord who let a property become a neglected fire hazard has been fined £6,665 by magistrates. Croydon council successfully prosecuted the woman after an inspection found she was letting out a shared house in Thorn

CENTRAL HILL DEMOLITION PLANS ‘CALLED IN’ FOR REVIEW – as Bennett is set to move from housing to planning The decision by Lambeth council’s cabinet to demolish Central Hill estate in Crystal Palace has been ‘called in’ for review. Lambeth’s Co

……AS WELL AS ‘KEY GUARANTEES’ – “Tenants should be offered equivalent terms” says CONSERVATIVE opposition leader The cabinet decision on ‘key guarantees’ for people living in homes on the six council estates Lambeth want to demolis

Image courtesy Sid Skill – this spoof birthday card of Cllr Bennett was sent to the secretary of the Central Hill estate residents and tenants association – a case of LambethDon’tWatch? BENNETT TO LOSE HOUSING PORTFOLIO – AND GET PLANNING JOB INSTEAD – AND WHY

CRACKDOWN ON ESTATE AGENTS BOARDS ALREADY A SUCCESS SAY SOUTHWARK A crackdown on estate agents boards that are left on streets long after properties are sold or rented is already showing signs of success, say Southwark council Since the initiative came into force on February 1st, Sout

COUNCIL OFFICERS ON FRENCH TRIP – PAID FOR BY PROPERTY DEVELOPERS Three Lambeth council officers are on a four day trip to a property fair in Cannes, France – paid for by five property developers with interests in the borough. The astonishing revelations, made on the Londo

EXTRA PROTECTION FROM DEVELOPMENT FOR SOUTHWARK PUBS   All 188 pubs in Southwark have been given an extra layer of protection from development. The council’s planning committee have passed a proposal to place an Article 4 Direction to withdraw the Permitted Development Rights, introdu

CROOKED LETTING AGENT JAILED FOR KEEPING CLIENTS DEPOSITS / LANDLORD STOPPED FROM RENTING CARETAKER’S STOREROOM AS FLAT / CROYDON NAMED COUNTRY’S MOST IN DEMAND LOCATION FOR OFFICE SPACE / CROYDON WELCOMES NEW CRISIS CENTRE TO TOWN   CROOKED LETTING AGENT JAILED FOR KEEPIN