Property & Planning

COUNCIL HOMELESS CASEWORKER GETS FIVE YEARS JAIL………NEW INDEPENDENT PANEL OF EXPERTS TO ADVISE ON MAJOR CROYDON PLANS A former Southwark council homeless caseworker has been sentenced to five years imprisonment after being found guilty of misconduct in a public office

ESTATE AGENT AND COUNCIL TENANT PROSECUTED OVER HOUSING FRAUD A 59 year old Brixton woman has been prosecuted by Lambeth council for subletting the flat that she rents from the council.  A London Bridge estate agents were also prosecuted for aiding and abetting the commission of the o

CANNABIS FARM FOUND ON CRYSTAL PALACE PARADE – Estate agents jailed  Police who raided a former bar underneath premises on Crystal Palace Parade found 125 cannabis plants with a street value of almost £500,000. Two estate agents who turned up while the raid was in progress were

LAMBETH WARNING ON PLANNING CHANGES……EX-COUNCIL EMPLOYEE AMONG FIVE FOUND GUILTY OF ‘EFFECTIVELY STEALING’ COUNCIL HOMES   In February 2016 the government asked for comments on the implementation of planning changes in England and Wales which will inform the “m

HOMES FOR LAMBETH TO OWN TWO NEW COMPANIES – estate agent gets fee of up to £90,000 to set them up Two new companies are being set up by Lambeth council’s controversial Homes for Lambeth firm. The move has been confirmed by a top London property agents. In a statement to N

LARGER DEVELOPERS FACE CHARGES OF UP TO £4,500 TO MEET SOUTHWARK COUNCIL – householders face £150 bill. Southwark council have announced it will be increasing its charges for pre-application planning advice to reclaim the costs from larger developers. The money will be ploughed

“DEMOLISHING ESTATE WOULD COST £100 MILLION – AND MORE” – Shock report highlights major discrepancies in Lambeth’s case for Cressingham Gardens   “There is an apparent subtext which suggests that the enterprise is motivated by financial liquidity ra

“COUNCIL RENT HOUSING NO LONGER A PRIORITY”   (or: What Cressingham Gardens gets today, Central Hill estate gets tomorrow – part two)   The recently published criteria for assessing the options “differ significantly” from those published during that part

CRESSINGHAM – OTHER POINTS FROM THE PEOPLE’S PLAN: BACKGROUND   The People’s Plan proposes a full refurbishment and build programme that can be funded by a range of options from fully council to fully external. “TPP improves the condition and keeps people in th