In last week’s article we looked at how leaseholders facing estate regeneration are getting a raw deal when their homes are subject to compulsory purchase orders. Obviously the less money developers can offer to leaseholders to get them off the land they want to build on, the more profit for the developer. And if developers make […]
Archives for September 2016
After the Aylesbury – Estate regeneration, but not as we know it?
Last week the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government refused to allow the compulsory purchase of flats on the latest phase of the Aylesbury Estate’s redevelopment, citing concerns about the way that Southwark council was dealing with leaseholders. This article explains why this decision was important, and why Southwark Council are wrong to […]
More deaths from crashes into tall buildings still a concern: Coroner in Vauxhall helicopter crash inquest
The coroner who conducted the inquest into the fatal Vauxhall helicopter crash has written an official report expressing his concern that not enough is being done by the planning authorities to prevent helicopters crashing into tall buildings along the Thames in the future – OurCity.London can reveal. At one minute to 8am, January 16, 2013 a helicopter flying […]
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