BNP Paribas Real Estate, one of the country’s leading firms of property consultants, and a major contractor to local government in London, has published a marketing brochure demonstrating to potential investors in London property how they can avoid taxes. Should local authorities continue to do business with this company? Who are BNP Paribas? BNP Paribas […]
Archives for January 2017
Lewisham Compulsory Purchase – the Battle of The Den
Has the development community finally met its match in the fearsome lions of Millwall football club? For several years Lewisham, with their development partner, Renewal, have been trying to start redevelopment of a large part of industrial London in Deptford. Now the scheme is going off the rails after the council and Renewal have faced […]
Blackmail at the Alma Estate
Our City.London can reveal that Enfield council has sent letters to leaseholders on the Alma Estate, which it plans to demolish, threatening them with the removal of an offer of a new home if they do not drop their objections to the council’s plans to compulsorily purchase their homes. The letters have emerged as a public […]
Can estate regeneration meet London’s housing need?
Why are London’s politicians so keen to knock down council estates? Lib Peck, the leader of Lambeth Council, who is pushing through estate demolitions against fierce opposition from residents, feels that estate regeneration is essential to build extra homes, which are badly needed in London. She has described estate regeneration as a golden opportunity to […]
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