On 4 July 2017 in Willesden Magistrates court two companies, Wise Estates (UK) Limited, Manlow Property Management, and one individual, Simon Low, were convicted of breaches in the Town and Country Planning Act over the conversion of a family home into tiny micro-flats for rent. On the face of it, the charges seem relatively minor. […]
The Battersea Power Station affordable housing scandal: How Wandsworth Gave away over 1000 affordable homes to a failing developer
Previously confidential documents show that whilst Londoners faced an affordable housing crisis, Wandsworth Council negotiated away over 1000 affordable homes on the Battersea Power Station site in order to prop up the failing company Treasury Holdings. The attempt to bail out Treasury with permission to build luxury properties failed, the company went into administration shortly […]
Sadiq ‘Demolition’ Khan’s estate ‘regeneration’ consultation: a sham?
This guest post comes from Tony Coyne. Tony is a freelance journalist and housing campaigner. He writes under a pseudonym to prevent any backlash against the campaigns he is involved in. During the election Mr Khan made a great deal out of the fact that he was brought up on a council estate, with his […]
Sadiq’s deal with the developers – The Affordable Housing and Viability SPG
Last week the consultation on the Mayor of London’s new Affordable Housing and Viability Supplementary Planning Guidance closed. You can see and download my full response to the consultation at the end of this post, but the main issues are summarised below. Viability and affordable housing The issue of affordable housing and viability has been […]
Guest Post: Somers Town – The Planning and Housing crisis in London’s gold belt
This guest post comes from Michael Parkes, a chartered surveyor and community planner working in Somers Town in Camden. Michael has a long history of good work in London, previously having been involved with the Campaign for Homes in Central London. In this article he writes about Somers Town and posits a new typology for […]
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