09-07-2017, 08:54 PM
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Affordable Housing
Battersea Power Station affordable homes rowLord Strathclyde is a senior adviser to a company that's cut the number of guaranteed affordable homes in the power station development by 40 percent.
One Blackfriars
The housing crisis
Gentrification ?
09-07-2017, 09:25 PM
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Re: Affordable Housing
Originally Posted by swimfeeders
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HiIt is wrong, the Company made a decision to build them, they should do so.
The fact that they are not making as much profit out of the scheme is irrelevant.
09-07-2017, 09:39 PM
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Re: Affordable Housing
Originally Posted by Bruv
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They should made to fulfill the promise by law.
How would you propose to do that?
It is a planning condition which has been varied, quite legally, by the Council.
They could be taken for Judicial Review, but that would in no way guarantee success.
09-07-2017, 09:51 PM
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Re: Affordable Housing
Originally Posted by swimfeeders
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HiHow would you propose to do that?
It is a planning condition which has been varied, quite legally, by the Council.
They could be taken for Judicial Review, but that would in no way guarantee success.
It should be part of a legally enforceable contract before building begins.
There are 2 examples given where the promised "Affordable Housing" has been lost during the build.
It cannot be a simple mistake............can it ?
10-07-2017, 04:10 AM
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Re: Affordable Housing
Originally Posted by Bruv
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I have no idea how it should be done.It should be part of a legally enforceable contract before building begins.
There are 2 examples given where the promised "Affordable Housing" has been lost during the build.
It cannot be a simple mistake............can it ?
I have no doubt that some fiddles go on, but it works both ways.
There are also from time to time, quite legitimate reasons why planning permissions are varied.
An example, Brownfield sites, Contaminated land.
The survey is by test pits and boreholes, a quite reasonable thing to do.
Sometimes things are missed, a previously unknown mineshaft, hot spots of contamination etc.
Inevitable that the agreed permission is altered to reflect this.
Market Conditions also change, so what was agreed at the time is no longer relevant when construction starts.
I knew when I bought my house that there was Planning Permission for private bungalows behind me, with 25% being Social Housing for local people.
Not an issue for me, I would still keep my views of the Welsh Mountains.
The 2008 crash happened, the developer pulled out and the Council changed the permission.
It became 100% Social Housing, two and three story, no bungalows and no restrictions on Social Housing being for local residents.
No views of the Welsh Mountains, no Social Housing for locals, just a sink estate of the unemployable problem families moved out of urban areas miles away.
Net result, a 30% reduction in house prices, no compensation.
It has fallen to a Local Businessman, a capitalist, to build 8 bungalows elsewhere in the village for the local elderly who need them.
They are restricted to locals and the rents are cheaper than the Housing Association.
Not everything is a plot Bruv and therein lies the rub.
Capitalism provides the jobs and the money, it is not all bad.
10-07-2017, 08:07 AM
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Re: Affordable Housing
This article re Grenfell poses some questions re social housing .http://www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/ar...ell-Tower.html
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