Category: Housing

Council flogs of land to developers

by Andrea Perry | Apr 1, 2019 | Housing | 0 |

A former care home was sold to Brick by Brick to redevelop for housing for £18,797 – well...

Council delays getting tough on HMOs despite overwhelming evidence

by Andrea Perry | Feb 28, 2019 | Housing | 0 |

Residents feel angry and let down by delays to protect family homes in Thornton Heath being...

Brick by Brick promises homes will go to local people

by Andrea Perry | Jan 25, 2019 | Housing | 0 |

It has been hailed as the first 100 per cent affordable housing development by Croydon developer...

TERROR ARREST

by Andrea Perry | Nov 14, 2018 | Crime, Housing | 0 |

A man accused of plotting to blow up a mosque in a suicide mission was living in a house in Thornton Heath for adults suffering with mental health which previously had been found ‘inadequate’ by the Care Quality Commission....

DECISION ON HMO’S

by Andrea Perry | May 12, 2018 | Housing | 0 |

A campaign to halt the over proliferation of Houses of Multiple Occupany in Thornton Heath could...

COMMUNITY INTEREST LEVY IS NOT A LEVEL PLAYING FIELD

by Andrea Perry | Mar 28, 2018 | Housing | 0 |

Communities affected by large scale development don’t necessarily ever see the planning levy the...

LOCAL PLAN FORMALLY ADOPTED

by Andrea Perry | Mar 1, 2018 | Housing | 0 |

Croydon’s Local Plan which outlines how the borough will evolve sustainably over the next 20 years, was formally adopted at the full council meeting. The Croydon Local Plan 2018 sets out the exciting vision for Croydon’s growth...

THORNTON HEATH’S HOMES UNDER THE HAMMER

by Andrea Perry | Feb 28, 2018 | Housing | 0 |

If you are living in an area and the BBC’s Homes Under the Hammer presenter Martin Roberts comes...

FOUR BEDROOM TERRACED HOME = 13 OCCUPANTS

by Andrea Perry | Feb 28, 2018 | Housing | 0 |

A property company which owns a terraced house raided by counter terrorism officers is asking for...

TEA LIGHT CAUSES FIRE

by Andrea Perry | Jan 29, 2018 | Housing | 0 |

A teenage boy and man were hospitalised after a fire broke out in a flat in Thornton Heath. Four...

HOUSING INEQUALITY AND HYPOCRISY

by The Chronicle Editor | Jan 24, 2018 | Housing | 0 |

Both these houses have been neglected and unoccupied for many years. One is owned by the council...

HOUSING INEQUALITY ON OUR DOOR STEP

by Andrea Perry | Dec 18, 2017 | Housing | 0 |

One bedroom flats in a tower block designed for use as retirement accommodation are being used to house families with as many as four children crammed in to the only bedroom while their parents are forced to sleep in the living...