Chinese developer R&F Properties announced mid-March that its UK unit will sell Vauxall Square site at a 42% loss to raise capital and cut debt.…
Continue Reading »Having the lowest Council tax in the country has been for decades the biggest message branded by the Conservatives during Wandsworth Council elections. Whether this has been the reason for…
Continue Reading »For several months now we have seen activity along the Arding & Hobbs building with scaffolding erected, protections put in place, windows being taken out to be restored… etc. It’s…
Continue Reading »Developers for a 25 storey towers in York Road are submitting new plans to increase the number of units from 136 to 177, cramming 46 more 1-bed flats into the…
Continue Reading »The life of planning application for 5 Parma Crescent looks like a groundhog day. While the construction has started (at least the demolition and the huge excavation as shown on…
Continue Reading »On the first days of December, Asda removed all mature trees along Dorothy road properties, without any warning nor proposal to mitigate the loss.…
Continue Reading »Chinese investment has been a booster for many property developments in London, and a huge funder for Wandsworth Council for more than a decade. However, the recent Chinese property market…
Continue Reading »“Keep calm and carry on” could be the motto of Wandsworth Council when staring at the deteriorating situation of some property developers in Nine Elms. “The brakes have been put…
Continue Reading »The biannual planning forum, the informal information sharing group organised by the Council for community representatives, was organised on video-call a few days ago (for the fourth time since July…
Continue Reading »Wandsworth has collected nearly as much tax from property developments than all the surrounding boroughs together. And although the Council is using the money to cover spending otherwise paid by…
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