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.…
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Understanding the “Lowest Council tax” slogan
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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Is Asda still at war against greenery?
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On the first days of December, Asda removed all mature trees along Dorothy road properties, without any warning nor proposal to mitigate the loss.…
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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…
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“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…
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Planning Forum meeting 9th February 2022
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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…
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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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