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"Garden grabbing' flat developments"

The local Guardian has published an article about property developers activities, which is an issue that's very relevant to Worcester Park. I've had emails on the subject recently and have been intending to address it properly but as they've written this piece it seems like now is as good a time as any.

Brinkley Road has had it's share of developer activity with Brinkley Court appearing on the old factory site, a failed attempt to build on the garages at the top of the road and various attempts to buy off people in the road. On one hand I can understand the attraction of a wad of cash and the chance to move on but at the same time tearing down family houses to make space for 1 or 2 bedroom flats is surely only storing up trouble in the future when the couples who bought them discover there are no properties left in the area to bring up a family in. People aren't always aware of the consequences of this activity so read the Guardian article linked above as a starting place and decide what's important for Worcester Park.

Anyway, I have plenty of opinions on on the subject but I'm more interested in yours so naturally you'll want to comment below won't you...

17.8.07 10:27
 


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mrjones (22.8.07 09:58)
What always amazes me is that developments that get the go ahead are nearly always in properties that already serve as residential dwellings. I can understand it is cheaper to convert a house into flats or whatnot but there are so many disused buildings/offices/factories etc in london that stand empty for decades without anyone touching them.

I can only assume changes need to be made to planning laws to enable/entice developers to obtain and convert these tatty old buildings that blight the landscape and serve no purpose to anyone.


Brinkster / Website (22.8.07 12:23)
To give them some credit The Hamptons and the other development by the station were both brownfield developments (sewage works and warehouse/factory respectively) but there's still a lot of activity involving knocking down residential housing. There's one on Cheam Common Road at the minute and there was one turned down in Brinkley Road which involved flattening three bungalows.

I don't know if it happens in Worcester Park but I know that in other parts of the borough schools get approached with offers to sell off their playing fields for housing, which seems like a real shame in many ways.


Richard (30.8.07 16:51)
It has already happened in Worcester Park; Cheam Common School used to have a larger playground until the flats were built next to the North End Tavern.

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