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Cheers Jeremy, sorry to have inadvertently duplicated a thread.

I think you're right (that it's not listed). I really like it though. Run down, but nice lines.

... think it was next door to Casa.

Cycling down Bellenden Road yesterday, there seemed to be a new bar / cafe close to the corner with Maxted Road. No sign up, but otherwise looked ready to open. Anyone know anything about it?

Thanks Londonmix. Sounds good to me.

From what I can make out from quickly perusing the planning app site, they want the ground floor to be retail (already approved), a shed loads of 'studio flats' above and then to construct a further level with a couple more 2 and 1 bed flats. It's a lovely looking building (though run down) and grade II listed. I really hope that the council take this into account before approving too many changes to the front.

There have been a number of planning applications against this property. This is the latest: http://planningonline.southwark.gov.uk/AcolNetCGI.exe?ACTION=UNWRAP&RIPNAME=Root.PgeResultDetail&TheSystemkey=9553104

The area has a huge shortage of school places and there aren't many vacant sites large enough to accommodate a new secondary. I think this is good news. It's a big site, so I would think that there would be space for health care facilities too, but I guess we'll have to wait to see exactly what the plans are.

Oops, cross posted there PokerTime

I'm no expert on Right to Buy but my understanding is that you only have to resided in your council house for 5 years. Right to Acquire applies to Housing Association properties. Could be wrong though..

Discounts are dictated at national level.

The recent pension reforms will exacerbate the situation further, pouring more money into the buy-to-let market. Future generations pay for it all.

The same reason as 'help to buy'- because no matter how unsustainable, ill advised and ultimately damaging current housing policies may be, they have in the short term stoked up property prices, encouraged more consumer spending and 'improved' the economy. In the long term of course it is ruinous, but there is an election approaching.

To be fair, it's hard to judge from a second hand description of what may now sound fairly innocuous events. The original poster obviously felt that something wasn't quite right. Part of being 'street wise' is to some extent, learning to trust your instincts.

The government is enabling our dangerous and damaging addiction to property speculation. They have increased the Right to Buy ?discount? to ?75,000 or 60% of a houses value (70% for a flat). A year ago the maximum discount in London was increased to ?100,000. Public assets acquired over a long time are being thrown away - sold off way below market value and for significantly less than the cost of providing replacements. Many (36% according to a 2013 London Assembly report) are now being let by councils from private landlords, or by individuals who pay the crazy rents demanded from housing benefit (i.e. paid by the taxpayers who also paid for the houses to be built in the first place). Many of these discounted council houses are acquired by speculators, buying properties through ?deferred transaction agreements?. Meanwhile, incentives for buy-to-let are higher than those offered for any other investment. All of this is a insane. The government claims to want to bring down the deficit ? well the best way to do this in the long term is to stop pursuing policies which stoke up house prices and rip off rents (thereby hugely increasing the housing benefit bill), stop selling off public assets at a huge loss, stop incentivising property speculation (as opposed to ?home? ownership) and invest heavily in new social housing... In my opinion

Good article about this in the Guardian: http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/apr/02/toxic-truth-air-pollution-lethal-scandal-saharan-smog and.. http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/apr/03/cameron-uk-smog-pollution-europe

I think they were looking at around 3 months. 85volga Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Cheers but six months is a long time empty .....

Secondary schools are just like buses.... you wait ages for one to come along and then..

Does anyone know what happens next the timescale?

Just got the following email from East Dulwich Lib Dems: New East Dulwich Secondary Free School - Haberdashers' Aske's on board Last night the Haberdashers' Aske's Federation agreed to take forward the Lib Dem initiated and led campaign for a new East Dulwich secondary free school to solve the increasing secondary school place crisis. Well done to the Parents Steering Group that helped decide which school provider to go with. It was difficult decision provider to join all the other local outstanding secondary schools we have locally. fully story here: http://jamesbarber.mycouncillor.org.uk/?p=2474 Please register your support for a new local secondary school at www.newschool.org.uk Very exciting news. Please do register your support (assuming you do support it).

Reminds me of the tourists you used to see taking photos of the clock outside Victoria station, looking a little disappointed that Big Ben is so much smaller than they'd imagined.

Didn't part of the plans include an underground swimming pool?

What's off topic about it? Personally I think Clegg will do much better in tonight's EU debate.

Looking at this it's been in conception since 2011: http://www.constructure.co.uk/crawthew-grove/

:-) Otta Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > But most disappointing, he bought West Dulwich > thinking he was buying East Dulwich.