68 East Dulwich Grove

[ed_pete]

Anyone know what's going on with 68 East Dulwich Grove, on the corner of Melbourne Grove and East Dulwich Grove

? The house/flats look abandoned, the hedge is massively overgrown and the garden is trying to escape through the fence.

[Serena2012]

I don?t know the answer, but they have a planning application to build a separate house in the garden outstanding. In fact, this is one of a number of planning applications in recent years.

[Earl Aelfheah]

Serena2012 Wrote:

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> I don?t know the answer, but they have a planning

> application to build a separate house in the

> garden outstanding. In fact, this is one of a

> number of planning applications in recent years.

Sounds like rogue developer. No doubt it'll fall into such a state of disrepair that they'll eventually get the go ahead from the council. Personally, i would like to see the council use compulsory purchase orders where houses are left derelict like this, as a way of pressuring planning departments.

[ianr]

I saw yesterday that the hedge had been drastically cut, with offcuts apparently all heaped in the garden. Does anyone know if it was the council or the owner who did the work?

[TheCropolite]

That house has had nothing done to it for at least 2-3 years so I doubt that?s going to change anytime soon. I also agree that the council should be using compulsory purchase orders in this situation.