re grove tavern

[Nickyjohnson]

im a resident right next door to this eye sore. The skateboarder have cleaned up the place and brought back a little bit of community spirit. Yet u wanna eveict em so why evict em then still leave the place in such a state. When are you going to fix it up look how long weve had to live with that squalor.no one want to answer about what happening with it yet leave us to live next to rat infested place

[Earl Aelfheah]

It's the usual developer tactic of buying a place which doesn't have planning permission for residential and then leaving it derelict until the council wave through a change of use application. What should happen, is that they should be made to maintain it or face compulsory purchase. Instead, the council crumble and give them what they want just so they don't have to live with an eye sore.

[alice]

Was it sold then?

I had thought they were still getting rent from pub contract.

[Earl Aelfheah]

This explains the situation. https://www.southwarknews.co.uk/news/residents-want-answers-future-dulwichs-old-grove-tavern/

It will eventually be turned in to loads of cheaply built, extremely expensive flats I would imagine.

[Metallic]

rahrahrah Wrote:

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> It's the usual developer tactic of buying a place

> which doesn't have planning permission for

> residential and then leaving it derelict until the

> council wave through a change of use application.

> What should happen, is that they should be made to

> maintain it or face compulsory purchase. Instead,

> the council crumble and give them what they want

> just so they don't have to live with an eye sore.

The site is owned by Dulwich Estate. They have had a deal going for years with the leaseholders, who pay the rent and do nothing. A pub has to be rebuilt on the site.

[alice]

Ideal spot for new council housing matching adjacent flats.

Yes M. But such restrictions can be changed.

[Adidas_guy]

Thanks rahrahrah but that newspaper items is years old - has there been any update since then?