Lordship Lane Estate: Stop the tower block petition

[Angelina]

Game changer = council housing land being used for premium private property when we have over 15000 on the council waiting list in Southwark.

[Dogkennelhillbilly]

Sydney Carton Wrote:

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> Southwark says half the development will be social

> housing, presumably the bottom half, the lower

> floors with no park views. So the upper parts will

> be very desirable apartments, which will go for

> top dollar.

I don't think that's what the information says. It says that half of the flats will

[Dogkennelhillbilly]

Sydney Carton Wrote:

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> Southwark says half the development will be social

> housing, presumably the bottom half, the lower

> floors with no park views. So the upper parts will

> be very desirable apartments, which will go for

> top dollar.

I don't think that's what is being proposed It, at least going by what is said here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ru5ioQ17lVcEQD1yGfdlQCOuQ4y2ZoVm/view

It says that half of the flats will prioritised for (existing) local tenants in housing need (of which there are about 40 on the Lordship Lane Estate). It doesn't say the others will be sold or rented at market (ie high) rate. Neither does it say anything about top half or bottom half.

Where are you getting your information that the top flats will be sold on the private market? Is there other info from the council that says that?

[Nigello]

Yes, please show your sources. That way everybody will have facts and not suppositions, rumours, etc. Thanks

[Castleton]

Where are you getting your information that the top flats will be sold on the private market? Is there other info from the council that says that?

There's a precedent for that, the building at the elephant. Can't remember the nickname but it has 3 turbines at the top that have never worked?

Only the lower floors were for social housing

[Angelina]

The onus is on the council to confirm the specifics of the proposal.

What are they quoting?

[Bic Basher]

Considering I live here and actually read the proposals. There is nothing to suggest that it isn't social housing being built with priority given to existing Estate residents who are in need of new accommodation.

[Dogkennelhillbilly]

Castleton Wrote:

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> There's a precedent for that, the building at the

> elephant. Can't remember the nickname but it has 3

> turbines at the top that have never worked?

>

> Only the lower floors were for social housing

No, that's different. You're talking about Strata House, which was a private development on private land. A condition of planning permission was that a certain proportion of flats were designated as "affordable".

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strata_SE1

The proposed building is a Southwark development on land owned by Southwark.