30 January - Still in the dark about The Black Horse
On the 2nd of the month the planning documents that may have allowed residents to see what was to replace the historic facade to Sidcup’s Black Horse coaching inn weren’t available to the public. Two days before the month’s end the situation is unchanged. A Sidcup Community Group member has brought the omission to the attention of the Chief Executive for a second time, the first did not produce a satisfactory answer.
On Friday 23 December 2011 the records finally showed that Planning Consent for
demolition had been granted subject to a Section 106 Agreement. The Black Horse
façade had already been demolished shortly after the 3 November Planning Meeting
and well before the records showed Planning Consent had been issued or the
Section 106 Agreement signed (i.e. 23 December 2011). However, there was and is
still no public record whatsoever of a Planning Decision or a signed new revised
Section 106 Agreement. The public therefore have no actual details of what the
Applicant is supposed to be erecting on Sidcup’s historic site.
The full list of problems with this planning application are too lengthy and too complex
for a blog entry. As with so many things about Bexley council one may wonder if
there are no straight answers because
something ‘funny’ is going on.