18 June (Part 2) - Local Labour Councillors succeed after Bexley Council let us all down
It has
not been a good few days for Kulvinder Singh.
First his retrospective
planning disaster and now his company Balmonza Ltd is to be prosecuted for the way it demolished Ye
Olde Leather Bottle, the historic old pub on Heron Hill.
Bexley Council did not cover themselves with glory in 2016; put simply Mr. Singh
started the demolition without warning, threatened anyone who took an interest,
me included, while Bexley Council stood idly by doing nothing.
Fortunately Labour Councillor Daniel Francis was not so complacent and while his
efforts could not prevent the demolition he did create a sufficiently big fuss
to arouse the interest of Council Leader Teresa O’Neill and perhaps more importantly
that of the Health & Safety Executive.
Councillor Francis and a number of residents were separately invited for
interview by the H&SE and I was there for an hour or so on 17th November
2016 adding descriptions and a signature to my photos.
It has taken an awful long time for the H&SE to get around to doing anything, but as
a a direct result of Councillor Francis’s efforts, Balmonza Ltd is due in Court on 21st August.
Labour Group Press Release.
Directly related earlier blogs.
22nd September 2015 (Before demolition).
23rd September 2015.
24th September 2015.
8th October 2015 (Last days and the cliff appears).
31st March 2016.
5th April 2016 (And now it is gone).
17th April 2016.
19th April 2016.
12th May 2016.
4th June 2016.
22nd June 2016 (Pushing and shoving).
23rd June 2016.
2nd January 2017.
9th February 2017.
3rd September 2017.
12th October 2017.
2nd February 2018 (Reference to H&SE interview).
18th September 2018.
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