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17 June - Nothing to Singh about

178 Slade Green RoadUnless your name is Nicola Taylor you have probably forgotten all about 176 and 178 Slade Green Road. I had until it popped up on Bexley’s planning site. 23/01307/FULM.

The address first came to notice when it showed up on Bexley’s Asset Register early in 2019 and BiB speculated that it and the Community Centre next door were being brought together on the quiet for a secretive sale.

For nine months Bexley Council left their two houses derelict as was no doubt their intention until it caught fire. It probably didn’t matter much to them as their preference is for property speculation rather than be a saviour of the homeless.

At some time in the intervening four years Bexley Council must have sold the properties exactly as forecast. Probably not to their favourite developer because the applicant is Uplift Development Limited which is a new name to me.

That is not very surprising because Companies House shows a Uplift Developments Limited was only formed a month ago and what is a single s between friends? Adding to the assumption that the two names are one and the same is the registered address. 13 Montpelier Avenue, Bexley, DA5 3AP. A predecessor company of the same name was dissolved in 2020. Owned by two more but different Singhs!

The company has but one employee, Jasdeep Singh Mann and his proposal is for 44 homes over four storeys if you read the summary statement or five if you read the actual application. The redevelopment will encompass both the adjacent community centre and the derelict house. That makes 44 more families with 36 car parking spaces to fulfill Bexley Council’s dream of a grid-locked concrete jungle and the loss of the community centre pretty much says it all.

 

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