2 November (Part 2) - Everything comes to he who waits
It possibly helps to be
very close to the Planning Committee Chairman’s wife
but Bexley’s favoured developer has been getting his way with things
for far
longer than that. So maybe it is no more than a very bad look.
Quite often applications have initially met with refusal but all have been successful later.
The last time that Mr. Singh and his site at 238 Woolwich Road were featured on
these pages was just over five months ago. 238 Woolwich Road is where
Mr. Singh
built his notorious concrete bunker which
strayed just a little into Lesnes Abbey Woods and succeeded in driving his neighbour out because they could stand the eyesore no more.
Singh was their only possible buyer.
Despite the initial knuckle rapping by Bexley Council,
permission for the bunker to stay came a couple of years later.
An application to rebuild the associated house (238) was made in 2023 and a
variation submitted in May 2024. (24/01647/FUL.)
A two storey extension for which permission has been granted with a conditions.
The building has to look satisfactory and in keeping with the existing building. Big deal!
I had assumed that that would be a given.
This report is a little late, permission was granted in July.