9 August - 16 New Road, Abbey Wood - Crackers
The
flats being built at 16 New Road Abbey Wood have been featured here before. That is because the plan was
totally wrong for the area in terms of appearance but
Bexley Council¹s rejection
was appealed more than once and the applicant eventually won his case after making concessions.
It remained an ugly blight on the landscape but the site is only a few minutes
walk from Abbey Wood station which seems to be the secret to building with impunity any monstrosity that adds to the housing stock.
It will add to the traffic congestion too.
The developer has not been one of those “considerate contractors” and has upset various neighbours by obstructing
the footpath and occasionally the whole road.
One has suggested that the infamous Mr. Singh is behind it all because of
the ethnicity of the workforce and because the address of the roofing
contractor, Google his phone number 020 8320 6062, is 240 Woolwich Road which I
understood to have been bought by Mr. Singh.
On the other hand Mr. McCann, the roofer, is on record as being
wronged by Mr. Singh and I believe him to be a reputable builder. I was
under the impression that he had sold 240 Woolwich Road to Mr. Singh and
moved to Sidcup but there must be a missing link somewhere. Did he sell his business name too?
The occupants of the bottom end of New Road are not best pleased by the disruption caused by the building works and
reported via FixMyStreet all the
broken paving stones. They are not the easiest thing to photograph but three are shown below.
Bexley Council responded to the report as follows…
The reported issue requires further investigations or work by our
Highways Technicians to resolve, which may include any of the following:
• Carrying out enforcement noticing/investigations that are restricted by set timescales
• Monitor for misuse or gather evidence
• Monitor in heavy rainfall
• Monitor Contractor performance
• Requires re-inspection after other internal/external involvement
