Bromley Council has rejected the idea that the council should licence more private rented sector accommodation at the meeting of the Public Protection Committee on 14 November 2023 . This decision is contrary to the Government’s white paper on reforming the private rented sector. The committee report is flawed. Larger houses in [...]

Bromley Council, Mytime Active, stalling on solar panels? Bromley Council needs to take decisive action to resolve the impasse that has developed over the win-win proposals to install solar panels at the Spa (Beckenham) and Pavilion (Bromley) Leisure Centres in the borough. The South East London Community Energy Co-operative (Selce) [...]

Bromley Council and the wasted resource of over 300 empty homes Bromley Council is currently seeking views from residents starting from now until 4 Jan on whether it should charge the maximum amount of council tax on unoccupied properties that have been empty for two years or more. This is known as the empty homes […]

  The London Fire Brigade has served extensive fire safety notices on all 122 flats at Lait House. These notices are quite extensive and are publicly available at: https://www.london-fire.gov.uk/community/public-notices/public-notice-detail/?id=6954 The Fire Brigade claim that there are seven breaches of the Regulatory Reform [...]

The above picture is a commonhold development in Bristol where a local community formed a commonhold association to buy and convert a derelict office site. Land reform and leasehold reform       1>Problems with leasehold in England and Wales :   When your lease expires if you do nothing you become a mere [...]

How the Conservatives are letting down private tenants and responsible private landlords  in Bromley The Conservatives nationally and locally are failing the growing number of private tenants in Bromley. The 2011 census showed 16,229 households renting privately which represented 12.4% of all Bromley households. Crystal Palace [...]