Same bloke who broke the lockdown rules and was conveniently ignored.
I did not, you were the one who jumped to that conclusion.
Having someone else rush a decision through is and is why after Jenrick was forced to reverse his decision.
The tax they avoided paying, by 1 day, was to pay towards local amenities such as schools, sports facilities, parks, community projects etc. It was to provide a better environment for those new residents and in terms of schools an essential service. Not ideal to have lots of new housing and then have to send your kids miles away because the local schools are over subscribed. I understand why the developer wants to avoid paying it but there is a very good reason why the tax was introduced.
Or another developer who is happy to behave correctly comes in and develops the site?
With attitudes like Yours and Doons I wish they had one ?with attitudes like that you wonder why the SNp want an indep Scotland
And so we have Nadhim Zahawi on the Today programme this morning telling us with a straight face that Jenrick didn't know he was going to be on the same table as Desmond at the fundraiser...and that so it was just one of these things that Desmond was able to show Jenrick a promo video for the development...and that they then shared phone numbers? Maybe Jenrick already had Desmond's or vice versa. Who knows Just coincidence of course.
And I agree Chris, but what we don’t know if it’s the difference between unaffordable or less profitable.
To me and you, hideous, but if the developer is only going to make £60m instead of £100m (for example) then..........
And it is a massive loss to Tower Hamlets given the social deprivation and housing issues that council has to deal with.
£1bn development, 1,500 apartments, a significant increase from the original plan. I'm pretty sure in London there will be a decent profit left.
