I think it was meant to be a snide remark from Councillor Crow at tonight’s extraordinary council meeting about council housing transfer, but really its a compliment. He was referring to the packed and vocal public gallery and said that not everyone was a council tenant and that he had never seen so many ex-Labour […]
Entries Tagged as 'Housing'
Compliments from a Tory?
November 23rd, 2006 · 35 Comments · Politics
Tags: Crawley·Crawley Council·Housing·Tories
Council Housing
November 1st, 2006 · 4 Comments · Politics
The debate about the future of council housing in Crawley is heating up as the ballot of tenants gets ever closer and it is likely to get a lot more frantic in the remaining 5 months until the ballot takes place. There are a lot of aspects to this worth mentioning, but the one I […]
Carbon Monoxide
October 28th, 2006 · 4 Comments · Politics
Perhaps the scariest thing about the two boys who died on holiday in Greece is that they were doing nothing that any of us has not done. They were not taking part in any sort of risky activity like paragliding or white water rafting. They were just taking a family holiday in a reputable, established […]
Tower blocks
September 7th, 2006 · Comments Off on Tower blocks · Politics
A planning application is causing a lot of consternation in town at the moment. It was rejected by the borough council and the rejection was upheld by the Planning Inspectorate but the developers appealed to the Secretary of State and have got their permission after all. I know the location of the application, and although […]
A tale of two websites
August 1st, 2006 · Comments Off on A tale of two websites · Politics
The two websites concerned are Redwatch and Dadsplace. Redwatch I have already written about. It is a site which aims to ‘out’ communists and identify them. As Richard S pointed out, the Brighton Argus featured a story about Sussex people featured on the site over the weekend. Dadsplace, on the other hand, is a site […]
Tags: Blogging·Housing·Internet·Local Government·Newspapers·Racism·Redwatch
More on council housing
August 1st, 2006 · 7 Comments · Politics
In the debate about whether to transfer or retain council housing, supporters of retention always end up mentioning at some point the high quality of the housing stock and the care taken of it by the council in the past. Personally, although I support retention, I think this is rubbish. You only have to look […]
Tags: Crawley Council·Housing
Council Housing
August 1st, 2006 · Comments Off on Council Housing · Politics
The whole issue of the future of council housing in Crawley has been simmering for some time. Since the Tories took control of the Town Hall it has started to become even more prominent. The Labour administration were going through the motions as required by law, but at the same time were actively pursuing the […]
Lame Joke
July 30th, 2006 · Comments Off on Lame Joke · Life
I don’t reckon much of this estate agent…
Endless suburbia
February 8th, 2006 · Comments Off on Endless suburbia · Life
I am going to have to stop moaning about the identikit housing estates of modern Britain, with their acres of soulless brick boxes and handkerchief-sized gardens. These photos of Ixtapaluca in Mexico make Maidenbower, South Woodham Ferrers, Stevenage and just about everywhere else in England look positively gothic by comparison! Next to this, the average […]
Tags: Housing·Mexico·Photos·Town Planning
Highwood Park, Broadfield
October 9th, 2005 · Comments Off on Highwood Park, Broadfield · Life
There is a bit of building which has been going on for a while in Broadfield Park. Not the park itself, but the land next to it which used to be a council depot. The developers have decided to call it Highwood Park. Having had some input to the design brief, chaired the committee which […]
