tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7397970649062371366.post4548280111221514923..comments2024-03-19T12:00:16.160+00:00Comments on The Deptford Dame: Copperas Street shenanigans - more council-owned land sales, planning appeals and other tall storeysUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7397970649062371366.post-56047752970180382172016-05-03T16:09:00.220+00:002016-05-03T16:09:00.220+00:00The same locals that complain about all the new de...The same locals that complain about all the new developments in Deptford will be prominading along the revamped creek, market yard and Deptford docks when they are complete. Just like the tourists that will bring money into the area and support local businesses. <br /><br />Thank your lucky stars Deptford has the location and edge to attract property developers willing to splash money on the area.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7397970649062371366.post-79439538868813956822016-04-04T16:53:12.339+00:002016-04-04T16:53:12.339+00:00What about a bridge to really give back to the peo...What about a bridge to really give back to the people of the area and help regeneration? Current choices of crossing the Creek is really poor.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7397970649062371366.post-81957117368093058262016-03-23T09:51:11.293+00:002016-03-23T09:51:11.293+00:00There are plenty of well off people looking and li...There are plenty of well off people looking and living in social houses (think the late Bob Crow!). <br /><br />But anyway, as we all know, prices here are crazy and that is the result of supply and demand. We can't stop the demand (http://www.theguardian.com/cities/2015/jan/09/london-booming-population-growth-success-challenges) so the only other way is to increase the supply. Possibly post Brexit demand will cool off but that's another topic all together!<br /><br />Given the finite resource that is land, towers are the only way to achieve this.<br /><br />I really don't see the concern around building shoe box towers for rich people to live in as this will get them out of the demand cycle. Without their posh pads, they would be looking at mid-tier properties (pushing those that were only able to afford mid-tier into low tier) and the low tier property hunters will be prices out and need to turn to social housing. So it is important to create supply for the top tier as it indirectly frees up resources further down the ladder.<br /><br />An old Creeksidernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7397970649062371366.post-74827657685134900752016-03-22T23:33:23.784+00:002016-03-22T23:33:23.784+00:00@anon 00.23 as far as I'm aware, there's n...@anon 00.23 as far as I'm aware, there's nothing in my post to suggest that 'it is terrible that one building is high, and the other one is not'. For the record, I'm not really impressed by the design of either, but my point is about segregation, not about the building heights.<br /><br />@An old Creeksider everyone's views count, I"m always happy to hear them. However your suggestion that the development would get 'well off people' 'off the social housing queue' is irrelevant. Why would such folk be on the 'social housing queue' in the first place? Councils already have measures in place to prioritise 'those that really need assisted housing' in any case, so the only impact of 'making the queue more manageable' is to improve the statistics for the government. deptford Damehttp://deptforddame.blogspot.co.uknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7397970649062371366.post-24038940231429905172016-03-22T17:42:44.677+00:002016-03-22T17:42:44.677+00:00Do you happen to know if Kitewood have plans to bu...Do you happen to know if Kitewood have plans to build a bridge over the creek? ThanksAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7397970649062371366.post-54818996112894470602016-03-22T10:12:32.330+00:002016-03-22T10:12:32.330+00:00Couldn't agree more anon 00:23. This piece of ...Couldn't agree more anon 00:23. This piece of land has been left for the 20 years I've been living around here and the proposals are welcome in my opinion. I've lived at various properties around the Creek over the years and I now live at Greenwich Creekside (aka by the Dame as the large glass monstrosity) and I will be overlooked by it so feel reasonably comfortable to say my views count!<br /><br />You make a good point re what do people want - if yuppie town houses were built there would be an outcry re poor utilisation of land, but build a tower and people moan that they are too tall. Unfortunately the only way to solve the problem of the lack of supply is to build higher. <br /><br />I know people will moan about them being sold overseas or to rich folk, but at the end of the day they will be rented out and people will live there. Yes, maybe well off people, but that still gets them off the social housing queue leaving the queue more manageable for those that really need assisted housing.<br /><br />Bring it on, and well done Lewisham council for using this tiny pocket of land so creatively. An old Creeksidernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7397970649062371366.post-11585632204521245622016-03-22T00:23:27.765+00:002016-03-22T00:23:27.765+00:00Great! Together with the Bellways we get a continu...Great! Together with the Bellways we get a continuous path along the entire creek, eyesores gone, new public space, many new houses, vitalization, new folks that will shop locally, and new revenue for the council: less increases in counciltax, or more people helped in need.<br /><br />I didn't get the logic that it is terrible that one building is high, and the other one is not? I take it you would need to sell x houses to be able to pay for y affordable ones. If we would get two tall towers to house these people, would it not be better? Or if the rich people were in a less tall but fancy town-house-like development, would then poor be described as "stuck in a tall monstrosity". i.e. is the height really the problem or do you see segregation where it isn't there.<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com