Not only that, the former primary school site (closed in 2014) was sold to a developer that obtained planning permission for 12 houses, three of which were to be “affordable”; this was then reduced to two affordable units; the latest application to revise the planning permission has reduced the affordable units to zero.
It shows a contemptible want of courage that Keir Starmer’s government fails to follow the examples of Scotland and Wales by simply ending the right-to-buy scam (Call it Thatcher’s timebomb: the great council housing selloff, a crisis hidden in plain sight, 13 February).
Aditya Chakrabortty rightly highlights the social crime of selling off council housing: in my village, where there were 18 council houses, seven have been sold off over the last 25-30 years.
Readers respond to Aditya Chakrabortty’s article on the council housing selloff initiated by Margaret Thatcher.
Both taxes apply to non-residents as well as residents, and are often higher on second homes than on main residences, due to possible discounts on the main home, and are a great source of local revenue to support public services.
