Topic: | Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Watermans v Social Housing | |
Posted by: | Theo Dennison | |
Date/Time: | 04/11/17 23:08:00 |
The freehold is owned by LBH with what is now a relatively short term lease to Watermans; the neighbouring Max Factor site freehold is also owned by LBH with a longer term lease bought privately recently by London Green; London Green also own the Police Station site outright. Not convinced the site was ever gifted to anyone, LBH owns the freehold and I can think of no reason anybody would just give a freehold to the council. The Watermans itself was, as far as I know, built as part of a s106 agreement by the max factor developers when they were looking to build offices on the other half of the site. A s106 is not a gift, it's more like a trade between a developer and the Council to help compensate when a development is otherwise not acceptable in normal planning terms. |