STOP ARELI TOWERS IN ORPINGTON

Stop Areli Proposed development in the Walnuts
Residents against high rise high density developments. It will deface Orpington historic town centre for ever.

[STOP ARELI TOWERS IN ORPINGTON @areli_walnuts]

Citizens of Orpington Please complete the survey available on https://t.co/W8X9qkK5cu
Yes to a sympathetic development that will not alter the character of Orpington nor overwhelm the current and future smaller developments in #Orpington High Street @KimBotting @NewsShopper

[STOP ARELI TOWERS IN ORPINGTON @areli_walnuts]

Grateful for the opportunity for an 'input' into the future development of the Walnuts Redcliff Cap have their own parameters set : 500 units 15 storey tower no higher than the college. We sincerely hope that our valid objections that of our MP, GLA, H&S exec ll be taken into acc

[Peter Apps @PeteApps]

Building 1.5m homes is not the same as ending the housing crisis.

Bit by me for @dezeen:

https://t.co/areWTeCkAw

[Steve Howell @FromSteveHowell]

In this week's @BigIssue I look at how corporate takeovers are set to leave Labour's target of building 1.5m homes in five years at the mercy of just six giant companies.

As @abioconnor_ tells me: "Reliance on the private sector to solve the housing crisis is deeply troubling."

[Rosie P 🦇 🦎 🕷️ 🦭 🐌 🍃🌳🚲💧 @RosieP4]

In a horror story for nature and countryside we are likely to see The Return of the Mutant Algorithm

https://t.co/g1BXeXAiZX

[Andrew S @Stotesbury_A]

This change needs to happen. https://t.co/HqYoXk88Ny

[Ed Conway @EdConwaySky]

Moral of the story: pay more attention to where the data comes from. Sometimes it can really change the complexion of a debate.
Also: always listen to @resi_analyst, who explained most of this to me. Tho if there's an error in the above it's almost certainly one I introduced

[Ed Conway @EdConwaySky]

And there's an enormous gap between housebuilding numbers and the targets politicians are setting this election.
Raising a question: how on EARTH will we hit those targets?
Well, part of the answer is that actually the politicians' targets are based on ANOTHER dataset entirely

[Ed Conway @EdConwaySky]

Right now we're building FAR fewer homes than we used to.
Most stories or analyses about the UK housing market refer back to these numbers. I have certainly bandied them around myself.
After all, it accords with the fact that house prices are so high.

[Ed Conway @EdConwaySky]

This is the conventional picture you prob have in your mind of housebuilding in England👇
Data on housing starts or completions, divided up by who's doing the building. The govt compiles it from data on housing warranties submitted to the NHBC.
And there's a clear pattern...

[Ed Conway @EdConwaySky]

🏠THREAD🏠
Why everything you thought you knew about housebuilding in the UK might actually be wrong.
A nerdy but quite important thread, with special relevance in an election where every politician is promising to build x-thousand more homes.
It begins (of course) with a chart

[CommunityPlanningAlliance 🦇🦎 @CommunityPlann1]

“Labour can’t just have their cake and eat it,” said Rosie Pearson, co-founder of the Community Planning Alliance, an umbrella organisation for local activist groups.
https://t.co/kZEZ35cROe

[STOP ARELI TOWERS IN ORPINGTON @areli_walnuts]

https://t.co/t0GI0ZDtol

[STOP ARELI TOWERS IN ORPINGTON @areli_walnuts]

".. 236 (85 per cent) are now ‘remediated’, though some are still awaiting sign-off 42 (15 per cent) where the work is unfinished or unstarted Making up those 42 buildings are 29 private residential blocks 10 social housing blocks, two hotels and one student accommodation block"

[STOP ARELI TOWERS IN ORPINGTON @areli_walnuts]

Citizens of Orpington Please complete the survey available on https://t.co/W8X9qkK5cu Yes to a sympathetic development that will not alter the character of Orpington nor overwhelm the current and future smaller developments in #Orpington High Street
@TheBigHon @Chrisprice111

[STOP ARELI TOWERS IN ORPINGTON @areli_walnuts]

Here is Areli's Round 2! only they are called Redcliff Cap this time. Whatever made them change their name? Let us hope we have proper consultations this time @KimBotting @GarethBaconMP @OrpingtonComm @NewsShopper
https://t.co/fhZGcaj4Na

[STOP ARELI TOWERS IN ORPINGTON @areli_walnuts]

Citizens of Orpington Please complete the survey available on https://t.co/W8X9qkK5cu
Yes to a sympathetic development that will not alter the character of Orpington nor overwhelm the current and future smaller developments in #Orpington High Street @KimBotting @NewsShopper

[STOP ARELI TOWERS IN ORPINGTON @areli_walnuts]

.@LBofBromley @KimBotting We are pleased a new development is in the pipeline. We sincerely hope that our valid misgivings to Areli's development plans will not be simply discarded! There is a way forwards beneficial to all.
https://t.co/mhxFIxJmEO

[STOP ARELI TOWERS IN ORPINGTON @areli_walnuts]

Grateful for the opportunity for an 'input' into the future development of the Walnuts Redcliff Cap have their own parameters set : 500 units 15 storey tower no higher than the college. We sincerely hope that our valid objections that of our MP, GLA, H&S exec ll be taken into acc

[STOP ARELI TOWERS IN ORPINGTON @areli_walnuts]

Hope Redcliff heeds our valid objections and deliver a development inline with the character of #Orpington @MPSBromley @GarethBaconMP @BromleyLibDems @BromleyLibDems @OrpingtonHist

[STOP ARELI TOWERS IN ORPINGTON @areli_walnuts]

Grateful for the opportunity for an 'input' into the future development of the Walnuts Redcliff Cap have their own parameters set : 500 units 15 storey tower no higher than the college. We sincerely hope that our valid objections that of our MP, GLA, H&S exec ll be taken into acc

[STOP ARELI TOWERS IN ORPINGTON @areli_walnuts]

Grateful for the opportunity for an 'input' into the future development of the Walnuts Redcliff Cap have their own parameters set : 500 units 15 storey tower no higher than the college. We sincerely hope that our valid objections that of our MP, GLA, H&S exec ll be taken into acc

[Rosie P 🦇 🦎 🕷️ 🦭 🐌 🍃🌳🚲💧 @RosieP4]

I wish politicians would stop thinking that ‘sweeteners’ are a solution to problems. They need to sort the problems out, not bribe people to accept rubbish

https://t.co/Oi9g5dDJOB

[STOP ARELI TOWERS IN ORPINGTON @areli_walnuts]

We are open minded so long a Redcliff/Areli heeds our concerns and objections of the last plans so long as they are transparent and have an appropriate 3D presentation this time and are genuine about engagement with the residents Happy to give them a chance. website not working

[STOP ARELI TOWERS IN ORPINGTON @areli_walnuts]

Here is Areli's Round 2! only they are called Redcliff Cap this time. Whatever made them change their name? Let us hope we have proper consultations this time @KimBotting @GarethBaconMP @OrpingtonComm @NewsShopper
https://t.co/fhZGcaj4Na