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This building was called Hotel Belgrave, at the address of 213 Loughborough Road in Leicester (see bottom of page for how it looked in 1982).
On 31 May 2007 planning permission was granted for "CONVERSION OF HOTEL TO SEVEN 2 BED AND ONE 1 BED FLATS (CLASS C3); CONSTRUCTION OF FIFTEEN 2 BED AND ONE 1 BED FLATS AND ANCILLARY CAR PARKING".
The developer (a company called Simposh) couldn't have picked a worse time to start a large project. Within a year the market had crashed and the project was only half complete. Its been in this state for many years now, half complete with the units complete being rented out (not bought). The end of building is awaiting the rest of the development - the strips of wood that hold the roofing tiles sticking out into fresh air.
The original marketing website is still online: www.213living.co.uk
It promises: 213 Loughborough Road development features a prestigious selection of spacious one & two bedroom apartments built with real attention to detail and offering superb value.
The Leicester based developer Simposh and Holland Build is renowned for carefully considered, high spec builds. All homes at 213 Loughborough Road feature stylish kitchens with stainless steel oven, hob and extractor hood. Many apartments have an en-suite bathroom to the master bedroom. All bathrooms are fitted with white sanitary ware, chrome taps and are fully tiled.
Ultimately, '213' offers the ideal home in the perfect location.
Loughborough Road still retains a 'village atmosphere' whilst providing excellent shopping, recreational and educational facilities. For the more discerning shopper The Shires in Leicester or Fosse Park at Junction 21 of the M1 offer an excellent day out.
The builder was Holland Build, some details of their involvement are on their website:
holland-build.co.uk/portfolio_development.asp?project=16
On 18 April 2012 planning persmission was granted for "REMOVAL OF CONDITIONS 7 AND 8 (REQUIRING CONTRIBUTIONS TO EDUCATION AND PUBLIC OPEN SPACE FACILITIES ) ATTACHED TO PLANNING PERMISSION 20070390 FOR CONVERSION OF HOTEL TO SEVEN 2 BED AND ONE 1 BED FLATS (CLASS C3); CONSTRUCTION OF FIFTEEN 2 BED AND ONE 1 BED FLATS AND ANCILLARY CAR PARKING."
This basically gets the developer of making any contributions to Education or Public Open Spaces that developers must contribute under the planning consent regulations. Their application states the financial position of the development and is some what a sob story at times.
By the beauty of online open local government information you can view the original documents here: fdweb.leicester.gov.uk/planning/fdweb/DocList.aspx?pbfc=924
As you can see Leicester City Council had no real option but to let them off these conditions if the project was ever to be completed. I suspect no one is really out of pocket here, the developer is probably still running round in an expensive Mercedes.
This info was discovered while researching this location. The developer (Simposh) and the land owner had a disagreement...
Sharma & Kuruppu-v-Simposh Limited (23/11/11)-recovery of deposit under void
contract.
The Message: Oral contracts in relation to land are not worth the paper they are written
on!
The Case: The Court of Appeal has made clear that sometimes payments made under
void contracts for the purchase of land are not recoverable In 2007, the Claimants reached
an agreement with the Defendant property developer to buy for £1.1 million the whole of
a development of 8 flats that the Defendant was constructing in Loughborough Road,
Leicester. The Claimants paid an initial non-refundable deposit of £1,600 to secure an
exclusive period of 2 weeks to negotiate the purchase whilst the Defendant ceased
marketing the development elsewhere. Then, once terms were agreed, the Claimants paid
a further £53,400 to make the deposit up to 5% of the agreed price.
The Defendant then proceeded with completing the construction of the 8 flats but, due to
the fall in the financial market at the end of 2007, the Claimants decided they did not
want to proceed with the purchase.
The Claimants then sought the return of the sum of £53,400 on the basis this sum was
refundable as there was no enforceable contract between the parties for the sale and
purchase of the development as everything had been agreed orally. They relied on Section
2 of the Law of Property (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1989 which provides that land
contracts have to be in writing and thereby makes oral contracts void.
The Claimants succeeded at trial on the basis that payments made under void contracts
are generally recoverable but the Defendant appealed on the basis that it had performed
its obligations and should be entitled to keep the whole sum of £55,000 paid.
The Court of Appeal held that the essential question to be answered was whether the
Claimants were entitled on the facts of the case to restitution of monies paid under an
agreement that lacked validity and had no contractual effect?
The law of restitution is designed to stop the recipient of money paid under an ineffective
contract being unjustly enriched. If the expectations of the payer have not been fulfilled,
then the Court will order the return of the sum paid.
Ordinarily, a deposit paid under an oral agreement for land will be recoverable if the sale
does not proceed as the expected transaction, being the reason for the payment, will have
failed to materialise.
However, in this case, the Court held that the Claimants had actually received what they
had paid for. The Defendant had taken the development off the market and had proceeded
with the works on the basis that the Claimants would have the right to acquire the
completed development for the agreed sum. This was not a case where the Claimants had
been unjustly treated or taken advantage of. On the contrary, all the Claimants'
expectations had been met.
The Defendant claimed that it was unjust for the Defendant to retain sums where it had no
contractual right to do so, save for the sum of £1,600 paid to secure the 2 week lock-out
negotiating period. However, the Court noted that ownership of property could pass under illegal contracts where the property was delivered to the purchaser and saw no reason
why ownership of a deposit could not pass under unenforceable contracts. In this case, the
Court held that the payment of £53,400 had never been made on a conditional basis
whereby the Claimants could recover it if they decided not to proceed. In return for
having made the payment, the Claimants had acquired the right to buy the development
on completion for the agreed price.
Accordingly, the Court held that the law of restitution could not come to the aid of the
Claimants. There had been no failure by the Defendant which entitled the Claimants to
their money back.
Just in case you didn't understand the comment on the previous pic - the brick building in that one is now on the left and we're looking north across Southwark St. towards the Bankside 4 development - now re-branded and marketed as "Neo-Bankside", a luxury housing development (designed by Rogers Stirk Harbour) with apartments selling at £1m - £6.5m.
When Tate Modern (see its tower is peeping behind the street sign on the right) opened in the year 2000 the land on which this development stands was mainly run-down commercial and industrial buildings dating from the C19 and the building on the extreme right (the Blue Fin Building) was still a 1950s office block housing the Ministry of Transport. Over the succeeding 13 years, thanks primarily to the impact of Tate Modern and the Jubilee line extension which runs nearby, the area has been transformed - but not without cost.
When planning permission was first granted for this development in 2007 the developer agreed to provide over 8,000 sq.m of affordable housing "off-site" (ie. in other parts of Southwark) and 34 affordable "shared equity" units within the development itself. Construction began in Jan. 2009 months after the Lehman Bros collapse and the takeover of HBOS (the funding bank for the development) by Lloyds. However development and marketing of the site has continued throughout the subsequent recession and the development is now in its final stages. Block E (under construction on the left) is the final phase of the development.
However in late 2011 the developer returned to Southwark Council and the GLA with a proposal to vary the terms of the original planning permission. He requested that the requirement for 34 affordable housing units on site be dropped because it was unlikely that they could make them affordable by any sensible definition of the term. Southwark Council agreed to this, with the proviso that the developer offered funding for at least the equivelent number of units to be provided off site. The sum final agreed for this was £9m, which the local authority hopes will fund the provision of 44 housing units. But up to now the developer himself has only managed to find sites to build half the amount of off site affordable housing required in the original planning permission. In addition the developer sought and was granted permission to change the use of Block E from residential to office use.
It's not surprising that local community groups now wonder if it will ever be possible for local residents doing ordinary jobs (or having no jobs at all) to afford to live in these areas in future.
I encountered this advertisement when I visited Hong Kong. Central Equity is a major Australian property developer, which focuses on apartment developments in the Melbourne CBD, which are then sold to Asian investors.
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Taylor Wimpey's Lindfield Meadows development in Haywards Heath was one of the early adopters of our new facias & facades offering. This bold exterior signage lets you know you're in the right place. Internally, we provided our usual stunning interior decoration - keeping everything on brand and on point. © Octink.
Taylor Wimpey's Lindfield Meadows development in Haywards Heath was one of the early adopters of our new facias & facades offering. This bold exterior signage lets you know you're in the right place. Internally, we provided our usual stunning interior decoration - keeping everything on brand and on point. © Octink.
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Hoardings along Rodney St announce Phase 1 of the regeneration of the Heygate Estate in Southwark - re-branded as Trafalgar Place by its developers Lend Lease.
An international company of Australian origin Lend Lease developed the athletes villages for both the Sydney (2000) and the London (2012) Olympics. Their approach to the redevelopment of the Heygate Estate has not been without controversy - see:
www.newstatesman.com/2013/11/heygate-estates-death-repres...
Haringey Council's Labour group was pretty much split 29-19 in repeated votes at its Annual General Meeting last night.
But after a long-overdue revolt from within the Koberite ranks, the critical and independent-minded Cllr Joe Ejiofor was elected by 25 votes to 22 as Deputy Leader.
You should have seen the faces, when this mishap occurred!
Haringey Council has spearheaded social cleansing plans to demolish thousands of really-affordable homes, and price local residents out of the area, via deals with developers sealed at the MIPIM event at Cannes in the South of France.
Rebels, rise up -
Say No to social cleansing!
Let us speak out in support of Jeremy Corbyn’s pledge to build 500,000 new council houses, with secure permanent tenancies and really-affordable Target rents, as part of one million planned new homes, under a Labour government.
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Hay's Galleria is the building in the centre of the shot. Originally known as Hay's Wharf it was where tea and other dry food goods were imported into London and stored in its warehouses.
In the 1980s the dock was filled in and a glazed roof built above it. In 1987 it re-opened as a shopping mall with offices in the converted warehouses.
The ship moored on the river is HMS Belfast which is open to the public as part of the Imperial War Museum.
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Spotted today arriving on foot @ Liverpool Anglican Cathedral, for the funeral service of x-Everton FC player and (twice) manager, Howard Kendall.
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