8 August (Part 1) - Just as bad in Bexley? Probably
BiB related on 19th July how it was impossible to get any information about
Building Regulations out of Bromley Council. Following the intervention of local
Councillors it has been established that Bromley Council has
entirely abrogated responsibility for controlling and regulating construction standards across the borough. And it has allegedly been legal ever
since Mrs. Thatcher decided that selling everything possible was a sensible idea.
Bromley Council has appointed the Construction Industry Council to be judge and
jury on all building related matters. To get any information when the occupant
of the terraced house next door removes his downstairs internal walls and rear
external wall, builds over the shared sewer and shores the shell up with
girders, the only source of information about the inspection regime is the body
that represents the builder.
Cicair Ltd. will now be asked a large number of questions and Bromley Council will
receive a Freedom of Information request in an attempt to discover when and who
decided that their Council Taxpayers should be held at arms’ length and not able
to simply turn up at the Civic Offices and ask a reasonable question.