3 July - Downgraded. BexleyCo falls short
Erith
Post Office has featured on Bonkers more times than any other which can be
explained by the fact that Bexley Council has long been enthusiastic about buying it
and now building on the site.
In November 2020 it was noted that the P.O. was
included in the Council’s Asset Register and they had paid £925,000 for it.
Then In
October 2021 it was reported that it had dropped off the Asset Register and
the Land Registry said it had been sold for £900,000.
This turned out to be
an
error by the Land Registry which had muddled it with the neighbouring
property. Bexley Council had bought that too.
At an auction. They were desperate to own the whole of the corner site.
And finally,
on 7th December 2020, confirmation that Bexley, that is
BexleyCo, planned to build 60 “genuinely affordable” homes there.
Well not quite finally and not very genuine, because BexleyCo has finally got off of its backside
and submitted its plans (25/01304/FULM); not for the promised 60
homes but only 33. Affordable? None that I can see on the planning application.
An uglier edifice would be hard to imagine.