Say hello to Barratt Homes' 'Brixton Square' on Coldharbour Lane (old Cooltan site)

An apostrophe and S after Brixton will be more appropriate soon

the flags are very evil empire

Anyone seen any prices to buy "off plan"?
I asked the two building site workers closing up this afternoon when the sales office was opening and the younger Polish one keenly asked if I was interested to buy. When I said I didn't need to 'cos my house was allegedly worth £XXX,XXX and they'd better hurry up in case the London house market crashed the English guy raised his eyes to heaven "Another Brixton nutter here!"

Nothing up on the website yet - but they've cleared the space as you can see here:
http://www.barratthomes.co.uk/Find-a-Home/New-Developments/H5913-Brixton-Square/Overview/

Could they try any harder? As if the new glossy black walls and flags they put up weren't enough of give away.

I wonder if they're going to construct a private walkway to the arcade so the tenants don't have to leave their comfort zone but can still feel hip

It's more like paint with tyre marks in it.

So the not for profit "Places for People" , who had the site before, must have sold it onto Barratt homes.

Barratt buys in Brixton
Barratt Homes has bought the land at 368-372 Coldharbour Lane in Brixton, SW9, for [pounds sterling]8.5m. The site has planning permission from Lambeth council for 155 homes across seven floors. The vendor, Places for People, was advised by Cluttons; Barratt Homes was unrepresented.

from
http://business.highbeam.com/410547/article-1G1-280071954/deals

This was the original Places for People application for the site. It must have been renewed as was agreed in 2007 with 3 years to implement.

http://planning.lambeth.gov.uk/onli...iveTab=externalDocuments&keyVal=J9JS1QBO71000

I think it's meant to be edge. but edge with a 21st-century gloss. or something.

Last memory of cooltan was smoking a spliff in a car on it's roof.
Will be hard to beat...

If Places for People had made sure the planning permission was current it would have be part of the deal when the land was sold. Should mean they got better price for land.

It will be private square. Calling something a square seems to be latest thing. It sounds good to call it a square.

If there are any further large developments like this we should make sure the planning permission is personal to the applicants or RISE UP!

Will it be gated?

Is there a more miserable, soul-destroying phrase than 'gated community'?

It keeps them safe though and that's important (apart from flying bombs)

Quite - and there's one round the corner at Loughborough Junction (above the former Warrior ph). I'm beginning to think that Lambeth Planning respond best to applications inspired by Fascist Italy (but without the design values).

"Gated community" means something like this:


A whole area of streets and homes, with restricted access and probably private security.

When an apartment block has a gate to restrict access to its carpark/back yard, then it's not a gated community, it's just an apartment block.

Blimey, all going up in the world around your end this week!!

Actually maybe that's a better way to think about gated communities: that it's us - the rest of society - locking away them - undesirables - behind the gates.

(And Crispy - yes I take your point about the distinction: I don't object to gates wholesale...)

Maybe the Barratt thingy will qualify then. But you could hardly call the Warrior a concierge, could you. Just crap design IMHO.

Remember they're still paying off their section 106 contribution at £13,000 a month. I expect they are watching their cash-flow.

They actually call Brixton market 'notorious' on that horrific website.

They're just trying to attract Brass Eye fans (or producers).