Doing an extension at mine and got an email from Bromley council the other day stating that i needed to pay £9000 immediately as the sqm is above a certain size.
After finding out that it doesn’t apply to homeowners, but is meant for property developers, I got it squashed and never paid it. Anyone else been caught out by this, once paid its non refundable apparently. I think they send it out to everyone doing a large extension and hope to get a few that don’t ask questions and just pay it. I got mine 3 weeks after having planning approved, they said no works can begin until it is settled, we already had the footings poured.
Saddiq Khan started it to pay for cross rail apparently and the money is now being used for ‘community projects’.
Load of old b*llocks and will be another reason that developers will stop doing large work and slow down the building trade.

Probably trying to make up for the housing market slowing down and missing out on the stamp duty.

are there 'Public Transport Workers' ANYWHERE ELSE ON THE PLANET that are paid as much money as those at TFL ?

Edited by PalazioVecchio (11 Nov 2019 9.25pm)

Eze Peasy at Anfield....

Gonna be expensive for those families with 9+ kids that want two council houses knocked into one to accommodate them, on Housing benefit, then........

A stairway to Heaven and a Highway to Hell give some indication of expected traffic numbers