{"id":32076,"date":"2021-12-21T17:05:33","date_gmt":"2021-12-21T17:05:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsblogsnew.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=32076"},"modified":"2021-12-21T17:05:58","modified_gmt":"2021-12-21T17:05:58","slug":"eighty-flats-on-the-edge-of-peckham-rye-to-go-after-a-decade-due-to-severe-damp-mould-and-safety-problems","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=32076","title":{"rendered":"Eighty flats on the edge of Peckham Rye to go after a decade due to \u2018severe damp, mould and safety problems\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-32078\" src=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/flats_brown_yellow-300x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"202\" height=\"202\" \/>Eighty flats near Peckham Rye, built less than a decade ago are set to be demolished due to \u2018severe damp, mould and safety problems, despite being only finished between 2009 and 2011\u2026<\/h3>\n<h6><em>image: for illustration purposes only<\/em><\/h6>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em><span style=\"color: #800080;\">\u2026 Four blocks of 80 flats on the edge of Peckham Rye will be bulldozed and replaced with 91 flats in new buildings..<\/span><\/em><\/h2>\n<p><em>Newsshopper<\/em> writes:<\/p>\n<p class=\"article-first-paragraph\">Flats overlooking a south London beauty spot that were built less than a decade ago are to be demolished because they\u2019re too dangerous to live in.<\/p>\n<p>Four blocks of 80 flats on the edge of Peckham Rye will be bulldozed and replaced with 91 flats in new buildings.<\/p>\n<div id=\"subscription-content\">\n<p>Work to finish the construction of the current apartments\u00a0only finished between 2009 and 2011 but they have been plagued by damp, mould and safety problems since their completion.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"section-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.newsshopper.co.uk\/news\/southwark\/\">Southwark<\/a>\u00a0Council said:\u00a0\u201cThe highly unusual reasons for proposing the demolition of these buildings, which are only approximately 10 years old, relate to the poor build quality and the lack of action to remedy defects since the problems were discovered.<\/p>\n<p>Tenants of the current flats were beset by problems due to damp and fire safety soon after moving in.<\/p>\n<p>Victoria Crosby, from Southwark Council\u2019s planning team said: \u201cThe buildings suffer from problems of water ingress, damage to the timber frames, leaking roofs, damp, poor wiring and fire safety measures and concerns with the timber cladding&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsshopper.co.uk\/news\/19763483.peckham-rye-dangerous-block-flats-demolished\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more&#8230;.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Eighty flats near Peckham Rye, built less than a decade ago are set to be demolished due to \u2018severe damp, mould and safety problems, despite being only finished between 2009 and 2011\u2026 image: for illustration purposes only<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-32076","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sector-newsblog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32076","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=32076"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32076\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":32080,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32076\/revisions\/32080"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=32076"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=32076"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=32076"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}