Bromley residents! How can we make the council's review of the local plan greener and more democratic? Come along on 13 Nov from 6.45pm to a discussion led by our board member @dermotmckibbin.bsky.social - more details ⬇️

Come to hear me speak to the Bromley Civic Society on how to make the Bromley plan greener and more demcratic. All welcome. @bromleylabour.bsky.social @bromleylibdems.bsky.social @betterbeckenham.bsky.social

Join me for a green walk in Eden Park, Beckenham to illustrate local issues with Bromley council's review of the local plan. All welcome.No need to book. @bromleylabour.bsky.social @bromleylibdems.bsky.social @betterbeckenham.bsky.social @fbandclimate.bsky.social

Green walk next sun day to look at green issues and the Bromley local plan. All welcome.

I am attending this event on Saturday and will be organising a walk around Beckenham on Sunday to ilustrate how to make Bromley Greener

In our latest newsletter - the full, final line up for our Growing the Alternatives event this weekend at the Albany - workshops, stalls, not to mention Card City 🌆 + a round-up of related content on climate disinformation + lesser known solar & heat pump facts. buttondown.com/seloncommene...

🎟️ last few tickets for the event this sat bit.ly/foca-selce

Bromley among London’s lowest in climate action ranking kentandsurreybylines.co.uk/wellbeing/en...

Interesting article by BBC on tackling empty homes. @bromleylabour.bsky.social @bromleylibdems.bsky.social @liamconlon.bsky.social HMG needs to enact empty homes strategy so that Bromley residents can force Bromley Council to act. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

I will be looking at a school for possible solar and need for the plan to support community energy in Bromley. @seloncommenergy.bsky.social @croydoncommenergy.bsky.social @se24.bsky.social @thecccuk.bsky.social #MakeBromleyBetter

I am leading a walk around Beckenham to illustrate some green issues with the council's review of its local plan #Makebromleybetter

Five Things to Check in Your Home in Summer to Avoid Heating Problems in Winter selce.org.uk/avoid-home-h...

School’s out ➡️ but the Heat Doctor is in ⬅️ Longstanding issues with your boiler? Don’t wait until it gets cold again to sort - Get ahead of the queue, sort the problem, and relax… This is a free service for South East London residents only. You are eligible for a visit by the Heating Doctor if:

Thank you so much to everyone who came to our AGM in the lovely Clyde Hall! We had the best evening with yummy food, drinks and celebrations about the fab year we’ve had 🎉

No mention of @seloncommenergy.bsky.social in the local plan.

Bromley Council is reviewing its local plan shorturl.at/GFvhC No mention of empty properties The plan needs to be greener. Come to meeting on 5/08/25 AT 7.30pmat friends meeting hse, 46 Ravensbourne Rd, BR1 1HP @bromleylabour.bsky.social @bromleylibdems.bsky.social @foeeurope.bsky.social

Will be there to see the two of us ?

Don't miss out next event - Housing & Energy, Made in Bromley 💡🏠 Speakers from Selce & Bromley Community Land Trust explaining how we can build renewable energy & permanently affordable housing - both for the benefit of Bromley residents ❤️ ➡️ Monday 9 June, 6-8.30pm 🎟️

@bsky.app The Bromley community land trusts needs volunteers to join our committee #bromley

Bromley Community land Trust out in Bromley High Street today to spread the message about building housing that is permanently affordable .Contact us via email [email protected] Check out @londoncommunitylandtrust and the national community land trust network for more information

Could we have a community right to buy long term empty properties as in Scotland ?

Case notes in passing - adverse possession rules, sale and rent-back, and the evidential burden in service charge disputes - Nearly Legal: Housing Law News and Comment nearlylegal.co.uk/2025/03/case...

What kind of Britain do we want to live in? One where decisions are made for us – or one where we make them together? 75% of people think Britain is getting worse. Meet the people who are making it better. This is Community Britain.👇 party.coop/community?ut...

Good news . @liamconlon.bsky.social

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/f... I agree

If you want to have warm and sustainable homes in Bromley via a community land trust email me at [email protected] lunevalleyclt.org/dec-2021-a-s...

Reminder: at Selce, we are recruiting a new finance manager - a fantastic opportunity to have a real impact at a fast-growing organisation. Deadline for applications: 5pm, Mon 13 January. Full details & apply directly via our Jobs and Volunteering Opportunities page: selce.org.uk/about-us/job....

Great to see #RUSS in the Guardian's top 3 architectural highlights for 2024. Well deserved way to wrap up a successful year. www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2024/dec/18/the-best-art-and-architecture-of-2024 #communitylandtrust #cohousing #ukhousing

This is an ex-garage site in #orpington that Clarion has agreed to sell to the newly formed Bromley Community Land trust. We need help to raise the money to buy it. Join us to provide permanently affordable housing @clhlondon.bsky.social

Hastings Community Land Trust in the news . Email ; [email protected] to set up a land trust in bromley. #betterbromley www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

"If we are genuinely serious about phrases like a ‘just transition’, then Community Energy has a pivotal role to play." Excellent piece by @ynnicymunedol.bsky.social Lydia Godden & @markjhooper.bsky.social on community energy's role in a route to clean power by 2030.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=kbX0... Cladding removal needs to be speeded up. #claddingcrisis #leaseholdscandal

www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis... Why are all the think tanks ignoring leasehold reform ? @thefabians.bsky.social @ippr.bsky.social

Good to see timetable for leasehold reform laid out www.theguardian.com/money/2024/n... #commonholdnow #endleaseholdscandal @betterbeckenham.bsky.social

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... #COMMONHOLDNOW #ENDLEASEHOLDSCANDAL

www.youtube.com/watch?v=PEwL... Nearly all of the English speaking world no longer have the leasehold system. Labour needs to set out a road map today to make the commonhold system the default tenure. #commonholdnow #leaseholdscandal

Leasehold and Freehold Reform Act 2024 youtu.be/mIn_kLOtE7w?... via @YouTube Labour must implement 2024 Act urgently and set out road map to liberate leaseholders today from feudalist housing tenure #commonholdnow #leaseholdscandal @tomcopley.bsky.social

Housing minister Matthew Pennycook tells HCLG Committee he's convinced target of 1.5m new homes (net additional dwellings) a year is achievable but adds it will be more difficult than Labour expected in opposition

This is a picture of a community land trust in Lewisham where the flats were sold at less than the market rate. If you want to set up a community land trust in bromley email me at [email protected] #priceofhousingbromley #bromleycouncil

Join me to set up a community land trust in Bromley. The picture below is citizens house in sydenham which is one of 2 land trusts in Lewisham. These trusts provide housing at less than the market rate. www.londonclt.org/ @se2012spark.bsky.social @betterbeckenham.bsky.social

Do you know of a community building such as Balgowan Primary School in Bromley that wants to be considered for a free installation of a solar array ? Check out the south east london community energy co-operative website selce.org.uk/solar-sites-... @betterbeckenham.bsky.social @bromleycouncil

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At Agile we build all our homes with natural and renewable materials. This allows us to do carbon capture & storage! Nature does the capture, we do the storage. We are turning the built environment into the planet's sixth carbon sink! #BuildWithCarbon 🌱🌾🌳🏗️🏡🌍💚 youtube.com/shorts/G-zRC...

Landlord converts 3 bed property to seven tiny flats without planning permission. Ignores enforcement notice. Convicted. £19k fine, £50k costs and £415,101 Proceeds of Crime Act payment for rent received. It is the POCA that really hurts them. propertyindustryeye.com/letting-firm...

youtu.be/yA-miPA4Uwk?... Please can we have a love your loft scheme in Bromley #BetterBromley #BromleyCouncil

"Housing legal aid reforms could save NHS £15m a year" Bring disrepair back into scope (the legal aid usually gets repaid by costs on settlement), and actually increase legal aid rates! (No increase at all since 1996, but a 10% reduction.) www.lawgazette.co.uk/news/housing...

Labour plans tougher energy efficiency rules for social homes

A very unfit home - Circuit Judge decision on unfitness and damages. A rent arrears possession claim for a 'bed in shed' with arrears at £41,000 comes apart at trial on evidence that the shed was completely unfit for human habitation. nearlylegal.co.uk/2024/09/a-ve...