Clapham Park home building project gets go-ahead
A local investment project which was thrown into doubt by the Liberal Democrat-Conservative government has been given the all clear.
The project, set to deliver 120 new homes on the Clapham Park estate was put on ice last month, being included in a list of housing projects agreed under the previous government subject to review and possible cancellation.
Clapham Park was shortlisted to benefit from £9 million of funding for new homes under Labour as part of the Kickstart scheme and was visited by the then Housing Minister John Healey in January.
Following the new government’s announcement, Chuka wrote to Housing Minister Grant Shapps and tabled a series of Parliamentary Questions demanding answers from ministers on the funding.
Thankfully, this week the Homes and Communities Agency has announced that the project will now go ahead as originally planned.
