Dear Heathfield House supporters,
It's been a while! A few things have happened over the past months,
- We presented this petition at the Council meeting.
Unfortunately, despite our best efforts we received the same tired answers.
You can watch the recording here or read the notes here. - Following this, we and local MP Natasha Irons have repeatedly requested a meeting with Croydon Council (assets / Jason Perry) to transparently discuss sustainable options for the future of the building.
Each time we've been refused. - Croydon Council have also said that they've approached heritage operators (e.g National Trust) to take on the building, but they've declined.
- To our knowledge, the building is still occupied by guardianship landlord LOWE Group. Despite the landlord receiving up to £10k per month rent from guardians (of which Croydon Council sees £0!), there's still unrepaired damage to the building from 2023. You can see photos here. The recent debacle at Broad Green library showed Croydon Council sadly hadn't learnt lessons with Heathfield, which was also broken into after not being secured properly.
As a result, we're recommencing our campaign, with a view to shared community use of the house or seeing the house put into a community trust.
Croydon Council may be stalling on Heathfield, but we won’t.
They may not see a community-driven future for Heathfield, but we do.
They may not believe in us, but we know they're wrong.
🏠 We're going to create a fully costed, funded, community driven plan for the house. 🏠
We need your support to make this happen.
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👉 Get in touch if you’d like to be directly involved in shaping the plan. You might be a surveyor, lawyer, historian, librarian, gardener or a frequent visitor. We want to hear from you! Email saveheathfieldhouse@gmail.com
Thank you.