(BELLINGHAM AND DOWN HAM) LIMITED

PHOENIX COMMUNITY HOUSING (BELLINGHAM AND DOWN HAM) LIMITED
INITIAL DEMOLITION NOTICE
Under Schedule 5A of the Housing Act 1985 as Inserted by clause 182 of the Housing Act 2004 and amended by the Housing and Regeneration Act 2008.
This Notice is given by PHOENIX COMMUNITY HOUSING (BELLINGHAM AND DOWNHAM) LIMITED of The Green Man, 355 Bromley Road, London, SE6 2RP
Phoenix Community Housing (Bellingham and Downham) Limited Is required by Schedule 5A of the Housing Act 1985 to publish the following information:
Intention to demolish
Phoenix Community Housing (Bellingham and Downham) Limited intends to demolish the following properties, including flats, maisonettes and where applicable garages, sheds and commercial premises ("the Relevant Premises'') which includes the dwelling house which you occupy:
56,56a, 58 and 60 Farmstead Road, Bellingham SE6 3ED
Reason for Demolition
Phoenix Community Housing (Bellingham and Downham) Limited intends to demolish the Relevant Premises, which is a block of 3 two storey houses, in order to redevelop and regenerate the site to create new homes.
Demolition Period
Phoenix Community Housing (Bellingham and Downham) Limited intends to demolish the Relevant Premises by 22 May 2025, being no more than seven years after the date of service of this Notice and being a reasonable period within which to cany out the proposed demolition.
Date by which the Initial Demolition Notice shall no longer have effect
This Notice will cease to be in force on 22 May 2025, unless previously revoked under the provisions of paragraph 3 of Schedule 5Aof the Housing Act 1985.
Effect of the Initial Demolition Notice
Whilst this Notice is in force Phoenix Community Housing (Bellingham and Downham) Limited will not be under an obligation to make such a grant as is mentioned in section 138(1) of the Housing Act 1985 in respect of any claim made by you to exercise the Right to Buy in respect of any of the Relevant Premises.
This Notice does not prevent:
(i) you from making a claim to exercise the Right to Buy

(ii) you from taking such steps pursuant to Pari V of the Housing Act 1985 in connection with any such claim up to the point of operation of section 138(1) of the Act

(iii) the operation of section 138(1) in most circumstances when this Notice ceases to be in force, but should Phoenix Community Housing (Bellingham and Downham) Limited subsequently serve a Final Demolition Notice in respect of the Relevant Premises, the Right to Buy will not arise in respect of the Relevant Premises while that Notice is in force and any existing claim will cease to be effective.

Right to Compensation
There may be a right to compensation under section 138C of the Housing Act 1985 in respect of certain expenditure incurred in relation to any existing Right to Buy claim. In such circumstances, if within the period of three months beginning with the date when the Initial Notice comes into force ("the Operative Date"), you serve on Phoenix Community Housing (Bellingham and Downham) Limited a written notice claiming an amount of compensation, Phoenix Community Housing (Bellingham and Downham) Limited shall pay that amount to you.
Compensation is in respect of expenditure reasonably incurred by you before the Operative Date in respect of legal and other fees and other professional costs and expenses payable in connection with the exercise by you of the Right to Buy.
Your claim must be accompanied by receipts or other documents showing that you have incurred the expenditure in question.
The Operative Date of this Notice is Wednesday 23 May 2018, being the date on which a copy of this Notice was served on the tenants of the Relevant Premises.
Further information about this Notice is obtainable from:
Jennifer Jess, Project Manager
Phoenix Community Housing (Bellingham and
Downham) Limited
The Green Man, 355 Bromley Road
London SE6 2RP
Telephone: 0800 028 5700
Email: Jennifer.jess@phoenixch.org.uk
Dated: Wednesday 23 May 2018
?avid Westworth
Director of Customer Services