#Polaska Assets BVI

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GLA rejects Polaska Purley Pool plan as 'wholly unacceptable'

London’s deputy mayor Jules Pipe has stepped in over a project with 220 retirement flats worth an estimated £70m and not a single affordable new home. EXCLUSIVE by STEVEN DOWNES Off target: Polaska wants to build £70m-worth of ‘later living’ flats, without any affordable homes City Hall has rejected proposals from shady developers Polaska to build 220 “later living” flats on the site of Purley…

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Deadline looms for Polaska's 'Purley Pool' planning application

BARRATT HOLMES, our correspondent covering shadowy-developers-based-in-off-shore-tax-havens, on the dearth of information around the massive retirement homes scheme proposed for Purley Lovely CGI: but is a swimming pool a decent trade-off for 220 flats of which not one would be ‘affordable’? Mystery surrounds the status of the planning application to build a vast block of more than 200 retirement…

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Panicked Purley Pool developer in appeal for public support

BARRATT HOLMES, our correspondent covering shadowy wealthy-developers-based-in-off-shore-tax-havens, reports on the panic that has broken out among the developers behind the massive retirement homes scheme proposed for Purley Polaska panicked?: the developers have started to buy ads to win over public opinion Polaska, the shadowy development firm which is ultimately owned by an even more shadowy…

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Purley residents reject Purley 'pool' plan backed by Perry

Space at a premium: residents have produced evidence to back up their claims about the busy multi-storey car park. Developers misleadingly say there is no demand for parking in Purley Our shadowy multi-millionaire developers based in off-shore tax havens correspondent, BARRATT HOLMES, on an outbreak of common sense, and serious reservations, over proposals for a massive retirement home…

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Months later than promised, Polaska plans still not posted

The increasing desperation of Jason Perry, Croydon’s Mayor, for some “good” news, any good news, to cling hold to halfway through his deliver-nothing term of office has been shown by the premature issuing of a developer-friendly press release last week, bigging up the latest 245-flat scheme proposed for the already overcrowded Purley town centre. In the deep end: Mayor Perry has broken his…

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Angry Purley and Sanderstead residents to confront Mayor

Dodgy fines on motorists, rubber-stamping LTNs, £5 charges for replacement bins, public library closures and now delays over a long-promised Coulsdon healthcentre are likely to be some of the awkward questions tonight for out-of-his-depth Jason Perry Oi! Oi!: Jason Perry is likely to face some angry questions tonight Jason Perry, Croydon’s £82,000 per year Mayor, can expect angry protests in…

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Residents 'deeply concerned' over developers' parking claims

A £100m scheme to build nearly 250 retirement homes could strip hundreds of car parking spaces from Purley town centre – with no alternatives available as claimed by developers. By STEVEN DOWNES Customers only: Tesco has no knowledge of any agrement to allow non-customers to use their Purley store’s car park Purley residents are “deeply concerned” over plans for a £100million development of…

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Pool campaigners express concerns over off-shore developers

Sleight of hand: Polaska BVI and Mayor Perry want the public to focus on the new pool (est cost? Less than £15m) while barely mentioning the £100m-worth of 245 flats they want to build The Save Purley Pool campaign is asking its supporters to use the latest public consultation to discover more, and ensure the council provides the information, about the secretive, British Virgin Islands-registered…

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Strike-off scare for company linked to £100m Purley Pool deal

Our business correspondent, ROBERT PESTER, reports on some troubling developments at Companies House Pound a bowl: £84,000 per year part-time Mayor Jason Perry has not yet delivered on more complicated business matters The fragile nature of Mayor Jason Perry’s dealings with the company that is supposed to deliver a 240-home development in the centre of Purley, and provide – for free! – a new…

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MP Philp: I have no idea who is behind Purley development

The Tory MP for Croydon South insists he has no business interest in the £100m scheme to build 245 flats in the heart of his constituency. But he also admits he hasn’t got a clue who does. By STEVEN DOWNES Millionaire businessman: Chris Philp says he has no idea who is behind Polaska’s BVI company. He is, after all, only the MP for the Purley area Chris Philp, the Conservative Government minister…

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Council backs Purley Pool tax dodge by off-shore company

Treasure Island: the British Virgin Islands, not the obvious place to base a company that wants to build 245 retirement homes – unless you want to dodge tax in Britain CROYDON IN CRISIS: Mayor Perry and MP Philp give their backing for a scheme to build £100m-worth of flats by a shadowy company registered in the British Virgin Islands. EXCLUSIVE by STEVEN DOWNES Piss-poor: Mayor Jason Perry is…