Residents flock to object to Fruition Properties' Mumbai Junction development despite planning portal problems

 

By this morning 347 people had commented on proposals to develop the Mumbai Junction site into a large block of flats with support for the objections coming from neighbouring resident associations.  Last weekend 4,000 leaflets about the development had been distributed in the area.

Because of the difficulties in accessing the planning portal Brent Council have extended the consultation perioud until November 18th. The best way to respond may be to email planning.comments@brent.gov.uk stating Support, Object or Neutral and giving reasons.  Comments submitted by email are not displayed on the portal. LINK

The Mumbai Restaurant is in the process of liquidation and Fruition Properties have moved in with their own freshly formed company Mumbai Junction Developments Limited.

Mr Manish Vinod Khiroya is the CEO and is also involved in the controversial City Mission Church development via Fruition Properties (Scrubs Lane) Ltd.  LINK

A Mr Manish Vinod Khiroya was mentioned in the Panama Papers connected to an off-shore company registsred in the British Virgin Islands. No illegality is suggested. LINK

 

Green MEP: Panama Papers show UK is at centre of global tax avoidance schemes

Molly Scott Cato MEP, Green Party speaker on economics and finance, has responded to the so called Panama Papers – around eleven million documents held by Panama-based law firm Mossack Fonseca, which reveal how the company has helped clients launder money, dodge sanctions and evade tax. Molly said:

What becomes clear from the revelations contained in the Panama Papers is that it is the UK that is at the centre of the global network of tax havens that facilitates tax avoidance and crime. More than half the companies listed in the documents are registered in British-administered tax havens or the UK itself. This is deeply embarrassing for us as a country and reveals as entirely hollow the Chancellor’s claim to be cracking down on tax avoidance.

If we are to restore our national pride we must see steps taken immediately to deal with the nefarious relationships between apparently respectable companies based in The City and their dubious associates in the Crown dependencies and overseas territories. We need to end the convenient anachronism of such jurisdictions: either they should become a part of the United Kingdom and subject to our laws or they should acquire independence. In addition we need to put an end to shell companies and ensure much greater transparency on beneficial ownership.