Poorer children have been banned from playing alongside richer youngsters whose families have bought £615,000 properties in the multi-million pound development where they all live.
Baylis Old School complex on Lollard Street, south London, was completed in 2016 and consists of 149 units in a former 1960s school, divided between homeowners and rent-paying social housing tenants in a block called Wren Mews.
Planning documents approved by Lambeth Council showed gates giving access to the main play area from all of the flats, and Henley Homes boasted that 'common areas are there for the use of all the residents'.
Baylis Old School complex on Lollard Street, south London, was completed in 2016 and has a separate play area which only the children of homeowners are allowed to use
The controversy at Baylis Old School complex (seen in a general view) echoes 'poor door' scandals that have rumbled around new developments in London for years
But after permission was granted the developer altered plans to replace the gates by Wren Mews with impassable hedges after getting the go ahead from the council, reported Guardian Cities.
Daniella Rea, who lives in a flat in Wren Mews with his husband, Salvatore, and their three children, was told by a caretaker the main play area was reserved for the children of homeowners.
There is a small strip of land with toddler play equipment specifically for social housing children.
'As soon as we moved in, the caretaker said to us, 'That's private: those people bought their houses, so they get to play there,' she said.
Warwick Estates, which manages the private part of the development, confirmed children in the social housing block could not access the main play area.
'This is for [a] very good reason – being that [they] do not contribute towards the service charges,' she said. 'This is in no way discriminatory but fair and reasonable.'
Warwick Estates, which manages the private part of the development, (seen here in a general view) confirmed children in the social housing block could not access the main play area
Guinness Homes said it had no say over access to the private part of the complex.
Cllr Matthew Bennett, Lambeth Council's Cabinet member for Planning, Investment and New Homes, said: 'It is completely unacceptable for social housing residents to be denied equal access to play areas at their homes. The current segregated arrangement was not in the original planning application.
'Lambeth councillors have written to the developers, urging them to look into this as a matter of urgency, to ensure that facilities are made available to all residents. We will continue to lobby on their behalf and ensure the management company running the site listen to its residents.
'This scheme was given planning permission in 2013 with equal access. Lambeth has not approved any physical barriers being erected between the social housing properties and the communal play areas since then. Access was changed by the management company, which the council has no control over.'
The controversy echoes 'poor door' scandals that have rumbled around new developments in London for years, with Boris Johnson facing calls to ban separate entrances for poorer residents in new blocks of flats.
Outrage over 'poor doors' that force people on lower incomes to use different entrances
Former London Mayor Boris Johnson faced calls in 2014 to ban so-called 'poor doors' in upmarket blocks of flats, which force people on low incomes to use different entrances.
It came after developers began promising wealth tenants they would not have to share their smart lobby entrances, courtyard gardens or secure parking with people living in flats classed as ‘affordable housing’.
The practice was banned in New York after a backlash and sparked a political row in the UK with Labour condemning the covert ‘segregation’.
One Commercial Street was one property found to have a 'poor door' by an investigation in 2014
The problem stems from rules which are supposed to stop areas becoming ghettos for the very rich.
When planning permission is granted, developers are required to include social or affordable housing.
From the outside, there is often no way of telling the more basic homes from the hi-spec apartments aimed at the super-rich.
But behind the façade, less well-off tenants are forced to enter through different doors and use separate bicycle racks, bins and post boxes.
A Guardian investigation found a ‘bespoke entrance lobby ... with the ambiance of a stylish hotel reception area’ at One Commercial Street.
But some residents were not able to use the main entrance with a 24/7 concierge and instead had to use a side door near a trade entrance for Pret a Manger.
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