These photos show the scant care taken by developers working on a controversial building scheme in Carshalton.

Not only has the fence at 49 Gordon Road fallen into the pavement, obstructing pedestrians, but the site is left completely open - which residents say allows people to go right up to the railway line at the back of the site.

Last week developers got planning permission to build flats on the site in Gordon Road but the committee was warned that the developer had not taken due care in securing the site - something which could lead to serious consequences.

"Children could get through and play on the railway line and we could have a serious problem. A reputable builder or developer would not have left the site in that state with a railway at the back there," said Councillor Tim Crowley.

Residents are opposed to the scheme, which replaces one bungalow with a block of four one-bedroom flats, because they think it will overdevelop the area and that the "depressing" architecture will not fit in with the rest of the road.

But the maintenance of the site is the last straw.

"The site is in a dangerous state. Heath and safety would be having hysterics," said resident Peter Forrestier Smith.

"If it's the same people who did the demolition doing the building we're in trouble as the way they have left it is alarming," he added.

The developer Mr D Sullivan was not present at the meeting to answer complaints but his agent James Langley told the Sutton Guardian that hoardings were due to go up this week.

History

A similar development for this site was rejected by the council's planning committee last year but the developer then successfully appealed the decision.