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Category Archives: Planning
Hammerson gets green light for £50m scheme at Centrale
Croydon Council’s planning committee last night gave approval for Hammerson‘s £50million redevelopment scheme for their Centrale shopping mall in North End. But the approval only came after the councillors on the committee were given firm guidance – in effect a … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Centrale, Cinema, Coulsdon West, Croham, David Osland, East Croydon, Housing, Jason Perry, Parking, Planning, Property, Restaurants, Ruskin Square, Transport, Whitgift Centre
Tagged Centrale, Coulsdon West, Croydon, Hammerson, London Borough of Croydon, Ruskin Square, Whitgift Centre, Whitgift Foundation
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“War over Whitgift” has planning showdown tonight
The tug of war for control of the Whitgift Centre takes another move tonight, when Croydon Council’s strategic planning committee hears applications from two leading retail developers, Hammerson and Westfield, with the Whitgift Foundation threatening to block plans that could … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Centrale, Cinema, Croydon Central, Dudley Mead, Fairfield, Housing, Planning, Property, Restaurants, Whitgift Centre
Tagged Centrale, Croydon, Croydon Guardian, Hammerson, London Borough of Croydon, Royal London Asset Management, Whitgift Centre, Whitgift Foundation
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Assembly candidate O’Connell doesn’t care who runs libraries
ANDREW PELLING gets some conflicting answers from candidates at Croydon and Sutton election hustings Steve O’Connell, the Conservatives’ London Assembly candidate, shocked a Croydon election hustings meeting when he told them that he does not care who runs public libraries. … Continue reading
Posted in Andrew Pelling, Boris Johnson, Business, Commuting, Croydon 8/8, Croydon Greens, Gordon Ross, Libraries, London Assembly, London-wide issues, Louisa Woodley, Mayday Hospital, Planning, Steve O'Connell, Transport, Waste incinerator
Tagged Boris Johnson, Conservative, Croydon, London, London Assembly, London Borough of Croydon, O'Connell, Steve O'Connell
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More on procurement: Croydon’s “urgent” £500,000 contract
Let’s hope that Bernard Weatherill House, the monument to delusion at Croydon Council, at the centre of their £450 million urban regeneration scheme, will have revolving doors. Because no sooner does Chief Exec Jon Rouse and his lacky, Nathan Elvery, … Continue reading
Posted in Croydon Council, Jon Rouse, Nathan Elvery, URV
Tagged Cannes, Council Tax, Croydon, Croydon Council, Human Resources, Jon Rouse, London Borough of Croydon, Nathan Elvery
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Latest Cannes trip gets Rouse his moment in The Sun
Maybe openness, transparency and accountability to public scrutiny does work. Since Inside Croydon was launched nearly two years ago, we have often returned to the council’s spending on its annual jolly to the South of France for £248,000 per year … Continue reading
Psst. Croydon plans for the future. Quietly
This just in this morning, from the council’s “spatial” planning department. Undoubtedly, for anyone with any interest in the future of Croydon, as a resident or a business owner, this “framework” will be of avid interest. But does it strike … Continue reading
Posted in Croydon Council, East Croydon, Environment, Housing, London-wide issues, Menta Tower, Planning, Property, Ruskin Square, Transport, URV, Waste incinerator
Tagged Council, Croydon, Development plan document, England, London Borough of Croydon, Mike Fisher, Sustainability Appraisal, Taberner House
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Croydon considers handing over children’s homes
Croydon’s latest exercise to “identify” publicly owned properties that can be handed over to John Laing as make-weights towards the £450 million urban regeneration project, which is delivering the splendidly palatial new council HQ offices, could see two children’s homes … Continue reading