Category Archives: Planning

Hammerson gets green light for £50m scheme at Centrale

Posted on May 18, 2012 by

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 →

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“War over Whitgift” has planning showdown tonight

Posted on May 17, 2012 by

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 →

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Assembly candidate O’Connell doesn’t care who runs libraries

Posted on April 20, 2012 by

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 →

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More on procurement: Croydon’s “urgent” £500,000 contract

Posted on April 17, 2012 by

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 →

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Latest Cannes trip gets Rouse his moment in The Sun

Posted on April 10, 2012 by

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 →

Posted in Business, Croydon Council, Housing, Jon Rouse, Local media, Menta Tower, Mike Fisher, Planning, Property, Ruskin Square, Simon Hoar, Tony Newman, URV | Tagged , , , , , , , | 1 Comment

Shard overshadows copycat developers’ visions

Posted on April 9, 2012 by

South London commuters, arriving at London Bridge station, will be aware that the Shard nears completion. This Guardian piece by Jonathan Glancey from two years ago ably predicts the building’s influence on developers elsewhere – including Croydon Shard London Bridge, … Continue reading →

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Psst. Croydon plans for the future. Quietly

Posted on April 7, 2012 by

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 →

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Croydon considers handing over children’s homes

Posted on April 3, 2012 by

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 →

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Owners in damaging tug-of-war over future of Whitgift Centre

Posted on April 2, 2012 by

Croydon looks set for another damaging bout of development disputes, as two interest groups fight out a tug-of-war over the multi-million-pound future of the Whitgift Centre shopping mall. This morning, Hammerson, already the owners of the Centrale mall on one … Continue reading →

Posted in Business, Centrale, Croydon Central, Croydon Council, East Croydon, Gavin Barwell MP, Jon Rouse, Planning, Property, Ruskin Square, Whitgift Centre | Tagged , , , , , , , | 1 Comment

Croydon starts to gag councillors over planning bids

Posted on April 1, 2012 by

Another one of Croydon Council’s more ludicrous internal memos reaches us here at Inside Croydon. This one, from the council’s official solicitor, seeks to forbid councillors from talking to local residents on planning matters. Some times. They’re just not entirely … Continue reading →

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