Planning permission was refused last night for a scheme that threatens a South Norwood heritage building which was once home to Arthur Conan Doyle. But this case is not closed yet…
Local heritage: the blue plaque at 12 Tennison Road
And so it came to pass…
The first planning application at the first meeting of the LabCon stitched-up planning committee at the start a new council administration is almost certain to be appealed to the government’s Planning Inspector, potentially at huge public cost, after the new committee managed to refuse permission for a scheme to build 24 flats in South Norwood in the middle of a housing crisis.
The profit-hungry developers Walker Properties Ltd claim that they could not include a single “affordable” home and still deliver a “viable” development at 12 and 14 Tennison Road – where their flats could sell for an estimated total of £7million-plus.
A distraction from the commercial purpose of the developers is the use of 12 Tennison Road, which for three years in the 1890s was the family home of Arthur Conan Doyle, the creator of Sherlock Holmes. Continue reading
From July 1 to 5, 21 works will take place across Croydon town centre and South Norwood featuring artists from Croydon, London, the rest of Britain and beyond.
Both Pizza Huts are under new management, and to mark the occasion, they are offering a free medium margherita pizza to the first 100 customers who walk in and place an order for collection between noon and 3pm today, Tuesday June 9.
CROYDON COMMENTARY: One month on from Croydon’s local elections, PETER UNDERWOOD, pictured right, takes another look at our electoral system
CROYDON CHRONICLES: With summer fairs being planned and organised across the borough, this week DAVID MORGAN looks back more than 100 years at the stalls and events staged for the church fête of 1921 
