Category Archives: Centrale

TfL’s £28m tram loop that benefits no one but Westfield

Posted on September 20, 2017 by

CROYDON COMMENTARY: VALERIE HUNTER has been digging into Transport for London’s documents on its plans to impose a new loop of tram track around the town centre. And she’s found the scheme is not all that the City Hall transport … Continue reading →

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Westfield delaying while they seek key deal with John Lewis

Posted on July 21, 2017 by

EXCLUSIVE: Our retailing correspondent, M.T. WALLETTE, reports on the Godot-like wait for an anchor tenant for Hammersfield’s not-so-supermall Westfield have delayed re-submitting their plans for the £1.4billion redevelopment of the town centre and Whitgift Centre because are they are still … Continue reading →

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Negrini refuses questions on latest £1.4bn Westfield delays

Posted on June 14, 2017 by

BARRATT HOLMES, our housing correspondent, on the continuing and protracted wait for multi-billion-pound developers to submit their finalised plans for the town centre A planning committee meeting scheduled for the Town Hall for tonight specifically to review the revised plans … Continue reading →

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Age UK’s volunteers’ recruitment week, Centrale, Jun 1-7

Posted on May 29, 2017 by
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£1.4bn Westfield keeps planning committee waiting, yet again

Posted on May 24, 2017 by

There is, of course, one much-anticipated development application missing from tonight’s meeting of the Croydon Council planning committee: the £1.4billion Westfield project to re-mould the centre of town into a shiny new supermall. This is at least the second time … Continue reading →

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£1.4bn Westfield planning meeting to be held on May 24

Posted on May 11, 2017 by

BARRATT HOLMES, our housing correspondent, names the date. At last The much-delayed application for permission to build a £1.4billion supermall where the Whitgift Centre and Centrale now stand will go before the council’s planning committee at the Town Hall in … Continue reading →

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£1.4bn Westfield: Wait goes on as planning meeting scrapped

Posted on April 20, 2017 by

BARRATT HOLMES reports on the latest delay in long-promised town centre redevelopment More frustrations have been raised about when, if ever, work will begin on the £1.4billion Westfield supermall in Croydon after the council cancelled a planning committee meeting scheduled … Continue reading →

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