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Category Archives: Centrale
Council gags architecture experts on costly Place Review Panel
Croydon’s Place Review Panel has been gagged, just three months since the building design body was set up, at potentially considerable public expense. Once a month, six members of the panel of high-profile architects and designers, who include the celebrity … Continue reading
Posted in "Hammersfield", Alison Butler, Brick by Brick, Centrale, Colm Lacey, Croydon Council, Croydon parks, Environment, Jo Negrini, One Lansdowne Road, Paul Scott, Place Review Panel, Planning, Property, Queens Gardens, Taberner House, Whitgift Centre
Tagged Croydon, Croydon Council, Hammersfield, Hammerson, Jo Negrini, Labour, Paul Scott, Place Review Panel, Westfield, Whitgift Centre
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Fairtrade Fortnight is coming to Croydon, Feb 27-Mar 11
Farmers around the world get a better deal when they sell their produce on Fairtrade terms. This leads to a better and more stable income and can help them break the cycle of poverty in which they are trapped. The … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Centrale, Croydon Council, Libraries, Whitgift Centre
Tagged Croydon Council, Fairtrade Fortnight, Whitgift Centre
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Westfield confirms another five years of blight in town centre
Croydon Council has spent more public money on a new slogan, two years after the last one. But as WALTER CRONXITE reports, there are risks involved when senior councillors claim to be ‘Delivering for Croydon’ and a £1.4bn flagship development … Continue reading
Posted in "Hammersfield", Alison Butler, Business, Centrale, Croydon BID, Croydon Council, Jo Negrini, John Burton, Planning, Stiles Harold Williams, Tony Newman, Whitgift Centre
Tagged Croydon, Hammersfield, Hammerson, Jo Negrini, Labour, Tony Newman, Westfield, Whitgift Centre, Whitgift Foundation
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High-rise flats without space threaten a road to ruin
CROYDON COMMENTARY: In the midst of National Trust tours and an architectural re-appraisal of the development of central Croydon in the 1960s, DAVID WICKENS expresses his fears that 2016’s planners risk not only repeating some of the mistakes of the … Continue reading
Brexit means ‘business as usual’. Which may be not so good
Could Croydon Council be getting the jitters over the post-referendum prospects for the town centre’s redevelopment? WALTER CRONXITE looks at a cabinet report which tries to look on the bright side, but cannot disguise the uncertainties Croydon faces “significant challenges … Continue reading
Posted in "Hammersfield", Brick by Brick, Business, Centrale, Croydon Council, Housing, Jo Negrini, Menta Tower, Planning, Property, Ruskin Square, Taberner House, Tony Newman, Whitgift Centre
Tagged Brexit, Croydon, Croydon Council, Hammersfield, Hammerson, Labour, London Borough of Croydon, Tony Newman, Westfield, Whitgift Centre
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Westfield and Hammerson: uninformative and unhelpful
CROYDON COMMENTARY: What do you call a public consultation exercise that offers no real, hard information? A Croydon public consultation exercise. ARNO RABINOWITZ went along to the latest box-ticking stunt staged in the town centre by Westfield and Hammerson over … Continue reading
Posted in "Hammersfield", Business, Centrale, Whitgift Centre, Whitgift Foundation
Tagged Croydon, Hammersfield, Hammerson, Westfield, Whitgift Centre, Whitgift Foundation
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Negrini faces showdown with developers over £1.4bn scheme
WALTER CRONXITE on how council planning officials have reported that the “Croydon Carbuncle” is a serious threat to the town centre’s historic, 400-year-old almshouses and a Grade I-listed church Westfield and Hammerson’s sharp-suited executives will have a lot of explaining … Continue reading
Planning chair urged to block scheme for ‘Croydon Carbuncle’
The redevelopment scheme proposed for the town centre risks creating a “Croydon Carbuncle”, according to one concerned resident who has issued an open letter to the council’s planning committee, which is due to consider the revised plans for the £1.4billion … Continue reading
Posted in "Hammersfield", Business, Centrale, CPO, Paul Scott, Whitgift Centre
Tagged Croydon, Croydon Carbuncle, Hammersfield, Hammerson, Paul Scott, Westfield, Whitgift Centre, Whitgift Foundation
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Croydon facing traffic gridlock caused by new Westfield plan
The revised plans for a gigantic supermall submitted last week by Westfield and Hammerson threaten to send central Croydon into a state of traffic gridlock for years to come. The shopping centre developers’ scheme could hit hard the plans for … Continue reading
Give our regards to Broadway: Bradford’s lessons for Croydon
SI CUNNINGHAM was growing up in Bradford when Westfield first unveiled its grand plan for his city. Over a decade later, that shopping mall has finally opened. Here’s his account of what happened to Bradford during that time, and how … Continue reading
Posted in "Hammersfield", Allders, Business, Centrale, Toni Letts, Tony Newman, Whitgift Centre
Tagged Bradford, Croydon, Croydon Council, Hammersfield, Hammerson, Tony Newman, Westfield, Whitgift Centre
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High Street retailer Blue Inc gets sunk under too much red ink
WALTER CRONXITE checks the City pages and discovers some worrying trends for Croydon business and property heading into 2016 Three pieces of business news – from retail, housing and commercial property – in Croydon this week strongly suggest that for … Continue reading
Posted in "Hammersfield", Business, Centrale, Croydon Council, Housing, Nathan Elvery, Planning, Tony Newman, Whitgift Centre
Tagged Conservative, Croydon Council, Fairfield Halls, Hammersfield, Hammerson, Hermes Fund Managers, Labour, Tiger Tiger, Tony Newman, Tory, Westfield, Whitgift Centre
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Cocoa to replace cocktails in a ‘family-friendly’ night scene?
CROYDON COMMENTARY: Though he was not a regular at the night club, the closure of Tiger Tiger is a sad sign for the town centre, says LEWIS WHITE It’s a shame when a business closes and leaves a hole in … Continue reading
Posted in "Hammersfield", Business, Centrale, Dance, Fairfield, Housing, Music, Property, Pubs, Restaurants, Tony Newman, Whitgift Centre
Tagged Fairfield Halls, Hammersfield, Hammerson, Tiger Tiger, Tony Newman, Westfield, Whitgift Centre
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Delancey plan for another 1,000 flats around Nestlé Tower
When does “regeneration” become “over-development”? Central Croydon may be able to offer answers to that question by the end of this decade, after the latest development announcement which includes another 1,000 flats in and around St George’s Walk, Segas House … Continue reading
Posted in "Hammersfield", Allders, Business, Centrale, CPO, Environment, Planning, Property, Segas House, Whitgift Centre
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Shhh! Keep it quiet, Hammersfield have a policing plan
Who knew? The Croydon Partnership is staging a not-so-public public event tomorrow. You may not be aware of it. It is so hush-hush that the people behind the £1 billion redevelopment scheme haven’t even bothered to mention it on their … Continue reading
Posted in "Hammersfield", Addiscombe West, Ashburton, Business, Centrale, Crime, Croydon 8/8, Croydon Council, Jo Negrini, Policing, Tony Newman, Whitgift Centre
Tagged Croydon Central, Croydon Partnership, East Croydon station, Hammersfield, Hammerson, Labour, London Borough of Croydon, Tony Newman, Westfield, Whitgift Centre, Whitgift Foundation
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