Category Archives: CPO

How wait for Westfield is turning North End into Hooky Street

Posted on August 16, 2019 by

Serious doubts exist over Westfield’s plans to redevelop in the town centre. Yet while the council does its best to close down legitimate high street businesses, or mismanages one of the country’s oldest traditional street markets and drives away stall-holders, … Continue reading →

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A month after seizing Allders, council moves just six traders

Posted on August 15, 2019 by

The council’s propaganda department has finally, a month after Town Hall heavies staged a dawn raid on the former Allders building, broken its silence over the forced closure of the Croydon Outlet Village. On July 16, around two dozen small … Continue reading →

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Westfield is ‘too little, too late’ to save Croydon town centre

Posted on August 13, 2019 by

With more than 1,200 empty units in the borough already, traders say that the development blight caused by lengthy delays by supermall operators has turned Croydon into ‘a retail graveyard’. MT WALLETTE reports A shiny new Westfield shopping centre, promised … Continue reading →

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Council’s land grab has ‘destroyed our lives’ says trader

Posted on July 28, 2019 by

The council’s handling of the Compulsory Purchase Order for the former Allders building is driving dozens of businesses to the brink of collapse and even putting traders’ homes at risk, according to one who has been locked out of their … Continue reading →

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Council’s CPO move on Allders building faces court challenge

Posted on July 17, 2019 by

Croydon Council was being taken to court this afternoon by lawyers acting for the lease-holder of Croydon Outlet Village – based in the building better remembered as Allders – in what has become an increasingly acrimonious dispute over the ownership … Continue reading →

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MP holds urgent Westfield meetings with Chancellor and Mayor

Posted on April 10, 2019 by

Our retailing correspondent, MT WALLETTE, hears Sarah Jones spouting the developers’ platitudes, while the council leader has so far failed to publish the full contents of a letter of assurance from the Croydon Partners Sarah Jones, the MP for Croydon … Continue reading →

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Mothercare quits Whitgift Centre as traders face CPO limbo

Posted on April 8, 2019 by

Mothercare is the latest large store to quit the Whitgift Centre, as the continuing uncertainty over the shopping mall’s future is making business increasingly tough for the few traders forced to remain. The large mother and baby store closed its … Continue reading →

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