Category Archives: Queens Gardens

Towering prices leave L&Q with 1,500-plus unsold homes

Posted on August 15, 2022 by insidecroydon

Brick by Brick was ahead of the trend for building unsellable, over-priced shared ownership homes. By BARRATT HOLMES, housing correspondent Croydon’s Brick by Brick is not the only housing business that appears to be struggling to off-load its stock of … Continue reading →

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Part-time Perry and Labour in playground squabble over park

Posted on July 27, 2022 by insidecroydon

After a decade of Town Hall squabbles, the legacy of Newman and Butler’s years in charge of the council is a playground for the children of tower block half-millionaires. WALTER CRONXITE on another late, costly and incomplete town centre project … Continue reading →

Posted in Alison Butler, Brick by Brick, Business, Chris Clark, Croydon Council, Environment, Housing, Lynne Hale, Mayor Jason Perry, Paul Scott, Planning, Property, Queens Gardens, Taberner House, Tony Newman, URV | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 9 Comments

This is £12m Fairfield ‘plaza’ that Mayor Perry wants to create

Posted on July 14, 2022 by insidecroydon

Existing designs for a public open space between the town’s major arts centre and Croydon College have been derided as ‘jokey’, ‘crass’ and ‘one gigantic hardscape of pink and grey candy stripe concrete’. By STEVEN DOWNES Mayor Jason Perry’s announcement … Continue reading →

Posted in Art, Brick by Brick, Business, Colm Lacey, Croydon Council, Croydon parks, Environment, Fairfield, Fairfield Halls, Heather Cheesbrough, Housing, Jo Negrini, Mayor Jason Perry, Place Review Panel, Planning, Queens Gardens | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 12 Comments

After eight-year wait, Taberner House flats near completion

Posted on June 23, 2021 by insidecroydon

A housing project which even Tony Newman and his numpties refused to entrust to Brick by Brick is finally nearing completion after an eight-year development saga. By our housing correspondent, BARRATT HOLMES Eight years since the council moved out of … Continue reading →

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Chancellor is taking an axe to councils’ magic money tree

Posted on March 14, 2020 by insidecroydon

Croydon Council has more than £1bn of borrowings – half of which has gone on Brick by Brick and the purchase of some commercial properties. Proposals contained in the Budget this week could put an end to that, as KEN … Continue reading →

Posted in "Hammersfield", Bernard Weatherill House, Brick by Brick, Business, Centrale, Colonnades, Croydon Council, Croydon Park Hotel, Croydon parks, Jo Negrini, New Addington, Planning, Property, Queens Gardens, Simon Hall, Tony Newman, Whitgift Centre | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 1 Comment

CCTV installed in Queen’s Gardens before Fairfield re-opening

Posted on August 9, 2019 by insidecroydon

Complaints of anti-social behaviour, drinking and drug-use in the open space between the Town Hall and Fairfield Halls has led to it being declared a crime hot-spot by the council, as KEN LEE reports Queen’s Gardens has been declared a … Continue reading →

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Extra CCTV camera for Queen’s Gardens over safety concerns

Posted on September 21, 2018 by insidecroydon

Queen’s Gardens, the much-reduced open space in the town centre, soon to be made into a quasi-private park for the residents of a tower block, is to get an extra security camera to, in the words of the council, “help … Continue reading →

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Council contempt for public in Orwellian Town Hall meeting

Posted on March 28, 2018 by insidecroydon

Political editor WALTER CRONXITE watched the latest travesty of a council meeting, so you wouldn’t have to Will they never learn? Monday night saw the Town Hall chamber holding the last full meeting of the council before the local elections … Continue reading →

Posted in 2018 council elections, Alison Butler, Brick by Brick, Chris Wright, Community associations, Coulsdon, Croydon Council, Croydon parks, Donald Speakman, Dudley Mead, Housing, Jo Negrini, Paul Scott, Planning, Purley, Queens Gardens, Shirley North, South Norwood, Tim Pollard, Timothy Godfrey, Tony Newman | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , | 6 Comments

Brick by Brick ignore public again over Coombe Road scheme

Posted on February 23, 2018 by insidecroydon

CROYDON COMMENTARY: Today is your last chance to lodge comments – supportive or objecting – to the planning application from the council’s Brick by Brick house-builder to squeeze eight one-bed flats and a three-bedroomed house on a corner of open … Continue reading →

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Queen’s Gardens workshop and design sessions, Mar 24-Jul 14

Posted on February 7, 2018 by insidecroydon
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Taberner House developers still don’t have building start date

Posted on February 6, 2018 by insidecroydon

BARRATT HOLMES on another prestigious scheme in the town centre which seems to have come to a grinding halt Five years since Taberner House was demolished and almost a year since planning permission was granted for the site – including … Continue reading →

Posted in Brick by Brick, Croydon Council, Croydon parks, Environment, Fairfield, Housing, Planning, Queens Gardens, Shifa Mustafa, Taberner House | Tagged , , , , , , | 2 Comments

Butler in U-turn over parks protection: ‘Nothing to see here’

Posted on October 10, 2017 by insidecroydon

Alison Butler, the Croydon Council cabinet member responsible for planning, has made a U-turn over the future planning status of the borough’s parks. On Saturday, Inside Croydon reported how the government planning inspector had rejected Croydon Council’s efforts to apply … Continue reading →

Posted in Alison Butler, Community associations, Croydon Council, Croydon Federation of Allotment and Garden Societies, Croydon parks, Duppas Hill Park, Environment, Friends of Addiscombe Railway Park, Friends of Ashburton Park, Friends of Croham Hurst Woods, Friends of Crystal Palace Park, Friends of Farthing Downs, Friends of Grange Park, Friends of Grangewood Park, Friends of Haling Grove, Friends of Heavers Meadow, Friends of Marlpit Lane Bowling Green, Friends of Millers Ponds, Friends of Selsdon Woods, Friends of Shirley Windmill, Friends of South Norwood Country Park, Friends of Wandle Park, Friends of West Norwood Cemetery, Peter Underwood, Planning, Queens Gardens, Wildlife | Tagged , , , , , , , | 7 Comments

Origami to unfold a dance festival in Queen’s Gardens

Posted on October 9, 2017 by insidecroydon

This Saturday will see two free dance performances in Croydon town centre. Dance Umbrella, the annual London-wide contemporary dance festival, is coming to Queen’s Gardens to present a work called Origami which, according to a council-issued press release, is “a … Continue reading →

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Residents have 48 hours to save 70 parks and open spaces

Posted on October 7, 2017 by insidecroydon

The people of Croydon have 48 hours left to try to save more than 70 of the borough’s parks and open spaces from being put at serious risk of being handed over to developers to be built on. Alison Butler, … Continue reading →

Posted in Alison Butler, Coulsdon, Croydon Council, Croydon parks, Duppas Hill Park, Environment, Friends of Addiscombe Railway Park, Friends of Ashburton Park, Friends of Croham Hurst Woods, Friends of Farthing Downs, Friends of Grange Park, Friends of Grangewood Park, Friends of Haling Grove, Friends of Heavers Meadow, Friends of Marlpit Lane Bowling Green, Friends of Millers Ponds, Friends of Selsdon Woods, Friends of South Norwood Country Park, Lloyd Park, Peter Underwood, Planning, Queens Gardens | Tagged , , , , , , , , , | 14 Comments

Croydon Health Walks anniversary strolls, Sep 30

Posted on September 29, 2017 by insidecroydon
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Croydon Pridefest 2017, Queen’s Gardens, Jul 15

Posted on April 28, 2017 by insidecroydon
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Council gags architecture experts on costly Place Review Panel

Posted on March 30, 2017 by insidecroydon

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 , , , , , , , , , | 7 Comments

Chinese developers buy Nestlé Tower in £60m property deal

Posted on March 22, 2017 by insidecroydon

Nestlé Tower, SEGAS House and St George’s Walk in Croydon town centre have been sold to a Chinese development company in a £60million deal. Property Week is reporting that R&F Properties has made the move, its first venture into European … Continue reading →

Posted in Business, Delancey, Environment, Housing, Nestle Tower, Planning, Property, Queens Gardens, Segas House, St George's Walk | Tagged , , , , , , | 6 Comments

This is what £12,500 of council money pays towards at MIPIM

Posted on March 21, 2017 by insidecroydon

Our housing correspondent, BARRATT HOLMES, went undercover last week, and disguised as Charles Aznavour he sneaked into the London Pavilion at the MIPIM property conference in Cannes to find out what was being said, apparently on behalf of the people … Continue reading →

Posted in "Hammersfield", Brick by Brick, Business, Croydon Council, Croydon parks, Gavin Barwell, Growth Zone, Jo Negrini, Planning, Queens Gardens, Rise Gallery, Taberner House, Whitgift Centre, Whitgift Foundation | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 6 Comments

Council set to wave through £800,000 flats built on public park

Posted on March 6, 2017 by insidecroydon

The full horror of the over-tall overdevelopment of tower blocks on the site of Taberner House is beginning to be revealed, as documents with some design drawings have been published and the planning process has been opened up for public … Continue reading →

Posted in Alison Butler, Croydon Council, Croydon parks, Paul Scott, Planning, Queens Gardens, Taberner House | Tagged , , , , , , | 3 Comments

Council-backed £800,000 flats cast a shadow over public park

Posted on January 24, 2017 by insidecroydon

CROYDON COMMENTARY: Amid the ludicrous claims that £800,000 yuppie apartments to be built on the site of former council offices at Taberner House are in any way “affordable”, LEWIS WHITE attended last week’s consultation session which also confirmed that developers … Continue reading →

Posted in Croydon Council, Croydon parks, Environment, Housing, Planning, Queens Gardens, Taberner House | Tagged , , , | 6 Comments

£160m schools plan to be badgered over surplus places

Posted on January 23, 2017 by insidecroydon

In the thrall of property developers as usual, Croydon Council officials want to spend many millions of public money on building schools where there are not enough pupils. Education correspondent GENE BRODIE reports Croydon Council’s school-building strategy will come in … Continue reading →

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£800,000: that’s an ‘affordable’ flat according to developer

Posted on January 22, 2017 by insidecroydon

One of the great mysteries of London life in the 21st century – exactly how much does an “affordable” home cost? – may have finally been solved. Because, according to the managing director of the company to which Croydon Council … Continue reading →

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Developers to reveal plans to ‘improve’ Queen’s Gardens

Posted on January 5, 2017 by insidecroydon

Sshhh! Don’t tell everyone, but there’s another poorly publicised meeting later this month where developers are going to tell Croydon residents just what’s good for them, and how they plan to annex the only public open space in the town … Continue reading →

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New plan for Queen’s Gardens takes away public open space

Posted on November 11, 2016 by insidecroydon

CROYDON COMMENTARY: Having searched high and low through the council’s website to find the latest raft of proposals for Queen’s Gardens as part of the build on the Taberner House site, VALERIE HUNTER is dismayed by what she has seen … Continue reading →

Posted in Croydon Central, Croydon Council, Croydon parks, Environment, Fairfield, Jo Negrini, Planning, Queens Gardens, Taberner House | Tagged , , | 1 Comment