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Category Archives: Planning
Westfield consult public for 6th time and deliver more delays
Paris-based multi-bilion developers URW today begin another public consultation over the future of the town centre – Consultation No6 – which means that their latest planning application, already two years late, won’t see the light of day until long after … Continue reading
Posted in "Hammersfield", Allders, Business, Centrale, CPO, Croydon Council, Housing, Mayor Jason Perry, North End Quarter, Planning, Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield, Whitgift Centre
Tagged Allders, Allders Car Park, Allies and Morrison, Centrale, Croydon, Croydon Council, Hammersfield, London, Mayor Jason Perry, North End Quarter, The Croydon Project, Unibail Rodamco Westfield, URW, Westfield, Whitgift Centre, Whitgift Foundation
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Campaign ‘delight’ as developers’ Glamorgan appeal is refused
Addiscombe residents are celebrating the Planning Inspector’s decision to refuse an appeal brought by developers who want to demolish the Glamorgan pub on Cherry Orchard Road. The appeal was brought by Butlers Walsall Ltd after the council’s planning committee rejected … Continue reading
Trinity submits planning application for £40m co-ed conversion
Less than a year after announcing the £30,000 a year fee-paying school would start offering places to girls, plans have gone in for works that will see its expansion to 1,400 pupils. By STEVEN DOWNES Plans for a £40million extension … Continue reading
Posted in Alasdair Kennedy, Business, Charity, Education, Old Palace, Planning, Schools, Trinity School, Whitgift Centre, Whitgift Foundation, Whitgift School
Tagged Alasdair Kennedy, Croydon, Old Palace of John Whitgift School, Old Palace School, Shirley, Shirley Park, Trinity School, Whitgift Centre, Whitgift Foundation, Whitgift School
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New Addington residents’ worries over farm pit of ‘toxic sludge’
‘If an adult was to slip, trip or fall into it… they would not be able to escape. A child would have absolutely no chance of surviving’ Serious concerns are being raised by residents about the dangers around a large … Continue reading
Council finally completes sale of houses for Selhurst stand
In the first public update on Selhurst Park’s £200million main stand development for more than a year, Crystal Palace said today that they have finally completed the purchase of six houses on Wooderson Close – five of which have been … Continue reading
Posted in Croydon Council, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Crystal Palace FC, Housing, Mayor Jason Perry, Planning, Selhurst, South Norwood, Steve Parish
Tagged Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, Crystal Palace, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, London Borough of Croydon, Mayor Jason Perry, Selhurst, Selhurst Main Stand, Selhurst Park, South Norwood, Steve Parish
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Lidl’s Hamsey Green plans get criticism from council planners
Even Croydon’s planners have joined the chorus of disapproval from residents in Sanderstead, Tandridge and Warlingham over the ‘disjointed and generic’ proposals for the Good Companions site at Hamsey Green, reports housing correspondent, BARRATT HOLMES There is a planning saga … Continue reading
Property billionaire in £30m swoop for Apollo and Lunar House
Housing correspondent BARRATT HOLMES on how Criterion Capital have scooped a cut-price bargain on two landmark Croydon buildings, as they plan to deliver the country’s largest office-to-resi development Croydon’s 1960s landmark buildings Apollo House and Lunar House have been sold … Continue reading
MP Jones misses mark with criticism of town centre’s Primark
CROYDON IN CRISIS: One of the borough’s Labour MPs is accused of ‘performatively sending emails’ to a fashion chain’s CEO, when there are bigger issues in the borough, such as Westfield’s continuing delays over redevelopment Croydon West MP Sarah Jones … Continue reading
Posted in "Hammersfield", Business, Centrale, Crime, Croydon BID, Croydon West, Nick Blackburn, North End Quarter, Planning, Policing, Sarah Jones MP, Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield, Whitgift Centre
Tagged Centrale, Croydon BID, Croydon West, Hammersfield, Labour, Metropolitan Police, North End, Primark, Sarah Jones MP, Westfield, Whitgift Centre
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After seven years, council dusts off sketches for Minster Green
There is to be a brief exhibition of long-delayed plans for Minster Green staged at Croydon Minster from Tuesday November 25 to Saturday November 29, from 11.30am to 4pm (to 7pm on Wednesday November 26). The issues of creating a … Continue reading
Glamorgan campaigners make plea for deadline day support
Local campaigners in Addiscombe are hoping that enough people lodge protests before today’s deadline to object to developers’ appeal over the rejection of their plans to demolish a long-closed pub on Cherry Orchard Road and build 24 flats on the … Continue reading
Planning application for Westfield scheme stalled to mid-2026
EXCLUSIVE: ‘”Rome wasn’t built in a day”, but it never took this long’. More broken promises from the Paris-based developers as their housing scheme for the town centre is delayed again. By STEVEN DOWNES Their planning application was supposed to … Continue reading
Posted in "Hammersfield", Allders, Business, Centrale, CPO, Croydon Council, Housing, Mayor Jason Perry, North End Quarter, Planning, Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield, Whitgift Centre
Tagged Allders, Allders Car Park, Allies and Morrison, Centrale, Croydon, Croydon Council, Hammersfield, London, Mayor Jason Perry, North End Quarter, Unibail Rodamco Westfield, URW, Westfield, Whitgift Centre, Whitgift Foundation
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Private developers and landlords won’t fix our housing crisis
CROYDON COMMENTARY: ‘Abolish Landlords’ was a catchphrase at the recent Green Party conference, where it was recognised that correcting decades of failed housing policy will need a raft of solutions. PAUL AINSCOUGH explains At the Green Party annual conference, a … Continue reading
Posted in 2026 council elections, 2026 Croydon Mayor election, Croydon Council, Croydon Greens, Environment, Esther Sutton, Fairfield, Housing, Paul Ainscough, Peter Underwood, Planning, Ria Patel
Tagged Abolish Landlords, Cllr Esther Sutton, Cllr Ria Patel, Croydon, Croydon Council, Green Party, Labour, London, London Borough of Croydon, Mayor, MHCLG, Ministry of Housing Communities and Local Government, Paul Ainscough, Peter Underwood, Prof Abi O'Connor, Right-to-buy, Steve Reed OBE, Thatcher, Thatcherite
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MPs told that Croydon flats are example of how not to build
The appalling conditions in ‘luxury apartments’ in new-build flats at The Fold, opposite Croydon Town Hall, were raised with a House of Commons select committee hearing yesterday Leading housing campaigner Kwajo Tweneboa cited The Fold in central Croydon as an … Continue reading
Posted in Croydon Council, Fairfield, Housing, Mayor Jason Perry, Mayor of London, Property, Queens Gardens, Steve Reed MP, Taberner House, The Fold
Tagged ACORN, Alison Butler, Bloom House, Brick by Brick, Build Baby Build, Chorus Apartments, Croydon, Croydon Council, Florence Eshalomi MP, Housing, Jo Negrini, Kwajo Tweneboa, L&G, L&Q, Legal and General, London, London Borough of Croydon, Malcolm Wicks House, Mayor Jason Perry, Paul Scott, Queen's Quarter, Queens Gardens, Steve Reed OBE, Taberner House, The Fold, Tony Newman
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There’s help, and some hope, on offer to renters this week
Our housing correspondent, BARRATT HOLMES, on what changes await renters during Renters’ Rights Awareness Week Renters in Croydon are about to have their experience transformed. At least, that’s what the Labour government would have us believe as their Renters ’ … Continue reading
Posted in 101 George Street/Ten Degrees, College Tower/Enclave, Community associations, Croydon Council, Croydon Greens, Exchange Square, Fairfield Homes, Housing, Inspired Homes, London-wide issues, Menta Tower, Planning, Property, Regina Road redevelopment, Tapestry Croydon, The Fold
Tagged Conservative, Croydon, Generation Rent, Green Party, Labour, London, London Borough of Croydon, Regina Road, Renters Rights Bill, The Fold, Tory, Zack Polanski
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Takeaway fire in Addiscombe ignites questions over planning
Addiscombe residents are asking questions of the council’s planning department after a fire at a takeaway this morning that they say could have been avoided and “put dozens of lives in danger”. The chimney fire at Flavour Boss on Lower … Continue reading
Regina Road redevelopment council update, Tue Oct 14
Posted in Advertisement, Advertisement features, Community associations, Croydon Council, Housing, Planning, Property, Regina Road redevelopment, South Norwood, Susmita Sen
Tagged Croydon, Croydon Council, Housing, London Borough of Croydon, Norwood Junction, Regina Road, Regina Road redevelopment, Regina Road Residents' Support Group, South Norwood
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Figures show how exodus from Whitgift Centre is speeding up
The number of empty retail units in the Whitgift Centre has increased by more than 50% in the past year, according to recent research. Now under the management of Westfield, the Whitgift Centre was supposed to have been demolished and … Continue reading
Posted in "Hammersfield", Allders, Business, Centrale, Croydon Council, Mayor Jason Perry, Planning, Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield, Whitgift Centre
Tagged Allders, Centrale, Croydon, Croydon Council, Hammersfield, London Borough of Croydon, Mayor Jason Perry, Sarah Jones MP, Unibail Rodamco Westfield, URW, Westfield, Westfield Europe Ltd, Whitgift Centre
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Westfield is forced to fence off Centrale’s leaky entrance
As one door opens, another slams into shoppers’ faces on North End, as temporary fencing was erected outside the entrance to Zara and House of Fraser Less than a week after Westfield was trumpeting the opening of two “kiosks” in … Continue reading
Posted in "Hammersfield", Allders, Business, Centrale, Croydon Council, Mayor Jason Perry, Planning, Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield, Whitgift Centre
Tagged Allders, Centrale, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, Hammersfield, London Borough of Croydon, Mayor Jason Perry, Unibail Rodamco Westfield, URW, Westfield, Westfield Europe Ltd, Whitgift Centre
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Fold managers admit to fire alarm fault in 35-storey tower
EXCLUSIVE: Four fire marshals and battery-powered smoke alarms have been intalled in the mould-ridden block, where there is only a single staircase to serve as a fire escape. By STEVEN DOWNES The managers of The Fold, the 35-storey residential tower … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Croydon Council, Fairfield, Housing, Mayor of London, Property, Queens Gardens, Taberner House, The Fold
Tagged ACORN, Croydon, Croydon Council, Housing, L&G, L&Q, Legal and General, London Borough of Croydon, Queen's Quarter, Queens Gardens, Taberner House, The Fold
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Croydon transformed! Westfield open two kiosks in Allders
EXCLUSIVE: Work on the ageing Whitgift Centre might now not begin before 2028, while Westfield are angling for a public subsidy of at least £100m. Today, as two shops opened on the high street, STEVEN DOWNES took a place at … Continue reading
Posted in "Hammersfield", Allders, Business, Croydon Council, Mayor Jason Perry, Planning, Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield, Whitgift Centre
Tagged Allders, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, Hammersfield, London Borough of Croydon, Mayor Jason Perry, Unibail Rodamco Westfield, URW, Westfield, Westfield Europe Ltd, Whitgift Centre
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Mouldy Fold: no problems with council flats says Town Hall
Croydon Council is to carry out checks on its 90 flats in Malcolm Wicks House, the fourth block built in the Queen’s Quarter where the 35-storey private rental tower The Fold is being evacuated to allow its owners to completely … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Croydon Council, Fairfield, Housing, Mayor of London, Property, Queens Gardens, Taberner House, The Fold
Tagged Alison Butler, Bloom House, Chorus Apartments, Croydon, Croydon Council, Housing, Jo Negrini, L&G, L&Q, Legal and General, London Borough of Croydon, Malcolm Wicks House, Queen's Quarter, Queens Gardens, Taberner House, The Fold
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After the delays, we reveal traders set for Allders kiosks
EXCLUSIVE: Months late, and with only six of the seven units allocated, Westfield is finally about to find a use for part of the town centre’s former department store. By STEVEN DOWNES More than a year after being granted planning … Continue reading
Posted in "Hammersfield", Allders, Business, Croydon Council, Mayor Jason Perry, Planning, Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield, Whitgift Centre
Tagged Allders, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, Hammersfield, London Borough of Croydon, Mayor Jason Perry, Unibail Rodamco Westfield, URW, Westfield, Westfield Europe Ltd, Whitgift Centre
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‘Let us be free from this hellhole’: Fold tenants issue demands
EXCLUSIVE: Residents in one of Croydon’s tallest buildings are becoming increasingly angry and militant over their treatment by their multi-billion-pound landlords. By STEVEN DOWNES The owners of The Fold, the 35-storey residential tower in Queen’s Gardens, have been given a … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Croydon Council, Fairfield, Housing, Mayor Jason Perry, Mayor of London, Property, Queens Gardens, Rowenna Davis, Taberner House, The Fold
Tagged ACORN, Bloom House, Chorus Apartments, Councillor Rowenna Davis, Croydon, Croydon Council, Housing, Jo Negrini, L&G, L&Q, Legal and General, London Borough of Croydon, Malcolm Wicks House, Mayor Jason Perry, Queen's Quarter, Queens Gardens, Taberner House, The Fold
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UnFolding story: residents’ meeting is moved as concerns rise
EXCLUSIVE by STEVEN DOWNES Fire safety inspectors from the London Fire Brigade were on site this morning at The Fold, the 35-storey tower block close to Croydon Town Hall, where residents fear for their well-being because of poor-quality finishes to … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Croydon Council, Fairfield, Housing, Mayor of London, Property, Queens Gardens, Taberner House, The Fold
Tagged Alison Butler, Bloom House, Chorus Apartments, Croydon, Croydon Council, Housing, Jo Negrini, Kwajo Tweneboa, L&G, L&Q, Legal and General, London Borough of Croydon, Malcolm Wicks House, Queen's Quarter, Queens Gardens, Taberner House, The Fold
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