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South Croydon bar set to be restored after year-long closure
The Store is being restored. The South Croydon pub with a long-term identity crisis – previously called The Joker, Bar TXT et al – is set to reopen this month, though now with more of the air of an all-day … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Property, Pubs, Restaurants, South Croydon
Tagged Brakspear, CAMRA, Croydon and Sutton CAMRA, Propella Group Ltd, pubs, South Croydon, South End, The Store
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Coulsdon’s Red Clover Gardens gets a new coat of whitewash
A housing scheme in Coulsdon has won the country’s top architecture award. Yet there’s not been a peep from the council’s propaganda department, usually desperate to spin anything as ‘good’ news in Croydon. STEVEN DOWNES on the desperate efforts of … Continue reading
Posted in Brick by Brick, Business, Colm Lacey, Coulsdon, Croydon Council, Environment, Housing, Jo Negrini, Mayor Jason Perry, Planning, Property
Tagged Brick by Brick, Conservative, Coulsdon, Croydon, Croydon Council, Jo Negrini, Labour, Lion Green Road, Lion Green Road car park, London Borough of Croydon, Mayor Jason Perry, Paul Scott, Red Clover Gardens, RIBA, Royal Institute of British Architects, Stirling Prize
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First phase of Altyre Road ‘aparthotel’ set to open by Christmas
The first phase of “The Canopy”, the aparthotel on Altyre Road, could be complete before Christmas. That’s according to Addiscombe West’s Labour councillors, who recently took a tour of the building site, as the former Croydon Park Hotel is being … Continue reading
Posted in Addiscombe West, Business, Croydon Council, Croydon Park Hotel, Housing, Planning, Property, The Canopy
Tagged Addiscombe West, Altyre Road, Amro, Botanical House, Croydon, Croydon Council, Croydon Park Hotel, East Croydon station, Labour, Sean Fitzsimons, Simon Hall, The Canopy, Tony Newman
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Parish admits Palace don’t have funding for £200m new stand
Plans could be altered to reduce costs on the long-delayed project, and that could even require another renewal of planning permission from Croydon Council, according to club chairman Crystal Palace has yet to secure the funding necessary for its £200million-plus … Continue reading
Posted in Croydon Council, Crystal Palace FC, Football, John Textor, Planning, Property, Selhurst, Steve Parish, Woody Johnson
Tagged Crystal Palace, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Crystal Palace FC, John Textor, Lendlease, Selhurst Park, Selhurst Park redevelopment, Steve Parish, Wooderson Close, Woody Johnson
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Mystery after Grade II-listed Leslie Arms is pulled from auction
Auctioneer Swindells claims the landmark pub was never in his company’s catalogue, as Ansari-linked property fails to sell for third time in as many months. EXCLUSIVE by STEVEN DOWNES The Leslie Arms, the Grade II-listed Victorian landmark building in Addiscombe … Continue reading
Posted in Addiscombe West, Business, Croydon Council, Housing, Leslie Arms, Planning, Property, Pubs
Tagged AA Homes, Addiscombe, Addiscombe West, Anwar Ansari, Cherry Orchard Road, Croydon, Croydon Council, Dogs attack, Dr Anwar Ansari, Edward Swindells, English Heritage, Kangal, Labour, Landlord licensing, Leslie Arms, Lower Addiscombe Road, The Victorian Society, Tim Martin, Turkish Kangal, Wetherspoons
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Councillors in plea to Wetherspoons: Dear Tim, buy our pub!
For sale: one long-neglected, heritage-listed Victorian boozer, likely to require millions of pounds to put right. For the third time in four months, the Leslie Arms is up for auction. And Labour councillors have appealed to pub chains to show … Continue reading
Posted in Addiscombe West, Business, Croydon Council, Housing, Leslie Arms, Nick Beall, Patricia Hay-Justice, Planning, Property, Pubs, Sean Fitzsimons
Tagged AA Homes, Addiscombe, Addiscombe West, Anwar Ansari, Cherry Orchard Road, Croydon, Croydon Council, Dogs attack, Dr Anwar Ansari, English Heritage, Kangal, Labour, Landlord licensing, Leslie Arms, Lower Addiscombe Road, Nick Beall, Patricia Hay-Justice, Sean Fitzsimons, The Victorian Society, Tim Martin, Turkish Kangal, Wetherspoons
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Firm behind £60m Purley Pool project goes into administration
In the latest embarrassment for Croydon’s failed Mayor, the offshore-registered parent company behind the £60m redevelopment of the Purley Pool has gone into administration. There are other problems with the long overdue project, too. EXCLUSIVE by STEVEN DOWNES Polaska Assets … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Chris Philp MP, Community associations, Coulsdon West Residents' Association, Croydon Council, Housing, Mayor Jason Perry, Parking, Planning, Polaska, Polaska Assets Ltd, Property, Purley, Purley Oaks and Riddlesdown, Purley Pool
Tagged Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, London, London Borough of Croydon, Mayor Jason Perry, Polaska, Polaska Assets BVI, Polaska Assets Ltd, Purley, Purley Pool, Tory
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Giant PubCo seeking new management for Slug & Lettuce site
The steady hollowing out of what was once Croydon’s thriving town centre will take another step on September 12 when the Slug and Lettuce on Park Street brings down the shutters after 13 years. The current tenants running the venue, … Continue reading
Perry admits he has no idea when work will start on Purley Pool
Not for the first time, Croydon’s Mayor is out of his depth when facing the most straightforward of questions, reports PEARL LEE Five years after promising to reopen Purley Pool “immediately” as part of his original election campaign, and Croydon … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Chris Philp MP, Croydon Council, Croydon South, Housing, Mayor Jason Perry, Neil Garratt, Planning, Polaska, Polaska Assets Ltd, Property, Purley, Purley Pool
Tagged Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, London Borough of Croydon, Mayor Jason Perry, Planning, Polaska, Polaska Assets BVI, Polaska Assets Ltd, Purley, Purley Pool, Purley Pool Towers, Tory
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‘Crap’ council is caught taping over the cracks of listed building
Croydon Council has been accused of failing to protect and preserve one of the town centre’s heritage buildings, the Grade II-listed Segas House, on the corner of Katharine Street and Wellesley Road. The office building was given listed status in … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Business, Croydon Council, Croydon School of Art, Fairfield, Mayor Jason Perry, Nestle Tower, Planning, Ria Patel, Segas House, St George's Walk
Tagged Cllr Ria Patel, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, Electric House, Fairfield, Fairfield ward, Grade II, Green Party, London Borough of Croydon, Mayor Jason Perry, Segas House, Tory, Town Centre
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Ansari’s £90m property empire in collapse as receivers move in
In the latest sign of difficulties for businesses in Croydon, one of the borough’s biggest developers and landlords – a political donor to Sadiq Khan and Yvette Cooper in the past – is being forced to sell several properties. EXCLUSIVE … Continue reading
Posted in Addiscombe West, Business, Croydon Council, Housing, Leslie Arms, Planning, Property, Pubs
Tagged AA Homes, Addiscombe, Addiscombe West, Anwar Ansari, Cherry Orchard Road, Croydon, Croydon Council, Dogs attack, Dr Anwar Ansari, English Heritage, Kangal, Labour, Landlord licensing, Leslie Arms, Lloyd Park, Lower Addiscombe Road, The Victorian Society, Turkish Kangal
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Crapita! Thousands of ex-Civil Servants left to wait for pensions
There are more than 6,000 civil servants who work in Croydon today, many of them in the Home Office or Revenue and Customs buildings in Ruskin Square. The borough is also home to thousands more retired civil servants – some … Continue reading
‘We need to pull every lever available to end the housing crisis’
This month, Inside Croydon columnist Andrew Fisher interviews Fiona Fletcher-Smith, the chief executive of one of the country’s largest housing associations, L&Q, and hears what policy changes she believes new Prime Minister Andy Burnham needs to implement if the government … Continue reading
Posted in Andrew Fisher, Fiona Fletcher Smith, Housing, Inside Croydon, London-wide issues, Property, Sadiq Khan, The Andrew Fisher Interview, Under The Flyover
Tagged affordable housing, Andrew Fisher, Council housing, Fiona Fletcher-Smith, Housing, Housing policy, L&Q, Queens Gardens, Rent controls, social housing, Temporary accommodation, The Andrew Fisher Interview
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Perry promises – again – Bridge to Nowhere to open ‘next year’
Fifteen years since he was the cabinet member responsible for the botched legal agreement with developers that allowed Menta to deny public bodies necessary access to complete the £22million pedestrian bridge at East Croydon, and Jason Perry, now the Mayor … Continue reading
Posted in Addiscombe West, Commuting, East Croydon, Jerry Fitzpatrick, Mayor Jason Perry, Menta Tower, Property, Transport
Tagged Bridge to Nowhere, Cherry Orchard Road, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, East Croydon station, London Borough of Croydon, Mayor Jason Perry, Menta Tower, Network Rail, The Bridge to Nowhere, Tory
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Emergency services on call after worker falls from site lift
PHOTOSTORY EXCLUSIVE Pictures by DAVID WHITE East Croydon was lit up with blue lights at lunchtime today, responding to reports that a site worker had fallen off an inner lift on a building site on Addiscombe Road, opposite landmark No1 … Continue reading
Posted in Addiscombe West, East Croydon, London Ambulance Service, London Fire Brigade, Policing, Property
Tagged Addiscombe Road, City Link House, East Croydon, East Croydon bus station, East Croydon station, London Ambulance Service, London Fire Brigade, Metropolitan Police, Tolley House
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Demolition works get underway for Selhurst £200m main stand
Almost nine years since the proposal was first aired to build a modern main stand and increase home capacity for Crystal Palace games to 34,000, physical, visible works have begun in and around Selhurst Park on a project that may … Continue reading
Croydon Park to reopen in 2027 as ‘The Canopy’ apart-hotel
A year later than promised, with little more than half the homes proposed in the planning application, and with no sign of the 39- and 36-storey towers that council planners had insisted upon, there are plans for the Croydon Park … Continue reading
Posted in Addiscombe West, Botanical House, Business, Croydon Council, Croydon Park Hotel, Housing, Nicola Townsend, Planning, Property, The Canopy
Tagged Addiscombe West, Altyre Road, Amro, Botanical House, Croydon, Croydon Council, Croydon Park Hotel, East Croydon station, Labour, Simon Hall, The Canopy, Tony Newman
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How to navigate the planning process without getting it wrong
ZAEEM CHAUDHARY, pictured left, offers some expert advice for any Croydon homeowners planning to undertake building works When you are looking to make a home renovation project, one of the first things you need to check is whether you need … Continue reading
Sherlock Holmes and the mystery of the 24 unaffordable flats
Planning permission was refused last night for a scheme that threatens a South Norwood heritage building which was once home to Arthur Conan Doyle. But this case is not closed yet… And so it came to pass… The first planning … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Croydon Council, History, Housing, Nicola Townsend, Planning, Property, Sean Fitzsimons, South Norwood
Tagged 12 Tennison Road, Arthur Conan-Doyle, Blue plaque, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, Labour, London Borough of Croydon, Mark Johnson, Melanie Felten, Nicola Townsend, Planning Committee, Sean Fitzsimons, Sherlock Holmes, South Norwood, Tory, Walker Properties Ltd
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£1.45m Addiscombe landmark building withdrawn from auction
Financial figures published for the sale of Grade II-listed Leslie Arms were altered ahead of the auction date, with a two-bedroom flat shown now to be paying just £800 per month in rent. EXCLUSIVE by STEVEN DOWNES Anwar Ansari, the … Continue reading
Posted in Addiscombe West, Business, Croydon Council, Housing, Leslie Arms, Planning, Property, Pubs
Tagged AA Homes, Addiscombe, Addiscombe West, Anwar Ansari, Cherry Orchard Road, Croydon, Croydon Council, Dogs attack, Dr Anwar Ansari, English Heritage, Kangal, Labour, Landlord licensing, Leslie Arms, Lloyd Park, Lower Addiscombe Road, Savills, Savills auctioneers, Savills estate agents, The Victorian Society, Turkish Kangal
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Report calls urban sprawl ‘forgotten disaster of last 50 years’
A report from CPRE London published today says successive governments over the past half-century have actively enabled urban sprawl into the countryside. Urban sprawl means building low-density housing outside of towns, on green fields, and far from shops, schools and … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Croydon Council, Environment, Parking, Planning, Property
Tagged Alice Roberts, Campaign to Protect Rural England, CPRE, CPRE London, Parking, Property
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Leslie Arms timeline: sad 25-year decline of heritage building
Between 2000 and 2025, the owner of the Grade II-listed Leslie Arms on Lower Addiscombe Road submitted 13 separate planning applications for the building – 14 if you include his 2009 appeal against a refusal of a planning application. Ten … Continue reading
Posted in Addiscombe West, Business, Croydon Council, History, Housing, Leslie Arms, Planning, Property, Pubs
Tagged AA Homes, Addiscombe, Anwar Ansari, Croydon, Croydon Council, Dr Anwar Ansari, Leslie Arms, Planning, pubs, Upper Addiscombe Road
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Addiscombe’s listed pub building put up for auction at £1.45m
The Leslie Arms, the Grade II-listed Victorian pub building on the corner of Cherry Orchard Road and Lower Addiscombe Road, has been placed for sale by auction next month. The auctioneers’ guide price is £1.45million. Built in 1900, the Leslie … Continue reading
Posted in Addiscombe West, Business, Croydon Council, Housing, Leslie Arms, Planning, Property, Pubs
Tagged AA Homes, Addiscombe, Addiscombe West, Anwar Ansari, Cherry Orchard Road, Croydon, Croydon Council, Dogs attack, Dr Anwar Ansari, English Heritage, Kangal, Labour, Landlord licensing, Leslie Arms, Lloyd Park, Lower Addiscombe Road, The Victorian Society, Turkish Kangal
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Looking for a new home? Kirsty and Phil could help you
If you’re looking to make a home move very soon, then Channel 4 can provide you with the wisdom and advice of two of the best house-hunters in the business. Location, Location, Location with Phil Spencer and Kirsty Allsopp is … Continue reading
Posted in Activities, Property
Tagged Channel 4, Croydon, Kirstie Allsopp, Location Location Location, Phil Spencer
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