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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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Tory planning chief permits towers with 15% affordable homes
The “Croydon Dildo” is no more. New plans for the long-vacant site at One Lansdowne Road – the hole in the ground off the Wellesley Road between Apollo House and the Jury’s Inn Hotel, where the YMCA building once stood … Continue reading
Posted in 101 George Street/Ten Degrees, Business, College Tower/Enclave, Croydon Council, Growth Zone, Housing, Jo Negrini, London-wide issues, Mayor of London, Michael Neal, One Lansdowne Road, Planning, Property
Tagged Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, Greystar, Jo Negrini, One Lansdowne, One Lansdowne Road, Tory, Wellesley Road
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Sky-high rents revealed in Croydon’s tallest tower’s micro-flats
The town centre’s latest high-rise development has started marketing its properties, with micro-flats near East Croydon Station that will cost prospective tenants as much as £26,000 in annual rent. BARRATT HOLMES, housing correspondent, reports That there is a housing crisis … Continue reading
Designs to replace ‘The Croydon Dildo’ set to be unveiled
The new owners of the development site at 1 Lansdowne Road are staging two public consultation sessions this week to outline their revised proposals. American-based Greystar bought the Lansdowne Road site earlier this year. They already have a notable presence … Continue reading
Posted in 101 George Street/Ten Degrees, Addiscombe West, Business, College Tower/Enclave, Fairfield, One Lansdowne Road, Planning, Property
Tagged 1 Lansdowne, 101 George Street, Addiscombe East, College Road, Croydon, East Croydon, East Croydon station, Fairfield, George Street, Greystar, HTA Design, One Lansdowne, One Lansdowne Road, Ten Degrees
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Greystar looking at possible third tower twins for town centre
Plans for a £500million 69-storey residential tower at One Lansdowne Road have been dumped, as the original landowners have instead sold the site to the American developers behind the world’s tallest prefabs, the black towers near East Croydon Station. Guildhouse … Continue reading
Posted in 101 George Street/Ten Degrees, Business, College Tower/Enclave, Fairfield, Growth Zone, Housing, Jo Negrini, One Lansdowne Road, Planning, Property
Tagged Croydon, Croydon Council, David Hudson, East Croydon station, Greystar, Guildhouse Rosepride, Jo Negrini, One Lansdowne, One Lansdowne Road
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FAT chance of there being any inspired designs for Fair Field
CROYDON COMMENTARY: The council might be broke, but that hasn’t stopped them spaffing another million pounds, maybe more, on a set of architects’ designs which are certain to turn the borough into a laughing stock once more, says SEBASTIAN TILLINGER … Continue reading
Posted in Art, College Green, College Tower/Enclave, Croydon Council, Croydon parks, Environment, Fairfield Halls, Fairfield Homes, Jo Negrini, Paul Scott, Place Review Panel, Planning
Tagged Croydon, Croydon Council, East Croydon station, Fair Field, Fairfield Halls, Jo Negrini, Labour, London Borough of Croydon
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Planning officials warn of coronavirus risks of co-living towers
A south London council has raised the alarm about the deadly health risks inherent from high-density tower blocks offering “co-living” accommodation, in light of the coronavirus pandemic and the need for social distancing. The concerns aired in Wandsworth over a … Continue reading
