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Category Archives: No1 Croydon
569 more flats coming after £210m East Croydon property deal
Praise from Mayor Perry for a 28-storey tower in the town centre that his own council’s planners tried to block for being too tall Property speculators Cheyne Capital say they are going ahead with a scheme that will build hundreds … Continue reading
Posted in Addiscombe West, Business, Croydon Council, Housing, Mayor Jason Perry, No1 Croydon, Planning, Property
Tagged Addiscombe, Cheyne Capital, City Link House, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, East Croydon station, London Borough of Croydon, Mayor Jason Perry, Tory, Wittington Investments
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Croydon landmark has listed status rejected for a second time
The 20th Century Society, the organisation that seeks to protect and promote the best architecture built between 1901 and 2000, has described as “disappointing” the decision that its application for a listing for No1 Croydon has been rejected. Again. It … Continue reading
East Croydon sorting office site to be used for padel tennis club
Town Hall reporter KEN LEE on how the site of another of the grand plans for the town centre has belatedly been adapted for ‘meanwhile use’ The long-promised additional platforms at East Croydon Station and the clearing of the “Selhurst … Continue reading
Posted in Addiscombe West, Business, Croydon Area Remodelling Scheme, Croydon Council, East Croydon, Housing, London-wide issues, Mayor Jason Perry, Nestle Tower, No1 Croydon, Planning, Property, Royal Mail, Segas House, St George's Walk, Transport
Tagged Boozepark, Boxpark, CARS, Croydon, Croydon Area Remodelling Scheme, Croydon Council, East Croydon, East Croydon sorting office, East Croydon station, Hammersfield, London, Nestle Tower, Network Rail, R&F Properties, Rocket Padel, Transport for London, Westfield, Whitgift Centre
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C20 Society is trying again for listed status for No1 Croydon
The 20th Century Society has submitted an application for the architectural symbol of Croydon, No1 Croydon, to be protected by listed status. It’s the second time that the 20th Century Society has sought protection for the widely recognised, if not … Continue reading
Seifert’s Croydon landmark set to be converted into 250 flats
CROYDON IN CRISIS: Architecture and heritage campaigners have expressed concerns over plans to turn 24-storey No1 Croydon at East Croydon from office use to residential – and the local council won’t do anything about it. EXCLUSIVE by STEVEN DOWNES The … Continue reading
Posted in Addiscombe West, Art, Business, Croydon Council, East Croydon, Housing, No1 Croydon, Planning, Property
Tagged 20th Century Society, Addiscombe, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, East Croydon, East Croydon station, Jerry Fitzpatrick, NLA Tower, No1 Croydon, Permitted Development, Planning, Rabbit Hutch flats, Richard Seifert, Slums of the future, The 50p Building, Tory
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Planning Inspector gives green light to another 28-storey tower
The NLA Tower, the Richard Seifert and Partners-designed “50p Building” that has come to symbolise central Croydon, is to be overlooked by a 28-storey block (another one), after the council lost yet another case at the Planning Inspectorate. Wittington Investments … Continue reading
Subway fire sparked fears for Seifert’s landmark building
Six fire engines were called out to a blaze underneath the No1 Croydon building last night. The London Fire Brigade this morning clarified that the fire was in a pedestrian subway on Addiscombe Road, close to East Croydon Station, and … Continue reading
The Shawcross Redemption: coming back to fix Croydon
Val Shawcross has spent her life in public service – a charity worker, then New Addington councillor and Croydon council leader in the 1990s; London Assembly member for nearly 20 years; London’s deputy mayor at City Hall in the 2010s; … Continue reading
Posted in 2022 council elections, 2022 Croydon Mayor election, Callton Young, Jason Perry, Ken Livingstone, London Assembly, London-wide issues, Mayor of London, No1 Croydon, Sadiq Khan, Tony Newman, Val Shawcross
Tagged 2022 Mayoral election, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, Croydon Mayor, Labour, London, London Assembly, New Addington, Tony Newman, Tory, Val Shawcross
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Call for objections to scheme that threatens No1 Croydon
Councillors in Addiscombe are asking the public to lodge objections to a planning application for a tall tower block – another one – close to East Croydon Station. Developers Fifth State want to demolish the unprepossessing CityLink House office building … Continue reading
Posted in 101 George Street/Ten Degrees, Addiscombe West, East Croydon, Jerry Fitzpatrick, Menta Tower, No1 Croydon, Patricia Hay-Justice, Property, Ruskin Square, Sean Fitzsimons
Tagged Addiscombe, Addiscombe West, Croydon, Croydon Council, East Croydon, East Croydon station, NLA Tower, No1 Croydon, Planning, Sean Fitzsimons
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