Tag Archives: Bellway

Bellway’s lido plans take a nose dive as permission is refused

Posted on April 30, 2023 by insidecroydon

Housing correspondent BARRATT HOLMES on how things have not gone swimmingly for one of the country’s biggest housebuilders as its plans for 180 homes by Purley Way playing fields have gone down the plughole Croydon Council’s professional planners, after encouraging … Continue reading →

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Bellway scales down plan for Lido site after locals’ complaints

Posted on November 12, 2022 by insidecroydon

Housing correspondent BARRATT HOLMES reports on a bit of a climb down from ‘The Platform’ House-builder Bellway has scaled down its plans for the site of the former Wyevale garden centre near the Purley Way, reducing the height of its … Continue reading →

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Council planners urge developer to pre-empt Local Plan

Posted on March 29, 2022 by insidecroydon

It isn’t only over suburban blocks of flats that the council planning department appears to work against the interests of the residents they are supposed to serve. Housing correspondent BARRATT HOLMES reveals how officials have been persuading one developer to … Continue reading →

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