Tag Archives: Central Hill estate

10-year campaign by locals wins reprieve for Central Hill Estate

Posted on March 3, 2023 by insidecroydon

Plans by a labour-controlled south London council to bulldoze a residential estate have been binned, after a decade-long campaign by locals. Lambeth Council has paused the redevelopment of Central Hill and two other estates after a critical report recommended a … Continue reading →

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Now Lambeth Labour forced to ditch its failed housing venture

Posted on November 29, 2022 by insidecroydon

Our housing correspondent, BARRATT HOLMES, on the latest embarrassing climbdown by a south London council Lambeth Council is to wind up its arms-length housebuilding company Homes for Lambeth after an official review described its performance as “very poor” and recommended … Continue reading →

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Select committee MPs promise swift action at Regina Road

Posted on May 14, 2022 by insidecroydon

CROYDON IN CRISIS: More than a year since the ‘appalling’ state of flats in Regina Road caused a national scandal, MPs from a Commons select committee visited South Norwood and Upper Norwood this week. They were shocked at what they … Continue reading →

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Norwood residents ask MP Reed to act over estate demolition

Posted on November 12, 2021 by insidecroydon

After a year-long, rear-guard action from residents of a council-built estate on the Croydon-Lambeth borough boundary, Truslove House and the mature trees in the grounds around it have in the past week been bulldozed completely. Lambeth Council has been accused … Continue reading →

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Activists set up camp to fight against Central Hill demolition

Posted on December 7, 2020 by insidecroydon

Campaigners have set up camp on the Central Hill Estate, on the Lambeth side of the borough boundary, in an effort to halt the felling of trees and demolition of Truslove House on Roman Way. Lambeth Council last month approved … Continue reading →

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Coronavirus being used as ‘smokescreen’ for estate demolition

Posted on April 9, 2020 by insidecroydon

It is not just in Croydon that residents’ groups have been alert to the inherent risks of placing the entire planning system into the hands of a few unelected council officials. The delegated planning powers, prompted by the coronavirus emergency, … Continue reading →

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Central Hill’s open weekend to show the estate they are in

Posted on June 17, 2016 by insidecroydon

A much-admired housing estate in Crystal Palace which is under threat of demolition by the local council is open to public view this weekend, to dispel Tory-driven myths of “sink estates”, as part of something called the Open Garden Estates … Continue reading →

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