Tag Archives: Croydon Planning
Lidl’s Hamsey Green plans get criticism from council planners
Even Croydon’s planners have joined the chorus of disapproval from residents in Sanderstead, Tandridge and Warlingham over the ‘disjointed and generic’ proposals for the Good Companions site at Hamsey Green, reports housing correspondent, BARRATT HOLMES There is a planning saga … Continue reading
Takeaway fire in Addiscombe ignites questions over planning
Addiscombe residents are asking questions of the council’s planning department after a fire at a takeaway this morning that they say could have been avoided and “put dozens of lives in danger”. The chimney fire at Flavour Boss on Lower … Continue reading
Who can afford £4,000 per month for Purley later living flats?
CROYDON COMMENTARY: As local resident LUCIA BRIAULT explains, retirement housing complexes as proposed for ‘Purley Pool Towers’ offer sky-high living but at sky-high prices I’ll admit that I’m not a fan of flats. I guess the main reason is a … Continue reading
After 12 years, Lidl set to unveil plans for Hamsey Green store
More than a decade after the German supermarket chain paid £2million for the Good Companions pub at Hamsey Green, Lidl are primed to submit a revised planning application for the long-derelict site at the outermost edge of Croydon. Having thwarted … Continue reading
