Tag Archives: Landlord licensing

Mystery after Grade II-listed Leslie Arms is pulled from auction

Posted on September 24, 2026 by insidecroydon

Auctioneer Swindells claims the landmark pub was never in his company’s catalogue, as Ansari-linked property fails to sell for third time in as many months. EXCLUSIVE by STEVEN DOWNES The Leslie Arms, the Grade II-listed Victorian landmark building in Addiscombe … Continue reading →

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Councillors in plea to Wetherspoons: Dear Tim, buy our pub!

Posted on September 20, 2026 by insidecroydon

For sale: one long-neglected, heritage-listed Victorian boozer, likely to require millions of pounds to put right. For the third time in four months, the Leslie Arms is up for auction. And Labour councillors have appealed to pub chains to show … Continue reading →

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Ansari’s £90m property empire in collapse as receivers move in

Posted on August 3, 2026 by insidecroydon

In the latest sign of difficulties for businesses in Croydon, one of the borough’s biggest developers and landlords – a political donor to Sadiq Khan and Yvette Cooper in the past – is being forced to sell several properties. EXCLUSIVE … Continue reading →

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£1.45m Addiscombe landmark building withdrawn from auction

Posted on June 9, 2026 by insidecroydon

Financial figures published for the sale of Grade II-listed Leslie Arms were altered ahead of the auction date, with a two-bedroom flat shown now to be paying just £800 per month in rent. EXCLUSIVE by STEVEN DOWNES Anwar Ansari, the … Continue reading →

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Addiscombe’s listed pub building put up for auction at £1.45m

Posted on May 22, 2026 by insidecroydon

The Leslie Arms, the Grade II-listed Victorian pub building on the corner of Cherry Orchard Road and Lower Addiscombe Road, has been placed for sale by auction next month. The auctioneers’ guide price is £1.45million. Built in 1900, the Leslie … Continue reading →

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Perry’s landlord licensing scheme will create a postcode lottery

Posted on February 2, 2026 by insidecroydon

Mayor Jason Perry’s proposals for a landlord licensing scheme to be introduced by Croydon Council later this year are discriminatory against half the borough, creating a postcode lottery for private renters. That’s according to Councillor Claire Bonham and residents in … Continue reading →

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Owner Ansari seeks to avoid Leslie Arms planning conditions

Posted on June 5, 2025 by insidecroydon

CROYDON IN CRISIS: Since 2000, a multi-millionaire property developer has been allowing a Grade II-listed pub to decay. Now, he wants to change the conditions of his latest planning permission. KEN LEE, Town Hall reporter, on the sorry tale of … Continue reading →

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