Tag Archives: Menta Tower

Time for better than Perry’s half-truths on Bridge to Nowhere

Posted on December 11, 2025 by insidecroydon

CROYDON COMMENTARY: Addiscombe campaigner and former councillor JERRY FITZPATRICK, says that after a 13-year wait, it time for some answers and honesty from Network Rail and the Croydon Mayor about East Croydon Station It was Christmas 2012 when the pedestrian … Continue reading →

Posted in Addiscombe West, Commuting, East Croydon, Jerry Fitzpatrick, Mayor Jason Perry, Menta Tower, Property, Transport | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , | 4 Comments

Council has chance to get Menta to finish Bridge to Nowhere

Posted on April 6, 2017 by insidecroydon

Six years after being granted permission for a controversial 54-storey block – potentially the tallest residential block in Britain – and developers Menta Redrow will be back at Croydon’s planning committee tonight asking for permission to chop their tower in … Continue reading →

Posted in Addiscombe West, Croydon Council, East Croydon, ECCO, Fairfield, Housing, Menta Tower, Planning, Property, Transport | Tagged , , , , , , , | 2 Comments

Marketing is not so sweet for Cherry Orchard Road flats

Posted on December 9, 2016 by insidecroydon

Developers Menta Redrow are marketing £499,000 flats from a shed alongside East Croydon Station that doesn’t have planning permission, after the cheque to pay the application fee bounced. WALTER CRONXITE reports on the development’s latest controversy An application for permission … Continue reading →

Posted in Addiscombe West, Business, Cherry Orchard Gardens, Croydon Council, Housing, Menta Tower, Planning, Property, Sean Fitzsimons | Tagged , , , , , , , , , | 1 Comment

Towering concern for sharing fairly Croydon’s housing burden

Posted on May 18, 2015 by insidecroydon

CROYDON COMMENTARY: Last month, David Callam wrote about the importance of housing as an election issue, nationally and locally. Here, ROD DAVIES calls for a fair distribution through the borough of high-density developments What’s good for the goose … The … Continue reading →

Posted in Addiscombe West, Chris Philp MP, Croydon South, ECCO, Housing, New Addington, Property, Purley | Tagged , , , , , , , , , | 6 Comments

“Poor Doors” show how town centre subsidises suburbs

Posted on October 12, 2014 by insidecroydon

CROYDON COMMENTARY: Having worked to establish a community organisation for East Croydon, ROD DAVIES finds it disappointing to find developers planning to introduce divisive “Apartment Apartheid” locally, and suggests further inequalities in which parts of the borough fund other areas … Continue reading →

Posted in Addiscombe West, Business, Community associations, Commuting, East Croydon, ECCO, Menta Tower, Planning, Property, Tramlink | Tagged , , , , , | 7 Comments