Tag Archives: One Lansdowne Road

Tory planning chief permits towers with 15% affordable homes

Posted on December 10, 2024 by insidecroydon

The “Croydon Dildo” is no more. New plans for the long-vacant site at One Lansdowne Road – the hole in the ground off the Wellesley Road between Apollo House and the Jury’s Inn Hotel, where the YMCA building once stood … Continue reading →

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Designs to replace ‘The Croydon Dildo’ set to be unveiled

Posted on March 27, 2023 by insidecroydon

The new owners of the development site at 1 Lansdowne Road are staging two public consultation sessions this week to outline their revised proposals. American-based Greystar bought the Lansdowne Road site earlier this year. They already have a notable presence … Continue reading →

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Greystar looking at possible third tower twins for town centre

Posted on January 24, 2023 by insidecroydon

Plans for a £500million 69-storey residential tower at One Lansdowne Road have been dumped, as the original landowners have instead sold the site to the American developers behind the world’s tallest prefabs, the black towers near East Croydon Station. Guildhouse … Continue reading →

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Developer digs in to keep planning consent for £500m tower

Posted on February 19, 2021 by insidecroydon

After already suffering a decade of development blight in the town centre because of the on-off-on-off-again aborted Westfield scheme, now a key site off Wellesley Road is about to be turned into a hole in the ground for an indefinite … Continue reading →

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Lansdowne Road developer lunching out on Exchange Square

Posted on May 1, 2016 by insidecroydon

In case there was any lingering doubt about the corporatism which is taking over central Croydon, you might want to cough up nearly 70 notes for the “opportunity” to “enjoy” an “exclusive” lunch to hear a property speculator give “his … Continue reading →

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Splash-in-the-sky pool included in 69-storey tower plan

Posted on February 18, 2016 by insidecroydon

The Estates Gazette has reported further details of the plans for the One Lansdowne skyscraper in central Croydon, with one its two towers being 700-foot tall, all to be built on a site immediately opposite where the new Westfield shopping … Continue reading →

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China syndrome in Croydon with Lansdowne Road deal

Posted on October 23, 2015 by insidecroydon

Given the alacrity with which Gideon and Call Me Dave are flogging off national interests on the cheap to China, it was a wonder that as they departed the banqueting hall at Buck House this week – where they had … Continue reading →

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