Tag Archives: Taberner House

Pop-up farm asks volunteers to make a bee-line with donations

Posted on June 14, 2016 by

The pop-up farm on the site of what was once Taberner House is appealing for more public donations, ahead of a visit by competition judges from the Royal Horticultural Society. With plans to build housing alongside Queen’s Gardens delayed last … Continue reading →

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Taberner House build delay sees site revert to Plan Bees

Posted on April 23, 2016 by

With no building work planned for the town centre site at least until the autumn, a key plot opposite the Town Hall has turned to Plan Bees. From saffron farm to bee haven, the Taberner House site is undergoing transformation … Continue reading →

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Taberner House homes scheme is hit by further delays

Posted on March 15, 2016 by

Building work on the council’s prestigious development of hundreds of new homes on the site of its former headquarters office block, Taberner House, will not now start until autumn this year at the earliest, nearly two years later than originally … Continue reading →

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Homes worth living in need to provide space to breathe

Posted on December 29, 2015 by

CROYDON COMMENTARY: If the thousands of new homes planned for the town centre lack meaningful green space, we risk creating the favelas of the future, warns LEWIS WHITE It is worth thinking about who actually buys flats. I am basically … Continue reading →

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Pop-up farm seeks new homes for 20,000 crocus corms

Posted on December 22, 2015 by

Ally McKinlay has got a few thousand crocus corms on his hands, and he needs your help to distribute them. Saffron Central was the pop-up spice farm set-up on the site of Taberner House, next to Queen’s Gardens in central … Continue reading →

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Can two-bedroom flats really be solution for Fairfield Halls?

Posted on November 3, 2015 by

CROYDON COMMENTARY: The scheme to redevelop Fairfield Halls and College Green could cost more than £70m, with Council Tax-payers taking much of the risk, says DAVID WICKENS Those that study regeneration and city centre proposals will have noticed that there … Continue reading →

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Crocus farm seeks volunteers for the Big Pot Up, Sep 19

Posted on September 10, 2015 by

Volunteers are needed to pot up 21,000 Crocus Sativus corms in the centre of Croydon next week to ensure an autumn harvest of their precious saffron crop – which is worth its weight in gold, and then some. Last month, … Continue reading →

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Taberner House saffron farm within £1,000 of fulfilling dream

Posted on August 20, 2015 by

A vision of recreating Croydon as Crocus Valley needs another £1,000 in crowd-funding before the weekend to become a reality. One restaurant has already placed an order for the scheme’s entire first crop of saffron, Ally McKinlay’s idea of turning … Continue reading →

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Back to the future to find lessons from Croydon’s past

Posted on January 9, 2015 by

Architecture author JOHN GRINDROD re-views an old television documentary and sees some interesting warnings for the town’s regeneration Back in 1993, it’s fair to say that I had never given much thought to the architecture of my home town, Croydon. … Continue reading →

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Deal to bring university to Croydon looks to have fallen flat

Posted on December 23, 2014 by

The council’s attempts to turn Croydon into a “university town” by renting out some or all of their office space in Fisher’s Folly appear to have failed, judging by Labour leader Tony Newman’s remarks to a Town Hall meeting. Negotiations … Continue reading →

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