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Tag Archives: The Sandrock
Three ex-pubs are put up for sale as developers get cold feet
Community group has six weeks to find at least £1m to buy a once-successful East Croydon boozer, as owners abandon plans to build flats Three former pubs have been put up for sale, as firms of developers appear set to … Continue reading
Posted in Addiscombe West, Business, Community associations, Housing, Maria Gatland, Planning, Property, Pubs, Shirley North, South Croydon
Tagged Addiscombe, Cherry Orchard Road, Croham, Croydon Council, Save The Glamorgan Campaign, Shirley, South Croydon, The Glamorgan, The Sandrock, The View
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Listed Sandrock pub under threat again from ‘hideous’ scheme
A “hideous” development proposal for the site of a locally listed Victorian pub in Shirley which has already been rejected twice is being brought forward to the council’s planning committee again this week, with the planning department recommending that the … Continue reading
Posted in Housing, Planning, Pubs, Shirley North
Tagged Jason Cummings, Shirley, The Sandrock
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Sandrock owners reveal monster plans to tower over Shirley
Twice in the past two years, residents in Shirley have seen off attempts by rapacious developers to erect an ugly monster among the modest dwellings that surround the Sandrock, a locally listed Victorian pub. On one previous application, even the … Continue reading
Residents claim rare planning victory over Sandrock pub
Residents living near the historic Sandrock pub in Upper Shirley Road are celebrating after council planning officials rejected a scheme by developers to build a remarkably ugly four-storey block of flats in the car park of the listed building. Locals … Continue reading
Plan for 19 flats in Shirley pub car park returns ‘like a vampire’
The developer who wanted to build flats in the car park of what was a previously popular pub in Shirley is back, with very familiar plans. According to one of the residents involved in last year’s successful campaign to save … Continue reading
Posted in Parking, Planning, Property, Pubs, Restaurants, Shirley North
Tagged Shirley, The Sandrock
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Developers’ own advisors say Sandrock scheme is not viable
Developers who want to build 19 flats in two ugly blocks in what was the car park of a once thriving pub in Shirley have no intention of ever re-opening the Sandrock as a going concern. That’s the conclusion reached … Continue reading
Posted in Planning, Property, Pubs, Shirley North
Tagged Addington Hills, Shirley, The Sandrock
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Shirley residents horrified by ‘ugly dystopia’ of Sandrock flats
Another of Croydon’s long-established and much-loved community pubs is under threat of “redevelopment”, as builders seek new ways to get around the council’s Local Plan. Residents in Shirley were shocked by the closure of the 150-year-old Sandrock on Upper Shirley … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Housing, Planning, Property, Pubs, Shirley North
Tagged Croydon Council, Shirley, The Sandrock
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