Tag Archives: The Sandrock

Halloween tales: discovering Croydon’s most haunted places

Posted on October 28, 2024 by insidecroydon

From ‘The Green Lady’ of Old Palace, to highwayman Dick Turpin’s connection to a (now closed) Thornton Heath pub, to the nun and pilot who haunt the streets around the old aerodrome, there’s plenty of ghost stories to send a … Continue reading →

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Three ex-pubs are put up for sale as developers get cold feet

Posted on June 23, 2021 by insidecroydon

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 →

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Listed Sandrock pub under threat again from ‘hideous’ scheme

Posted on February 22, 2021 by insidecroydon

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 →

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Sandrock owners reveal monster plans to tower over Shirley

Posted on June 22, 2020 by insidecroydon

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 →

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Residents claim rare planning victory over Sandrock pub

Posted on July 29, 2019 by insidecroydon

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 →

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Plan for 19 flats in Shirley pub car park returns ‘like a vampire’

Posted on April 23, 2019 by insidecroydon

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 →

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Developers’ own advisors say Sandrock scheme is not viable

Posted on August 23, 2018 by insidecroydon

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 →

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Shirley residents horrified by ‘ugly dystopia’ of Sandrock flats

Posted on July 15, 2018 by insidecroydon

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 →

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