Tag Archives: Whitgift Centre

Now council’s housing developer snubs its Place Review Panel

Posted on June 28, 2017 by

BARRATT HOLMES, our housing correspondent, on how the borough’s Council Tax-payers are providing another nice little earner for the Town Hall  CEO’s chums In the eight months since council chief executive Jo Negrini unveiled Croydon’s Place Review Panel, it has … Continue reading →

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Man In The Eye: Gavin Barwell (Part 94) (Part 2)

Posted on June 28, 2017 by

From today’s edition of Private Eye magazine (available at all good newsagents. And some not so good ones, too).

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Visit the Whitgift Centre and take a journey to Sierra Leone

Posted on June 21, 2017 by

An award-winning exhibition is now welcoming visitors in the Whitgift Centre. “Journey of Hope” is being staged until July 23 by World Vision, the international children’s charity, offering a free interactive experience to learn about some of the most vulnerable children … Continue reading →

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£1.4bn Westfield keeps planning committee waiting, yet again

Posted on May 24, 2017 by

There is, of course, one much-anticipated development application missing from tonight’s meeting of the Croydon Council planning committee: the £1.4billion Westfield project to re-mould the centre of town into a shiny new supermall. This is at least the second time … Continue reading →

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£1.4bn Westfield planning meeting to be held on May 24

Posted on May 11, 2017 by

BARRATT HOLMES, our housing correspondent, names the date. At last The much-delayed application for permission to build a £1.4billion supermall where the Whitgift Centre and Centrale now stand will go before the council’s planning committee at the Town Hall in … Continue reading →

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£1.4bn Westfield: Wait goes on as planning meeting scrapped

Posted on April 20, 2017 by

BARRATT HOLMES reports on the latest delay in long-promised town centre redevelopment More frustrations have been raised about when, if ever, work will begin on the £1.4billion Westfield supermall in Croydon after the council cancelled a planning committee meeting scheduled … Continue reading →

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Reports suggest Westfield wants 1,200 flats in town centre

Posted on April 5, 2017 by

BARRATT HOLMES, our housing correspondent, on the glacially slow progress being made over the Hammersfield project, which is beginning to appear ‘like a residential development with a shopping centre tacked on’ Revised plans for the £1.4billion redevelopment of a large … Continue reading →

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