Food festival shows off the best of Croydon

Develop Croydon Forum chairman Richard Plant has called for the Croydon Food Festival to become a permanent feature on the borough’s calendar after the huge success of this year’s event on Sunday, June 27. The popular foodies’ feast was largely made possible this year when Menta Redrow and the Croydon Partnership stepped in to provide support […]

Get the best View of Croydon’s transformation

The changing face of Croydon is being showcased at a new temporary marketing suite and events space created in the heart of the town. Appropriately named The View, due to its panoramic views of the town, the venue provides an ideal location to highlight the regeneration taking place as well as the opportunities for growth. […]

Getting Croydon people working on Croydon projects

An event designed to provide work for local companies and individuals on work to upgrade Croydon’s 14,000 council homes got a big response this week. Croydon Council’s new five-year £12m general building works contract includes a requirement to employ at least 84 sub-contractors based in the borough – either as individuals or as a firm’s […]

Plans submitted for Central Parade community centre

Proposals that will see major improvements to community facilities in New Addington have moved a step closer with the formal submission of a planning application for a £17m community and leisure centre. The western side of Central Parade will undergo radical transformation as a new multi-level centre will provide local people and visitors with community […]

HMRC in advanced talks to take Ruskin Square offices

The UK tax authority is in advanced talks to take all of the 180,000 sq ft of offices at Ruskin Square. CoStar is reporting that the HMRC is also set to take an option on the second consented major office building at the site, which extends to 250,000 sq ft. The reports are an enormous […]

Brexit poll causing no house price uncertainty in Croydon

Croydon house prices have continued to rise despite the uncertainty created by a possible Brexit. The polls opened on Thursday morning on the back of news that Croydon had bucked the London trend with a 1.9 per cent increase for the month from May, the sixth highest of the 32 London boroughs. That is in […]

Croydon puts people at the heart of its regeneration

Croydon will avoid the mistakes of the past to put people, culture and the creative industries at the heart of its regeneration. Council leader Tony Newman told the London Real Estate Forum about the commitment to transforming the image of the borough during a panel debate also featuring leading investors from Ruskin Square and the […]

Council rejects ‘world famous’ One Lansdowne plans

A revised planning application for a twin skyscraper in the centre of Croydon has been rejected by the local authority. Guildhouse Rosepride, under the banner of One Lansdowne Road Limited, had lodged an application for two towers – one of 69 storeys and another of 39 storeys – promising to deliver a world-famous building. Designed […]

Croydon key to solving London’s housing crisis

Outer London boroughs such as Croydon are key to solving London’s housing crisis according to the borough’s acting chief executive Jo Negrini. She stressed the importance of creating a whole place and not just a dormitory suburb at a panel discussion on the town held at the London Real Estate Forum at Berkeley Square. But […]

Council reinforces homes and jobs targets

Affordable housing commitments and tens of thousands of new jobs are highlighted in a five-year action plan designed to make Croydon a more prosperous, vibrant, happy and healthy borough. Croydon’s Community Strategy 2016-21 – which goes before cabinet tonight – sets out the council’s vision and priorities for boosting the prospects of the borough’s residents, […]