New house building in Croydon
Strategy says on Croydon new house building
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New house building targeted for 2011 to 2031:
% Croydon city core & surrounding areas Croydon Metropolitan Centre 8,000 Broad Green & Selhurst 2,400 Waddon 2,000 Addiscombe 1,000 South Croydon 1,000 14,400 67% Croydon north South Norwood & Woodside 1,300 Thornton Heath 900 Upper Norwood 800 Norbury 600 3,600 17% Croydon south Purley 1,400 Coulsdon 1,200 2,600 12% Croydon east Kenley & Old Coulsdon 300 Selsdon 200 Addington 200 Shirley 100 Sanderstead 100 900 4% Total new house building 21,500 100% |
Menta's 54 storey residential skyscraper
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Partnerships say on Croydon new house building
There is a real pent-up demand from existing residents for new houses. However, we are concerned that the new house building appears to be driven more by Croydon’s availability of development plots than by a realistic assessment of Croydon’s job creation potential and its ability to fund the necessary educational, medical, police and transport support.
We would plead for a new house building strategy that is led by economic and social regeneration. In particular, job creation and investment in transport and social infrastructure should be the key factors setting the level of new house building. If progress can be made on these necessary factors, then the new house building can follow – not the other way around.
The Partnerships also have reservations about the form that the new house building is taking in central Croydon - the "metropolitan centre". The great bulk of the new house building is in the form of gigantic tower blocks - as exemplified by Saffron Square's 45 storey block - which is already under construction - and Menta's proposed 54 storey block. This incredibly dense level of high rise development poses significant issues on infrastructure, parking and amenity (for the existing neighbouring residents in low level homes).
We would plead for a new house building strategy that is led by economic and social regeneration. In particular, job creation and investment in transport and social infrastructure should be the key factors setting the level of new house building. If progress can be made on these necessary factors, then the new house building can follow – not the other way around.
The Partnerships also have reservations about the form that the new house building is taking in central Croydon - the "metropolitan centre". The great bulk of the new house building is in the form of gigantic tower blocks - as exemplified by Saffron Square's 45 storey block - which is already under construction - and Menta's proposed 54 storey block. This incredibly dense level of high rise development poses significant issues on infrastructure, parking and amenity (for the existing neighbouring residents in low level homes).
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