What's happening in Croydon

Open House London showcases great design in every London borough. Click here to find out what you can see in Croydon this year.

Below, you can find out all about the local context of this borough's architecture, areas undergoing change and projects under construction.

Croydon has recently undertaken ambitious and researched regeneration policies that articulate a potential to be a model for suburban and city living. The long-term ambitions for the borough are to take place over the next twenty years and are set out in its Sustainable Community Strategy, supported by the Local Development Framework and Imagine Croydon.

With the emphasis on civic renewal and sustainable growth Croydon sees potential for over 20,000 new homes across the borough with many in the town centre. The town centre has been recognised in the London Plan as an Opportunity Area. Croydon itself has more than 131 hectares of large sites, which are available to be utilised. Improvements will be made to Purley Cross as part of the general regeneration.

Croydon has a focus on a few specific areas. Improvements will be made for Central Parade and New Addington which will be planned in consultation with the residents of the area. Further regeneration will take place in the district centres of Addiscombe, Norbury, Selhurst, and Thornton Heath.

However the main focus and investment is indeed on Croydon Metropolitan Town Centre. It is hoped the centre will see 10,000 new homes and that 7,500 new jobs will be generated. The new change will be delivered by a series of masterplans, of which the council is currently working on in conjunction with others. The masterplans take into consideration and reflect the ambitions of all major landowners, developers and public sector stakeholders. The first of the five is the Wellesley Road Masterplan. This initiative aims to transform the existing ‘urban motorway’ into an innovative urban space.

College Green masterplan is set to be an area of learning and culture. Education, leisure, entertainment, residential and retail facilities will be developed making it a state of the art public realm. Improvements to East Croydon and West Croydon are also to be made. Each respective masterplan in its own way will create better links with both the town centre and surrounding suburbs as transport and train stations are improved.

Lastly the mid-Croydon masterplan aims to create a high quality environment with an emphasis on the pedestrian experience. It will be a range of public spaces that will maintain sustainability and aspire to be a low carbon development. The council is commissioning a multidisciplinary consultant team to develop the project and a competition is planned for autumn this year.

 

 

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Croydon architecture showcased in Open House London 2011

 

2010 Highlights

A visitor said: “I would never have thought Croydon had anything so old/preserved there”

St Bernards Housing said: “We enjoyed the event not only for the appreciative visitors but for the way it brought neighbours together“

A Croydon resident said: “I have been in Croydon for several years now, and I am still overwhelmed when I get to experience something of character and culture. It
was great to see Central Hall, Davidson Lodge knowing that it was not left to the ravages of time but was still useful for the community”

 

 

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