New homes approved to fund council arts venue restoration
A planning application for hundreds of homes has been approved that will pay back the multi-million-pound restoration spent on the Fairfield Halls.
April 2020
March 2020
119 extra council homes set for approval
New key worker housing and council homes are set to be provided by Croydon Council under proposals due before cabinet this month.
Consultation deadline nears on landlord licensing renewal
Croydon people have one week left to have their say on council plans to renew its scheme that requires privately-let properties to be licensed.
February 2020
Call for locals interested in community-led homes
An old garage site in Shrublands could become affordable homes built by local people for local people – and the council wants to hear from neighbours keen on getting involved.
January 2020
Croydon Council prosecutes landlords over unlicensed fatal fire home
A judge has ordered two private landlords to pay a total of £14,858 for illegally renting out an unlicensed house without working smoke alarms to tenants whose teenage son died after it caught fire.
Croydon introduces tougher planning rules on house conversions
Croydon Council has confirmed new rules to ensure that planning permission must be applied for before a family home can be converted into shared housing.
Feedback deadline extended on Local Plan review
Croydon residents have just under two weeks left to have their say on how the borough’s growth to 2039 should be managed after the council extended the comments deadline for its updated Local Plan.
December 2019
Public consultation begins on landlord licensing renewal
Croydon residents can give their views from today (Tuesday) on council plans to renew its scheme that requires privately-let properties to be licensed.
New Croydon council homes unveiled
The first council homes built for Croydon residents by local developer Brick By Brick have been completed and unveiled today (Monday).
Still time to have your say on Local Plan review
Croydon residents still have time to have their say on how the borough’s growth up to 2039 should be managed, as the first stage of the Local Plan review consultation continues.