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Croydon Vision 2020 is a regeneration programme by the London Borough of Croydon for the centre of Croydon in South London. The original study was
carried out in 1999 by EDAW and is being taken forward through the Local Development Framework process. The programme seeks to affect the urban
planning of Croydon extensively and promote Croydon as hub of living, retailing, culture and business in South London and South East England. It was also
highlighted by Architect Will Alsop's 'Third City' work [1]. Private developers have responded to this initiative and currently £3.5bn has been committed to
consented and proposed development projects with more in the pipeline. The Council is now working with the Mayor of London on the Croydon Opportunity
Area. An Opportunity Area Planning Framework (OAPF) has been proposed for the town centre to coordinate this investment. Work is underway on six
masterplans underpin the preperation of this framework. These are: East Croydon, West Croydon, Mid Croydon, College Green, Wellesley Road, and Old
Town. More information can be found at the Council's 'Third City' website [1] (http://www.croydonthirdcity.co.uk) . The website also includes information on
the regenration of Wandle Park (one of central Croydon's three key greenspaces).

Contents
1 East Croydon Masterplan
1.1 Ruskin Square
1.2 Cherry Orchard Road
1.3 Central One
2 Old Town Masterplan
2.1 Projects
3 Mid Croydon Masterplan
3.1 Park Place
4 College Green Masterplan
4.1 Fairfield Hall
4.2 Altitude 25
5 Wellesley Road Masterplan
5.1 Saffron Square
5.2 Whitgift Centre
5.3 IYLO
6 Transport projects
6.1 East London Line Extension
6.2 Improved Overground Network (ON)
6.3 Tramlink Extension
7 Exhibitions
7.1 Croydon the Future
7.2 Vision 2020
7.3 Croydon Expo
7.4 Croydonization
8 External links
9 References

East Croydon Masterplan

Ruskin Square - Formerly the Croydon Gateway site. The site is in the ownership of Stanhope who are developing their scheme due to open in 2010. The
Council together with its development partner Arrowcroft had previously proposed an arena-based scheme. The site, alongside East Croydon station,
would have included a 12,500 maximum capacity arena, offices, apartments, supermarket, health club, bars and restaurants. For this to occur the Council
and Arrowcroft required planning consent together with a Compulsory Purchase Order to be granted.
Cherry Orchard Road - Developer Menta and architect Ken Shuttleworth's Make Practice are proposing a 93,000 m² mixed-use project designed as a
series of crystalline towers. The development could also improve access to East Croydon station. Planning has not yet been secured for this site. The
development would require office and residential values to increase substantially to make this project viable, but land has been assembled and the
developer is going ahead with enabling developments for the Royal Mail and the meat packing company
East Croydon Station
Central One

Ruskin Square

Main article: Croydon Gateway

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A 12.36-acre (50,000 m2) site adjacent to East Croydon railway station, the Stanhope Schroders Ruskin Square
(http://www.RuskinSquare.com) development is based around a park, new Warehouse Theatre, together with homes
and offices. The scheme has been designed by Foster and Partners. Croydon Council previously supported proposals
prepared by its development partner, Arrowcroft, to develop a mixed use scheme anchored by a 12,500 seat arena.
Arrowcroft's proposals for the Croydon Gateway site also included:

Retail elements including a mix of shops, restaurants, cafés and bars including a new foodstore of 7,650 m²
Over 500,000 sq ft (46,000 m2) of 'Grade A' offices to bring new businesses to Croydon and meet the
expansion needs of companies already based in the area
Over 800 new homes - for both affordable rent and private sale - including a 35-storey residential tower
A health and fitness centre and community health centre
A pedestrian plaza The proposed south side of Croydon
Gateway
The full decision rejecting the Planning Application and the Compulsory Purchase Order was issued on the 31 July
2008 and the 6 August 2008. The full documentation can be found at the public inquiry website (http://www.persona.uk.com/croydongateway/index.htm)

Cherry Orchard Road

Further information: Cherry Orchard Road

Menta, the private development company, together with Make Architects and planning adviser GL Hearn, is working up major regeneration proposals for
Cherry Orchard Road (http://www.worldarchitecturenews.com/index.php?fuseaction=wanappln.projectview&upload_id=947) in Croydon, which could also
incorporate improvement and extension of East Croydon station. cation was withdrawn shortly before the Planning Committee meeting of 16 July 2009, where
it was due to be considered. The Planning Officers recommended that the Councillors reject Menta's application.

The mixed-use scheme was to total approximately 93,000 sq m (1 million sq ft) of new accommodation. Of the total area, some 70% will be residential
accommodation, with the remaining 30% being of mixed commercial use, including offices and retail. Critical to all proposals around East Croydon Station are
improvements to the transport interchange. No project has yet to deliver the necessary funds for significant enhancements.

A number of glass-clad towers in a crescent shape were to adjoin other existing buildings in the area including the NLA Tower and the Addiscombe community
to the north east.

The proposals included the relocation of the Royal Mail sorting office to new premises on a nearby site on Cherry Orchard Road, maintaining the mixture of
commercial and residential property that typifies the surrounding area.

Originally to be finished by 2018, a series of complications pointed out by Menta, the client, about the architecture of the buildings designed by Make and
engineered by Knight Frank and GL Hearn have led to it being postponed until 2019 with construction ending in 2023.

Central One

Central One will be a new high-rise business park. Office floor spaces of approximately 25,000 sq ft (2,300
m2), totalling 500,000 sq ft (46,000 m2), will be provided over 40 storeys. The building will have internal atria Central One
every 6th floor and extensive public areas, with amenities such as cafès, restaurants, shops, and a fitness Town Croydon, London
centre.
Country England

Old Town Masterplan

The Exchange and Bridge House - Howard Holdings a former Croydon-based international developer had three residential developments compromising
of 36,896 m² providing 337 apartments in the town centre. These projects are: The Exchange, Bridge House and Altitude 25, the three developments
include car parking, shopping and leisure facilities. Howard Holdings also had a development agreement Whitgift Centre, which was due to be
redeveloped. Clowater, a new business led by former Howard managing director Jason Clerkin and development director Paul Hannon[2]
(http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/finance/2009/1114/1224258815520.html) , are completing Bridge House and Exchange Square.
Surrey Street
The Pumping Station

Projects

The Cultural Quarter (http://www.centralcroydonliving.com/bridgehouse.html)

The Exchange (http://www.theexchangecroydon.com/)
Bridge House (http://www.theexchangecroydon.com/)

Mid Croydon Masterplan

Park Place - Minerva and Lend Lease's proposed scheme covering more than 1,000,000 sq ft (93,000 m2) includes a shopping mall, bus station and office
development with a new public square, similar in size to Covent Garden's piazza, in the centre of Croydon. It has full planning permission and has
completed a CPO process to assemble the land. The development start date is unknown as no anchor department store has been confirmed.
Civic Complex

Park Place

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Main article: Park Place (Croydon)

The proposed one million square foot redevelopment of Park Place (http://www.minervaplc.co.uk/developments
/?id=409) was to create over 130 shops, cafès and restaurants, anchored by a new department store. Queen's
Gardens was to be completely remodelled, and a new bus interchange and tram stop was to be built. The
improvements included other environmental, economic and social projects. The plan was intended to minimise the
impact of the development activity in the town, and its aim was to address areas such as carbon emissions, recycling
of waste material and the selection of building materials. This scheme collapsed in 2008. A new planning application
for a development of shops and homes was expected to come to Croydon Council in early 2009.

College Green Masterplan

100 George Street - A new 25,824 m² office and retail development directly opposite East Croydon station. Computer-generated image of Park
Fairfield Hall Place and Queens Gardens
Croydon College
College Green
Altitude 25

Fairfield Hall

The scheme is centred upon the refurbishment and part redevelopment of the Fairfield Halls concert and
theatre venue, to create an arts and cultural quarter. A low-level piazza will link the theatre with the nearby Fairfield and College Green
Queen's Gardens. A remodelled open space will provide a new pedestrian boulevard to connect Queen’s Town Croydon, London
Gardens, Croydon College and East Croydon Station. Apartments will front the new boulevard and also enjoy
views south across private gardens. The scheme will retain parking for both public and private use at lower Country England
levels. There will be a range of retail restaurants, cafès etc. around the piazza, linking with a new entrance and Started 2007
foyer to the Fairfield Halls. The current programme anticipates a planning application towards the end of
2006 and a start on site in 2007.

Altitude 25

Altitude 25 borders College Green, another Howard Holding development.

Wellesley Road Masterplan

Wellesley Road is an urban dual carriageway dominated by the 1960s underpass and subways; cutting the heart of
the town in two with a north-south physical barrier that is difficult to negotiate. The scale of the archiecture is
dramatic, but pedestrians and public transport are pushed to the edges. The splitting of the town centre causes
difficulties in the way central Croydon functions, with a lack of connections between major rail and bus stations,
retail areas, office and cultural facilities and poor public access.

Croydon Council are examining the options for improving Croydon's environment, image and functioning including
improvements for pedestrians and better access to public transport. Street-level crossings, trees, seating, lighting and
kiosks, and a central pedestrian walkway are being considered. In the proposals it is likely that Wellesley Road will
remain a main route for trams, buses and cars, possibly incorporating extensions to the Tramlink network. The
difference will be that these modes of transport will no longer dominate the space to the detriment of the pedestrian
experience and the image of Croydon. There is also an opportunity to simplify and improve the movement of these Computer Generated image of Wellesley
vehicles. Opportunities exist for improving the ground floors and frontages of the buildings along Wellesley Road, Road after improvements are made
connecting more effectively with their immediate surroundings creating more activity, such as shops and cafés with
spill-out spaces. The Masterplanning team of Okra Landscape Architects with Peter Brett Associates, Soundings and Urhahn Urban Design was selected by the
Council following an international design competition. [3] (http://www.croydonthirdcity.co.uk) .

The masterplan also includes surrounding development sites:

Saffron Square (formerly known as Wellesley Square) - Berkeley Homes proposes a mixed-use development consisting of a 45 storey tower, 800 new
homes, 3000 m² of retail and public realm including a new town square. Planning permission was given in 2008 for the tower, although construction has
yet to commence in 2010.
IYLO - Joint developers Phoenix Logistics and E3 Property's new residential 20 storey tower with ancillary public gardens is planned to become a focal
point at the city's northern gateway. This development has full planning. Site clearance has been undertaken.
Whitgift Centre

Saffron Square

Further information: Saffron Square

This strategic site on Wellesley Road has lain fallow for over 10 years and Berkeley Homes plans to use it to deliver a mixed-use development. Proposals for
this northern gateway site include:

A new public town square

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A prominent 44-storey tower

3,000 m² of retail floorspace including shops, restaurants and cafés surrounding the public square
739 new homes, 10% of which will be for shared ownership housing
Ideas to minimise the scheme's impact on the environment. A significant proportion of the site's energy requirements will be met by on-site renewable
energy sources.
Creation of improved permeability and safeguarding of future pedestrian links between East and West Croydon stations.

This development has planning permission. Construction is due to start in 2008 with a completion date of 2012.

Whitgift Centre

Main article: Whitgift Centre

Howard Holdings had a devlopment agreement with the Whitgift Centre (http://www.whitgiftshopping.co.uk/) in the middle of town for £221m. The 93,000 m²
shopping and office centre currently draws in 24.2 million shoppers annually. It is rated as the UK's 9th busiest shopping centre and is one of the biggest
shopping centres in Europe.

Plans to develop and expand the centre are currently being formalised and a planning application submitted. Construction of the extension is due to start in 2009
and be finished in 2014, as promised by Geddes Architects who are building the centre for Howard Holdings plc. Following Howard Holdings going into
administration [4] (http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/finance/2009/1114/1224258815520.html) the timescales for redevelopment are now being
reconsidered.

IYLO

Further information: IYLO

IYLO (http://www.iylo.co.uk/) 's architects, Darling Associates, propose a glass-clad elliptical tower of two equal halves that appear to be sliding past each
other. The 20-storey building will provide 183 private apartments.

The project is located on an island site at a main entrance to Croydon town centre that is seen by the Borough Council as a vital part of Croydon's housing
regeneration. The scheme will include a central public garden. Every apartment will have access to a recessed balcony.

Rain water will be collected off the buildings and used to provide irrigation for the garden. Renewable sources of energy will be included, and there will be
recycling facilities next to the lay-by. Over half of the site will be landscaped. The architect is Darling Associates who were hired by Phoenix Logistics and E3
Property as well as the engineers Walsh Group and Scott Wilson. Construction started in 2007 with a completion predicted in summer 2012[2].

Transport projects
East London Line Extension

In May 2010 the East London Line extension to West Croydon was opened. This project connects
Croydon to the new London Overground rail system and improves Croydon's public transport connections
to central and inner east London. It also provides the main impetus for building a modern public transport
interchange at West Croydon station linking tram, bus and rail. The East London Line extension will be a
major contribution to London's transport infrastructure in time for the Olympic and Paralympic Games to
be held in the capital in 2012.

Improved Overground Network (ON)

This was a pilot scheme run by the SRA, TFL and three train operators between 2003 and 2006 to
encourage more passengers to travel by train. In partnership with the South London Boroughs, including
Croydon, SWELTRAC, SELTRANS and the transport users group, the scheme promoted the advantages
of off-peak travel following improvements to safety, travel connections and upgrading of station facilities.

Tramlink Extension

Croydon's light rail system, Tramlink, now carries around 22 million passengers a year. An extension to Crystal Palace is currently being developed by Transport
for London with the support of the council and South London Partnership. This would improve public transport access to Upper Norwood and Crystal Palace
Park and help to stimulate regeneration across the wider area. The extension could be in service by 2013. Other possible extensions include Reigate, Redhill,
Gatwick Airport, Sutton, M25 motorway Park and Ride, Coulsdon, Purley, Kingston Upon Thames, Tolworth, Tooting, Brixton (interchange with proposed
Cross River Tram), Bromley and Lewisham (interchange with Docklands Light Railway).

Exhibitions
Croydon the Future

Vision 2020

Croydon Expo

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Main article: Croydon Expo

The Croydon Exp07 was a series of exhibitions highlighting the re-development of the London Borough of Croydon as a whole, including leisure, offices,
shopping, transport and homes[3]. It also included a town centre model which can still be seen in Croydon Central Library in the Croydon Clocktower building.

Croydonization

External links
Croydon Business: Croydon 2020 (http://www.croydonbusiness.com/croydon2020.html)
Croydon Third City (http://www.croydonthirdcity.co.uk)

References
1. ^ Croydon Conservatives - Full text of the selected story (http://www.croydonconservatives.com/news_search_results_detail.asp?StoryNo=944)
2. ^ http://www.iylo.co.uk/explore.html#home
3. ^ Experience the future of Croydon (http://www.croydonexpo.com/)
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