As local councillors we are very interested to hear of the new plans proposed for this site.
Residents will be familiar with the hoarded development site on the corner of Limpsfield Road and Tithe Pit Shaw Lane, owned by Lidl. The site has been largely abandoned for some years following the unsuccessful plans to build a Lidl supermarket on the site and has been left to deteriorate, attracting graffiti and fly-tipping.
It appears that following numerous design consultations and pre-application meetings with Croydon’s planning department, Lidl are currently preparing to undertake a public consultation with local residents on some revised proposals.
Leaflets will be delivered to local residents which will provide details of their latest proposed scheme and give residents the opportunity to provide their feedback either at an in-person event to be held in Hamsey Green or online.
In the meantime, the hoarding is to be fully repaired and redecorated and it will be extended to cover the two houses at the end of the site in Tithe Pit Shaw Lane, to prevent any further fly tipping in the driveways. Additionally, they are organising a full clear up of the site and will be pruning the overgrown hedges and weeds.
It is not uncommon for developers to arrange a ‘soft’ consultation of this nature to gauge public opinion and to feed comments into the nature and design of a scheme, before making a formal planning application. Naturally, once a formal application is submitted, this would be subject to the full public consultation process.
We await news of Lidl’s plans….
