In the “place” of Purley over the last 18 months, planning permission is under active consideration or has been granted for about 60 individual homes to be replaced by blocks of 7-20 flats adding up to about 400 new homes; in addition Mosaic Place, 922 Purley Way, Whytecliffe Road South, Foxley Lane & Russell Hill / Road between them add another 700. This totals about 1100 homes which is over 50% of the annual requirement for new homes for the WHOLE OF CROYDON. In planning committee, we often hear the mantra “Croydon needs new homes”, but Purley demonstrably does NOT need any more new homes. It’s outrageous that such excessive and piecemeal development is being encouraged in just two wards in the whole borough. What about the other 26 wards?
We're also very concerned about the impact that such intensive development of Purley is causing on the local health & education services, given the total absence of infrastructure investment which all seems to go elsewhere in the borough. The delays for appointments in local surgeries get ever longer, and the Council has recently announced that despite a 4000 signature petition, the Purley Leisure Centre will not re-open this year, if ever.
