CONTENTS

How to use this Document

  • The Strategic Policies
  • The Detailed Policies
  • The Place-specific policies (including the detailed proposals)

Table of Policies

Map of the 16 Places of Croydon

A quick guide to which policies apply to which types of development

1. Introduction

2. Setting the scene

  • Historical context
  • Croydon in 2011
  • Croydon in the wider sub-region

3. We are Croydon

  • Past Visions
  • Imagine Croydon
  • We are Croydon
  • The Croydon Local Plan's Spatial Vision
  • Strategic Objectives
  • The Places of Croydon - strategic policy
  • Key Diagram

A Place of Opportunity

4. Homes

  • Strategic policy
  • Housing choice for sustainable communities
  • Residential care and nursing homes
  • Vacant building credit

5. Employment

  • Strategic policy
  • Development in Croydon Metropolitan Centre, District and Local Centres
  • Development in Neighbourhood Centres
  • Development in Shopping Parades
  • Development in Restaurant Quarter Parades
  • Development in edge of centre and out of centre locations
  • Expansion of industrial and warehousing premises in Strategic, Separated and Integrated Industrial Locations

A Place to Belong

6. Urban Design and Local Character

  • Strategic policy
  • Design and character
  • Shop front design and security
  • Advertisement hoardings
  • Refuse and recycling
  • Public art
  • Tall and large buildings
  • Promoting Healthy Communities
  • Views and Landmarks
  • Heritage assets and conservation

7. Community Facilities

  • Strategic policy
  • Providing and protecting community facilities
  • Supporting Selhurst Park as the home stadium of Crystal Palace Football Club
  • Protecting Public Houses
  • Providing for cemeteries and burial grounds

A Place with a Sustainable Future

8. Environment and Climate Change

  • Strategic policy
  • Development and construction
  • Land contamination
  • Sustainable Drainage Systems and Reducing Flood Risk

9. Green Grid

  • Strategic policy
  • Metropolitan Green Belt and Metropolitan Open Land
  • Protecting and enhancing our Biodiversity
  • Trees

10. Transport and Communication

  • Strategic policy
  • Promoting sustainable travel and reducing congestion
  • Car and cycle parking in new development
  • Restricting temporary car parks
  • Facilitating rail and tram improvements
  • Telecommunications

The Places of Croydon

11. The Places of Croydon

  • Addington
  • Addiscombe
  • Broad Green and Selhurst
  • Coulsdon
  • Croydon Opportunity Area
  • Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood
  • Kenley and Old Coulsdon
  • Norbury
  • Purley
  • Sanderstead
  • Selsdon
  • Shirley
  • South Croydon
  • South Norwood and Woodside
  • Thornton Heath 313
  • Waddon

12. Delivering and Monitoring the Croydon Local Plan 2018

  • How we are going to deliver the Croydon Local Plan 2018
  • How we will know if the Croydon Local Plan 2018 is being delivered
  • Former Saved Unitary Development Plan policies

Appendices

Appendix 1 - Glossary

Appendix 2 - Calculating the percentage of units within a Main or Secondary Retail Frontage

Appendix 3 - Designated Shopping Frontages

  • Croydon Metropolitan Centre
  • District Centres
  • Local Centres
  • Shopping Parades
  • Restaurant Quarter Parades

Appendix 4 - How to assess whether proposals demonstrably relate to a Neighbourhood Centre

Appendix 5 - Heritage assets in Croydon

Appendix 6 - About the proposal sites

Appendix 7 - Schedule of proposal sites

  • Sites numbered between 1 and 50
  • Sites numbered between 51 and 100
  • Sites numbered between 101 and 150
  • Sites numbered between 151 and 200
  • Sites numbered between 201 and 250
  • Sites numbered between 251 and 300
  • Sites numbered between 301 and 350
  • Sites numbered between 351 and 400
  • Sites numbered between 401 and 450
  • Sites numbered between 451 and 500
  • Sites numbered between 501 and 1000

Appendix 8 - Delivery matrix

Appendix 9 - Monitoring framework

Appendix 10 - Saved Unitary Development Plan policies