Nearly a hundred new homes are going to be built around the borough, as part of a new housing scheme.

Brick by Brick, the council’s house building company, has been granted planning permission for its first batch of developments. The company aims to provide 1,000 new homes – half of them classed as ‘affordable’ – at smaller sites across the borough by 2019.

Croydon Council has granted planning consent to eight new sites, which include:

• Two houses and five apartments on King Henry’s Drive, New Addington
• Two houses and four flats on Uvedale Crescent, New Addington
• Seven houses on Chertsey Crescent, New Addington
• Eight flats and a house on Oxford Road, Upper Norwood
• Nine homes at Malton House, South Norwood
• 11 apartments on Northbrook Road, Thornton Heath
• 11 apartments and eight houses on Regina Road, South Norwood
• 34 new homes which will be a mix of flats and houses on Kingsdown Avenue and Montpelier Road, Purley

The council’s deputy leader and cabinet member for homes, regeneration and planning, Alison Butler, said: “It is fantastic Brick by Brick’s first batch of homes have been granted planning consent. Croydon is in desperate need of good quality, affordable housing and this innovative approach will enable many of our residents who are homeless or stuck in temporary accommodation, the chance to move into affordable homes of their own.”

Brick by Brick’s managing director and chief executive, Colm Lacey said: “We are delighted to have received planning permission for the first group of developments. This is a key milestone for the company and we look forward to successfully delivering these schemes for Croydon residents.”

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