Planning officers have recommended proposals for a 34-storey tower block in the middle of Croydon are turned down.

Croydon Council’s planning committee is set to vote on Thursday (January 25) on the application which would see 296 homes built at 2-6 Sydenham Road.

Case officer Allison De Marco, however, has recommended that the plans be refused.

In the report submitted ahead of the meeting, it states the design of the building as the main reason why refusal has been recommended.

“The proposed development, by reason of its design including siting, scale, massing, relationship to adjoining development (including outlook), unit size, aspect, environmental performance, lack of private amenity space and deficient consideration of health and wellbeing, represents a form of harmful development of insufficient design and residential quality which would result in a detrimental impact on the amenity and health of future occupants and adjacent occupiers,” it said.

Despite having a proposed 296 homes to its name, there would be only 10 car parking spaces built if approved. Instead, 434 cycle parking spaces would be built to accommodate those moving in. A lack of an “inclusive environment” and a lack of Blue Badge parking was another reason Ms De Marco recommended refusal.

In June 2017, a planning application to build a 36-storey building on the same site was rejected.