Last week Croydon Council gave the green light to selling off 60 sites in the borough to Brick by Brick.
The development company is wholly owned by Croydon Council and in the past has faced criticism for building on garage sites and car parks.
But now the council has agreed to sell off more space for development by the company.
The new land will make space for 500 new homes which would be offered at affordable rent or for private sale.
Many of the new sites are for less than 10 homes and include, garages, carparks and infill site on land next to council tower blocks.
It is not a done deal yet and Brick by Brick is set to carry out public consultation on the sites before it applies for planning permission for each of them.
All developments will be subject to Brick by Brick carrying out public consultation and schemes gaining planning permission.
But at a cabinet meeting last week (Monday, June 10) Councillor Helen Pollard was concerned that the consultation was just “going through the motions” as the land has now been transferred from the council to the developer.
Councillor Simon Hall, cabinet member for finance and resources, made assurances that there would be a full consultation process with the council securing the best price for the sites.
He said: “As with previous sites sold to Brick by Brick, the council will get the best possible price based on valuation factors such as the planning consent and the target of making sure that affordable homes make up half of those built.”
Speaking after the meeting, he said: “As well as delivering much-needed full-price and affordable homes for Croydon people, the way we set up Brick by Brick means any profits are reinvested in council services and to build more homes.”
The first Brick by Brick developments are now on sale. Two in Upper Norwood and one in Thornton Heath.
Councillor Alison Butler, cabinet member for homes and Gateway services, said: “Brick by Brick is already delivering hundreds of new and affordable homes right across the borough, and this decision now means they can provide hundreds more.”
She assured said that all sites would be subject to consultation so this list could well change.
This is a full list of the 60 sites that Croydon Council has agreed to sell to Brick by Brick:
Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood
15 units – Land at the corner of Covington Way and Crescent Way
5 units – Garages in Crystal Terrace
2 units – Carberry Road car park
43 units at five different garage sites in College Road
Thornton Heath and Selhurst
15 units – Garages in Atlanta Court, Parchmore Road
18 units – Garages in Holmesdale Road Estate, Selhurst
7 units – Land at Factory Lane/Theobald Road
Woodside
18 units- Land adjacent to Land adjacent to Brickfields
Meadow
7 units – Garages in Grasmere Road
Kenley
20 units – Land in Wontford Road and Roffey Close
4 units – Garages in Somerton Close
Selsdon and Addington Village
7 units – Land in Hawthorn Crescent
18 units – Land in Foxearth Road
7 units – Land adjacent to 124 Croham Valley Road
10 units – Land in Freelands Avenue
7 units – Land at the corner of Shepherd’s Way
4 units – Garages and car park in Heather Way
15 units – Land at Farnborough Avenue
New Addington South
10 units – On two garage sites in Thorpe Close
8 units – On two garage sites at either end of Redstart Close
4 units – Garages in Comport Green
6 units – Garages in Milne Park East
7 units – Garages in Windham Avenue
8 units – On two separate garage sites in Calley Down Crescent
15 units – Infill development at Arnham Drive flats
4 units – Infill development at King Henry’s Drive / Gascoigne
Road Flats
6 units – Land at Fairchildes Avenue
10 units – Land at King Henry’s Drive / Fairchildes Avenue
19 units – Two separate sites in King Henry’s Drive #
New Addington North
9 units – Two separate garage sites in Castle Hill Avenue
7 units – Land near Tudor Academy in King Henry’s Drive
2 units – Garages in Frimley Crescent
7 units – Garages and land in Dunsfold Way
16 units – On three separate sites in (garages and land) in King Henry’s Drive
2 units – Garages in Alford Green
7 units – Garages in Merrow Way
South Croydon
7 units – Garages at at approximately 158 Selsdon Road
Waddon
20 units – Garages at 9 Bramley Hill
20 units – Garages at 18 Bramley Hill
44 units – Infill development at Duppas Hill Terrace
Shirley South
4 units – Garages in Bracken Avenue
4 units – Garages in Broom Gardens
4 units – Garages in Erica Gardens
4 units – Garages in Border Gardens
4 units – Garages in Bramble Close
9 units – Garages in Fir Tree Gardens
5 units – Land at Laurel Crescent
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