THE OLD TOWN MASTERPLAN

SUPPLEMENTARY PLANNING DOCUMENT

ALLIES AND MORRISON URBAN PRACTITIONERS ARUP ADAMS AND SUTHERLAND COLLIERS GARDINER AND THEOBALD TEAM STAKEHOLDER PROJECT BOARD

ALLIES AND MORRISON COUNCIL HOUSE OF REEVES URBAN PRACTITIONERS Tim Naylor Trevor Reeves Helen Hayes Vincent Lacovara Graham Reeves Simon Gathercole Steve Dennington Louise Mansfield Ruth Coulson Q-PARK Alice Raggett Sarah Freeman Stephen Airey Philip Bentley Ken Dryden Monaza Salam Chloe Phelps ARUP Finn Williams ROSEPRIDE Stuart Jenkins Mark Waterstone Nina Quarshie BT Richard Medhurst TRANSPORT FOR LONDON COLLIERS Colin Mann David Geddes CHURCH HOUSE BUSINESS Jess Ellery Anthony Shapland CENTRE Joanna Kesson Richard Newton Holly Gillingham ADAMS AND SUTHERLAND Brendan Geraghty (Geraghty Liz Adams Taylor Architects) Martin Corney GARDINER AND THEOBALD CLOWATER Richard Stapleton (Stiles Harold Edward Wickens Jason Clerkin Williams)

ACKNOWLEDGE­MENTS CROYDON MINSTER Thanks to: The Revd Canon Colin J Luke Croydon Local Studies Library and Boswell Archives Service Matthews Yard CROYDON OLD TOWN Croydon Minster BUSINESS ASSOCIATION Kez Hassan Paul Collins

CROYDON PORTAS TOWN TEAM

DURKAN Daren Nathan

ENGLISH HERITAGE Stephen Senior

GLA Tobias Goevert Paul Harper Matthew Murphy Erin Byrne

i CONTENTS

1.0 FOREWORD 03 OT21 Roman Way 126 OT22 Bridge into Wandle Park 130 2.0 SETTING THE SCENE 05 OT23 St John’s Road, Road and 131 2.1 The Bigger Picture 06 Rectory Grove 2.2 Role of the Masterplan 08 OT24 Old Palace Road 132 2.3 The Vision 09 OT25 Church Road 133 2.4 Strategic Objectives 10 OT26 Howley Road Sports Pitch 134 2.5 Old Town Today 11 OT27 Wandle Road Car-Park, Bus Stand 135 2.6 Historic Context 18 and Flyover Undercroft 2.7 Public Realm Context 22 2.8 Movement Context 26 5.0 Next Steps 140 2.9 Property Market Context 31 5.1 Projects Underway 141 2.10 Policy Context 33 5.2 Delivery Strategy 142 2.11 Croydon Opportunity Area 34 Planning Framework Summary 2.12 Public Engagement 35

3.0 THE MASTERPLAN 40 3.1 The Old Town Masterplan 41 3.2 Public Realm Parameters 44 3.3 Development Parameters 52 3.4 Movement Parameters 64 3.5 A Series of Components 72 3.6 Phased delivery 74 3.7 Phasing: Now 75 3.8 Phasing: Soon 77 3.9 Phasing: Later 79

4.0 THE COMPONENTS 82 4.1 Introduction to the Components 83 OT1 Church Street and Crown Hill 85 OT2 Surrey Street Market 89 OT3 Frith Road, Keeley Road and 93 Priddy’s Yard OT4 Exchange Square 95 OT5 Surrey Street Pumping 97 Station OT6 Ryland House 99 OT7 Q-Park Car Park 100 OT8 Yards 101 OT9 Link through the Arcade 102 OT10 Reeves Corner 103 OT11 Ann’s Place car park (west) 107 OT12 Drummond Road 108 OT13 Number 1 Church Road 111 OT14 Reeves Corner Tree Group 113 OT15 Former Mission Chapel 114 OT16 Cairo New Road 115 OT17 Former School on Tamworth Road 118 OT18 Minster Green 119 OT19 Church Hall site 122 OT20 St John’s Memorial Garden 124

ii Figure 1: Old Town Masterplan Study Area (Photograph taken in 2011)

iii 1.0 FOREWORD

1 View looking along Church Street towards the Minster

2 1.1 FOREWORD

1.1.1 I am delighted to introduce have been understood. I would the Old Town Masterplan. It is like to take this opportunity planning guidance that will help to thank the local community ensure that future development of and the Old Town Masterplan the built environment of Old Town Stakeholder Project Board for their will be of a high quality. This in active involvement throughout turn will help enrich quality of life the process of the production and benefit the local community of the Old Town Masterplan and and economy for years to their valued contributions to the come. Prepared alongside the document. Conservation Area Appraisals Councillor Alison Butler and Management Plans for the 1.1.3 In addition to the guidance for Cabinet Member for Homes and three conservation areas in Old development, I am very supportive Regeneration Town, this document helps give of the proposals to improve Old Town’s heritage assets the the public realm and walking recognition and protection they and cycling provision. The deserve. attractiveness of our streets and public spaces is crucial to creating 1.1.2 The Old Town Masterplan is successful places. a different kind of masterplan to other masterplans produced by The Old Town masterplan also Croydon Council because the defines the role Old Town will area it covers has key differences play in the wider area of the from the other masterplan study Town Centre. As the population areas. Firstly, there is much less of Croydon Town Centre grows large-scale development potential the historic assets and public in Old Town than was identified open spaces of Old Town will in other masterplans, because of play an important amenity role for the significant number of heritage existing and future residents. In assets in the area. Instead, there addition, Old Town provides an are a significant number of infill important opportunity to widen development opportunities that, if the offer and appeal of the Town realised and designed to respect Centre to residents and visitors. the historic character of Old Town, It is important that Old Town will greatly assist in knitting the plays a complementary role to the urban fabric of the area back redeveloped retail core and wider together, improving its appearance regeneration of Croydon Town and, where appropriate, delivering Centre. new homes. Secondly, unlike the other masterplan areas, the Old 1.1.4 Work is already underway Town Masterplan area has a large on several of the public realm existing residential and business projects outlined in the masterplan community which has resulted in a which are due to be implemented lot more community engagement by 2015. I look forward to other during the preparation of the components of the masterplan Old Town Masterplan than was being delivered in the near conducted on previously produced future as more investors come masterplans. This has ensured to appreciate the character, that the document has been historic charm and unique offer of informed by local knowledge and Croydon’s Old Town. the strengths and issues of Old Town identified by its community

3 Flower stall at Surrey Street Market

4 2.0 SETTING THE SCENE

5 2.1 THE BIGGER PICTURE

2.1.1 Old Town lies within recognise that for Croydon Masterplan indicate mixed uses Croydon Metropolitan Centre; Metropolitan Centre to attract to complement and enhance the an area which is set for major investment and new residents, Croydon Metropolitan Centre’s transformation. Mayoral policy the public realm – streets, green cultural and learning offer. identifies Croydon Metropolitan spaces and other public spaces Centre as a key place to deliver - require significant updating 2.1.6 The masterplans and other the potential growth of Outer and upgrading; and that it needs Croydon Council strategies London with Croydon Metropolitan to be easier and safer to move have generated a suite of Centre and its immediate around by foot and bicycle. The interconnected public realm surroundings designated as an documents also indicate the projects being delivered by the Opportunity Area in the London requirement to retain and enhance Connected Croydon Programme. Plan. The Croydon Opportunity educational, cultural, retail, A number of Connected Croydon Area Planning Framework (OAPF) business, leisure and community projects have already been was adopted as Supplementary facilities and amenities as well as completed, including Legible Planning Guidance to the London provide infrastructure to mitigate London signage, the Connect2 Plan in January 2013 and adopted the development planned for walking and cycling route, the as a Supplementary Planning Croydon Metropolitan Centre. new footbridge and entrance to Document to the Croydon The Mayor of London’s strategies and the Local Plan: Strategic Policies and London Plan support regeneration of Wandle Park - in April 2013. It indicates that Croydon’s intentions for Croydon which included the deculverting the Opportunity Area has the Metropolitan Centre to continue as of the River Wandle. Forthcoming capacity for an additional 7,300 the major retail, office and regional Connected Croydon projects due homes to be built to house transport interchange centre in to be completed over the next 17,000 new residents (see map South London commensurate to few years include the civilising overleaf). Croydon Council has its designation as an Opportunity of Wellesley Road – the dual attracted significant private and Area. carriageway that separates the public funding to help guide and East of Croydon Metropolitan deliver this change including 2.1.4 Building on the themes set Centre from the rest of the area £18m investment from the out in previous visionary work - the upgrading of Church Street, Mayor of London to upgrade the such as Vision 2020 and the Third London Road and South End high area’s public realm as part of City Vision, and responding to streets; and improvements to the the Council’s £50m Connected the opportunities and policies St. John’s Memorial Garden. Croydon Programme. for growth set out in CLP1 and London Plan, a set of co-ordinated 2.1.2 The Croydon Local Plan: masterplans laying down guidance Strategic Policies (CLP1) for the delivery in Croydon Development Plan Document Metropolitan Centre have been (DPD) was adopted in April 2013. developed. The masterplans are It sets the vision for Croydon to underpinned by a shared evidence be London’s most enterprising base and founded on collaborative borough and defines it as “a place working between partners and of opportunity, a place to belong stakeholders. and a place with a sustainable future”. CLP1 identifies Croydon 2.1.5 The East Croydon Masterplan Metropolitan Centre in particular and the West Croydon Masterplan, as the place in the borough that provide guidance for how a provides the greatest opportunity welcoming public realm should for positive change to the built be created and potential environment with the potential for development around Croydon’s thousands of new homes and the two major railway stations and creation of thousands of new jobs. transport interchanges. The Mid Croydon and the Fair Field 2.1.3 CLP1 and the OAPF both

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7 2.2 ROLE OF THE MASTERPLAN

2.2.1 The Old Town Masterplan and south beyond the Old Town essential to the preparation of the Supplementary Planning Masterplan study area. However, Masterplan. Conservation Area Document guides how the built the study area has been selected Appraisals and Managements environment of Old Town could because it is considered that this Plans (CAAMPs) Supplementary be improved for residents, is where there is most need for Planning Documents have workers, shoppers and visitors. It supplementary planning guidance been prepared for each of them supplements the planning policy for the built environment and the alongside the Masterplan. context of the Croydon Local Plan, most opportunity for improvement London Plan and other relevant at present. 2.2.9 The process of preparing strategies. the Old Town Masterplan has 2.2.6 The Old Town Masterplan been collaborative. It has been 2.2.2 The Old Town Masterplan indicates parameters for guided by Croydon Council and promotes heritage-led development of the buildings, the Stakeholder Project Board regeneration and enhancing the streets and public spaces in which is comprised of a range area’s other existing strengths Old Town and describes how of landowners, businesses, as a place - its public spaces, movement in, out and around the institutions and statutory historic street market and other area could be improved with a organisations with an interest in independent retail. It suggests focus on upgrading pedestrian the area. They are: how the heritage assets of and cycling routes. Guidance is the area should be preserved, not prescriptive regarding specific Croydon Council enhanced and celebrated to raise building layouts, architecture BT the profile of the area’s heritage. styles or landscape designs. All Church House Business Centre This should strengthen the distinct visualisations are indicative and Clowater identity of Old Town. guide how development might Croydon Minster look. The Croydon Opportunity Croydon Old Town Business 2.2.3 The heritage assets and Area Framework’s technical Association public spaces of Old Town will evidence suggests that Old Town Durkan play an increasingly important has the capacity to accommodate English Heritage role over the forthcoming years approximately 400 new homes Greater London Authority (GLA) for the whole of the Metropolitan and the Masterplan provides House of Reeves Centre as more high-density further guidance for the design of Q-Park developments are built to meet new residential accommodation in Rosepride Croydon’s housing need that the area. Transport for London (TfL) are likely to have minimal private The Whitgift Foundation amenity space. The residents of 2.2.7 The Old Town Masterplan these area will benefit from the does not make proposals for 2.2.10 The Old Town Masterplan heritage assets and public spaces changes to the management Supplementary Planning located within walking distance in of the area for example parking Document has been produced Old Town. charges, policing, public realm in accordance with the Planning maintenance, street cleaning and and Compulsory Purchase Act 2.2.4 There is some potential for waste collection as these are not 2004 (as amended) and the Town residential development in Old planning matters. and Country Planning (Local Town, but not of the same scale as Planning) (England) Regulations other areas within the opportunity 2.2.8 There are three conservation 2012. Furthermore, the Old area. areas within the Old Town Town Masterplan Supplementary Masterplan study area - Central Planning Document has been MASTERPLAN STUDY AREA Croydon, Church Street and produced in accordance with 2.2.5 Old Town itself is not an Croydon Minster. A detailed the Planning and Compulsory administrative area and therefore and up-to-date understanding Purchase Act 2004 (as does not have an official of the special character, amended) and the Environmental boundary. It is acknowledged current condition and future Assessment of Plans and that the area known as Old management requirements for Programmes Regulations 2004 Town stretches further west these conservation areas has been and European Directive 2001/42/ EC. 8 2.3 THE VISION

Old Town will be Croydon’s thriving historic heart, with a flourishing independent business community and attractive neighbourhoods. Its retail and food and drink offer will complement that of North End and South End.

Old Town will be a cultural destination for Croydon and beyond, with high profile and popular heritage assets used creatively to fulfil their full potential as catalysts for the area’s success.

Old Town will be well integrated with the town centre and with surrounding neighbourhoods. It will be accessible, enjoyable and feel safer to walk and cycle to and around. It will also be accessible by public transport and private motor vehicles.

Old Town’s public realm – its streets, squares green and open spaces – will be attractive places, befitting Croydon’s historic heart and providing for visitors and residents alike. Old Town will be a place where people will enjoy spending time outside.

9 2.4 STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES

2.4.1 Five objectives have been AN ATTRACTIVE PLACE TO LIVE HIGH QUALITY PUBLIC REALM identified by the Stakeholder 2.4.2 Provide new homes in Old 2.4.3 The public realm in Old Project Board and the Town, integrated sensitively in to Town should be high quality, masterplaning team to deliver existing neighbourhoods. Existing hard-wearing and attractive, to the vision for Old Town which community amenities should be encourage community use, bring will improve quality of life and retained and enhanced. New activity to streets and spaces and support economic growth in Old facilities – indoors and outdoors - enhance the setting of Old Town’s Town and the surrounding area. should be created which will have heritage assets. Existing green The five objectives underpin all important community value for spaces should be retained and recommendations and guidance residents of Old Town, Croydon enhanced and access to them and set out in this Masterplan. Metropolitan Centre and the nearby parks – especially Wandle surrounding area. Park - should be improved.

A PLACE FOR BUSINESS HERITAGE CHARACTER AND BETTER CONNECTED 2.4.4 Create an environment that DESTINATIONS 2.4.6 Overcome the sometimes nurtures and supports existing 2.4.5 Enhance Old Town’s historic fragmented, inaccessible and businesses with suitable spaces streets, spaces and buildings inhospitable nature of parts of Old and venues for small start-ups and in order to maximise historic Town by substantially improving new businesses, complementing character. In particular, invest in pedestrian and cycle routes the wider commercial offer of the interpretation of Old Town’s and environments, improving Croydon Metropolitan Centre. landmark buildings as destinations access to public transport and Surrey Street Market should be at to encourage people to visit and rationalising provision for private the heart of this, with a strategy enjoy them. Finding new uses for motor vehicles, including access for investment in and promotion of vacant historic buildings such as to car parks. Reduce the barrier the market. the Surrey Street Pumping Station effect of Roman Way and the is a priority. New development A232. Improve local accessibility should respect and enhance by removing one way systems. Old Town’s important heritage character and be of the highest quality.

10 2.5 OLD TOWN TODAY

2.5.1 Croydon’s Old Town is located population of approximately professionals, generally have to the south-west of Croydon 3,000, accommodated mainly higher levels of disposable income Metropolitan Centre and is a in the southern part of the Old that if offered the right mix of distinctive part of the town centre. Town Masterplan study area local bars, restaurant and cultural The Old Town Masterplan Study where a substantial amount venues could provide a significant area is broadly located between of attractive Victorian terraced boost to business viability in Old High Street and Roman Way to housing still remains. Other Town. Similarly the large number the east and west, respectively, residential accommodation is of full-time students, whose and shopping centre and provided in higher density newer income tends to be spent locally, the A232 flyover to the north and development, generally towards suggests further opportunity south, respectively. It also includes the edges of the study area. to develop a service offer that the residential areas to the west of appeals to these groups (see Roman Way, which link Croydon The population of Old Town figure 3). Metropolitan Centre to green open has a young profile with a space at Wandle Park. significant percentage of well- 2.5.5 Old Town has a high educated residents (NVQ Level proportion of retail and 2.5.2 ‘Old Town’ is the historic but 4 +). This group of typically, independent shops, focused unofficial name given to this area recent graduates and young along Church Street and Surrey in Croydon Metropolitan Centre which contains significant heritage assets including Croydon Minster OCCUPATIONS OF OLD % (1867-1912, although medieval TOWN RESIDENTS elements still exist), the Surrey Managerial, Admin & 35% Street Pumping Station (1851), Professional Occupations Old Palace School (originated Intermediate Occupations 14% 14th century) and the historically Small Employers and Own 7% significant Surrey Street Market Account Workers (first market listed 1276). These Lower Supervisory and 6% heritage assets provide character, Technical Occupations distinctiveness and patina. The Routine & Semi-Routine 20% area is also characterised by Occupations the remnants of a small-scale Never Worked and Long- 9% medieval urban grain that has Term Unemployed resulted in narrow plots, lanes and Full-Time Students 9% yards. Old Palace school has fabric surviving Figure 3: Occupation of Old Town, source: 2.5.3 This historical significance is from the 14th century onwards (Grade I Colliers Old town Property Analysis 2013 listed) reflected in the three designated conservation areas (Croydon Minster, Church Street and Central Croydon) that cover a large part of Old Town, and over 80 statutorily listed or locally listed buildings in the area. The Minster and Old Palace School, are Grade I listed (see figure 4 for a plan of these heritage assets in the Old Town area).

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12 Street. These shops serve the local residential population well, indicated by a high footfall levels on the streets. Around 50,000 people per week pass through Surrey Street and 22,800 walk through the junction of Church Street and Old Palace Road. The shops contribute variety and colour to the pedestrian experience. Surrey Street Market is also a key asset for this part of Croydon Metropolitan Centre, providing activity and animating Old Town. The market operates six days a week and offers a wide variety of fruit and vegetables, flowers, plants and household goods and some cooked food. Independent shops on Church Street in attractive Victorian, Edwardian and Georgian buildings. Church Street Tram stop provides good accessibility to the area 2.5.6 Matthew’s Yard is located in Exchange Square and provides a modern workspace, a café and bar and a cultural venue in Old Town. Matthews Yard plays an important role as an incubator for small businesses in the area and is an asset in this part of Old Town, drawing visitors throughout the day and during the evening. It is home to Croydon’s growing Tech City organisation (www.croydontechcity.com) which aims to make Croydon an accommodating home for early-stage digital and technical startups. The former almshouses and the Rose and Grand locally listed historic facades on the Crown Pub building at the end of Church High Street Street 2.5.7 Old Town’s evening economy is focused on High Street, it

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14 attracts many young people at character. It includes residential prominent site and a key entrance the weekend and towards the end streets, small business units and to Old Town and the wider of the week. It brings life to the the rear of the Centrale shopping Croydon Metropolitan Centre from streets although sometimes this Centre. Tamworth Road itself is Roman Way. includes anti-social behaviour. characterised by the group value of several attractive Victorian 2.5.18 Church Road follows the 2.5.8 Old Town is within easy buildings including a former course of one of the former walking distance of both East school, a former Mission Chapel, Wandle streams and today has a Croydon and West Croydon a public house and a Baptist mixed character of buildings of stations and has very good public Chapel. varied architectural styles. transport links. The Tramlink network runs through the area 2.5.14 Frith Road marks the shift 4. THE MINSTER QUARTER and The area is also served by a in character from the retail core CHARACTER AREA number of bus routes. north- east of Old Town. The 2.5.19 Croydon Minster is the most Frith Road and the Keeley Road important landmark in Old Town shops are part of Old Town’s because of its scale, historic CHARACTER AREAS independent shopping offer. The and architectural significance 2.5.9 The character areas are overscaled ramps and blank and views of it. The Minster, the generally defined by building use frontages of the Centrale shopping Old Palace School and the other and typology. It is acknowledged centre on the north side of the historic buildings around Minster that these areas are blurred and road are harmful to the domestic Green form a significant historic overlap at their boundaries. (See character of the south side of the part of Old Town. The Minster lies figure 7 on the following page.) street. adjacent to St John’s Memorial Garden, the largest area of green 1. SURREY STREET CHARACTER 2.5.15 Drummond Road and space within Old Town. AREA Tamworth Place contain more 2.5.10 The Surrey Street character modern developments that 2.5.20 Attractive Victorian houses area is defined by the variety generally sit more awkwardly form the southern boundary of of historic buildings, narrow on their sites in relation to the character area and part of the alleyways and industrial yards and surrounding open car parking and setting of the Minster. the market activity. The market service yards. provides colour, variety and 5. OLD TOWN EASTERN activity in this part of Old Town. 3. CHURCH STREET AND RESIDENTIAL CHARACTER AREA REEVES CORNER CHARACTER 2.5.21 This character area generally 2.5.11 Exchange Square, with the AREA Surrey Street Pumping Station at 2.5.16 Church Street provides a its centre, was created in 2009 more independent and value with the development of the oriented retail offer to that of the surrounding new flats, opening up primary retail high street of North an old yard to create an attractive End. Its winding course has a hard landscaped open space. continuous commercial frontage which is made up of a mixture 2.5.12 Crown Hill is the main entry of Georgian, Victorian and 20th point to Old Town from North End century buildings. and is characterised by its steep slope down Church Street. This 2.5.17 Reeves Corner is a junction part of Old Town marks a shift in where several roads meet and character from Mid Croydon. where Church Street turns south towards the Minster. The site has 2. TAMWORTH ROAD been cleared following the civil CHARACTER AREA disturbances in 2011 and has a Matthew’s Yard in Exchange Square is a 2.5.13 This character area forms temporary greening scheme. It is a workspace, café and bar and a cultural the northern edge of Old Town venue in Old Town and has a mixed and fragmented 15 KEY TO CHARACTER AREAS: provides higher density homes in character. It includes Victorian 1. Surrey Street larger and generally more modern terraced housing as well as lower 2. Tamworth Road blocks. density 20th century family homes. 3. Church Street and Reeves Corner 6. OLD TOWN WESTERN 4. The Minster Quarter RESIDENTIAL CHARACTER AREA 5. Old Town Eastern Residential 2.5.22 This character area has 6. Old Town Western Residential two sites which have a similar

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