Neighbourhood Centres

NEIGHBOURHOOD CENTRES Assessment 2014/2015 Date: 11 May 2015 CONTENTS SECTION 1: Introduction SECTION 2: Assessments SECTION 1: Introduction <ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">1. AIMS OF THE DOCUMENT </li><li style="flex:1">Local Centres are; </li></ul>Broad Green, Brighton Road (Selsdon Road), Brighton Road (Sanderstead Road), Hamsey Green, Pollard’s Hill, Sanderstead, Shirley and Thornton Heath Pond. These centres typically serve a localised catchment often mostly accessible by walking and cycling and may comprise a local parade and small clusters of shops, mostly for convenience goods and other services. This may include a small supermarket (less than 2,000m2), sub-post office, pharmacy, launderette and other useful local services. Together with District Centres they play a key role in addressing areas deficient in local retail and other services. The purpose of this document is to: (a) Provide a robust evidence base document upon which to formulate policy; (b) Provide evidence to support decision-making on planning applications (c) Make publicly available, information which resulted in the designation of Neighbourhood Centres and to provide evidence why other areas have not been designated There are no further tiers which sit below Local Centres and concern has been raised about whether the Local Plan Town Centre hierarchy is offering the opportunity for clusters of uses, in particular community uses to emerge or be supported by current planning policy. 2. BACKGROUND INFORMATION The Unitary Development Plan (2006) set out the hierarchy of centres in Table 12.1 and are updated in SP3.6 of the Croydon Local Plan: Strategic Policies (2013) to conform with the London Plan Town Centre Hierarchy. Current planning policy protects community facilities but does not go so far as to actively promote community facilities in appropriate locations. Policy SP5 of the Croydon Local Plan: Strategic Policies sets out the current position regarding the provision of community facilities and the approach taken to assess applications for this type of development. District Centres are: Addiscombe, Coulsdon, Crystal Palace, New Addington, Norbury, Purley, Selsdon, South Norwood and Thornton Heath. These are distributed more widely than the metropolitan centres, providing convenience goods and services for more local communities and accessible by public transport, walking and cycling. Typically they contain 10,000 – 50,000m2 of retail floorspace. Some District Centres have developed specialist shopping functions. 3. METHODOLOGY FOR NEIGHBOURHOOD CENTRE DESIGNATION This assessment is focused around the Local centre/ parade level of the hierarchy and goes beyond recognising them solely for their retail function but for the wider role they play in supporting the local community. the level of vacancies in the cluster and surrounding areas to accommodate potential growth; whether or not there was a landmark/war memorial in A planning policy review of CLP1 Partial Review and identification of Neighbourhood Centres on the Places Plans has been undertaken. Care has been taken to promote particular use classes so as to ensure that unintended consequences of inappropriate major Town Centre uses/operators locating in these locations do not arise. A maximum floorspace is also included to ensire development in these locations is appropriate. the area whether or not there was a church, school, community centre or pub in the area; the number of community facilities in the area (as defined in CLP 1); and accessibility to open space. <ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">4. </li><li style="flex:1">REVIEW PROCESS </li></ul><ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">5. </li><li style="flex:1">DEVELOPING POLICY </li></ul>A desktop search has been carried out which identified areas or clusters of ten units or more. This was so that areas of critical mass, or that comprised of different uses in one area could be defined. 42 clustres were identified. Where four or more of the criteria have been met, these areas are designated a Neighbourhood Area. Consideration has been taken with regards to the designation of areas which have extant centres nearby, and the threats Neighbourhood Centres could evoke should they be situated close by. Ward Councillors have been invited to submit areas they believe could be designated as Neighbourhood Centres and all of these have been assessed. A Neighbourhood Centre/ Urban Village will be designated where appropriate; A comprehensive survey has been carried out which involved assessing the clusters and the surrounding areas with regards to the level of community facility provision that these areas currently provide, or could potentially provide in future. where there are four or more different community facilities present, and where its designation would not threaten the vitality or vibrancy of Local/District Centres in the surrounding area. A total of 17 areas have been identified that meet the criteria in order for them to be designated Neighbourhood Areas. A selection of criteria were used in order to ascertain the suitability of designating these areas which included; The development of community facilities will be supported in Neighbourhood Centres where;  They would enhance the centre’s ability to serve a local need;  They would demonstrably improve the vitality and vibrancy of the centre; or  Where a unit has been vacant for a significant period of time and there is no reasonable prospect for it to be brought back into its previous use as well as lack of demand for service or community use before other uses are proposed  They would improve the vitality and vibrancy of the centre;  Where a unit has been vacant for a significant period of time and there is no reasonable prospect for it to be brought back into its previous use; and  They would not exceed 500sqm so as to protect the amenity of the surrounding area and to ensure that the development would serve a local need.  They would not exceed 500sqm so as to protect the amenity of the surrounding area and to ensure that the development would serve a local need. In considering proposals within Neighbourhood Centres, the Council will seek to safeguard existing A1 retail uses and the provision of a minimum range of essential local facilities including a post office, chemist, doctor and dentist. Change of use in any such facility will be opposed if it would result in the loss without replacement of a valued local service, or its loss would place the surrounding area more than 400 metres from the nearest alternative. Within defined district/ local centres as set out in the policies map, community facilities will be supported where:  They would improve the centre’s ability to serve a local need SECTION 2: Assessments No of <ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">criteria </li><li style="flex:1">Open </li></ul><ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">Title </li><li style="flex:1">Place </li><li style="flex:1">Address </li><li style="flex:1">PTAL </li><li style="flex:1">current character </li><li style="flex:1">recommendation </li><li style="flex:1">Detailed information </li><li style="flex:1">Space Open Space (name) met </li><li style="flex:1">Comments </li></ul>designate as Neighbourhood Centre Green Lane/ Northwood Road suburban shopping area Sports Ground off <ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">TRUE Couthy Road </li><li style="flex:1">Norbury </li><li style="flex:1">CR7 8BB </li><li style="flex:1">1</li><li style="flex:1">8</li></ul>Grange Park Marlpit Lane/ Bradmore Way/ TRUE Tollers Lane Officer identified. Girl Guides; Fire Brigade; Air Training Corp; Has a number of different uses and at a distance from other centres. Has a good number of community facilities too. Range of uses; Leisure centre, health centre, medical centre, care home, schools, vacant units for potential use as a community use, Social club, cultural club and public house. designate as Neighbourhood Centre Kenley and Old Coulsdon Marlpit Lane/ Placehouse Lane/ <ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">Canon's Hill </li><li style="flex:1">Old Coulsdon </li><li style="flex:1">2</li></ul>4 88 Portland Road (Watcombe Rd - Woodside Ave) designate as Neighbourhood urban shopping area Centre South Norwood <ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">and Woodside </li><li style="flex:1">SE25 4XB </li><li style="flex:1">Enmore Road/ Howard Road </li></ul>Croydon Sickle Cell and Thalassaemia Centre (Mayday NHS) FALSE Religious Education Resource Centre and Education Welfare Service Selhurst Children's Centre Trintiy House (supported housing) Sydenham Road/Dagnell Park/Selhurst New Road designate as Neighbourhood Centre Recreation Grounds assoc. with Boys TRUE School Covers a relatively large area buts seems coherent and logical to designate especially considering distance to local/district centres Broad Green and Selhurst suburban shopping <ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">area </li><li style="flex:1">Selhurst Road </li><li style="flex:1">SE25 5QF </li><li style="flex:1">3</li><li style="flex:1">8</li></ul>designate as Neighbourhood Centre designate as Neighbourhood Centre Doesn't have a large presence of community facilities but does provide a service and has some level of community provision. suburban shopping area Shirley Avenue/ Shirley <ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">Road/Eldon Avenue </li><li style="flex:1">Shirley Road </li></ul>Woodside Green Fieldway <ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">Shirley </li><li style="flex:1">CR0 8SS </li><li style="flex:1">3</li></ul>33 TRUE Recreation Ground TRUE Woodside Green FALSE 887 South Norwood and Woodside suburban shopping <ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">area </li><li style="flex:1">SE25 5HQ </li><li style="flex:1">Has a good mix of uses </li></ul>designate as Neighbourhood Appears as its own area - serving a local need with a number of surrounding community uses (schools <ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">mainly). </li><li style="flex:1">Addington </li><li style="flex:1">Local shopping area Centre </li><li style="flex:1">CR0 9DX </li></ul>designate as Neighbourhood Centre suburban shopping area Shrublands <ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">CR0 8NG </li><li style="flex:1">Spring Park/ Bridle Road </li><li style="flex:1">Shirley </li></ul>Purley 24 TRUE Spring Park Wood FALSE 76designate as Neighbourhood Centre Purley South / Brighton Road/ Downlands Road suburban shopping area Cautious in designating this area as a Neighbourhood Centre. It is close to Purley District Centre. This is an amalgamation of 2 postcodes, however the Forestdale Centre doesn't necessarily add any community use to the area, vacancies within whic could provide some use. Thus, as an area it seems logical to combine the 2. CR8 4DB designate as Neighbourhood Centre Selsdon Park Road/ Featherbed Lane CR2 8JJ CR0 9AS suburban shopping <ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">area </li><li style="flex:1">Selsdon </li><li style="flex:1">3</li><li style="flex:1">FALSE </li><li style="flex:1">6</li></ul>Whilst it meets criteria, much of the area surveyed lies within a local cente. To deisignate as a neighbourhood centre would likely impact on the local centre. Emergent policy is likely to encourage community uses within the vicinity of local/district centres - appropriate in this location Beulah Road/ Parchmore Road/ Norbury Road/ Neath Road CRO 6PQ CRO 6AA CRO 6BB CRO 6BE maintain current <ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">Thornton Heath </li><li style="flex:1">Thornton Heath </li><li style="flex:1">3</li></ul>6urban shopping area status designate as Neighbourhood urban shopping area Centre FALSE FALSE 65 LOWER ADDISCOMBE ROAD jctn with CHERRY ORCHARD <ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">ROAD </li><li style="flex:1">Lower Addiscombe Road Addiscombe </li></ul>Seems logical to place the pointnear the junction of Nutfield Road near the school and parade of shops. This would also maintain the status of the designated centre to the East. Brigstock Road / Bensham Lane / Boswell Road designate as Neighbourhood urban shopping area Centre Brigstock Road/Bansham Lane/Boswell Road <ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">CR7 7JD/ CR7 7HJ </li><li style="flex:1">Brigstock Road </li><li style="flex:1">Thornton Heath </li><li style="flex:1">4</li><li style="flex:1">TRUE Trumble gardens </li><li style="flex:1">5</li></ul>Coulsdon West / Chipstead Valley Road/ Rickman Hill/ Portnalls Road Meets criteria but to designate separate to the District Centre may have adverse effects. Community uses encouraged in Local/District centres anyway through new policy. At a distance to other centres. Has necessities to serve local need and provision of community faciltiies with school and cricket club Dispersed area and small parade of shops maintain current status designate as Neighbourhood Centre <ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">Coulsdon </li><li style="flex:1">CR5 3BR </li></ul>CR8 5AA 22<ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">FALSE </li><li style="flex:1">5</li></ul>5 Kenley and Old Coulsdon Rural based village <ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">settlement </li><li style="flex:1">Kenley (Godstone Road) </li><li style="flex:1">TRUE Cricket Grounds </li></ul>Meets the criteria but seems illogical to designate this and the area south of this by the library where a more coherent neighbourhood area can be achieved. This could also be combined with SE25 4PQ, but for reasons of proximity to SE25 4XB, it would seem rational to only designate one area. Quite close to district centre so a neighbourhood centre in this location could detract from that. SE25 4UN Manor Road/Coventry Road/Addison Road/ Doyle Road South Norwood and Woodside maintain current status Playground - John <ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">TRUE Street </li><li style="flex:1">South Norwood Hill </li></ul>Ashburton Park <ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">5</li><li style="flex:1">5</li></ul>Includes Fire Station Has a good provision of open space with Ashbuton Park and the facilties within that. Could potentially be linked to the community facilities on Spring Lane but tram line severs the connection. Concerns regarding this designation as to the threat to the Local Centre to the west (Addiscombe Road). Ashburton Park and Bowling Green/ Tennis Courts/ designate as Neighbourhood Centre Lower Addiscombe Road/ Spring Lane/ Longhurst Road/ Stroud Green Way suburban shopping <ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">area </li><li style="flex:1">Addiscombe </li><li style="flex:1">3</li></ul>1<ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">TRUE Playground </li><li style="flex:1">4</li></ul>4 Lacey Green John Fisher RFC 12th Caterham Coulsdon East - Coulsdon Road/Waddington Avenue/Lacey Drive Kenley and Old Coulsdon maintain current Rural Shopping Area status Doesn't provide much function and would likely look to <ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">Old Coulsdon to provide facilites. </li><li style="flex:1">CR5 1EN </li><li style="flex:1">TRUE Scout Group </li></ul>urban shopping area;#suburban shopping area join with other proposal and designate as one NC ST PETERS CHURCH join with other proposal and ALSO CLOSE TO CROYDON METROPOLITAN COLLEGE, scREAM STUDIOS AND VACANT OFFICES (2-4 <ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">SOUTHEND) </li><li style="flex:1">Southend/ Parker Road </li><li style="flex:1">South Croydon </li></ul>South Croydon Waddon CRO 1BF CRO 1DP CRO 4LH 56<ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">FALSE </li><li style="flex:1">4</li></ul>44 SOUTHEND W/ PARKER <ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">ROAD </li><li style="flex:1">urban shopping area designate as one NC </li><li style="flex:1">FALSE </li></ul>designate as Neighbourhood <ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">ABBEY ROAD </li><li style="flex:1">urban shopping area Centre </li><li style="flex:1">TRUE DUPPAS HILL </li></ul>Due to the area to the south being designated - designation of this area would result in a linear development of the area. Main focus appears to be around the Station. Kenley/ Lower Road/ Godstone Road maintain current <ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">Rural Shopping area status </li><li style="flex:1">Purley </li><li style="flex:1">CR8 5JE </li></ul>Church Road/ Spa Close/ 23<ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">FALSE </li><li style="flex:1">4</li></ul>4designate as Neighbourhood Centre Crystal Palace and Beulah Hill Upper Norwood Adjacent to Beulah <ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">TRUE Heights </li><li style="flex:1">South Norwood Hill </li><li style="flex:1">SE25 6DP </li></ul>Union road Tier 2 Employment area close to CMC. Due to the employment area and proximity to CMC the area does not lend itself easily to its designation as a Neighbourhood area Whitehorse rd jctn with Windmill road Broad Green and Selhurst Whitehorse rd Windmill road maintain current urban shopping area status Whitehorse rd jctn with <ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">Windmill road </li><li style="flex:1">4</li><li style="flex:1">TRUE Boulogne Park </li><li style="flex:1">4</li></ul>Disjointed - residential/ some shops Area idenitified by Cllr Mann and comprises Christians in Action on parview/Bingham Road. Extensive survey of the area (to Shirley Road) only identifies a further 2 uses. Very close to the CMC. Does not meet critieria with Bluebird Care; Brighton Road Baptist Church, and Busy Bees Nursery. Bingham Road/ Parkview Road/ Shirley Road maintain current <ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">status </li><li style="flex:1">Addiscombe </li><li style="flex:1">2</li></ul>3 FALSE FALSE 33 Brighton Road/ Newark Road/ Crunden Road maintain current <ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">South Croydon </li><li style="flex:1">CR2 6EG </li><li style="flex:1">urban shopping area status </li></ul>Area is largely residential with a parade of shops which includes a pharmacy and dental practice. There are no extant community facilities, but closeby there is Lang Lane Wood and Ashburton Playing Fields. Bywood Avenue/ Brookside Way suburban shopping area maintain current <ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">status </li><li style="flex:1">Shirley </li><li style="flex:1">1</li></ul>6<ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">TRUE Long Lane Wood </li><li style="flex:1">3</li></ul>3 Broad Green and Selhurst <ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">maintain current </li><li style="flex:1">close to WANDLE PARK </li></ul>Stubbsw Mead/Recycling Depot TRUE Wandle Park this area borders CMC and designation would impact on <ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">CMC </li><li style="flex:1">West croydon </li><li style="flex:1">CRO 2RE </li><li style="flex:1">urban shopping area status </li></ul>Duppas Hill Waddon Hotel/Pub close to Waddon station maintain current <ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">urban shopping area status </li><li style="flex:1">Duppas Hill </li><li style="flex:1">Waddon </li><li style="flex:1">CRO 4NG </li></ul>SE25 4PQ 45 TRUE Duppas Hill FALSE 33 Could be combined with SE25 4UN but would detract from the other Neighbourhood Centre further south (SE25 XB) which is better in terms of its integrity as a Neighbourhood Centre Portland Road/Addison Road/Crowther Road South Norwood and Woodside maintain current urban shopping area status Whilst it has some community uses there isn't much scope for further provision and its location is too far away from Woodside Green itself in order to be part of that Neighbourhood Area. It is separated by the tram line from Ashburton Park and so is caught in the middle. Mainly residential with some other uses South Norwood and Woodside maintain current <ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">status </li><li style="flex:1">Spring Lane </li><li style="flex:1">3</li></ul>6<ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">Woodside Green </li><li style="flex:1">FALSE </li></ul>FALSE 33 LONDON ROAD / KIDDERMINSTER ROAD Broad Green and Selhurst maintain current <ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">status </li><li style="flex:1">CR0 2RF </li><li style="flex:1">Christchurch, Sumner Road </li><li style="flex:1">would have a negative impact on nearby centre </li></ul>Recreation Ground off Primrose TRUE Lane/Shirley Road In terms of criteria, it fails - no vacancies, no tram stop or landmark or place of worship. There is no community centre nearby nor is there a pub. suburban shopping area maintain current status Shirley Road/ Shirley <ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">Avenue/Valley Walk </li><li style="flex:1">Shirley Road </li><li style="flex:1">Shirley </li><li style="flex:1">CR0 5SS </li></ul>CRO 1BE 66 22 COOMBE ROAD/ EDRIDGE RD <ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">maintain current </li><li style="flex:1">COOMBE ROAD </li></ul><ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">EDRIDGE RD </li><li style="flex:1">Croydon </li><li style="flex:1">urban shopping area status </li><li style="flex:1">FALSE </li><li style="flex:1">CLOSE TO CMC </li></ul>Whitehorse Lane/Thirsk Road/Ladbrooke Road Loses the neighbourhood feel very quickly and despite being relatively close to Selhurst Park, it doesn't contribute to the area as a neighbourhood centre. Also very close to district centre. disconnected from but close to district centres Whitehorse Road/Thirsk Road maintain current <ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">status </li><li style="flex:1">Thornton Heath </li></ul>Shirley <ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">SE25 6RD </li><li style="flex:1">4</li></ul>2 FALSE FALSE 22 Wickham Road/Oak Avenue suburban shopping area maintain current status There are other uses (Bethlem Royal Hospital and All <ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">Saints church) but they are dispersed </li><li style="flex:1">CR0 8EB </li></ul>Retail park adjacent to Purley way inc. Fiveways jctn and postcodes north of Retail Park including large Morrisions on Fiveways jctn <ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">Further north is Retail Park inc. </li><li style="flex:1">FIVEWAYS JUNCTION </li></ul>(NORTH) Portland Road (Upper) Aspley Road/Holland Road Fiveways CRO 4NZ maintain current <ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">urban shopping area status </li><li style="flex:1">Waddon </li><li style="flex:1">4</li></ul>4<ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">Mac donalds and Pets at Home FALSE </li><li style="flex:1">1</li></ul>1 South Norwood and Woodside maintain current <ul style="display: flex;"><li style="flex:1">status </li><li style="flex:1">SE25 4PP </li><li style="flex:1">FALSE </li></ul>Retail park adjacent to Purley way south of Fiveways CRO 4NZ

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