Towerblock in my town? don't be so uncouth.

Apart from the centre of Purley, where it is most built up, it is very leafy elsewhere, in all directions from the centre.

To illustrate the 'leafiness', here's Purley/Croydon from above at the same magnification. The green bits are, surprise, surprise, leaves.

This is actually a valid point. What a lot of residents would object to is being in their garden, yet above the tree-line and in their eye-sight they would have a giant block leering over them. The reasonable / sensible suggestion would be to be allowed to build up to the tree-line of the area in order to keep people happy with developments in their town. Any higher than that and developments look out of place, unless they are built in areas already with high rises.

All this speak of leaves...does leaving Europe mean this building wont happen?

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The proposed building is too high but Developers do this to give council planners room for manoeuvre . They put in planning a few years ago (I'm not going to look it up so may not be exact ) for a 10 story building which everyone complains about . That was turned down .

They now put in a plan for 17 story building which everyone complains about and the council knock it back .

They then declare they have carefully considered (vote for me next time )residents feelings and told the developers they can only have a 10 story building which is what they want anyway . Everyone's a winner .

Progress though you cant stop , whatever they say Gatwick will be expanded in years to come . The A(M)23 corridor will be prime real estate and Purley if it plays its cards right could become the front door to London .

Thanks to everyone who has added their grievances to the Government link, please continue to do so before the closing date in Sep: [Link]
There are now over 570 comments on there, compared to 20 when I first posted it, so I hope I've helped my local town

It seems a lot of locals are not happy with the proposed 17storey building:
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As Heathman said above, MP Chris Philp is fighting this, have a look at his website: [Link]
and sign his online petition:
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This will be of interest

Some other surprising and welcome news today (in addition to the announcement of a General Election), on the planning decision for the 17 storey tower at Purley Cross. The Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government has "called in" the planning decision by Croydon Council and which was also supported up by the London Mayor.
There will now be a Public Inquiry into the scheme. More details on this blog by Tim Pollard; [Link]

Purely is already a disaster. Something needs to change there drastically.

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