Comments on: All yuppie apartments and no family homes – a risk for central Croydon?

By: Stephen Giles

Stephen Giles — Sat, 07 Mar 2015 12:08:00 +0000

It would be interesting to see a study on this first, then perhaps one might might be in a position to make a more informed guess.

By: John Gass

John Gass — Fri, 06 Mar 2015 23:03:00 +0000

Dwellings, yes, but family dwellings? How are you defining a family dwelling? What defining features do they have? What separates them from ‘executive apartments’?

By: Stephen Giles

Stephen Giles — Fri, 06 Mar 2015 18:32:00 +0000

In Croydon there seems to be an obsession with creating family dwellings in the centre area – quite unlike any other town or city I have visited!

By: John Gass

John Gass — Fri, 06 Mar 2015 17:48:00 +0000

I too worry about the skew in new housing provision and the impact it might have on Croydon in general. Specifically, that we might end up with a destabilising excess of young singles and couples who reside in Croydon but spend no time or money here. We need a diversified population and that requires a diversified provision of homes.

I’ve wondered whether there are any studies or guidelines which address the issue of maximum sustainable population density – something in the form of N people per hectare of land. If this exists somewhere, I think it could help ensure that the borough’s housing provides homes appropriate for our diverse population and that we retain sufficient neighbourhood open spaces and can be confident that the local infrastructure, including schools, GPs etc., could cope with demand.