Croydon Metropolitan Centre [CMC] has the potential to accommodate significant growth and positive change. Previous visionary work for 'Vision 2020' and 'Third City' has set the ambition to transform the CMC into a place that is fit for living, working and visiting in the 21st century. Now the Council is working together with public and private stakeholders on a series of masterplans to ensure change is delivered on the ground.
Croydon Metropolitan Centre is classified as a Strategic Office Location and an Opportunity Area in the London Plan, as well as a Strategic Outer London Development Centre in the Draft Replacement London Plan. The CMC is seen as having an indicative capacity of 7,500 new jobs and at least 10,000 new homes. The Mayor's strategies support Croydon's intentions for the CMC to continue as the major retail, office and regional transport interchange centre in South London.
Croydon is looking to work with the Mayor and other key stakeholders to prepare an 'Opportunity Area Planning Framework' [OAPF] to show how these homes and jobs can be delivered alongside corresponding improvements to facilities and services. Central to this approach will be transport and public realm improvements.
Five masterplans have been commissioned to develop a shared understanding of what needs to be implemented to help the CMC become a world class city centre. The East Croydon Masterplan led by Studio Egret West and the West Croydon Masterplan led by East will create a welcoming public realm and coordinate development around Croydon's two major transport interchanges. College Green Masterplan led by Make and the Mid Croydon Masterplan, to be commissioned shortly, will introduce mixed use to complement and enhance the CMC's cultural and learning offer. And the Wellesley Road Masterplan, led by OKRA, will unlock pedestrian movement by transforming the dual carriageway into a world-class urban space. Public realm improvements will extend to Wandle Park, where a regenerated greenspace will be re-connected to the metropolitan centre.
The masterplans are underpinned by a shared evidence base including Borough Wide and CMC Transport Strategies, founded in collaborative working between partners and stakeholders, and coordinated through the overarching OAPF.
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