No sign of town regeneration as Croydon Council spends less than 5% of government grant


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Oh dear, this from the SW Londoner
By David Horsfall
Croydon Council has spent only 4% of the £100,000 government grant handed out to regenerate the town, according to a recent freedom of information request.
In May last year, Croydon Old Town was one of 12 selected towns to take part in the pilot scheme to regenerate failing town centres, based on the Portas Review.  Of the 12 towns selected, Croydon has the third lowest spend to date.
Retail expert Mary Portas was appointed by David Cameron to advise on the future of the high street, and made  28 points in its recommendations to the Coalition Government.
Creating market days, removing red tape for start up market traders, reviewing business rates charges for new businesses and implementing controlled free parking schemes are some of the main policies that Croydon are looking to implement.
Although still early days for the scheme, not a lot appears to have happened in the Old Town. 
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Tim Naylor, Head of Spatial Planning at Croydon Council, has announced an ideas workshop to help generate improvements to the Master Plan. The meeting will take place on Tuesday March 26 at 6.30pm to 8.30pm, at 1 Mathews Yard, off Surrey Street.

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