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Reference:
2011/2553
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Question by:
Mike Tuffrey
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Meeting date:
14 September 2011
Why did you not call in, or refuse the Stage II planning application for the Cherry Orchard Road (Menta) development in Croydon, given the significant concerns about it, including: a)The development only having 10% affordable housing (50% affordable rent and 50% shared ownership), reduced from 18%; b)The development exceeding the London Plan density matrix (which suggests an appropriate residential density for Central areas of up to 405 units per hectare or 1,100 habitable rooms - this development is 2,074 habitable rooms per hectare for the tower and 1,879 for the smaller Cherry Orchard Gardens block); c) Your own planning report...