Policy information sourced from the Croydon Local Plan

DM48: Thornton Heath

DM48.1:

Within the Thornton Heath District Centre and its environs, to ensure a balance is struck between strengthening and enhancing the character and enabling growth, proposals should:

  • Complement the existing predominant building heights of 3 storeys up to a maximum of 4 storeys except in the vicinity of Thornton Heath railway station where any tall or large buildings proposed should not exceed 9 storeys;
  • Retain the continuity of ground floor active frontages and allow flexibility at first floor and above for mixed use;
  • Promote the expansion and enhancement of the shared public realm within the curtilage of the development;
  • Ensure that the setting of Thornton Heath’s local landmark, the Clock Tower, is respected; and
  • Incorporate red multi-stock brick as the predominant facing material.

DM48.2:

Within the Thornton Heath Pond Local Centre and its environs, to ensure a balance is struck between strengthening and enhancing the character and facilitating growth, proposals should:

  • Ensure building lines and frontages positively reference and respond to the form of the Thornton Heath Pond junction;
  • Incorporate red multi-stock brick as the predominant facing material;
  • Retain the extent and enhance the quality of the existing public realm;
  • Complement the existing predominant building heights of 3 storeys up to a maximum of 6 storeys; and
  • Ensure transitions between buildings of different sizes create sense of continuity at the street level.

DM48.3:

Within Thornton Heath allocate sites for development as set out in Table 11.16.

For more information please see the Local Plan