Brick by Brick, Croydon council’s wholly-owned housebuilding operation, has applied to increase the number of homes it wants to build on the College Green site in the borough from 218 to 425.

Original plans were going to provide a new campus for Croydon College on College Green but the college subsequently rejected this idea, leading to more land becoming available and allowing a greater focus on residential use on the site.

The new proposals envisage four blocks ranging from seven to 29 storeys in height, versus the previous plan which aimed for the same number of blocks but between four and 21 storeys high.