Croydon council has approved Maccreanor Lavington’s housing scheme in the centre of the town after the developer agreed to address affordable housing concerns.

The Beamhouse Yard scheme by Regent Land & Development, will see 60 homes built in Surrey Street, ranging from one to three bedrooms. Nearly a third of the homes will now be “affordable”, allocated on a tenure-blind basis.

Croydon’s planning committee deferred the scheme in August last year in order to sort out the amount of affordable housing available.

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