Bellway is drawing up plans to construct a 168-home scheme in Croydon with a grade II-listed diving board at its centre.
The housebuilder’s London arm has acquired a plot of land on the former website of the Purley Method lido, a public baths in-built 1935 subsequent to the previous Croydon Aerodrome, the capital’s first airport.
The Artwork Deco lido was changed in 1981 by a backyard centre and the pool crammed in however the diving board survived intact and was given listed standing in 2013.
Bellway, which is because of give a buying and selling replace subsequent week, is presently consulting with Croydon Borough Council and the Better London Authority to finalise its software for the scheme, which is able to embody the diving board as its centrepiece.
It can comprise a mixture of one, two and three-bedroom flats for each non-public sale and inexpensive lease, in addition to 6,000 sq ft of business area for as much as 5 retail or workplace models.
An estimated £2.5m in area people and infrastructure and part 106 contributions may even be paid as a part of the deal.
Bellway is anticipating to begin on website later this yr with the primary houses accomplished by 2022.
