Purpose

The last Regina Road project
update report to Cabinet was provided on 15 July 2024. This
November 2025 update report is provided to inform of latest
progress and key considerations.
 
In 2021 Regina Road gained
national attention following an ITV news report revealing serious
concerns about the living conditions on the estate. Reports
informed that conditions were unacceptable, highlighting major
health and safety concerns including severe damp and mould. The
issues were noted to have arisen owing to a range of factors
including failure to resolve key maintenance issues, failings in
the response to the worsening conditions highlighted by residents,
and the estate suffering from a lack of investment over many years.
It was deemed that there was a need for urgent intervention to
address the issues and provide safe, high
quality homes.
 
The Council subsequently
committed to take action to address past failures and ensure that
this is done in consultation with residents. The Residents’
Charter was produced and approved at Cabinet on 16 November 2022,
providing a framework for the consultation.
 
In 2023, 88.1% of eligible
residents voted in favour of demolishing and rebuilding the estate
through a formal ballot. The proposed redevelopment is one of the
biggest regeneration projects in Croydon in recent years and
reflects the Council’s commitment to building high quality
new council homes. The redevelopment process is advancing swiftly,
and several major milestones have recently been
achieved.
 
Key areas of progression on the
project since the last Cabinet update include commencement of
demolition of the first tower block, obtaining unanimous approval
from Planning Committee for the planning application to redevelop
the estate, and a successful major procurement process to identify
the main build contractor for Phase 1 in anticipation of starting
new build works in spring 2026. The detail of these major project
milestones and associated activities are outlined in the
report.
 
The Regina Road redevelopment
contributes to the Executive Mayor’s Priority 4 by
demonstrating significant investment into new Council housing stock
and providing safe, well-designed new homes that are in keeping
with the local area.

Content

For the reasons set out in the
report and its appendices, the Executive Mayor and Cabinet
AGREED
 
2.1 To note the contents of
this project update report.