Bids wanted for fire-ravaged former asylum
CANE Hill has been put up for sale, as details of the Coulsdon Masterplan finally become clearer.
Companies which want to buy the 82-hectare site are now being invited to make offers to the former asylum's owner, the Homes and Communities Agency (HCA).
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UP FOR SALE: Cane Hill was devastated in a mysterious fire last autumn
In a document aimed at potential investors, the HCA said Coulsdon and Cane Hill could be used to build 500 to 800 homes over the next five to ten years, with Cane Hill used for up to 700 of those.
The organisation said there was also capacity for 8,000 to 9,000 square metres of retail development across the site, potentially creating hundreds of new jobs.
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A draft masterplan for Coulsdon town centre has been completed, but the winning bidder will be expected to work with Croydon Council to create the final masterplan for Cane Hill.
Officials at Croydon Council are hoping to attract one mid-sized supermarket or two smaller units, to create a town square in the centre of Coulsdon and improve routes between the town and Cane Hill.
The masterplan for Cousldon also includes improved pedestrian and cycle routes.
Charlie King, chairman of East Coulsdon Residents' Association, said: "I think the masterplan is a step forward in the regeneration of Coulsdon and we are very grateful for the way that it has been done.
"Having gone this far, the work must continue; we don't want to see it tucked away in a drawer somewhere.
"We will therefore be keeping up the pressure on our councillors to ensure that the centre of Coulsdon is regenerated and that Cane Hill has a sensible high-quality development on it that is in the best interests of the town."
Councillor Jason Perry, Croydon's cabinet member for planning, conservation and climate change, said the Cane Hill and town-centre proposals were a "once-in-a-generation opportunity for Coulsdon".
The cabinet will discuss the current masterplan ideas at a meeting on Monday and the document will be sent out for public consultation once a developer has been appointed.
Meanwhile, a spokesman for the HCA said the organisation still does not know what caused the mysterious fire that devastated Cane Hill last autumn.
The blaze destroyed much of the landmark structure, including the iconic clocktower.
The spokesman added: "The report the police made at the time of the fire recorded 'no offence disclosed', and the report we received from the Fire Brigade stated that their investigation had proved inconclusive."
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Comments
by pimp_pedro
Monday, July 18 2011, 11:41AM
“Mystery fire?
Purchased by English Heritage, sold for development, knocked down apart from this admin block which is protected, then with security dog patrols, high security fencing, disconnected gas, electric, water, no gas canisters, welding equipment, burnable furniture removed, nobody able to get access without security...
Then there is a fire in this building with preservation rules meaning building/converting it will be highly expensive, this happens often and usually the building has fallen down after the fire, this is a rare case where it survives
Funny how many times people see this on English heritage sites that are set for re-development
This must be a case for Scooby and the gang”
by minniemoose
Thursday, July 14 2011, 9:46AM
“Could do the building up and made it into flats and rented them out.”
by Swordtail
Wednesday, July 13 2011, 7:15PM
“LAFANTASY it was free when you stayed there.”
by roomster
Wednesday, July 13 2011, 6:08PM
“We used to visit the hospital to play cricket against the staff and always got a great reception from the patients.I was often saddened to see people who had been placed in there with very slight problems that these days would have had them living in amongst us and not locked away.”
by LAFANTASTICA
Wednesday, July 13 2011, 4:32PM
“£1.50.”
by The3rd
Monday, July 11 2011, 2:30PM
“Talk about haunted house on the hill.
Who would want to live on top of Cane Hill? How many people died there?
I've taken my dog Rufus around the area and he is normally very good mannered. He barked wildly into nothing the whole time we were there. It is a sign that there disgruntled spirits wandering the grounds. I wouldnt share my house with a ghost if you paid me!”
by minniemoose
Saturday, July 09 2011, 3:15PM
“1 pound.”