Work on Crystal Palace development could start this year

By Tara O’Connor, Local Democracy Reporter

Work on a long-awaited retail and homes development, including a Marks and Spencer, could finally get under way in Crystal Palace this year.

The plans to redevelop Victory Place in Westow Street were first approved nearly 10 years ago.

The application to demolish buildings to make way for an apart-hotel, flats and shop space were originally approved in 2013, and in 2018 the developer said a new M&S store is interested in opening on the ground floor.

Now, the owners St Aidans Holdings has submitted a change to the planning approval which confirms Marks and Spencer still wants to open a food hall as part of the development. It calls the development Crystal Palace Market Square.

The applicant wants to get rid of the apart-hotel rooms and replace them with more flats. This would bring the total number of flats provided as part of the development from 33 to 43.

The application said, pending approval, construction work is expected to start at the end of 2022.

Pictured top: Victory Place (Picture: Google Street View)