Despite the on-going recessionary times that we are seemingly in, there is still quite a lot of building work going on at the moment, in and around Carshalton Central ward in particular we have:-
1) “Carter House”, 229-245 Carshalton Road, Carshalton. 44 new flats and a children’s nursery, at the junction with Shorts Road.
2) 2-4A Rotherfield Road and Lakin Close, Carshalton. 9 new houses.
3) Wentworth Hall, 80 Ruskin Road, Carshalton. Alterations and extensions to the existing community building for the Muslim Cultural Welfare Association, Sutton.
4) All Saints’ School, Rotherfield Road, Carshalton. Alterations and major extensions to the existing primary school building.
5) Westcroft Leisure Centre and New Carshalton Library, Westcroft Road, next to The Grove Park, Carshalton. Rebuilding.
Recently-completed housing/flats developments include:-
1) “Nicola House”, 2 Carshalton Park Road, Carshalton. Main block of 11 flats plus 2 conversion flats at no. 35 Pound Street. By the junction with Pound Street (the former Texaco Garage site). This attractive block of flats overlooks the Margaret’s Pool area by the south side of the Heritage Centre and Ecology Centre buildings that form such an attractive part of the Carshalton Village Conservation Area.
2) “Hillside”, Carshalton Road, Sutton. 3 penthouse/roof-top flats on top of the existing early 1970s-style block of 18 flats.
New Penthouse Flats, Hillside, Carshalton Road
3) “Doric House”, Carshalton Grove, Sutton. 11 new flats.
4) Site of 40 Coleridge Avenue, Sutton. 4 new houses.
5) Also heavily refurbished/ restored in recent months are the two flats at 15 The Square, Carshalton.
6) Corbould Close, off The Park. 8 new flats.