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Anchoring Growth: How Culture, Connectivity and Investment are Transforming Croydon

03 August 2026

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Showcasing Croydon’s major investment opportunities, the council’s partnership-driven delivery model, and the role of powerful anchors such as London Gatwick Airport, BOXPARK, and Crystal Palace FC in unlocking economic growth. The discussion will highlight Croydon’s expanding regeneration pipeline, local plan review, the town centre’s transformation, and South London’s strengthening connection to the Gatwick Region Airport Economic Zone with London Gatwick’s planned runway capacity increases expected to generate 14,000 jobs and £1bn per year across the zone.

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Anchoring Growth: How Culture, Connectivity and Investment are Transforming Croydon

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