Croydon Skyline Project

Croydon Skyline and Croydon's Vision 2020

The Croydon Skyline Project is a key element of Croydon's Vision 2020 regeneration initiative and contributes to this by:

Helping to create a greater overall identity.
Improving Croydon's image and its attractiveness as a location for business and leisure.
Creating a greater sense of safety and reducing fear of crime.
Promoting more sustainable use of buildings by showing them in a more attractive light.
Increasing civic pride and involving the community.
Encouraging night activity and economy in Croydon.

A Millennium Commission grant (of £2m) was awarded in 1996 to fund the project. The Grant period expired in the summer of 2001. The Croydon Skyline Millennium Trust - which comprises of various representatives from local businesses and the arts and educational communities - was formed to implement and run the project

There were an initial 17 schemes in the project. Since the expiry of the grant a further two schemes have been added. The project work is ongoing and Croydon Council have introduced planning guidance obliging developers to install Skyline type external lighting as part of any new development in central Croydon.