Purley

Future Purley 

In 2020, Croydon Council invited the Purley community to help to create a plan to shape the future of Purley Town Centre and its immediate surroundings.

The plan is based on community engagement and urban design analysis. It includes:

• Purley Strategic Framework (PDF, 18MB) - this informs the Croydon Local Plan and future development
• Purley Community Projects (PDF, 7MB) - projects to help deliver the plan, either by the community, or in partnership with developers and the council

The framework is used to:

• help influence developers working in the area
• support the local community to seek funding opportunities for local projects

The projects are not funded by the council.

Find out more at Future Purley

Improvements to the high street and district centre

In 2024 and 2025, Purley was given funding from the UK Shared Prosperity Fund to improve the high street and increase footfall in the district centre. 

Purley BID (Business Improvement District) were pivotal in the delivery of the works, focusing on public art opportunities, greening initiatives and night-time lighting. The works included:

• new public art on the Rotary Block
• re-planting efforts along the high street and in the Rotary field
• new lamp post banners along Purley High Street
• new lighting for night time safety and to support evening economies
• renewed artwork at Godstone Road
• new artwork in the fitness quarter

Find out more about the projects in Purley.