{"id":48172,"date":"2026-09-29T15:50:02","date_gmt":"2026-09-29T14:50:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=48172"},"modified":"2026-09-29T15:50:02","modified_gmt":"2026-09-29T14:50:02","slug":"ihbc-features-heritage-from-the-doorstep-leslie-arms-timeline-sad-25-year-decline-of-a-heritage-building","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=48172","title":{"rendered":"IHBC features \u2018Heritage from the doorstep\u2019: Leslie Arms timeline\u2026 sad 25-year decline of a heritage building"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thumb.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/2\/25\/Leslie_Arms_Grade_II_listed%2C_during_works_September_2019.jpg\/330px-Leslie_Arms_Grade_II_listed%2C_during_works_September_2019.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&amp;utm_campaign=index&amp;utm_content=thumbnail\" alt=\"https:\/\/thumb.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/2\/25\/Leslie_Arms_Grade_II_listed%2C_during_works_September_2019.jpg\/330px-Leslie_Arms_Grade_II_listed%2C_during_works_September_2019.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&amp;utm_campaign=index&amp;utm_content=thumbnail\" style=\"width:670px;height:auto\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-gray-color has-text-color has-link-color has-small-font-size wp-elements-1 wp-block-paragraph\"><em>image for illustration: <a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Leslie_Arms_Grade_II_listed,_during_works_September_2019.jpg\">Leslie Arms, Croydon Eagleash, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Between 2000 and 2025, the owner of the Grade II-listed Leslie Arms on Lower Addiscombe Road submitted 24 planning applications, in part because of Listed Building requirements, reports <em>Inside Croydon<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em><u>Inside Croydon<\/u><\/em> writes:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2026 it remains unclear whether all the planned works have ever been completed. Some kind of judgement on that might be possible when the property is auctioned on June 9.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>13 March 2001: Planning application submitted for use of first floor and second floor as guest accommodation..<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>31 July 2003\u2026 alterations of basement to offices and ground floor&#8230; Application withdrawn..<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>15 March 2004: Permission sought for alterations\u2026 Withdrawn on November 24.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u2026.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>18 February 2025: Application for discharge of Condition 3 of the permission granted in 2023\u2026. Status \u2018unknown\u2019, according to council\u2019s planning portal\u2026 March 2025\u2026 further \u2018change of use\u2019 application\u2026 made\u2026 no trace of this application on the council\u2019s planning portal.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u2026<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>9 June 2026: The Leslie Arms is to be auctioned by Savills, with a guide price of \u00a31,450,000.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/insidecroydon.com\/2026\/05\/22\/leslie-arms-timeline-sad-25-year-decline-of-heritage-building\/\">Read more here<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>image for illustration: Leslie Arms, Croydon Eagleash, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Between 2000 and 2025, the owner of the Grade II-listed Leslie Arms on Lower Addiscombe Road submitted 24 planning applications, in part because of Listed Building requirements, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=48172\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[1014,1015,694,16,848],"class_list":["post-48172","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ihbc-newsblog","tag-historic-pub","tag-lbc","tag-local-authority","tag-planning","tag-pubs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48172","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=48172"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48172\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":48174,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48172\/revisions\/48174"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=48172"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=48172"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=48172"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}