Temporary closure of Croydon Magistrates’ Court from September 2019
HM Courts & Tribunals Service is making plans for the temporary closure of Croydon Magistrates’ Court from the beginning of September 2019 until the end of the year, while we carry out work to the building.
The enabling works required need to be completed before we move additional court business into Croydon as part of wider work to make the best use of the most suitable buildings in the court estate, including the closure of Camberwell Green Magistrates’ Court.
We have been working with contractors on what needs to be done to the Croydon Magistrates’ Court building to enable it to accommodate this extra work. The most recent and detailed reports have shown that more work is needed than was originally anticipated and will need the installation of site hoarding and internal scaffolding in the public concourse. As this would create too much disruption we will temporarily close the court for a few months while the work is carried out.
While the court is temporarily closed:
- Criminal cases will be heard in Camberwell, Wimbledon and Lavender Hill
- Family cases will be heard at Wandsworth County Court.
20 January 2020 update
The court has now re-opened with a phased planned return.
This phased plan will help us facilitate both the listing of work that was temporarily moved out of Croydon, as well as the work currently listed at Camberwell Green. The phases for work to return to Croydon are:
- Week commencing 20 January 2020 (all adult trials)
- Week commencing 27 January 2020 (guilty advised plea and not guilty advised plea cases, family and youth work)
- Week commencing 3 February 2020 (all custody cases and non- Crown Prosecution Service cases).
Last updated 20 January 2020 + show all updates
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Court has now re-opened with a phased plan for work to return to the court.
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Update on phased return of work into Croydon.
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Clarification that family cases will be heard at Wandsworth County Court
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First published.