Bryden Wood Associates, an architect specialising in off-site manufacture, has gained planning permission for 189 apartments in Croydon town centre. The development involves the full refurbishment, recladding and extension of the upper storeys of vacant office building Lennig House on Masons Avenue. The development also includes five mews houses set among three landscaped gardens. The developers are BridgeHouse Capital and Midland City Development and the London Planning Practice is planning consultant.