Category Archives: Broad Green

“We will reject having the incinerator imposed upon us”

Posted on May 7, 2013 by

TONY NEWMAN, the leader of the Labour opposition group on Croydon Council, says that he will use every legal power available to stop a £1 billion Viridor incinerator project being developed on the borders of the borough at Beddington Lane … Continue reading →

Posted in Broad Green, Croydon Greens, Environment, Sutton Council, Tony Newman, Waddon, Waste incinerator, Woodside | Tagged , , , , , , , | 1 Comment

£1.5m gym opens offering easy rates for exercise

Posted on May 6, 2013 by

Bit by bit, some things are coming together. Thus, opening on London Road, West Croydon, in the past couple of weeks, is easyGym, where £1.5 million has been spent on refurbishment and equipment at the site of the Fitness First … Continue reading →

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Sutton official tried to influence vote at incinerator meeting

Posted on May 3, 2013 by

An audio clip, obtained from the official Sutton Council recording of last week’s controversial planning meeting for the £1 billion incinerator scheme at Beddington Lane, shows that a council official intervened with the meeting chairman to try to force a … Continue reading →

Posted in Business, Clare Hilley, Croydon Greens, Environment, Simon Hoar, Stuart Collins, Sutton Council, Waddon, Waste incinerator | Tagged , , , , , , , | 1 Comment

Burnt: incinerator scheme fails to get planning permission

Posted on April 25, 2013 by

A Sutton Council planning meeting last night refused to approve plans to build a waste incinerator on its border with Croydon, at Beddington Lane, a stunning reversal for the powers of big business. Ahead of the meeting, with the Sutton … Continue reading →

Posted in Broad Green, Business, Community associations, Croydon Greens, East Coulsdon Residents' Association, Environment, Health, London-wide issues, Outside Croydon, Planning, Shasha Khan, Stuart Collins, Sutton Council, Tony Newman, Waste incinerator, Wildlife | Tagged , , , , , , , | 2 Comments

Infant death rates on the rise where incinerators operate

Posted on April 6, 2013 by

Inside Croydon‘s loyal reader has climbed the 47 storeys of Inside Croydon Towers to shove a copy of this week’s Sutton Guardian through our digital letterbox, with a pink Post-It note stuck on the outside, directing us to the letters … Continue reading →

Posted in Bensham Manor, Broad Green, Croydon Greens, Environment, Health, London-wide issues, Waddon, Waste incinerator | Tagged , , , , , , , | 3 Comments

CVA accused of “takeover” at riot-hit community’s forum

Posted on March 20, 2013 by

A council-funded organisation that is supposed to assist voluntary groups across the borough is being accused of unseating the chairman of a community association in the area worst hit by the 2011 riots. Croydon Voluntary Action – or CVA – … Continue reading →

Posted in 8/8: London Road stories, Broad Green, Business, Charity, Community associations, Crime, Croydon 8/8, CVA, West Croydon Community Forum | Tagged , , , , , , , | 1 Comment

The statement to West Croydon Community from Clive Locke

Posted on March 20, 2013 by

This is the unedited text of a statement prepared by Clive Locke, the founder chairman of the West Croydon Community Forum, for its meeting staged at CVA last week: Firstly, I would like to say thank you to, the community … Continue reading →

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Incinerator campaigners demonstrate that money talks

Posted on March 14, 2013 by

The Development Committee on Sutton Council thought they were holding a routine meeting last night, until a number of Stop The Incinerator protestors drawn from across Sutton and Croydon entered with placards and sat down at the front of the … Continue reading →

Posted in Broad Green, Business, Croydon Greens, Environment, Health, Planning, Shasha Khan, Stuart Collins, Sutton Council, Waste incinerator | Tagged , , , , , , ,

MEPs condemn “dangerous” Beddington incinerator proposals

Posted on March 4, 2013 by

The Greens and the Labour party in Sutton are keeping up the pressure as the proposed Viridor Beddington Lane planning application gets set to be considered (and passed) by the pro-incinerator LibDem-controlled Sutton Council at a planning meeting scheduled for … Continue reading →

Posted in Broad Green, Croydon Greens, Environment, Health, London-wide issues, Outside Croydon, Sutton Council, Waddon, Waste incinerator | Tagged , , , , , , , | 2 Comments

Council offers four days’ notice for Question Time event

Posted on March 2, 2013 by

Who dares say that Croydon Council has problems with its communications with Council Tax-payers? Who has the audacity to suggest that senior councillors from the Conservative group that runs the council are a bit slow in coming forward when it … Continue reading →

Posted in 8/8: London Road stories, Bensham Manor, Broad Green, Community associations, Crime, Croydon 8/8, Croydon North, Croydon Tamil Business Forum, London Road Traders Association, West Croydon Community Forum | Tagged , , , , , , , | 1 Comment

Croydon could be counting a new women’s Champion

Posted on February 25, 2013 by

Croydon has never had a woman MP, but tonight could see an important step made to change that. Counting Women In today publishes its report Sex and Power 2013: Who Runs Britain? which details a huge gender imbalance in British … Continue reading →

Posted in Croydon Central, Croydon North, Gavin Barwell MP, Gerry Ryan, Louisa Woodley, Nina Champion, Simon Hall, Steve Reed MP, Stuart Collins, Val Shawcross | Tagged , , , , , , ,

Incinerator campaigners ask: WHO is Gavin Barwell?

Posted on February 10, 2013 by

Jean Lambert, the Green party’s Member of the European Parliament for London, has joined a protest against the proposed incinerator in Beddington. Visiting a primary school next to the proposed incinerator site on Friday, Lambert contradicted Croydon Central MP Gavin … Continue reading →

Posted in Broad Green, Croydon Greens, Croydon North, Environment, Gavin Barwell MP, Health, Waddon, Waste incinerator | Tagged , , , , , , , | 3 Comments

Stop the search: here’s a phone app to protect public rights

Posted on December 21, 2012 by

SEAN CREIGHTON was impressed by a presentation at the latest meeting of Croydon’s tech community, which offered a smartphone solution to a community policing issue that is decades old There were more than 40 people at the latest Croydon TechCity … Continue reading →

Posted in Broad Green, Business, Community associations, Crime, Lives Not Knives, Policing, Stuart Collins, Surrey Street | Tagged , , , , , , | 2 Comments

Croydon, Christmas 2012: poverty must be Reed’s priority

Posted on December 13, 2012 by

CROYDON COMMENTARY: For too many impoverished families, it promises to be a cruel Christmas this year. SEAN CREIGHTON highlights the social challenges that face the borough’s newest MP The statistic that 1 in 4 Croydon children are in the poverty … Continue reading →

Posted in Broad Green, Business, Charity, Croydon 8/8, Croydon North, Fieldway, Health, Housing, London-wide issues, New Addington, Norbury, South Norwood, Steve Reed MP, Thornton Heath, Waddon, Wandsworth Council, West Thornton, Whitgift Centre | Tagged , , , , , , , | 2 Comments

Boris says he’s using riots funding to cover-up police cuts

Posted on November 26, 2012 by

London Road businesses and residents are to have a massive insult heaped upon the injury that many of them suffered in the Croydon riots last year, with Mayor Boris Johnson admitting that the Riots Recovery Fund he promised the area … Continue reading →

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