Category Archives: Planning

Pollard hands £30m library deal on a plate to builders Laings

Posted on May 25, 2013 by

Croydon’s secretive council is at it again, this time sneaking out a report just before the Bank Holiday weekend that announces that Tim Pollard, the deputy leader of the Conservative-run council, has decided that he will award an eight-year contract … Continue reading →

Posted in Business, Croydon Council, Greenwich Leisure, John Laing Integrated Services, Libraries, New Addington, Property, Tim Pollard, URV | Tagged , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Oi! Could the Town Hall do the Lambeth Walk under Labour?

Posted on May 20, 2013 by

Croydon’s Labour party looks like adopting a new approach to offer to the electorate ahead of the 2014 local elections. Labour wants to offer “a council run for the town, not the Town Hall”, according to the deputy leader of … Continue reading →

Posted in 2014 council elections, Alison Butler, Boris Johnson, Croydon Council, Croydon North, Lambeth Council, Steve Reed MP, Tony Newman, URV | Tagged , , , , , , , | 2 Comments

Power to the people, not the snakes in Savile Row suits

Posted on May 19, 2013 by

CROYDON COMMENTARY: Our loyal reader questioned whether this site could, or should, be carrying articles from local UKIP representatives. Far too right wing, they suggested. But the Sage of Waddon, ARFUR TOWCRATE read the piece about local democracy and saw … Continue reading →

Posted in 2014 council elections, 2015 General Election, Croydon Central, Croydon Council, Croydon Greens, Environment, Gavin Barwell MP, Planning, Waddon, Waste incinerator | Tagged , , , , , , , | 1 Comment

UKIP’s solution on hot local issues? Hold a vote on them

Posted on May 17, 2013 by

Is there a better way? PETER STAVELEY, a UKIP candidate at next year’s Croydon Council elections, says his party would stage a public vote on important issues such as the incinerator When the controversial proposal for an incinerator at Beddington … Continue reading →

Posted in 2014 council elections, 2015 General Election, Addiscombe, Peter Staveley, Planning | Tagged , , , , , , , | 5 Comments

Ashes to ashes: Only Boris can stop Viridor incinerator now

Posted on May 16, 2013 by

CROYDON COMMENTARY: Did Sutton’s LibDems last night grant planning permission to Viridor for its £1bn incinerator project at Beddington Lane just so that someone else could make the tough decision to block it? Contributing editor ANDREW PELLING says that nothing … Continue reading →

Posted in Andrew Pelling, Boris Johnson, Business, Croydon Greens, Environment, Health, London-wide issues, Mayor of London, Outside Croydon, Paul Burstow MP, Planning, Simon Hoar, St Helier Hospital, Sutton Council, Tom Brake MP, Waste incinerator | Tagged , , , , , , , | 5 Comments

Coulsdon residents call for more school places and new library

Posted on May 15, 2013 by

A Coulsdon residents’ group has called on the council to ensure that a new primary school is provided to cope with the anticipated increase in roll numbers as a result of developing nearly 700 family homes on the site of … Continue reading →

Posted in Cane Hill, Community associations, Coulsdon, East Coulsdon Residents' Association, Education, Libraries, Planning, Schools | Tagged , , , , , , ,

Sutton Council looking to run energy company with Viridor

Posted on May 14, 2013 by

Sutton Council has been trying to register a commercial company that would manage the energy produced by the Beddington Lane incinerator – even before the proposals from Viridor have received planning permission from … Sutton Council. The decision on the … Continue reading →

Posted in Business, Community associations, Croydon Greens, Environment, Planning, Simon Hoar, Waste incinerator | Tagged , , , , , , , | 2 Comments

Cane Hill plans for 675 family homes but only 222 children

Posted on May 10, 2013 by

The “family homes” built by Barratt Homes can’t be very good: according to the house-builder, few of those that it will be building at Cane Hill in Coulsdon will accommodate any children. Apparently to avoid having to provide a school … Continue reading →

Posted in Boris Johnson, Business, Cane Hill, Coulsdon, Coulsdon East, Coulsdon West, Croydon Council, Croydon South, East Coulsdon Residents' Association, Education, Housing, Mayor of London, Old Coulsdon Residents' Association, Planning, Schools | Tagged , , , , , , , | 3 Comments

£1bn incinerator “replay” meeting hurriedly set-up for May 15

Posted on May 3, 2013 by

Sutton Council’s anxiety to push through proposals to build a waste incinerator in the midst of a highly populated residential area in Beddington Lane was demonstrated today with the announcement that a further development control committee meeting will be staged … Continue reading →

Posted in Croydon Greens, Environment, Planning, Sutton Council, Waste incinerator | Tagged , , , , ,

“No service will be untouched” in further cuts, says CEO

Posted on May 2, 2013 by

Maybe it is the “interim” element of the title that gives Nathan Elvery a touch of impermanence as Croydon’s chief executive, a bit like Rafa Benitez, the unloved and unappreciated “interim” manager at Chelsea football club. Or maybe, as a … Continue reading →

Posted in Croydon Council, Hannah Miller, Nathan Elvery, URV | Tagged , , , , , , , | 3 Comments

Red Deer locals look north for help to rebuff Morrisons

Posted on April 30, 2013 by

Another landmark Croydon pub is under threat of takeover from a supermarket chain. And our local councillors’ response – where they have bothered to respond – is effectively to shrug their shoulders and say there’s nothing that they can, or … Continue reading →

Posted in Business, Community associations, Croham, Maria Gatland, Planning, Property, Pubs, Sanderstead, South Croydon Community Association, Steve O'Connell, Tim Pollard, Yvette Hopley | Tagged , , , , , , , | 7 Comments

Council announces plans for takeover of Fairfield Halls

Posted on April 29, 2013 by

Croydon’s Conservative-run Council wants to put professional wrestling and Roy “Chubby” Brown on the rates. At a meeting of the ruling Tory group’s cabinet tonight, proposals to take over the Fairfield Halls and the London Mozart Players will be discussed. … Continue reading →

Posted in Art, Charity, David Lean Cinema Campaign, Dudley Mead, Fairfield Halls, London Mozart Players, Music, Planning, Property, Warehouse Theatre | Tagged , , , , , , | 2 Comments

Council deputy leader has “serious concerns” over Lidl plans

Posted on April 27, 2013 by

Lidl’s latest scheme to build a steel shed on the site of the old Good Companions at Hamsey Green has been referred to Croydon Council’s planning committee by a senior Croydon councillor who says he has “serious concerns” over the … Continue reading →

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Hamsey Green shops and schools under threat from Lidl plans

Posted on April 26, 2013 by

To absolutely no one’s surprise – largely because they have paid top-dollar for the landmark site and need to make the £2 million investment work for them commercially – Lidl has submitted a renewed planning application for a supermarket where … Continue reading →

Posted in Business, Community associations, Parking, Planning, Pubs, Sanderstead, Yvette Hopley | Tagged , , , , , , ,

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