Category Archives: Cherry Orchard Gardens

Wellesley Road scheme offers traffic chaos for years to come

Posted on April 15, 2013 by

According to a survey published recently, Wellesley Road in central Croydon is the eighth most congested road in the capital. Not satisfied with that, Croydon Council’s cabinet of senior councillors, together with Transport for London, seem intent on getting Wellesley … Continue reading →

Posted in "Hammersfield", Addiscombe, Cherry Orchard Gardens, Commuting, Croydon Council, East Croydon, Environment, Fairfield, Health, Lansdowne Road RA, Menta Tower, Parking, Planning, Property, Tramlink, Transport, West Croydon, Whitgift Centre | Tagged , , , , , , , | 4 Comments

White Label’s “no Cannes do” with conference publicity

Posted on March 12, 2013 by

Whoops. Looks like another clanger dropped by White Label, the PR agency that is ubiquitous in Croydon Council business.

Posted in Business, Cane Hill, Cherry Orchard Gardens, Croydon Council, Housing, Jon Rouse, Planning, Property, URV | Tagged , , , , , , , | 2 Comments

Mind the gap: Addiscombe gets its missing “link”

Posted on November 11, 2012 by

Nil carborundum illegitimi* In dealing with the often obdurate and regularly crass management of our local council, sometimes people have to take satisfaction over the little victories, the minor successes. These are usually achieved against the corporate brick wall of … Continue reading →

Posted in Addiscombe, Boris Johnson, Business, Cherry Orchard Gardens, Commuting, Croydon Council, East Croydon, Environment, Fairfield, Jon Rouse, Mayor of London, Menta Tower, Planning, Property, Ruskin Square, Sean Fitzsimons, Tramlink, Transport | Tagged , , , , , , , | 2 Comments

Flawed council plan puts flats too close to Fairfield Halls

Posted on October 15, 2012 by

The public consultation for the latest Croydon Council pipe dream, the “Fair Field Masterplan”, closes today. Extraordinarily, even by Croydon’s standards for bungling, this latest masterplan has managed to antagonise the centrepiece upon which many of the proposals depend: the … Continue reading →

Posted in Addiscombe, Cherry Orchard Gardens, Croydon College, Croydon Council, East Croydon, Fairfield, Fairfield Halls, Housing, Jon Rouse, Menta Tower, Planning, Property, Tramlink, Transport, URV, Warehouse Theatre | Tagged , , , , , , , | 2 Comments

Going Mental: Is 55-storey tower just getting a name change?

Posted on October 7, 2012 by

Doubts remain over the viability of the Mental Tower beside East Croydon station, proposed as Britain’s tallest residential block at 55 storeys, but casting a shadow for more than half a mile over the existing low-rise homes of Addiscombe, while … Continue reading →

Posted in Addiscombe, Cherry Orchard Gardens, Croydon Central, Gavin Barwell MP, Housing, Menta Tower, Planning, Property | Tagged , , , , , , , | 2 Comments

Boris’s cunning plan: too high, too many, too central

Posted on September 29, 2012 by

CROYDON COMMENTARY: The Mayor of London’s “cunning plan” for Croydon is flawed in important respects, says ANDREW PELLING – too much housing crammed into the centre of the borough, in too many high-rise blocks, and by ignoring other parts of … Continue reading →

Posted in Andrew Pelling, Ashburton, Boris Johnson, Broad Green, Cane Hill, Cherry Orchard Gardens, Commuting, Coulsdon, Croydon 8/8, Croydon Central, Croydon Council, Croydon North, East Croydon, Environment, Fairfield, Health, Housing, IYLO, London Assembly, London Road Traders Association, London-wide issues, Mayor of London, Menta Tower, Planning, Property, Purley, Ruskin Square, Schools, Transport, URV, Vidhi Mohan, West Croydon, West Croydon Community Forum | Tagged , , , , , , , | 4 Comments

Council to spend £1.1m of riots fund on business rate relief

Posted on September 28, 2012 by

Croydon Council last night unveiled a business rates reduction scheme using £1.1million-worth of the Mayor of London’s riots recovery fund – and targeted at an area away from the zone worst-hit by the arson, looting and rioting on 8/8 last … Continue reading →

Posted in Addiscombe, Allders, Boris Johnson, Business, Cherry Orchard Gardens, Croydon Central, Croydon Council, Fairfield, Mayor of London, Menta Tower, Planning, Property, Ruskin Square, URV, Vidhi Mohan | Tagged , , , , , , , | 1 Comment

Altitude 25 looks to off-load unsold flats as short-term lets

Posted on September 12, 2012 by

A new planning application for the Altitude 25 development at East Croydon, seeking to allow short-term, serviced lets of some of the unsold apartments, has cast further doubts on the council’s grand plans to build a city in the sky. … Continue reading →

Posted in Addiscombe, Boris Johnson, Cherry Orchard Gardens, Croydon Central, Croydon Council, Fairfield, IYLO, London Assembly, Menta Tower, Planning, Property, Steve O'Connell | Tagged , , , , , , ,

Bridge to Nowhere: US expert asks why contracts not enforced

Posted on July 16, 2012 by

A senior public architect in New York City has made a thinly veiled criticism of the handling of the £20 million “Bridge to Nowhere” at East Croydon station by local government funding bodies, including Croydon Council, suggesting that they made … Continue reading →

Posted in Addiscombe, Business, Cherry Orchard Gardens, Commuting, Croydon Council, East Croydon, Jon Rouse, Menta Tower, Planning, Property, Transport | Tagged , , , , , , , | 3 Comments

Mugger with the mic? Or taken for mugs in the audience?

Posted on July 13, 2012 by

CROYDON COMMENTARY: A 15 per cent fall in turnover in the Croydon retail sector in five years? Solution: Build more shops! Expensive residential tower blocks left unfinished, unbuilt or unsold? Solution: Build more towers! CRO CRUSADER questions the logic of … Continue reading →

Posted in Addiscombe, Allders, Business, Centrale, Cherry Orchard Gardens, Crime, Croydon 8/8, Croydon Central, Croydon College, Croydon Council, East Croydon, Education, Gavin Barwell MP, Housing, IYLO, Jason Perry, Jon Rouse, Menta Tower, Mike Fisher, Planning, Property, Ruskin Square, Transport, Trinity School, URV, Vidhi Mohan, Whitgift Centre, Whitgift Foundation | Tagged , , , , , , , | 1 Comment

“I’m no expert”: Gavin Barwell and his one-man show

Posted on July 13, 2012 by

DIAMOND GEEZER joined the audience in central Croydon for a one-man show that was a song and dance for big business and land owners, but did a soft-shoe shuffle when asked for solutions to the borough’s problems [4.30pm update – … Continue reading →

Posted in Addiscombe, Allders, Business, Centrale, Charity, Cherry Orchard Gardens, Commuting, Croydon Central, Croydon College, Croydon Council, Croydon North, East Croydon, Education, Environment, Gavin Barwell MP, Housing, IYLO, London-wide issues, Menta Tower, Planning, Property, Ruskin Square, Schools, Transport, URV, West Croydon, Whitgift Centre, Whitgift Foundation, Whitgift School | Tagged , , , , , , | 2 Comments

Addiscombe barbie at centre of a day of community events

Posted on July 13, 2012 by

The Sir Philip Game Centre continues its hectic schedule of community events this summer with a barbecue and family fun day tomorrow, Saturday, July 14 at Morland Avenue, Addiscombe. The Croydon Judo Club is co-hosting the event, with martial arts … Continue reading →

Posted in Activities, Addiscombe, Cherry Orchard Gardens, Menta Tower, Property, Sean Fitzsimons, Sir Philip Game Centre | Tagged , , , ,

Mind the gap! A prize for the Bridge to Nowhere scheme

Posted on July 12, 2012 by

Croydon is crowing about another “award” won by the council. This time it is the East Croydon Masterplan that won the prize from something called the New London Architecture awards. A “prestigious” panel of judges including David Burney, the commissioner … Continue reading →

Posted in Addiscombe, Cherry Orchard Gardens, Croydon Council, East Croydon, Environment, Housing, Jon Rouse, Menta Tower, Planning, Property, Ruskin Square, URV, Whitgift Centre | Tagged , , , , , , , | 1 Comment

Yuppies, riots, the half-priced £1.5m flats and Rouse’s Folly

Posted on July 7, 2012 by

A constant theme in our council’s various “masterplans” is a massive increase in the number of people living in the centre of the borough – mainly in high-rise blocks. In doing this, CR0 CRUSADER asks, whose interests is our council … Continue reading →

Posted in Addiscombe, Cherry Orchard Gardens, Commuting, Croydon 8/8, Croydon Central, Croydon Council, East Croydon, Environment, Fairfield, Housing, IYLO, Jon Rouse, London-wide issues, Menta Tower, Planning, Property, Ruskin Square, URV | Tagged , , , , , , , | 1 Comment

Unconnected Croydon and the £20m footbridge to nowhere

Posted on July 5, 2012 by

The incompetence of Croydon’s planners and politicians means that our council has been turned over by developers once more, hoodwinked into spending about £20 million of public money on what an official report this week concedes could become “a walkway … Continue reading →

Posted in Addiscombe, Boris Johnson, Cherry Orchard Gardens, Commuting, Croydon Council, East Croydon, Environment, Menta Tower, Planning, Property, Ruskin Square, Transport, Warehouse Theatre | Tagged , , , , , , | 5 Comments