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Councillor acts as delivery boy for £1bn incinerator company
A senior Conservative councillor in Croydon has refused to answer questions about why he spent much of Saturday distributing leaflets in his ward, apparently as an overpaid delivery boy on behalf of multi-billion rubbish burners Viridor. Simon Hoar, councillor in … Continue reading
Investigation called for over councillor’s planning interests
Julie Belvir, the Borough Solicitor, Croydon Council‘s senior legal officer, is expected to investigate the conduct of Waddon councillor Clare Hilley. Last month, Inside Croydon published an email from Hilley in which she offered her “planning expertise” to a leading … Continue reading
Posted in Clare Hilley, Environment, Housing, Julie Belvir, Planning, Property, Simon Hoar, Tony Harris, Waddon, Waste incinerator
Tagged Code of Conduct, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, London, Taberner House, Taylor Wimpey, Waddon
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Dr Toxic’s latest hit is a real Song for Europe (and Waddon)
It’s unlikely to be at No1 when the next charts are announced, and Justin Beiber has little to fear. But Dr Toxic’s little ditty might just end up becoming an ear-worm for the Waddon councillors who sought election on a … Continue reading
Posted in Clare Hilley, Croydon Greens, Croydon North, Environment, Health, London-wide issues, Music, Simon Hoar, Tony Harris, Waddon, Waste incinerator
Tagged Croydon, England, Incineration, Landfill, London, Waddon, Waste management
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Leisure centre opens – and charges locals £44 per month
Olympic legacy? Not at the Waddon Leisure Centre, opened yesterday by Croydon Council inviting a Paralympic champion from… Sutton. The public facility – built at a cost of £15million, or one-tenth of the price we are paying for the Council … Continue reading
Posted in Clare Hilley, Fusion, Leisure services, Simon Hoar, Tony Harris, Waddon
Tagged Council Tax, Croydon Council, Gym, Jamie Ward, Leisure centre, London, London Borough of Croydon, Waddon
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Croydon’s Labour group prepares for 2014 elections
The Croydon election campaign is underway. The campaign for the 2014 local council elections, that is. Though we are 20 months out from the next local elections, it is notable that the Croydon Labour party is organising so early for … Continue reading
Posted in Clare Hilley, Council Tax, Croydon Council, New Addington, Simon Hoar, Sutton Council, Tony Harris, Tony Newman, Tony Pearson, URV, Waddon, Waste incinerator
Tagged Conservative, Council Tax, Croydon, Croydon Council, Labour, Liberal Democrats, London Borough of Croydon, Mike Fisher, Steve O'Connell, Waddon
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Greens call for Croydon residents to act now on incinerator
The local Green party is calling on Croydon and Sutton residents to ensure that they take part in the consultation process for the Beddington Lane incinerator, with the deadline for objections to be submitted next Tuesday, September 18.
Posted in Broad Green, Clare Hilley, Croydon Greens, Environment, London-wide issues, Simon Hoar, Sutton Council, Tony Harris, Waddon, Waste incinerator, Wildlife
Tagged Croydon, Environment Agency, Green, Incineration, London, Politics, Sutton
Wildlife and fire puts the heat on Beddington incinerator plans
Tuesday’s massive fire at the Beddington Lane sewage works and some rare migrating birds are to be used by campaigners to strengthen their arguments against plans for a £1billion waste incinerator scheme on the site. The London Fire Brigade warned … Continue reading
Posted in Clare Hilley, Croydon Greens, Environment, Gordon Ross, Outside Croydon, Planning, Simon Hoar, Sutton Council, Tony Harris, Waddon, Waste incinerator, Wildlife
Tagged Addiscombe, Croydon, Gordon Ross, Incineration, London, Tony Harris, Viridor, Waddon
Waddon residents land a coo with Thomas’s promises
Waddon has a big pigeon problem, apparently. But the area’s bird shit-lined, often flooded, dark and threateningly unpassable pedestrian underpasses, the scene of at least two mugging attacks in recent weeks, are to get a council-run makeover. “And that’s a … Continue reading
Pollard agrees to extend consultation at Question Time event
The deputy leader of the Conservative group that controls Croydon Council has given an undertaking that the consultation period for the Upper Norwood Joint Library will be extended. Councillor Tim Pollard told residents at Tuesday evening’s council Question Time staged … Continue reading
Posted in Addiscombe, Clare Hilley, Croydon 8/8, Croydon Council, Croydon South, Leisure services, Libraries, Sara Bashford, Simon Hoar, Tim Pollard, Tony Harris, URV, Waddon, Waste incinerator
Tagged Conservative, Croydon, London, London Borough of Croydon, Question Time, Upper Norwood, Viridor, Waddon
Protesters to take Croydon’s burning issue to the streets
A wide-ranging alliance of Croydon and Sutton residents and businesses will march on Croydon Town Hall next Sunday, May 13, to oppose the council’s £1billion plan to build a waste incinerator in Beddington Lane. The demonstration will start at 11am … Continue reading
Posted in Activities, Broad Green, Business, Clare Hilley, Croydon Central, Croydon Council, Croydon Greens, Croydon North, Environment, Health, London-wide issues, Mayday Hospital, Outside Croydon, Schools, Selhurst, Simon Hoar, Sutton Council, Thornton Heath, Tony Harris, Waddon, Waste incinerator
Tagged Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Conservative, Croydon-Sutton, London, London Borough of Croydon, Sutton, Viridor
Wake up Waddon: this really is a £1bn incinerator
Belated congratulations to Nick Hitchens, of the Croydon Guardian, who managed to get the three Waddon councillors on the record to explain why they broke their election promises to “… oppose any incinerator being built in Croydon or on the … Continue reading
