Tag Archives: Croydon Council

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

Council’s Mr & Mrs act that defies proper declarations

Posted on May 8, 2013 by

The move by Croydon Council to take over the running of the Fairfield Halls has thrown a supertrouper spotlight on some of the interests, and potential conflicts of interest, of leading members of the borough’s Establishment. After all, with senior … Continue reading →

Posted in "Hammersfield", Care Homes, Charity, Croydon 8/8, Dudley Mead, Fairfield Halls, London Mozart Players, Margaret Mead, Old Palace, Riots Review Panel, Schools, Trinity School, Whitgift Centre, Whitgift Foundation, Whitgift School | Tagged , , , , , , , | 4 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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Attention-seeking mayor deserves the Advertiser’s criticism

Posted on April 26, 2013 by

CROYDON COMMENTARY: Eddy Arram, presiding over a full council meeting for the last time, this week managed to do something which many believed was impossible: getting the editors of Inside Croydon and the Croydon Sadvertiser to agree, at least on … Continue reading →

Posted in David Callam, Eddy Arram, Local media | Tagged , , , , , , , | 3 Comments

Inside Croydon’s Hero of the Week: Marzia Nicodemi-Ehikioya

Posted on April 26, 2013 by

Marzia Nicodemi-Ehikioya won’t like this. Like that’s ever stopped us in the past. But the Shirley resident is Inside Croydon’s “Hero of the Week”, because she took a stand – or rather a seat – against a jumped-up little tyrant. … Continue reading →

Posted in Community associations, Eddy Arram, Shirley, Shirley Community Centre Association | Tagged , , , , , , | 4 Comments

Council accused of broken promise to disabled children

Posted on April 25, 2013 by

A father from South Croydon has accused Croydon Council of acting unlawfully and immorally over the decision in 2011 to stop providing transport to disabled children attending the Purley Oaks literacy centre. The centre is run by Croydon Council and … Continue reading →

Posted in Croydon Council, Croydon South, Education, Purley Oaks, Transport | Tagged , , , , , , , | 1 Comment

Benched: Council still can’t get borough’s greats’ names right

Posted on April 24, 2013 by

It is almost a year since Inside Croydon highlighted another botched PR effort by our council, the staging of a “public vote” on leading figures from Croydon’s past (and present), to provide three subjects for a “portrait bench” on a … Continue reading →

Posted in Transport, Fairfield Halls, Comedy, Activities, Art, Music, Croydon Council, Environment, History, Waddon, Walks, Jason Perry, David Lean Cinema Campaign, Cinema, Cycling | Tagged , , , , , , ,

Croydon’s homes crisis is borough’s bitter Thatcher legacy

Posted on April 18, 2013 by

CROYDON COMMENTARY: DAVID CALLAM says that the council lost much of its ability to manage its own policies on business and housing to a premiership of 30 years ago Margaret Thatcher is portrayed as a darling of the Home Counties … Continue reading →

Posted in Business, Council Tax, Croydon Council, David Callam, Housing, Lambeth Council, London-wide issues | Tagged , , , , , , ,

Aerodrome parents staging protest over crossing cuts

Posted on April 16, 2013 by

Parents at Aerodrome School will be staging a protest this afternoon in support of their lollipop lady, Maureen Seymour, who faces losing her job ensuring the safety of hundreds of children, as Croydon Council looks to make savings of £60,000 … Continue reading →

Posted in Aerodrome Primary, Croydon Council, Education, Schools, Waddon | Tagged , , , , , ,

Croydon gang culture brought to the Town Hall chamber

Posted on April 12, 2013 by

CROYDON COMMENTARY: Town Hall meetings have become notorious for generating more heat than light, especially on matters of greatest importance tothe borough. SUSAN OLIVER says councillors must clean up their act When the council’s budget meeting was broadcast on Croydon … Continue reading →

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Redundancies and four-day opening at Upper Norwood library

Posted on April 9, 2013 by

So much for Croydon Council’s promises of no library closures. The Conservative-controlled council which has already axed the mobile library service and has decided to close New Addington’s purpose-built library  to replace it with a few book shelves in the … Continue reading →

Posted in Greenwich Leisure, John Laing Integrated Services, Lambeth Council, Libraries, Sara Bashford, Tim Pollard | Tagged , , , , , , , | 3 Comments

Purley residents suspicious as campaign posters disappear

Posted on April 8, 2013 by

A group of residents in Purley are back on a “war footing”, after what they claim has been heavy-handed treatment from Croydon Council over their on-going campaign against a planning application to build a large hospital on the site of … Continue reading →

Posted in Community associations, Croydon Council, Croydon South, Environment, Health, Kenley, Planning, Purley | Tagged , , , , , ,

Investigation called for over councillor’s planning interests

Posted on April 7, 2013 by

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 , , , , , , , | 2 Comments

“Favoured” Halls, £4.5m debts and the commercial interests

Posted on April 2, 2013 by

Using the Fairfield Halls’ trustees’ own annual reports and accounts since 2010, together with official council documents, SEAN CREIGHTON examines what is going on at the town’s arts venue, ahead of £25m of public money being spent to refurbish it … Continue reading →

Posted in "Hammersfield", Art, Business, Charity, Cinema, Comedy, Community associations, Croydon Council, Dance, David Fitze, David Lean Cinema Campaign, Dudley Mead, Fairfield, Fairfield Halls, Jon Rouse, London Mozart Players, Music, Property, South Croydon Community Association, Theatre, Timothy Godfrey, Warehouse Theatre, Whitgift Centre | Tagged , , , , , , , | 3 Comments

Council silent as HR chief Parkes heads for the exit

Posted on March 28, 2013 by

Croydon’s Council Tax-payers look to be facing another expensive six-figure pay-off, after an internal announcement yesterday confirmed that the borough’s human resources director, Pam Parkes, one of the council’s five most senior officers, is to leave with immediate effect. There … Continue reading →

Posted in Council Tax, Croydon Council, Hayley Lewis, Jon Rouse, Nathan Elvery, Stephen McDonald | Tagged , , , , , , | 5 Comments