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Category Archives: Patricia Hay-Justice
Residents’ fury as developers bid to demolish Glamorgan pub
Residents and councillors in Addiscombe and East Croydon are furious that property owners have sneaked in a planning application to demolish a long-disused pub and build an eight-storey block of flats in its place. The Save The Glamorgan Campaign has … Continue reading
Posted in Addiscombe West, Business, Clive Fraser, Community associations, Croydon Council, East Croydon, Patricia Hay-Justice, Planning, Property, Pubs, Sean Fitzsimons
Tagged Addiscombe, Addiscombe West, Cherry Orchard Road, Clive Fraser, East Croydon, Save The Glamorgan Campaign, The Glamorgan
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Councillors agree to chase Negrini for golden handshake cash
CROYDON IN CRISIS: The same committee which met in August 2020 to agree the £437,000 payment to the departing CEO today decided to ignore the advice of senior lawyers and spend more council cash in trying to recover the pay-off. … Continue reading
Posted in Brick by Brick, Callton Young, Croydon Council, Enid Mollyneaux, Jason Cummings, Jo Negrini, Katherine Kerswell, Lynne Hale, Mayor Jason Perry, Patricia Hay-Justice, Report in the Public Interest, RIPI II: Fairfield Halls, Section 114 notice, Shifa Mustafa, Simon Hall, The Penn Report, Tony Newman
Tagged Brick by Brick, CIPFA, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, Department for Levelling Up, DLUHC, Jo Negrini, Labour, London Borough of Croydon, Mayor Jason Perry, Metropolitan Police, Michael Gove, Simon Hall, Tony Newman, Tory
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You can depend on Croydon Labour: they always let you down
By STEVEN DOWNES, Editor, Inside Croydon In the end, it was all so sadly predictable. Yet even old cynics didn’t believe it was really going to happen in such a swift and shabby manner until they actually saw it all … Continue reading
Posted in Alisa Flemming, Callton Young, Chris Clark, Claire Bonham, Community associations, Council Tax, Croydon Council, Esther Sutton, Jane West, Janet Campbell, Karen Jewitt, Katherine Kerswell, Mayor Jason Perry, Patricia Hay-Justice, Ria Patel, Stuart King, Tamar Nwafor
Tagged 15% Council Tax hike, Callton Young, Conservative, Council Tax, Croydon, Croydon Council, Green Party, Jane West, Katherine Kerswel, Labour, Liberal Democrats, London Borough of Croydon, Mayor Jason Perry, Tory
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And here are the Labour councillors who broke their word over the 15% tax hike and abandoned the people of Croydon
STUART KING. Leader of the opposition Councillor King took over as Labour group leader in May 2022. Had spent previous eight years mostly holding senior positions, including cabinet posts, in the Labour council administration of Tony Newman, Alison Butler and … Continue reading
Posted in Alisa Flemming, Amy Foster, Brigitte Graham, Callton Young, Catherine Wilson, Chris Clark, Chrishni Reshekaron, Christopher Herman, Clive Fraser, Council Tax, Croydon Council, Enid Mollyneaux, Humayun Kabir, Humayun Kabir, Janet Campbell, Karen Jewitt, Kola Agboola, Leila Ben-Hassel, Louis Carserides, Maddie Henson, Manju Shahul Hameed, Mayor Jason Perry, Mike Bonello, Mohammed Islam, Nina Degrads, Patricia Hay-Justice, Patsy Cummings, Sean Fitzsimons, Sherwan Chowdhury, Stella Nabukeera, Stuart Collins, Stuart King, Tamar Nwafor, Tony Newman
Tagged 15% Council Tax hike, Alison Butler, Brick by Brick, Council Tax, Croydon, Croydon Council, Labour, London Borough of Croydon, Mayor Jason Perry, Paul Scott, STUART KING, Tony Newman
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Squaring the rubbish circle on Oval Road was never easy
CROYDON COMMENTARY: In answer to a public question at last night’s Town Hall meeting about the terrible state of Oval Road since rubbish contractors Veolia started a bin bags trial in 2020, Cllr Scott Roche said ‘a review of the … Continue reading
Posted in Addiscombe West, Business, Community associations, Croydon Council, ECCO, Fly tipping, Jerry Fitzpatrick, Patricia Hay-Justice, Refuse collection, Tom Lawrence, Veolia
Tagged #Binmageddon, Addiscombe, Addiscombe West, East Croydon, East Croydon Community Organisation, ECCO, Jerry Fitzpatrick, Oval Road
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Oval Road’s three years of misery over a failed bin bag trial
When councillor Stuart Collins and Veolia imposed Binmageddon on Croydon, they did so with little proper consideration for the practicalities of plonking multiple large wheely-bins outside the borough’s often small, terraced housing. Whole streets have been taken over by Veolia’s … Continue reading
Posted in Addiscombe West, Business, Clive Fraser, Croydon Council, Environment, Fly tipping, Patricia Hay-Justice, Refuse collection, Sean Fitzsimons, Veolia
Tagged Addiscombe West, Clive Fraser, Croydon, Croydon Council, Labour, London Borough of Croydon, Oval Road, Sean Fitzsimons, Veolia
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King ends front-bench sinecures for most Newman numpties
CROYDON LABOUR IN CRISIS: Starmer and Evans are using this borough as an experiment in central party control over rogue councils. By our political editor, WALTER CRONXITE And there you have it. The 2022 local government definition of a non-job, … Continue reading
Posted in Alisa Flemming, Brigitte Graham, Callton Young, Chris Clark, Chrishni Reshekaron, Enid Mollyneaux, Janet Campbell, Maddie Henson, Manju Shahul Hameed, Mayor Jason Perry, Mike Bonello, Nina Degrads, Patricia Hay-Justice, Patsy Cummings, Paul Scott, Planning, Steve Reed MP, Stuart King, Tony Newman, West Thornton
Tagged Brigitte Graham, Callton Young, Chris Clark, Chrishni Reshekaron, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, David Evans, Enid Mollyneaux, Janet Campbell, Keir Starmer, Labour, Liberal Democrats, Mike Bonello, Nina Degrads, Paul Scott, Steve Reed OBE, STUART KING, Tony Newman, Tory
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A year after housing scandal, council to raise rents by 4.1%
CROYDON IN CRISIS: Some of the poorest people in the borough face another cost-of-living increase – and one which the cash-strapped council doesn’t need to impose. By STEVEN DOWNES Croydon’s Labour-run council is preparing to hike rents to all its … Continue reading
Call for objections to scheme that threatens No1 Croydon
Councillors in Addiscombe are asking the public to lodge objections to a planning application for a tall tower block – another one – close to East Croydon Station. Developers Fifth State want to demolish the unprepossessing CityLink House office building … Continue reading
Posted in 101 George Street/Ten Degrees, Addiscombe West, East Croydon, Jerry Fitzpatrick, Menta Tower, No1 Croydon, Patricia Hay-Justice, Property, Ruskin Square, Sean Fitzsimons
Tagged Addiscombe, Addiscombe West, Croydon, Croydon Council, East Croydon, East Croydon station, NLA Tower, No1 Croydon, Planning, Sean Fitzsimons
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Cabinet member Lewis is cut adrift by New Addington selection
CROYDON IN CRISIS: A leading Newman Numpty was effectively deselected last night, as he and ceremonial deputy mayor failed even to make it on to his ward’s candidates shortlist; meanwhile, chaos in Norbury Park when Labour organisers book too small … Continue reading
Posted in 2022 council elections, Addiscombe West, Alisa Flemming, Chris Clark, Clive Fraser, Croydon North, Fairfield, Felicity Flynn, Jerry Fitzpatrick, Jose Joseph, Kola Agboola, Louisa Woodley, Mary Croos, New Addington, New Addington North, Norbury Park, Oliver Lewis, Patricia Hay-Justice, Sean Fitzsimons, Steve Reed MP, Waddon
Tagged Addiscombe West, Alisa Flemming, Appu Dhamodaran, Croydon, Croydon Council, Croydon North, Felicity Flynn, Jose Joseph, Kola Agboola, Labour, London Borough of Croydon, Mary Croos, Mayor, New Addington, New Addington North, New Addington South, Norbury Park, Oliver Lewis, Sherwan Chowdhury, Steve Reed OBE, Tony Newman, Waddon
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Council rehomes families from overcrowded Regina Road flats
EXCLUSIVE: New heaters have been promised by the middle of this month, as officials finally start to make changes for those living in ‘appalling’ conditions in South Norwood council flats. By STEVEN DOWNES Families with more than two children living … Continue reading
Posted in Clive Fraser, Community associations, Croydon Council, Hamida Ali, Health, Housing, Patricia Hay-Justice, Patsy Cummings, Regina Road Residents' Support Group, South Norwood
Tagged Croydon, Croydon Council, Hamida Ali, Labour, Patricia Hay-Justice, Regina Road, Regina Road Residents' Support Group, South Norwood
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£800 per day housing chief fails to show for Regina Road meet
CROYDON IN CRISIS: After waiting six months, residents of what was described as some of the worst housing in the country finally got to meet senior officials. But the council’s head of housing had gone off on holiday. EXCLUSIVE by … Continue reading
Posted in Alison Knight, Croydon Council, Hamida Ali, Housing, Katherine Kerswell, Patricia Hay-Justice, Regina Road Residents' Support Group, South Norwood
Tagged Alison Knight, Hamida Ali, Katherine Kerswell, Patricia Hay-Justice, Regina Road, Regina Road Residents' Support Group, South Norwood, Stephen Tate
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Covid pressures could see homelessness soar, warn boroughs
London faces the most severe homelessness crisis in the country, according to the capitals borough councils, as they face a “triple whammy” of upcoming risks over the summer, as lockdown restrictions and special covid-19 emergency aid for the homeless are … Continue reading
‘None of the tenants in Croydon trust anybody in the council’
By STEVEN DOWNES The council took the unusual step last night of inviting one of the people it is supposed to serve, a resident, a council tenant, to speak at its Town Hall cabinet meeting. What Fransoy Hewitt said, her … Continue reading
Posted in Alison Knight, Clive Fraser, Croydon Council, Hamida Ali, Housing, Katherine Kerswell, Patricia Hay-Justice, Sarah Hayward, South Norwood
Tagged Clive Fraser, Croydon, Croydon Council, Fransoy Hewitt, Hamida Ali, Labour, London Borough of Croydon, Patricia Hay-Justice, Regina Road, Regina Road Residents' Support Group, South Norwood
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Council’s ‘urgent’ inquiry into housing scandal is slow to start
It took Croydon Council five days after they were approached by ITV News with serious questions about the appalling conditions in council flats in South Norwood before they announced an “urgent inquiry”. And in the council’s first response to the … Continue reading
BINMAGEDDON!: Council rolls back on costly bins roll-out
WALTER CRONXITE, our political editor, on the latest twist in #CroydonBinChaos All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others Just as “Binmageddon” made it into the headlines of BBC London’s radio coverage this morning (including a … Continue reading
Posted in Addiscombe West, Croydon Council, Environment, Jerry Fitzpatrick, Park Hill and Whitgift, Patricia Hay-Justice, Refuse collection, Sean Fitzsimons, Stuart Collins, Tom Lawrence, Veolia, Vidhi Mohan, Waste incinerator
Tagged #Binmageddon, #CroydonBinChaos, Addiscombe West, Beddington Lane incinerator, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, Labour, London Borough of Croydon, Park Hill, Sean Fitzsimons, Stuart Collins, Veolia, Vidhi Mohan
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Labour councillor Watson opts to jump before de-selection
STEVEN DOWNES reports on the latest shift of power at the Town Hall Addiscombe councillor Mark Watson, an influential member of the council cabinet, last night stunned Labour Party members in his ward by announcing his withdrawal from the selection … Continue reading
Posted in 2018 council elections, Addiscombe East, Addiscombe West, Andrew Rendle, Ashburton, Business, Jerry Fitzpatrick, Mark Watson, Patricia Hay-Justice, Paul Smith, Sean Fitzsimons, Stephen Mann, Surrey Street, Tony Newman
Tagged Addiscombe West, Addiscombe West, Croydon, Croydon Council, Labour, Mark Watson, Patricia Hay-Justice, Sean Fitzsimons, Tony Newman
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Labour’s new slate in Fairfield as Momentum makes a mark
Our political editor, WALTER CRONXITE, with the latest weekly round-up of the ins, and outs, in a tortuous selection process Boundary changes, demographic changes and the Jeremy Corbyn-inspired swing towards Labour has made Fairfield ward in the town centre a … Continue reading
Posted in 2018 council elections, Addiscombe West, Alisa Flemming, Carole Bonner, Chris Clark, Clive Fraser, Croydon Council, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Fairfield, Fieldway, Jane Avis, John Wentworth, Mary Croos, New Addington North, Niro Sirisena, Pat Ryan, Patricia Hay-Justice, Patsy Cummings, Simon Hall, South Norwood, Sue Winborn, Vidhi Mohan
Tagged Addiscombe West, Conservative, Croydon, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Labour, London Borough of Croydon, New Addington, New Addington North, South Norwood
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Dance night at Builder’s Arms of ales, Belles and bells
Photographer CAROLYNNE FEREDAY captured some of the colour of this year’s Croydon Night of Dance
#SavetheGlam: Strong support for pub’s community value
An application to have a 190-year-old pub building near East Croydon Station declared as an Asset of Community Value will be submitted to Croydon Council tomorrow. More than 40 people turned out to express their concern for the fate of … Continue reading
Posted in Addiscombe West, ECCO, Patricia Hay-Justice, Planning, Property, Pubs, Sean Fitzsimons
Tagged #SavetheGlam, Addiscombe West, East Croydon, Sean Fitzsimons, The Glamorgan
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Latest Addiscombe road changes are heading only one way
Croydon Council officials’ ability to set neighbour against neighbour plumbed new depths this week at the Traffic Management Advisory Committee meeting held at the Town Hall. On the agenda was the council officers’ proposal to make Canning Road and Addiscombe … Continue reading
Posted in Addiscombe and Shirley Park RA, Addiscombe Residents Association, Addiscombe West, Community associations, ECCO, HOME, Mark Watson, Patricia Hay-Justice, Sean Fitzsimons, TACRA
Tagged Addiscombe and Shirley Park Residents' Association, Addiscombe West, Croydon Council, East Croydon station, ECCO, HOME, Lebanon Road, Mark Watson, TACRA
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Watson’s moving speech homes in on a Labour weakness
WALTER CRONXITE on what could turn out to be another boost for local estate agents, unwittingly provided by Croydon Council Mark Watson is going nowhere – and that’s official. Well, at least that’s what the under-pressure Addiscombe councillor told a … Continue reading
Posted in Addiscombe West, Alison Butler, Andrew Pelling, Bensham Manor, Bernadette Khan, Broad Green, Coulsdon, Croydon Central, Croydon North, Hamida Ali, Jane Avis, Manju Shahul Hameed, Mark Watson, Patricia Hay-Justice, Paul Scott, Purley, Shirley North, South Croydon, South Norwood, Steve Reed MP, Stuart Collins, Stuart King, Thornton Heath, Tony Newman, Waddon, West Thornton, Woodside
Tagged Addiscombe West, Conservative, Coulsdon, Croydon Central, Croydon Council, Croydon North, Croydon South, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Labour, Mark Watson, Purley, South Norwood, Tony Newman, Tory, Waddon
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No longer Taboo: Addiscombe gets signs of its East India past
Finally, after nearly a decade, it’s in black and white: the East India Estate Conservation Area is there for all to see on road signs in that part of Addiscombe. Special road signs were unveiled last month in the presence … Continue reading
Lebanon Road rat running starts councillor’s chicken run
Candidate selections for next year’s Town Hall elections are still a long way off, as Croydon’s political parties await the deliberations of the Boundary Commissioners on the re-drawn map of the borough’s council wards. But the “chicken run” – where … Continue reading
Bake Off fan Reed wants to have his cake and eat it
It is probably fair to say that Steve Reed OBE, an erstwhile leading light in the Progress party-within-a-party, was not holding his breath waiting for a phone call from the Labour leader, Jeremy Corbyn, to offer him another job in … Continue reading
