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Planning chair Scott to face scrutiny at gentrification screening
Paul Scott, the chair of Croydon Council’s planning committee which is pushing through £250million-worth of publicly financed house-building without a single council home being built, is to face public scrutiny in his own backyard tomorrow night at the Stanley’s Film … Continue reading
Calls mount for councillor to resign from community groups
Paul Scott, the Labour councillor who describes himself as a “community leader”, has been challenged to step down from at least one of his many roles and to consider the various conflicts of interest that he has, after being accused … Continue reading
Butler’s all excited for her Big Night Out at The Hurlingham
KEN LEE reports on a raft of housing award nominations for a council-owned house-builder which has so far built the grand total of zero homes Council leader Tony Newman, his deputy Alison Butler, council chief exec Jo Negrini and loads … Continue reading
Posted in Alison Butler, Brick by Brick, Business, Croydon Council, Housing, Jo Negrini, Mayor of London, Paul Scott, Place Review Panel, Planning, Sadiq Khan, Tony Newman
Tagged Alison Butler, Brick by Brick, Croydon Council, Jo Negrini, Labour, London Borough of Croydon, Paul Scott, South Norwood, Tony Newman
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Brick by Brick building no social rent homes with Mayor money
BARRATT HOLMES, our housing correspondent, on City Hall figures that show Croydon Council’s house-building strategy is letting the housing market take its course New figures from City Hall show that Brick by Brick, the private housing developer owned by Croydon … Continue reading
Posted in Alison Butler, Brick by Brick, Business, Croydon Council, Housing, Jo Negrini, London-wide issues, Mayor of London, Planning, Property, Sadiq Khan
Tagged Alison Butler, Brick by Brick, Croydon Council, Jo Negrini, Labour, London, London Borough of Croydon, Mayor, Sadiq Khan
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Council kills off Percy the park keeper and abandons 120 parks
CHRIS PECKHAM, our environment correspondent, on the latest shocking admission of failure at Croydon Town Hall Croydon Council is about to shut-up the park keeper’s hut in more than 120 of the borough’s open spaces, as it seems primed to … Continue reading
Posted in Alison Butler, Bensham Manor, Community associations, Croydon Council, Croydon parks, Environment, Friends of Addiscombe Railway Park, Friends of Ashburton Park, Friends of Croham Hurst Woods, Friends of Farthing Downs, Friends of Grange Park, Friends of Grangewood Park, Friends of Haling Grove, Friends of Heavers Meadow, Friends of Selsdon Woods, Friends of South Norwood Country Park, Friends of Wandle Park, Jamie Audsley, Quadron, Thornton Heath, Wildlife
Tagged Alison Butler, Conservative, Croydon parks, Jamie Audsley, Labour, Quadron, Thornton Heath, Timothy Godfrey, Tory
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Tory ministers ignore councils’ pleas for help on fire safety
The Tory government is refusing calls to provide funding to help make residential tower blocks safer following the Grenfell Tower fire. Croydon Council has committed to spending £10million of public money on retro-fitting sprinklers in the borough’s residential blocks, a … Continue reading
Public meeting about Thornton Heath Rec, Aug 14
Posted in Alison Butler, Bensham Manor, Croydon parks, Jamie Audsley, Thornton Heath
Tagged Thornton Heath, Thornton Heath Rec
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Momentum makes gains but Newman’s still in Blairite civil war
Political editor WALTER CRONXITE on the latest developments within local Labour parties, including in LibDem Tom Brake’s Carshalton and Wallington fiefdom Momentum, the grassroots movement established to support Jeremy Corbyn’s leadership and values within the Labour Party, gained, well… some … Continue reading
Posted in 2018 council elections, Alison Butler, Caragh Skipper, Clive Fraser, Croydon Central, Croydon North, Croydon South, David White, Outside Croydon, Paul Scott, Sarah Jones MP, South Norwood, Steve Reed MP, Sutton Council, Tom Brake MP, Tony Newman
Tagged Andy Bagnall, Caragh Skipper, Carshalton and Wallington, Croydon Central, Croydon North, Croydon South, David White, Jo Milligan, Labour, Liberal Democrats, Sutton, Tom Brake MP, Tony Newman
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Council confirms sprinklers won’t be ready until spring 2018
One month on from the worst fire disaster in this country since World War II, and Croydon Council has issued a press release clarifying that work to fulfil its promise to retro-fit sprinklers in its residential towers won’t start for … Continue reading
Tories lose their local election wish list in council carve-up
WALTER CRONXITE reports on how the local boundary Commissioners have had a change of heart over ward changes ahead of next year’s Town Hall elections Next May’s local elections, with 70 Town Hall seats to be contested, will be determined … Continue reading
Posted in 2018 council elections, Addiscombe West, Ashburton, Bensham Manor, Croydon Council, Fairfield, Paul Scott, Tony Newman
Tagged Addiscombe West, Conservative, Croydon Council, Labour, Local Government Boundary Commission, London Borough of Croydon, Paul Scott, Tony Newman, Tory
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Now council’s housing developer snubs its Place Review Panel
BARRATT HOLMES, our housing correspondent, on how the borough’s Council Tax-payers are providing another nice little earner for the Town Hall CEO’s chums In the eight months since council chief executive Jo Negrini unveiled Croydon’s Place Review Panel, it has … Continue reading
Posted in "Hammersfield", Alison Butler, Angela Brady, Brick by Brick, Business, Colm Lacey, Croydon Council, Housing, Jo Negrini, Mark Watson, Place Review Panel, Planning
Tagged Alison Butler, Brick by Brick, Colm Lacey, Croydon, Croydon Council, Hammersfield, Hammerson, Jo Negrini, London Borough of Croydon, Mark Watson, Westfield, Whitgift Centre, Whitgift Foundation
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Something smells about council’s Surrey Street party flop
M.T. WALLETTE, our shopping correspondent, bolstered the numbers attending Councillor Mark Watson’s cosy little soiree on Surrey Street on Saturday, when even the offer of free drinks couldn’t pull in the crowds It was a fitting metaphor for the whole … Continue reading
Brick by Brick’s profitable Blairite response to Right to Buy
The tragedy of the Grenfell Tower fire has, rightly, focused attention on safety around the nation’s low-cost housing. But underlining the lack of attention given to the conditions of such homes and the ongoing under-investment in council housing has been … Continue reading
Posted in Alison Butler, Brick by Brick, Business, Chris Philp MP, Colm Lacey, Croydon Council, Housing, Jennifer Brathwaite, Lambeth Council, London-wide issues, Planning, Property, Southwark Council, Steve Reed MP, Taberner House, Tony Newman
Tagged Alison Butler, Architects for Social Housing, Brick by Brick, Croydon, Croydon Council, Housing, Hub Residential, Labour, London Borough of Croydon, Steve Reed OBE, Taberner House, Tony Newman
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BBC: Grenfell cladding company worked on Croydon towers
Residential tower blocks in Croydon have had cladding work carried out by the same company which undertook the refurbishment of Grenfell Tower in Kensington, the BBC is reporting tonight. At least 17 people are known to have lost their lives … Continue reading
Croydon starts urgent review of tower blocks with cladding
Croydon Council is conducting a hurried review of fire safety issues around its residential properties following the horrific events at Grenfell Tower in north Kensington yesterday. According to council cabinet member Alison Butler, Croydon’s urgent review includes “checks on all … Continue reading
Posted in Alison Butler, Croydon Council, Housing, Jo Negrini, Tony Newman
Tagged Alison Butler, Croydon Council, Jo Negrini, London Borough of Croydon, Tony Newman
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Planning chair Scott uses election to gag objections from MP
Brick by Brick is concreting over the borough, block by block, and one senior councillor is not going to let anyone get in the way of the council’s housing company. But as BARRATT HOLMES reports, the council’s affordable homes target … Continue reading
Posted in Alison Butler, Brick by Brick, Community associations, Croydon Council, Croydon North, Housing, Paul Scott, Planning, Property, Steve Reed MP
Tagged Alison Butler, Brick by Brick, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, Croydon North, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Jo Negrini, Labour, Member of parliament, Paul Scott, Steve O'Connell, Steve Reed OBE, Tory
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Complaint filed to Ombudsman over Scott’s planning conduct
The latest round of Brick by Brick planning applications will be considered at a meeting to be chaired by a councillor who is under investigation by the Ombudsman. BARRATT HOLMES reports Paul Scott, the controversial chair of the council’s planning … Continue reading
Scott offers account of controversial Purley planning meeting
CROYDON COMMENTARY: Last week, the so-called chair of the council’s so-called planning committee responded to complaints about overdevelopment from the people he is supposed to represent by accusing them of Nimbyism and claiming that his committee is unable to do … Continue reading
Posted in Alison Butler, Brick by Brick, Chris Philp MP, Housing, Paul Scott, Planning, Purley
Tagged Alison Butler, Brick by Brick, Croydon Council, Paul Scott, Planning, Purley
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What’s the point of planning committee with Scott in charge?
CROYDON COMMENTARY: A senior councillor’s arrogant dismissal of residents who have sought to protect and defend their neighbourhoods from crass over-development is among the most-read articles on the site this week. Here, Purley resident TOM MOORHOUSE responds and provides some … Continue reading
Planning chairman: I can do nothing to stop overdevelopment
CROYDON COMMENTARY: According to Councillor PAUL SCOTT, pictured left, residents who complain about their neighbourhood being overdeveloped are just Nimbys, and there’s nothing he or the council planning department can do to avoid the over-development that is being inflicted on … Continue reading
Call for residents to band together over planning issues
CROYDON COMMENTARY: A Purley resident affected by a controversial development on Norman and Derrick Avenues, ANDREW SADDINGTON responds to our latest report on the council’s planning committee by asking others from across the borough to come together I don’t care … Continue reading
Brick by Brick is failing to deliver on affordable homes pledge
BARRATT HOLMES on the overdevelopment of planning meetings – five more to come in the next few weeks – and how Thursday’s committee approved three schemes from a council-owned developer without any affordable housing whatsoever Croydon’s chief executive, Jo Negrini, … Continue reading
Posted in Alison Butler, Andrew Pelling, Brick by Brick, Croydon Council, Housing, Jo Negrini, Joy Prince, Kathy Bee, Paul Scott, Planning, Property, South Norwood, Waddon
Tagged Alison Butler, Brick by Brick, Conservative, Croydon Council, Jo Negrini, Labour, Paul Scott, South Norwood, Tory, Waddon
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Borough Solicitor is investigating planning chair’s conduct
Most council business has been shutdown because of election purdah. But not a planning meeting to push through another 100 homes to be built for the council’s own development company, even while the chair of the committee is under investigation. … Continue reading
