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Norwood residents rise up against Brick by Brick scheme
WALTER CRONXITE reports on how a council-backed housing scheme to build flats on “infill” spaces between existing homes on Auckland Rise fails to deliver on even the lamest promises of 50 per cent non-affordable affordable housing The council’s private house-building … Continue reading
£800,000: that’s an ‘affordable’ flat according to developer
One of the great mysteries of London life in the 21st century – exactly how much does an “affordable” home cost? – may have finally been solved. Because, according to the managing director of the company to which Croydon Council … Continue reading
Dozens of open spaces excluded from ‘premier league’ of parks
WALTER CRONXITE reports on how the council is laying the groundwork for a privatisation-by-stealth of some of the borough’s open spaces If any more proof were required that Croydon’s worthless consultations are used to justify the council going ahead and … Continue reading
Posted in Community associations, Croydon Council, Croydon parks, Environment, Friends of Grangewood Park, Jamie Audsley, Jo Negrini, Lloyd Park, Timothy Godfrey
Tagged Ashburton Park, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, Friends of Grangewood Park, Grangewood Park, Jamie Audsley, Jo Negrini, Labour, South Norwood, Thornton Heath, Timothy Godfrey, Tory
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Developers to reveal plans to ‘improve’ Queen’s Gardens
Sshhh! Don’t tell everyone, but there’s another poorly publicised meeting later this month where developers are going to tell Croydon residents just what’s good for them, and how they plan to annex the only public open space in the town … Continue reading
Architecture review panel could cost council £100,000 a year
Fears that Croydon’s Place Review Panel could amount to little more than an expensive exercise to flatter council CEO Jo Negrini, with Council Tax-payers picking up the tab, are mounting – with some Katharine Street insiders predicting that the architects’ … Continue reading
Council CEO Negrini’s self-promotion is based on half-truths
STEVEN DOWNES, the editor of Inside Croydon, highlights the latest example of shameless self-promotion by the borough’s highest paid public servant You’d be forgiven if you missed it. There was lots of other news around that day, and lots of … Continue reading
Posted in "Hammersfield", Alison Butler, Boxpark, Brick by Brick, Business, Croydon Council, Jo Negrini, Mark Watson, Paul Scott, Planning, Tony Newman, Whitgift Centre
Tagged Alison Butler, Croydon, Croydon Council, Hammersfield, Hammerson, Jo Negrini, Labour, London Borough of Croydon, Mark Watson, Paul Scott, Tony Newman, Westfield, Whitgift Centre
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Victorian pub the Waddon Hotel put at risk by planning vote
Officials in Fisher’s Folly, the council’s headquarters offices, are now so short-staffed that they are using Inside Croydon to check their official documents for them. So it was yesterday, after this website highlighted that an application had been removed from … Continue reading
Posted in Alison Butler, Andrew Pelling, Joy Prince, Paul Scott, Planning, Pubs, Purley Way, TfL, Transport, Waddon
Tagged Andrew Pelling, Croydon, Croydon Council, London Borough of Croydon, Paul Scott, Waddon
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Surrey Street and the £1m questions Watson refuses to answer
The clique of Progress councillors that control Croydon’s Labour-run Town Hall have really taken to this “post-truth” thing, to the point of issuing press releases, through the council’s propaganda department, which are fundamentally untrue. The latest instance is over the … Continue reading
Council’s £1m discount on flats secures planning permission
WALTER CRONXITE has discovered that if you offer Croydon Council enough of a cash incentive, there’s seemingly no carbuncle monstrous enough that its planning department won’t allow you to build it Tomorrow night’s meeting of the council’s planning committee shows … Continue reading
Posted in Alison Butler, Broad Green, Church and religions, Croydon Council, Croydon North, Environment, Friends of Wandle Park, Jo Negrini, Paul Scott, Planning, Stuart Collins, Wandle Park
Tagged Alison Butler, Broad Green, Croydon Council, Friends of Wandle Park, Jo Negrini, Labour, London Borough of Croydon, Paul Scott, Wandle Park
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MP Reed joins criticism of overdevelopment by Brick by Brick
WALTER CRONXITE reports on the splits emerging between Croydon’s Progress politicians over the profiteering plans for thousands of new homes across the borough Steve Reed OBE, the recently very reticent MP for Lambeth South/Croydon North [delete to taste], has raised … Continue reading
Posted in Alison Butler, Brick by Brick, Colm Lacey, Croydon Council, Croydon North, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Housing, Jo Negrini, Planning, Property, Schools, Shirley North, Steve Reed MP
Tagged Alison Butler, Brick by Brick, Colm Lacey, Crystal Palace, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Jo Negrini, Labour, London Borough of Croydon, Member of parliament, Paul Scott, Progress, Steve Reed OBE
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Croydon’s well-paid councillors pay their Council Tax on time
WALTER CRONXITE on a new report that shows that in neighbouring boroughs, some councillors have not been punctual in paying their Council Tax bills Yet further evidence has emerged that Croydon Council Tax-payers may be forking out far too much … Continue reading
Posted in Alison Butler, Bromley Council, Council Tax, Croydon Council, Lambeth Council, London-wide issues, Outside Croydon, Southwark Council, Surrey, Sutton Council, Tony Newman, Wandsworth Council
Tagged Bromley Council, Conservative, Council Tax, Croydon, Croydon Council, Labour, Lambeth council, London Borough of Croydon, London Borough of Sutton, Southwark, Tony Newman, Tory
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Suspicions raised over the carve-up of Thornton Heath
CROYDON COMMENTARY: Submissions for the review of the borough’s electoral wards closes on Monday. ADRIAN DENNIS, pictured, a former Labour councillor and an alderman of Croydon, has been unimpressed by what he has seen so far Although there are real … Continue reading
Labour’s attempt at beating the boundaries could back-fire
WALTER CRONXITE reports on one version of the borough’s political map which may not deliver all that council leader Tony Newman imagined If council leader Tony Newman’s intention was to gerrymander a new set of council wards to secure Croydon … Continue reading
Posted in Addiscombe West, Ashburton, Bensham Manor, Broad Green, Coulsdon East, Coulsdon Town, Croydon Council, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Fairfield, Fieldway, Heathfield, Kenley, New Addington, Norbury, Purley, Sanderstead, Selhurst, Selsdon & Ballards, Shirley North, South Croydon, South Norwood, Thornton Heath, Tony Newman, Waddon, West Thornton, Woodside
Tagged Addiscombe West, Conservative, Coulsdon, Croydon Council, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Labour, Liberal Democrats, New Addington, Purley, South Croydon, South Norwood, Thornton Heath, Tony Newman, Tory, UKIP
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Work to refurbish Fairfield Halls already behind schedule
Just five months into the £30 million refurbishment of the Fairfield Halls, and Croydon Council is already admitting that it will take longer than the promised two-year closure to complete the works. With the main refurbishment contractor not due to … Continue reading
Posted in Alison Butler, Art, Ashcroft Theatre, Colm Lacey, Croydon Council, Fairfield Halls, Jo Negrini, Paula Murray, Property, Theatre, Timothy Godfrey, Tony Newman
Tagged Alison Butler, Croydon, Croydon Council, Fairfield Halls, Labour, London Borough of Croydon, Timothy Godfrey, Tony Newman
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Staff cuts cause lengthy delays for planning applications
WALTER CRONXITE reports on the latest short-comings in one of the council’s key functions due to poor…errr… planning by senior executives Croydon Council has made so many staff redundant that it now can take more than six months to process … Continue reading
Posted in Alison Butler, Croydon Council, Jo Negrini, Planning, Tony Newman
Tagged Alison Butler, Croydon, Croydon Council, Jo Negrini, Labour, London Borough of Croydon, Tony Newman, Tory
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Fears for Queen’s Gardens in multi-million-pound land-grab
The latest proposals for Queen’s Gardens, the only open space in central Croydon, have left residents underwhelmed, with some seeing the small public park being rendered into little more than an annex of the £120 million private housing development proposed … Continue reading
Posted in Alison Butler, Brick by Brick, Croydon Council, Croydon Greens, Croydon parks, Environment, Jo Negrini, Paul Scott, Planning, Queens Gardens, Taberner House, Tracey Hague, Transition Town
Tagged Alison Butler, Croydon, Croydon Council, Jo Negrini, Labour, London Borough of Croydon, Paul Scott, Queens Gardens, Taberner House
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Westfield confirms another five years of blight in town centre
Croydon Council has spent more public money on a new slogan, two years after the last one. But as WALTER CRONXITE reports, there are risks involved when senior councillors claim to be ‘Delivering for Croydon’ and a £1.4bn flagship development … Continue reading
Posted in "Hammersfield", Alison Butler, Business, Centrale, Croydon BID, Croydon Council, Jo Negrini, John Burton, Planning, Stiles Harold Williams, Tony Newman, Whitgift Centre
Tagged Croydon, Hammersfield, Hammerson, Jo Negrini, Labour, Tony Newman, Westfield, Whitgift Centre, Whitgift Foundation
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Unit rents in Boxpark set to triple following its glitzy opening
Rents for units in Boxpark could be set to triple after initial lease periods, Inside Croydon has been informed. The new soaring rents are understood to be behind the reluctance of some Croydon-based restauranteurs and cafe operators to take space … Continue reading
£1,500 licence fee drives South Norwood shops out of business
Sad times on Croydon’s high streets. M.T. WALLETTE, our shopping correspondent, reports from South Norwood where two long-standing retailers fear they might be forced out of business… by their own council Two much-loved high street shops, both in the Mayor … Continue reading
Negrini’s fellowship and council’s deal with architects’ firm
STEVEN DOWNES, the Editor of Inside Croydon, on the unhappy coincidence of the award of an honorary fellowship to the council’s chief executive RIBA, the Royal Institute of British Architects, was unable to offer any explanation last week for its … Continue reading
Posted in Alison Butler, Brick by Brick, Croydon Council, Jo Negrini, Paul Scott, Tony Newman
Tagged Croydon Council, Jo Negrini, Labour, London Borough of Croydon, RIBA, Tony Newman
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Little Progress in Croydon, as Newman backs another loser
WALTER CRONXITE says there were plenty of Croydon mentions at the Labour conference, but few signs that those in charge of the local party are about the embrace enthusiasm for the leadership any time soon As Croydon’s Labour politicians and … Continue reading
Posted in 2018 council elections, Alison Butler, Andrew Pelling, Brick by Brick, Croydon Central, Croydon Council, Croydon North, Croydon South, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, David White, Housing, Jane Avis, Jo Negrini, John Wentworth, Karen Jewitt, Sadiq Khan, Sarah Jones MP, South Norwood, Steve Reed MP, Thornton Heath, Tony Newman, Waddon
Tagged Andrew Pelling, Croydon Central, Croydon Council, Croydon North, Croydon South, Jeremy Corbyn, Labour, Sarah Jones MP, South Norwood, Thornton Heath, Tony Newman, Waddon
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