Category Archives: Addington Residents’ Association

Newman’s Town Hall power is challenged by residents’ groups

Posted on July 1, 2019 by

EXCLUSIVE: Political editor WALTER CRONXITE reports on how neighbourhood associations have decided that they won’t any longer accept being ‘contemptuously ignored’ by those in power in the borough Council leader Tony Newman and the troika who control the Town Hall … Continue reading →

Posted in Addington, Addington Residents' Association, Alison Butler, Chris Philp MP, Community associations, Coulsdon, Croydon Council, Croydon South, Jacqueline Harris-Baker, Jo Negrini, Mario Creatura, Paul Scott, Planning, Tony Newman | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 9 Comments

How local association member asks for support for Mayor vote

Posted on July 1, 2019 by

Here is the full text of the email distributed at the weekend by Paul Bearman, who has been an RA committee member and who signed himself as “a member of the Addington Residents Association”: Dear All, I am a member … Continue reading →

Posted in Addington, Addington Residents' Association, Community associations, Coulsdon, Croydon Council, Old Coulsdon, Planning | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , | 3 Comments

Village fears as council bites into cherished conservation area

Posted on May 19, 2019 by

There is a growing suspicion, and some fear, among residents living in the close-knit community of Addington Village that council plans to alter the boundaries of the long-established conservation area are because of some deep ulterior motive to allow more … Continue reading →

Posted in Addington, Addington Residents' Association, Community associations, Croydon Council, Croydon parks, Environment, Helen Pollard, Planning, Selsdon & Ballards | Tagged , , , , | 4 Comments

Residents’ associations mobilise to get better say with council

Posted on February 21, 2015 by

The peasants are revolting. They may not just yet quite be at the point of storming Fisher’s Folly with lighted torches and armed with pitchforks, but dissatisfaction with the way Croydon Council is run and the manner in which public … Continue reading →

Posted in Addington Residents' Association, Addiscombe Residents Association, Addiscombe West, Community associations, Connected Croydon, Coulsdon, Coulsdon West, Coulsdon West Residents' Association, Croydon Council, East Coulsdon Residents' Association, ECCO, Fairness Commission, Lansdowne Road RA, Lebanon Road Residents' Association, Nathan Elvery, Norbury Green Residents' Association, Norbury Village Residents' Association, Old Coulsdon Residents' Association, Parking, Planning, Pollards Hill Residents' Association, Refuse collection, Scots Estate Residents' Association, South Croydon Community Association, Spring Park Residents' Association, Street lighting | Tagged , , , , , | 3 Comments

New Addington centre refuses to stage BNP meeting

Posted on August 15, 2014 by

Organisers – including at least one member of the British National Party – who wanted to hold a meeting in New Addington on Sunday have been told that they will not now be able to stage their event in the … Continue reading →

Posted in Addington Residents' Association, Church and religions, Community associations, Croydon Central, Fieldway, New Addington | Tagged , , , , , , , , | 1 Comment

Plan for 300 homes on Green Belt angers Addington

Posted on May 8, 2014 by

A packed residents’ meeting in Addington this week heard of developer plans to build 300 homes on Green Belt land at the bottom of Gravel Hill. Conservative councillor Jason Cummings told an audience of more than 100 people at the … Continue reading →

Posted in Addington, Addington Residents' Association, Community associations, Environment, Housing, Jason Cummings, Planning | Tagged , , , , , | 4 Comments