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Category Archives: Coulsdon West Residents’ Association
Coulsdon residents elect UKIP figure as new chairman
The Old Coulsdon Residents’ Association has elected a controversial figure from UKIP as its new chairman. Janet Stollery was elected as chair at OCRA’s annual meeting on Wednesday night. Last month, Stollery, together with two other UKIP members, caused disgust … Continue reading
Posted in Community associations, Coulsdon, Coulsdon Town, Coulsdon West Residents' Association, Croydon South, Gill Hickson, Mario Creatura, Old Coulsdon Residents' Association
Tagged Conservative, Coulsdon, Gill Hickson, Janet Stollery, Liberal Democrats, Mario Creatura, OCRA, Old Coulsdon Residents' Association, Tory, UKIP
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Residents’ associations mobilise to get better say with council
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 Town, 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 Addiscombe West, Coulsdon, Council Tax, Croydon Council, Nathan Elvery, UKIP
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You can help Coulsdon stage its Yulefest, Dec 6-7
Can you help to bring a Christmas festival to Coulsdon this year? Yulefest is a self-funded group with no council funding, trying to make Coulsdon town a very memorable place this Christmas. An open-air ice rink, a Santa’s grotto, fairground … Continue reading
Royal Mail confirms reduced service in Coulsdon – via email
The inbox at Inside Croydon Towers has been inundated with an email from the Royal Fail following our report on Friday about the axing of postal collections in Coulsdon, where in future there will be but a single collection from … Continue reading
Royal Mail plans will leave Coulsdon cut-off from collections
The people of Coulsdon may well have abandoned thoughts of cutting themselves off from local authorities in Greater London, and Croydon, but now Royal Mail is going to do it for them, isolating the area by reducing its postal collection … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Community associations, Coulsdon, Coulsdon East, Coulsdon Town, Coulsdon West Residents' Association, East Coulsdon Residents' Association, Old Coulsdon Residents' Association
Tagged Conservative, Croydon, Croydon South, London, Post office, Richard Ottaway, Royal Mail, Tory
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Jack Bauer comes to Coulsdon with a drone’s-eye view
The things you find on t’interweb… Not sure if this is from the CIA, keeping tabs on the violent militants of Coulsdon, or surveyors working on behalf the fracking companies with licences to explore the mineral resources under Farthing Down. … Continue reading
Residents and independents struggle to make their mark
In Thursday’s local elections, there will be five candidates around the borough who are standing as “independents”, including the NF candidate who can’t say he’s an NF candidate. Up against the “party machines”, none of them have even the slightest … Continue reading
Posted in 2014 council elections, Andrew Pelling, Cane Hill, Coulsdon, Coulsdon East, Coulsdon Town, Coulsdon West Residents' Association, East Coulsdon Residents' Association, Old Coulsdon Residents' Association, Planning, South Croydon, Thornton Heath
Tagged Andrew Pelling, Conservative, Coulsdon, Coulsdon West, Croydon, Croydon Council, Labour, Liberal Democrats, South Croydon, Thornton Heath, Tory
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Coulsdon residents summon candidates to hustings sessions
There are plans for three sets of election hustings in Coulsdon next month, organised by local residents. On Thursday May 8, there will be a hustings for the Euro MEP election at the Coulsdon Community Centre from 7.30pm. The residents … Continue reading
‘Coulsdon was sentenced to be crucified last night’
There was a mixture of dismay and outright anger among Coulsdon residents after last night’s strategic (ha!) planning meeting at the Town Hall saw six Tory councillors vote through the planning applications for Barratt to build 677 houses on the … Continue reading
Posted in 2014 council elections, 2015 General Election, Boris Johnson, Cane Hill, Chris Wright, Community associations, Coulsdon, Coulsdon East, Coulsdon Town, Coulsdon West Residents' Association, Croydon South, East Coulsdon Residents' Association, Environment, Housing, Jason Perry, Mayor of London, Old Coulsdon Residents' Association, Parking, Planning, Property, Richard Ottaway MP
Tagged Boris Johnson, Cane Hill, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, Croydon South, Labour, Liberal Democrats, Lion Green Road, Richard Ottaway, Surrey, Tory
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Assembly Member objects to increase in by-pass speed limit
The council’s strategic planning committee meets tonight, and with its in-built Tory majority of councillors in awe of developers, it is likely to rubber-stamp developers Barratt’s plans to build nearly 700 houses at Cane Hill without adequate road access, and … Continue reading
Posted in Cane Hill, Coulsdon, Coulsdon Town, Coulsdon West Residents' Association, Croydon Council, East Coulsdon Residents' Association, Old Coulsdon Residents' Association, Planning, URV
Tagged Conservative, Coulsdon, Coulsdon by-pass, Coulsdon East, Coulsdon West, Croydon, Croydon Council, Croydon South, Tory
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LibDems promise to give Tories ‘bloody nose’ over Cane Hill
The Liberal Democrats standing in Coulsdon East in May’s local elections say that they want to give the incumbent Tories at the Town Hall a “bloody nose” because of what they call a “fiasco” over the mishandling of the planning … Continue reading
Posted in 2014 council elections, Cane Hill, Chris Wright, Community associations, Coulsdon, Coulsdon East, Coulsdon Town, Coulsdon West Residents' Association, East Coulsdon Residents' Association, Justin Cromie, Old Coulsdon Residents' Association, Planning, Terry Lenton, URV
Tagged Cane Hill, Conservative, Coulsdon, Coulsdon East, Coulsdon West, Croydon, Croydon Council, Croydon South, East Coulsdon Residents' Association, ECRA, Surrey, Tory
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Join the debates at Coulsdon and Purley society’s 2014 dates
Chris Philp has won his first public ballot in Croydon South: at a local debating society on Monday night. “Fickle” Philp is the millionaire donor to the Tory party who was recently selected as Conservative parliamentary candidate for Croydon South, … Continue reading
Posted in Activities, Community associations, Coulsdon, Coulsdon West Residents' Association, East Coulsdon Residents' Association, Old Coulsdon Residents' Association, Purley
Tagged Andrew Pelling, Chris Philp MP, Conservative, Coulsdon, Croydon, Croydon South, Debate, Purley, South Croydon, Tory
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Don’t let Coulsdon Cane Boris’s latest housing scheme
CROYDON COMMENTARY: Croydon, and London, has a housing crisis, and Cane Hill offers an excellent site for many new homes. We should not let Coulsdon’s residents get in the way, writes DAVID CALLAM Boris Johnson, the Mayor of London, has … Continue reading
Posted in "Hammersfield", Boris Johnson, Business, Cane Hill, Coulsdon, Coulsdon East, Coulsdon Town, Coulsdon West Residents' Association, Croydon Council, David Callam, East Coulsdon Residents' Association, Environment, Housing, Mayor of London, Old Coulsdon Residents' Association, Planning
Tagged Boris Johnson, Cane Hill Hospital, Coulsdon, County Borough of Croydon, Croydon, Farthing Downs, London, Metropolitan Open Land
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Residents’ association to field candidates in local elections
Coulsdon’s version of UDI* looks to be a step closer, with at least one of the area’s large and very active residents’ associations determined to have its members stand in next May’s local council elections. Richard Thurbon, the chairman of … Continue reading
Posted in 2014 council elections, Community associations, Coulsdon, Coulsdon East, Coulsdon Town, Coulsdon West Residents' Association, David Osland, East Coulsdon Residents' Association, Ian Parker, Jeet Bains, Old Coulsdon Residents' Association
Tagged Cane Hill, Conservative, Coulsdon, Coulsdon West, Croydon, London, UK Independence, UKIP
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Croydon’s £1,000-a-day planning chief set to leave council
Paul Spooner, Croydon Council’s £1,000 a day executive director of planning and environment, is to leave the council before the end of the year. “Sponger”, as he is known among more modestly paid staff who are now working in the … Continue reading
Posted in "Hammersfield", 2014 council elections, Allders, Cane Hill, Centrale, Community associations, Coulsdon, Coulsdon West Residents' Association, Croydon Council, East Coulsdon Residents' Association, Friends of Farthing Downs, Jason Perry, Nathan Elvery, Old Coulsdon Residents' Association, Paul Spooner, Planning, Taberner House, URV, Whitgift Centre
Tagged Boris Johnson, Croydon, Croydon Council, London, London Borough of Croydon, Paul Spooner, Taberner House
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Angry Coulsdon residents want to break away from Croydon
Signal of quite how disliked and badly run our council has become, one whole district of the borough is looking at reversing 50 years of local government history and declaring a south London version of UDI. Residents in Coulsdon are … Continue reading
Posted in 2014 council elections, Community associations, Coulsdon, Coulsdon East, Coulsdon Town, Coulsdon West Residents' Association, David Osland, East Coulsdon Residents' Association, Ian Parker, Jeet Bains, Old Coulsdon Residents' Association
Tagged Boris Johnson, City Hall, Conservative, Coulsdon, Coulsdon East, Coulsdon West, Croydon, London
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