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Spruce Up Sunday at Trumble Gardens, Thornton Heath, Mar 22
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Traffic creeps back on to Croydon’s now-banned LTN streets
What has been the reaction of residents to the sudden removal, by order of a High Court judge, of motoring restrictions in Croydon’s former Low Traffic Neighbourhoods? We sent GABRIEL MacARTHUR along to two streets affected in Broad Green to … Continue reading
Posted in Broad Green, Community associations, Croydon Council, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Environment, Gabriel MacArthur, London-wide issues, Mayor Jason Perry, Stephen Lawrence-Orumwense
Tagged Association of British Drivers, Broad Green, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Gabriel MacArthur, High Court, Judge Edward Pepperall, London, London Borough of Croydon, Low Traffic Neighbourhoods, LTNs, Mayor Jason Perry, Open Our Roads, Parsons Mead, Royal Courts of Justice, South Norwood, Stephen Lawrence-Orumwense, Sutherland Road, Tory, Upper Norwood
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Jam and Jerusalem are coming to a branch in central Croydon
The country’s largest women’s organisation, famous for its jam-making and cake bakes, the singing of “Jerusalem”, but above all its general good deeds and fellowship, is coming to central Croydon. The Women’s Institute is looking to establish a central Croydon … Continue reading
Posted in Activities, Community associations, Women's Institute
Tagged Broad Green, Fairfield, Old Town, Salvation Army, Women's Institute
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Campaigners accuse council of ‘misinformation’ over fly-tips
With Croydon featuring on local television news tonight – for all the wrong reasons as usual – PAUL LUSHION, environment correspondent, reports on how more groups are beginning to doubt every word that comes out of Croydon Town Hall or … Continue reading
Posted in Community associations, Croydon Council, Fly tipping, London-wide issues, Mayor Jason Perry, Norbury, Refuse collection, Thornton Heath, Veolia
Tagged BBC London, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, DEFRA, Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs, fly-tip, Fly-tipping, Graham Mitchell, Litter Free Norbury, London Borough of Croydon, Mayor Jason Perry, Norbury, Thornton Heath, Tom Edwards, Tony Hooker, Tory
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Perry accused of ‘shameless lying’ as he abandons LTN appeal
CROYDON IN CRISIS: After spending two years in a High Court battle to defend his decision to make six Low Traffic Neighbourhoods permanent, today Croydon’s Mayor tried to claim credit for their forced removal. By STEVEN DOWNES Croydon Council will … Continue reading
Posted in Broad Green, Community associations, Croydon Council, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Environment, London-wide issues, Mayor Jason Perry, Stephen Lawrence-Orumwense
Tagged Association of British Drivers, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, High Court, Judge Edward Pepperall, London, London Borough of Croydon, Low Traffic Neighbourhoods, LTNs, Mayor Jason Perry, Open Our Roads, Royal Courts of Justice, South Norwood, Stephen Lawrence-Orumwense, Tory, Upper Norwood
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Council failed to include High Court LTN case on risk register
CROYDON IN CRISIS: Council bosses were either over-confident that they would win the Low Traffic Neighbourhoods case at the High Court, or ‘completely, crassly incompetent’. EXCLUSIVE by STEVEN DOWNES Mayor Jason Perry, who has been claiming that he has got … Continue reading
Posted in Broad Green, Community associations, Croydon Council, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Environment, London-wide issues, Mayor Jason Perry, Stephen Lawrence-Orumwense
Tagged Association of British Drivers, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, High Court, Judge Edward Pepperall, London, London Borough of Croydon, Low Traffic Neighbourhoods, LTNs, Mayor Jason Perry, Open Our Roads, Royal Courts of Justice, South Norwood, Stephen Lawrence-Orumwense, Tory, Upper Norwood
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Quashing of orders ‘raises serious questions’ about LTN fines
CROYDON IN CRISIS: Following the High Court ruling quashing Croydon’s ‘unlawful’ Low Traffic Neighbourhoods, the shadowy organisation behind the legal case, Open Our Roads, issued the following statement: Open Our Roads welcomes today’s landmark High Court judgement in Lawrence v … Continue reading
Posted in Broad Green, Community associations, Croydon Council, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Environment, London-wide issues, Mayor Jason Perry, Stephen Lawrence-Orumwense
Tagged Association of British Drivers, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, High Court, Judge Edward Pepperall, London, London Borough of Croydon, Low Traffic Neighbourhoods, LTNs, Mayor Jason Perry, Open Our Roads, Royal Courts of Justice, South Norwood, Stephen Lawrence-Orumwense, Tory, Upper Norwood
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High Court judge orders end to Croydon’s ‘unlawful’ LTNs
CROYDON IN CRISIS: Judge Edward Pepperall has handed down his ruling in the case brought against the borough’s Low Traffic Neighbourhoods and found that comments by Mayor Jason Perry proved that the measures were introduced to make money for the … Continue reading
Posted in Broad Green, Community associations, Croydon Council, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Environment, London-wide issues, Mayor Jason Perry, Stephen Lawrence-Orumwense
Tagged Association of British Drivers, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, High Court, Judge Edward Pepperall, London, London Borough of Croydon, Low Traffic Neighbourhoods, LTNs, Mayor Jason Perry, Open Our Roads, Royal Courts of Justice, South Norwood, Stephen Lawrence-Orumwense, Tory, Upper Norwood
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It was a bad deal for Croydon. Why did they allow it to happen?
CROYDON COMMENTARY: With Tory Mayor Jason Perry using £½million of public money as a hush fund, RICHARD HOWARD, pictured right, the LibDem mayoral candidate, lays out all the obvious flaws with the council’s Red Clover Gardens scheme Two years ago, … Continue reading
Posted in 2026 council elections, 2026 Croydon Mayor election, Brick by Brick, Business, Commissioners, Conrad Hall, Coulsdon, Coulsdon East, Coulsdon Town, Croydon Council, East Coulsdon Residents' Association, Housing, Ian Parker, Jane West, Jason Cummings, Mayor Jason Perry, Richard Howard, RIPI II: Fairfield Halls, The Penn Report, Tony McArdle
Tagged 2026 council elections, 2026 Croydon mayoral election, Brick by Brick, Cllr Ian Parker, Conrad Hall, Conservative, Coulsdon, Coulsdon Town, Croydon, Croydon Council, Green Party, Ian Parker, Jane West, Jason Cummings, Liberal Democrats, Lion Green Road car park, London Borough of Croydon, Major Richard Howard, Peter Underwood, Red Clover Gardens, Regen Capital, Regen Coulsdon, Richard Howard, Scrutiny and Overview Committee, Tory
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Mayor candidates call for investigation into Red Clover Gardens
LibDems and Greens say that only a thorough, deep dive into the council’s accounts and records conducted by an outside body – such as HM Revenue and Customs – can get to the bottom of the latest multi-million-pound financial scandal … Continue reading
Posted in Brick by Brick, Business, Coulsdon, Coulsdon East, Coulsdon Town, Croydon Council, East Coulsdon Residents' Association, Housing, Jason Cummings, Mayor Jason Perry, Peter Underwood, Rick Howard
Tagged Brick by Brick, Conservative, Coulsdon, Coulsdon Town, Croydon, Croydon Council, Green Party, Jane West, Jason Cummings, Liberal Democrats, Lion Green Road car park, London Borough of Croydon, Major Richard Howard, Peter Underwood, Red Clover Gardens, Regen Capital, Regen Coulsdon, Richard Howard, Scrutiny and Overview Committee, Tory
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David Lean Cinema, March 2026 listings: H Is For Hawk special
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Perry agrees to pay £½m to reclaim flats at Red Clover Gardens
Inside Croydon has obtained a top-secret, ‘Part B’ council report providing key financial details on the collapsed property deal for Red Clover Gardens – all because someone at Croydon’s cash-strapped and incompetent council posted it on their own website EXCLUSIVE … Continue reading
Posted in Brick by Brick, Business, Coulsdon, Coulsdon East, Coulsdon Town, Croydon Council, East Coulsdon Residents' Association, Housing, Jason Cummings, Mayor Jason Perry
Tagged Brick by Brick, Cllr Stuart King, Conrad Hall, Conservative, Coulsdon, Croydon, Croydon Council, Jane West, Jason Cummings, Lion Green Road car park, London Borough of Croydon, Red Clover Gardens, Regen Capital, Regen Coulsdon, Scrutiny and Overview Committee, Tory
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Tory council loses £20m over Coulsdon collapsed property deal
It is almost three years since this website warned that a ‘complicated, opaque lease-back arrangement’ conducted with a property firm with no real track record, for the disposal of blocks of flats at Red Clover Gardens, all looked just a … Continue reading
Posted in Brick by Brick, Business, Coulsdon, Coulsdon East, Coulsdon Town, Croydon Council, East Coulsdon Residents' Association, Housing, Jason Cummings, Mayor Jason Perry, Mears, Stuart King
Tagged Brick by Brick, Cllr Stuart King, Conservative, Coulsdon, Croydon, Croydon Council, Jane West, Jason Cummings, Lion Green Road car park, London Borough of Croydon, Mears Group Plc, Red Clover Gardens, Regen Capital, Regen Coulsdon, Scrutiny and Overview Committee, STUART KING, Tory
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David Lean Cinema, March 2026 listings: H Is For Hawk special
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Croydon has worst fly-tipping record in whole of England
There was an average of more than 1,000 fly-tips reported every week around the borough last year, according to official figures published today – at a time when the council had no enforcement staff Croydon has the worst record in … Continue reading
Posted in Community associations, Croydon Council, Fly tipping, London-wide issues, Mayor Jason Perry, Norbury, Refuse collection, Veolia
Tagged Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, DEFRA, Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs, fly-tip, Fly-tipping, Litter Free Norbury, London Borough of Croydon, Mayor Jason Perry, Norbury, Tony Hooker, Tory
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Community Kitchen’s winning recipe recognised by Lottery
The South Norwood Community Kitchen, based at Socco Cheta on Portland Road, has been selected as one of London’s Loved and Wanted venues. The £1.8million Loved and Wanted Fund is supported by the Mayor of London and the National Lottery … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Community associations, Mayor of London, Restaurants, Sadiq Khan, Socco Cheta Community Hub, South Norwood, South Norwood Community Kitchen, South West London Law Centres
Tagged London, Loved and Wanted Fund, Mayor, Mayor of London, Portland Road, SNCK, Socco Cheta, South Norwood, South Norwood Community Kitchen
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Indoor Boot Sale, St Paul’s Church Hall, South Croydon, Mar 7
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Charity Quiz Night, St Peter’s Hall, South Croydon, Feb 28
C O M M U N I T Y A D V E R T I S E M E N T For information, email events@soutcroydonbenefice.or.uk
Campaign ‘delight’ as developers’ Glamorgan appeal is refused
Addiscombe residents are celebrating the Planning Inspector’s decision to refuse an appeal brought by developers who want to demolish the Glamorgan pub on Cherry Orchard Road. The appeal was brought by Butlers Walsall Ltd after the council’s planning committee rejected … Continue reading
Royal Fail: MP Philp calls on business secretary to intervene
Last year, only 7-in-10 first-class post items arrived the next day in Croydon. Now, iC readers from Coulsdon to South Norwood say that their postal service has got even worse Royal Mail’s third-class service in delivering the post to Croydon … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Chris Philp MP, Community associations, Coulsdon, Coulsdon East, Croydon South, East Coulsdon Residents' Association, South Croydon, South Norwood, Woodside
Tagged Chris Philp MP, Conservative, Coulsdon, CR0, CR2, CR5, CR8, Croydon, Croydon South, Factory Lane, Holmesdale Road, Peter Kyle MP, Royal Fail, Royal Mail, SE25, South Norwood, Tory, Woodside
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Hamnet and Marty Supreme among DLC’s February screenings
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The Sweet Science will be landing a blow for women’s cause
KEN TOWL got a behind-the-scenes preview of the next production from Coulsdon’s acclaimed theatre group, which he says will be a real knock-out In December, when I went to the Coulsdon Community Centre, I saw a great performance of My … Continue reading
Hamnet and Marty Supreme among DLC’s February screenings
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Conservative councillor’s secret past as an IRA gun-runner
After 24 years on Croydon Council, Maria Gatland will be standing down at the elections in May, her explosive past still unknown by many of the residents she represents. PETER GILLMAN provides the inside story When Tory councillor Maria Gatland … Continue reading
Posted in 2026 council elections, Community associations, Croham Hurst, Friends of Croham Hurst Woods, Maria Gatland, Peter Gillman, South Croydon
Tagged Cllr Maria Gatland, Conservative, Croham, Croham Hurst, Croydon, Croydon Council, Dublin, Friends of Croham Hurst, IRA, London Borough of Croydon, Maria Gatland, Maria Maguire, Peter Gillman, Provisional IRA, South Croydon, Sunday Times, Sunday Times Insight team, To Take Arms, Tory
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