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Category Archives: People for Portland Road
Council to spend £50,000 on mural in council leader’s ward
Labour-run Croydon Council, struggling to make ends meet as the Tory Government continues to cut its annual grant, yesterday announced that it is to spend £50,000 to fund an art installation under a railway bridge in South Norwood. The scheme … Continue reading
Posted in Paul Scott, People for Portland Road, Tony Newman, Woodside
Tagged Croydon Council, Labour, Paul Scott, South Norwood, Tony Newman, Woodside
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Public rallies round to save South Norwood business
A family-run business that has been serving South Norwood for more than 40 years has almost had the stuffing knocked out of them in the past week, as their landlord has notified them of a rent increase of £3,600 a … Continue reading
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
South Norwood suffers a ‘white-out’ in council publicity
For what is supposed to be among the most diverse and colourful boroughs in the country, parts of Croydon appear to be very… pale if the expensively commissioned architects’ drawings of some council schemes are anything to go by. Take … Continue reading
Only select few get invite to Norwood ‘regeneration’ meeting
There’s another chance for residents in South Norwood to ask awkward questions about the “plans” that one or two influential council figures and their consultants appear to have for the area around Portland Road at a meeting tonight at Stanley … Continue reading
Posted in Hamida Ali, Jane Avis, Kathy Bee, Paul Scott, People for Portland Road, South Norwood, Tony Newman, Wayne Lawlor, Woodside
Tagged Paul Scott, South Norwood, Woodside
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Councillor promises to investigate shops’ £1,500 licence fees
A senior Labour councillor has promised to “investigate” whether he can do anything about the eye-watering increases to licensing charges for using pavement areas outside shops in South Norwood, which the owners say could force them to close. Paul Scott, … Continue reading
New gallery hopes to put the art back into Portland Road
Portland Road is to get a new art gallery, offering works for sale, exhibitions and workshops for the next 12 months, all run by a woman who grew up locally and who says she wants to try to help “breathe … Continue reading
