Category Archives: People for Portland Road

Coulsdon marks 100 days to Armistice centenary with poppies

Posted on August 21, 2018 by

Remembrance Sunday may seem a little far off just yet, away through the mists of autumn, but large British Legion-style poppies have already started appearing around Coulsdon and other parts of Croydon. Of course, 2018 marks the centenary of the … Continue reading →

Posted in Community associations, Coulsdon, Coulsdon West Residents' Association, East Coulsdon Residents' Association, History, Museum of Croydon, Old Coulsdon, Old Coulsdon Residents' Association, People for Portland Road, Selsdon Residents' Association, Spring Park Residents' Association | Tagged , , , , , | Leave a comment

Council to spend £50,000 on mural in council leader’s ward

Posted on April 20, 2018 by

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 , , , , , | 13 Comments

Public rallies round to save South Norwood business

Posted on February 4, 2018 by

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 →

Posted in Business, Community associations, People for Portland Road, South Norwood, South Norwood Tourist Board, Wayne Lawlor | Tagged , , | Leave a comment

Planning chair Scott to face scrutiny at gentrification screening

Posted on September 12, 2017 by

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 →

Posted in Alison Butler, Brick by Brick, Cinema, Housing, Paul Scott, People for Portland Road, Planning, Property, Screen25, South Norwood, Woodside | Tagged , , , , , , , | 1 Comment

South Norwood suffers a ‘white-out’ in council publicity

Posted on February 25, 2017 by

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 →

Posted in Alison Butler, Connected Croydon, Croydon Council, Environment, Hamida Ali, Paul Scott, People for Portland Road, South Norwood | Tagged , , , , | 2 Comments

Only select few get invite to Norwood ‘regeneration’ meeting

Posted on November 24, 2016 by

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 , , | 5 Comments

Councillor promises to investigate shops’ £1,500 licence fees

Posted on October 26, 2016 by

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 →

Posted in Business, Community associations, Hamida Ali, Jane Avis, Kathy Bee, Paul Scott, People for Portland Road, South Norwood, Tony Newman, Wayne Lawlor, Woodside | Tagged , , , , , | 9 Comments