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Category Archives: Margaret Bird
‘Scandalous’ planners condemn Coulsdon’s chippy to closure
Croydon’s planners have condemned Glade Fisheries, a long-cherished Old Coulsdon business, to its doom without a peep from the local councillors or Mayor Jason Perry. In March, KJC Architects applied to the council on behalf of the property’s landlord to … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Chris Philp MP, Community associations, Coulsdon, Croydon Council, Croydon South, East Coulsdon Residents' Association, Margaret Bird, Mayor Jason Perry, Old Coulsdon, Planning, Richard Howard
Tagged Charlie King, Chris Philp MP, Conservative, Coulsdon, Croydon, Croydon Council, Croydon South, East Coulsdon RA, East Coulsdon Residents' Association, ECRA, Glade Fisheries, London Borough of Croydon, Maureen Levy, Old Coulsdon, Planning, Tory
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Very interesting: councillors often slow to update their registers
EXCLUSIVE: Our Town Hall number-cruncher, SANDRA STEAD, has checked out the updates to the register of interests of all 70 Croydon councillors and Mayor Perry – from 50p passion fruits to hundreds of pounds’ worth of free tickets to Selhurst … Continue reading
Posted in Alisa Flemming, Birch (Selsdon), Clive Fraser, Croydon Council, Esther Sutton, Fairfield, Margaret Bird, Mayor Jason Perry, Norbury Park, Ria Patel, Stephen Lawrence-Orumwense, Surrey Street
Tagged Alisa Flemming, Conservative, Coulsdon, Croydon, Croydon Council, Green Party, Labour, Liberal Democrats, London Borough of Croydon, Margaret Bird, Mayor Jason Perry, Norbury Park, Old Coulsdon, Tory
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Coulsdon Road closure: diversions and restrictions until Sep 2
Road works have begun today on Coulsdon Road for essential drainage improvements and repairs to the soakaways. Following a previous abortive attempt to fix the drainage on the road, and postponed closure following residents’ lobbying over Stites Hill Road, an … Continue reading
People power! Coulsdon road closures postponed and changed
After Tory councillor accused residents’ association of ‘scaremongering’, council performs an 11th-hour U-turn over Stites Hill Road closure. By JEREMY CLACKSON, transport correspondent Residents in Old Coulsdon, in Caterham on the Hill and the surrounding areas were claiming a victory … Continue reading
Posted in Community associations, Coulsdon, Croydon Council, Margaret Bird, Mayor Jason Perry, Old Coulsdon, Old Coulsdon Residents' Association
Tagged Caterham, Caterham on the Hill, Conservative, Coulsdon, Coulsdon Common, Coulsdon Road, Croydon, Croydon Council, Margaret Bird, Mayor Jason Perry, OCRA, Old Coulsdon, Old Coulsdon Residents' Association, Stites Hill Road, Surrey, Surrey County Council, Tory
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£1million cost to Mayday Hospital of every doctors’ strike
As consultants and junior doctors begin the biggest industrial action in the history of the NHS, local trust’s CEO says it could take nine months to catch-up with the Croydon hospital’s back-log of treatments Every strike costs Croydon’s Mayday Hospital … Continue reading
Revealed: Croydon’s laziest and costliest local councillors
Across the country, outside London, people have been going to the polls in local elections today, often voting for the same tribe just as they always do, or voting on national issues over which the councillors they are voting for … Continue reading
Posted in Addiscombe East, Addiscombe West, Broad Green, Chris Philp MP, Claire Bonham, Croydon Council, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Helen Redfern, Jason Cummings, Margaret Bird, Mike Bonello, Old Coulsdon, Paul Scully MP, Richard Chatterjee, Rowenna Davis, Scott Roche, Sherwan Chowdhury, Shirley North, Shirley South, Simon Fox, Stuart Collins, Sue Bennett, Waddon, Woodside
Tagged Addiscombe West, Chris Philp MP, Clive Fraser, Conservative, Councillor allowances, Croydon, Croydon Council, Jason Cummings, Labour, Liberal Democrats, Maddie Henson, Mike Bonello, Richard Chatterjee, Scott Roche, Simon Fox, STUART KING, Tony Newman, Tory
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Here’s the Mayor and 33 Croydon Tory councillors who THREE times voted in favour of hitting you with a 15% Council Tax hike
JASON PERRY. Mayor of Croydon Elected in May 2022 with a margin of fewer than 600 votes. Is paid £82,000 per year by the council. His office answers the phone just 20 hours per week. Stood on a election promise … Continue reading
Posted in Adele Benson, Andrew Stranack, Council Tax, Croydon Council, Fatima Zaman, Helen Redfern, Ian Parker, Jade Appleton, Jason Cummings, Jeet Bains, Joseph Lee, Lynne Hale, Margaret Bird, Maria Gatland, Mario Creatura, Mayor Jason Perry, Michael Neal, Ola Kolade, Richard Chatterjee, Robert Ward, Scott Roche, Simon Brew, Simon Fox, Sue Bennett, Tony Pearson, Yvette Hopley
Tagged 15% Council Tax hike, Conservative, Council Tax, Croydon, Croydon Council, Mayor Jason Perry, Tory
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Council drops sale of Coulsdon Manor Hotel and golf course
Our south of the borough correspondent, PEARL LEE, on another massive hole in the council’s budgets Croydon Council has taken Coulsdon Manor Hotel off the market. The grand country house, sitting in a 140-acre parkland golf course, was put out … Continue reading
Posted in Bespoke Hotels, Business, Coulsdon, Croydon Council, Golf, Margaret Bird, Old Coulsdon, Property
Tagged Conservative, Coulsdon, Coulsdon Court, Coulsdon Court Golf Club, Coulsdon Manor, Coulsdon Manor Hotel, Croydon, Croydon Council, Labour, Margaret Bird, Mayor Jason Perry, Tory
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1850s Byron Manor house under threat in council fire sale
More than 140 acres of a parkland golf course, woodlands and adjoining hotel could be at risk from profit-hungry developers, according to the local residents’ association, as PEARL LEE reports A Victorian-era manor house, built for the Byron family, could … Continue reading
Posted in Bespoke Hotels, Business, Community associations, Coulsdon, Croydon Council, Croydon parks, Environment, Golf, HADRA, Margaret Bird, Mayor Jason Perry, Old Coulsdon, Planning, Sport
Tagged Conservative, Coulsdon, Croydon, Croydon Council, Croydon Mayor, HADRA, Hartley and District Residents' Association, Margaret Bird, Mayor Jason Perry, Mayor of Croydon, Old Coulsdon, Tory
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