Category Archives: Croydon Council

Council to debate Westfield after Newman’s pointless meeting

Posted on February 25, 2020 by

KEN LEE, our Town Hall reporter, on an attempt to block any discussion of the crisis for the town centre at next week’s full council meeting Tony Newman came back from his meeting with Westfield at City Hall yesterday empty-handed … Continue reading →

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Builders go with the (over)flow in rush to finish £30m school

Posted on February 24, 2020 by

Residents in South Croydon have had their road closed off and streams of muddy water flowing down their street, as the construction of Coombe Wood School has created another flood of complaints. GENE BRODIE, our education correspondent, reports “I suppose … Continue reading →

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They survived world wars and riots. They can survive Westfield

Posted on February 24, 2020 by

Leading Croydon businesses, who have been trading for more than 150 years, are angry at the ‘complete dereliction of duty, mismanagement and incompetence in every single aspect’ over the non-development of the town centre. And they offer some prospect of … Continue reading →

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Hammerson’s annual report could be bad news for Croydon

Posted on February 22, 2020 by

BARRATT HOLMES, our over-development correspondent, has been skimming through the trade press and found a damning verdict on the prospects for Croydon town centre One of the best-read commentators on the commercial property market says that he cannot ever see … Continue reading →

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Senior Croydon Labour official tells Newman: Time for change

Posted on February 21, 2020 by

WALTER CRONXITE reports that members of the council leader’s own party are now regarding him as “Toxic Tony” and a liability at the ballot box Tony Newman, the leader of the council, was already a target for the ire of … Continue reading →

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Wait-field: now Labour council leader Newman calls it a ‘mess’

Posted on February 20, 2020 by

Our Town Hall reporter, KEN LEE, on the rancour and recriminations between the borough’s third-rate politicians, desperately trying to pass the buck over the stalled £1.4bn supermall scheme, as City Hall is forced to step in to try to salvage … Continue reading →

Posted in "Hammersfield", Business, Centrale, Croydon Council, Gavin Barwell, Jo Negrini, Jules Pipe, London-wide issues, Mayor of London, Planning, Tony Newman, Whitgift Centre | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 6 Comments

Fairfield Halls needs to be more London, and less Bournemouth

Posted on February 19, 2020 by

CROYDON COMMENTARY: Could Brit Awards-winner Stormzy help to save the Fairfield Halls? Following Inside Croydon’s exclusive news report yesterday that Neil  Chandler, the venue’s artistic director, had quit amid growing concerns about poor audiences in the first six months since … Continue reading →

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