Category Archives: Jo Negrini

Butler caught out in another lie over sale of public park land

Posted on November 13, 2019 by

Two years ago, the council’s deputy leader gave her word that all the borough’s parks and open spaces would be protected from development. So guess what the Labour-run council has been caught out trying to do with a much-loved park … Continue reading →

Posted in Alison Butler, Brick by Brick, Community associations, Croydon Council, Croydon North, Croydon parks, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Environment, Friends of Grangewood Park, Housing, Planning, Property, Sarah Jones MP, Steve Reed MP, Thornton Heath | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , | 2 Comments

Fear of confrontations at polling stations after activist incidents

Posted on November 6, 2019 by

Jo Negrini, the council’s chief executive who also serves as the borough’s chief returning officer in charge of the organisation and conduct of elections in Croydon, has received requests to arrange for additional security at the polling stations for tomorrow’s … Continue reading →

Posted in 2019 General Election, Fairfield, Jo Negrini, Niro Sirisena, Steve Reed MP | Tagged , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Mayfair property developers fence off Woodside play space

Posted on October 31, 2019 by

Greedy property developers, who are trying to bully a group of neighbours off the community gardens they have created in South Norwood, have erected a six-foot fence around a children’s play area in Love Lane without seeking any planning permission. … Continue reading →

Posted in Community associations, Croydon Central, Croydon Council, Croydon parks, Environment, Gardening, Gavin Barwell, Hamida Ali, Heather Cheesbrough, Jane Avis, Patsy Cummings, Paul Scott, Planning, South Norwood, Tony Newman, Woodside | Tagged , , , , , , , , , | 2 Comments

Residents’ mounting anger as BxB builders cancel meeting

Posted on October 30, 2019 by

A meeting arranged for tonight by Brick by Brick to discuss a mounting volume of complaints over the mismanagement and poor conduct of one of their sites in the south of the borough has been cancelled, at barely 24 hours’ … Continue reading →

Posted in Brick by Brick, Croydon South, Housing, Paul Scott, Planning, Purley, Purley Oaks and Riddlesdown | Tagged , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Now council refuses FoIs over Fairfield Halls’ £41m costs

Posted on October 18, 2019 by

Croydon Council, which Tony Newman once promised would, under Labour, become the most open and transparent in the borough’s history, has started to block Freedom of Information requests from Council Tax-payers who want to know where the £41million of their … Continue reading →

Posted in Arnhem Gallery, Ashcroft Theatre, Brick by Brick, Croydon Council, Fairfield Halls, Tony Newman | 6 Comments

Now even MIPIM doesn’t want to hear Negrini on regeneration

Posted on October 16, 2019 by

Where was the council’s £220,000-plus per year chief executive, Jo Negrini, yesterday? Was she hard at work at her desk in Fisher’s Folly, finding ways to reduce the council’s £879million total borrowing (according to Croydon Council’s own figures) from the … Continue reading →

Posted in "Hammersfield", Boxpark, Brick by Brick, Business, Croydon Council, Jo Negrini, Whitgift Centre | Tagged , , , , | 1 Comment

Interest hike squeezes Brick by Brick’s speculative schemes

Posted on October 15, 2019 by

The Tory government’s obstinate fixation to drive the country off a Brexit cliff-edge at the end of October is driving down the value of the pound and causing massive problems for industry. Especially in construction – which could mean very … Continue reading →

Posted in "Hammersfield", Boxpark, Brick by Brick, Business, Colm Lacey, Colonnades, Croydon Council, Croydon Park Hotel, Gavin Barwell, Housing, Jo Negrini, Planning, Tony Newman, Whitgift Centre | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 2 Comments