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Category Archives: Jo Negrini
The “continuity council” that rarely meets and barely debates
WALTER CRONXITE welcomes a rare opportunity for Croydon’s councillors to meet at the Town Hall tonight Croydon’s well-rewarded cabinet, the nine Labour councillors hand-picked for his top team by leader Tony Newman, get together in the council chamber at the … Continue reading
All too quiet about Quietway closures on Norbury Avenue
Once the school run was over yesterday morning, official-looking blokes wearing hi-viz jackets blocked off a one-mile stretch of a suburban street in Croydon. It’s a new “Quietway” on Norbury Avenue. Which might explain the near-silence from Croydon Council about … Continue reading
Posted in Commuting, Croydon Council, Croydon North, Cycling, Environment, Jo Negrini, Kathy Bee, Norbury, Norbury Green Residents' Association, Norbury Village Residents' Association, Parking, Planning, Steve Reed MP, Thornton Heath, Transport
Tagged Croydon Council, Croydon North, Jo Negrini, Kathy Bee, London Borough of Croydon, Norbury, Norbury Avenue, Steve Reed OBE, Thornton Heath
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Landlords challenge licensing scheme with Judicial Review
Another of Labour’s flagship policies for Croydon, the landlord licensing scheme which was a key part of the manifesto when they won control of the council last year, could be facing a crisis as a group of local businesses are … Continue reading
Posted in Alison Butler, Business, Croydon Council, Housing, Jo Negrini, Planning, Property
Tagged Alison Butler, Conservative, Croydon, Housing, Jo Negrini, Labour, Landlord licensing scheme, London, Tory
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Boxpark loan deal turns councillors into a bunch of bankers
£3 million. So now we know how much tax-payers’ money it takes to bring a decent-sized business to the town centre. The Croydon Guardian reports that Croydon Council has gone into the banking business, making a £3 million loan to … Continue reading
Posted in Addiscombe West, Boxpark, Business, Centrale, Croydon Council, East Croydon, Jo Negrini, Jon Rouse, Nathan Elvery, Planning, Property, Ruskin Square, URV, Whitgift Centre
Tagged Addiscombe West, Boxpark, Council Tax, Croydon, Croydon Central, Croydon Council, East Croydon station, Hammersfield, Hammerson, Jo Negrini, Labour, Nathan Elvery, Westfield, Whitgift Centre, Whitgift Foundation
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TfL’s loopy proposals will cut some tram services by 13%
Another week. Another pointless, self-fulfilling “consultation”, this time from Transport for London as they steam-roller through their scheme to sever the tram network in Croydon town centre, all for the benefit of Hammersfield, and mainly at massive public expense. This … Continue reading
Posted in "Hammersfield", Boris Johnson, Centrale, Commuting, Croydon Council, East Croydon, Jo Negrini, Kenley, London-wide issues, Mayor of London, New Addington, Planning, Steve O'Connell, Tramlink, Transport, Whitgift Centre, Whitgift Foundation
Tagged Boris Johnson, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, Crystal Palace, East Croydon station, Hammersfield, Hammerson, Tory, Tramlink, Trams, Westfield, Whitgift Centre, Whitgift Foundation
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Kiely leaves council planning post with barely a mention
Last week, one Redhill-based publication devoted two complete pages to the retirement of one of its own staff. But we have been unable to find a single word in its pages about the departure from Croydon of the council’s planning … Continue reading
Posted in "Hammersfield", Anthony Brooks, Croydon Council, Environment, Housing, Jo Negrini, Planning, Property, Tramlink, Transport, Whitgift Centre
Tagged Conservative, Croydon Council, Fisher's Folly, Hammersfield, Hammerson, Jo Negrini, Labour, London Borough of Croydon, Mike Kiely, Phil Thomas, Planning, Tory, Westfield, Whitgift Centre, Whitgift Foundation
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Developers’ PR company announces the #CroydonTakeover
The Croydon Flyover. The Croydon Facelift. Now we have the Croydon Takeover. Or #CroydonTakeover, as the council’s favouritest PR bunglers, Grey Label, managed to hashtag it when they were off on the jolly to the South of France for the … Continue reading
Posted in "Hammersfield", Business, Centrale, CPO, Croydon Council, Jo Negrini, Planning, Stiles Harold Williams, Whitgift Centre, Whitgift Foundation
Tagged Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, Hammersfield, Hammerson, Jo Negrini, Nathan Elvery, Tory, Westfield, Whitgift Centre, Whitgift Foundation
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This is what £8,000 of public money buys at MIPIM (Part 3)
It’s been busy, busy, busy for the Croydon delegation at MIPIM, the property developers’ “junket” (© council leader Tony Newman) held in Cannes in the south of France this week. Croydon Council has spent £8,000 of Council Tax-payers’ money in … Continue reading
This is what £8,000 of public money buys at MIPIM (Part 2)
Two affluent-looking suits, over their Cannes croissants and cafes au lait pose with the Med in the background for local quango Develop Croydon’s photographer, pretending to read Croydon News, the execrable propaganda freesheet. This touching scene from around the fringes … Continue reading
This is what £8,000 of public money buys Croydon at MIPIM
When the Conservatives were in power in Croydon, the spending on sending a delegation to Cannes for the annual developers’ champagne “junket” (© Tony Newman) was at least announced at a council meeting in the Town Hall. This year, under … Continue reading
Negrini signs off on £8,000 MIPIM junket to south of France
WHO REALLY IS RUNNING CROYDON (Part 94): Croydon Council is spending nearly £8,000 to send three senior members of staff to the South of France next week on a sales trip – to flog flats and property on behalf of … Continue reading
Posted in "Hammersfield", Business, Council Tax, Croydon Council, Jo Negrini, Menta Tower, Planning, Property, Tony Newman, Whitgift Centre
Tagged Conservative, Council Tax, Croydon, Croydon Council, Hammersfield, Hammerson, Jo Negrini, Labour, London, MIPIM, Nathan Elvery, Tony Newman, Tory, Westfield, Whitgift Centre, Whitgift Foundation
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TfL’s £87m scheme for Purley Way really is a bridge too far
WALTER CRONXITE took his copy of the A to Z and Boys’ Book of Bridges to Waddon Leisure Centre yesterday for the public consultation session about road schemes along the Purley Way. He might have saved himself the bother The … Continue reading
Posted in "Hammersfield", Andrew Pelling, Boris Johnson, Business, Croydon South, Environment, Jo Negrini, Joy Prince, London-wide issues, Mayor of London, Parking, Planning, Purley Way, Robert Canning, Sutton Council, Tramlink, Transport, Waddon, Whitgift Centre, Whitgift Foundation
Tagged Andrew Pelling, Boris Johnson, Croydon, Croydon Council, Hammersfield, Hammerson, London Assembly, TfL, Transport for London, Waddon, Westfield, Whitgift Centre, Whitgift Foundation
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Ten compelling questions on the Whitgift Centre CPO
CROYDON COMMENTARY: A once-in-a-lifetime regeneration, or a sinister land grab? SUSAN OLIVER, pictured, has some nagging doubts about the massive Compulsory Purchase Order on the Whitgift Centre taken out by Croydon Council on behalf of the Hammersfield developers I was … Continue reading
Video: Alphaville and Sir Richard Rogers’ massive erection
It is more than 20 years since BBC2’s The Late Show devoted an entire programme to an examination of the merits, or otherwise, of Croydon’s architecture. The programme drew parallels with a French film noir called Alphaville, a dystopian vision. … Continue reading
Posted in "Hammersfield", Art, Business, Croydon Central, Croydon Council, Environment, History, Housing, Jo Negrini, London-wide issues, Planning, Property
Tagged Croydon, Croydon Central, Croydon Council, East Croydon station, Hammersfield, Hammerson, London Borough of Croydon, Sir Richard Rogers, Westfield, Whitgift Centre, Whitgift Foundation
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Why do all roads lead to Hammersfield but not the costs?
CROYDON COMMENTARY: In response to TfL proposals to build a flyover to the Croydon Flyover, DAVID WICKENS asks why the town centre’s £1bn shopping mall developers are not required to contribute more towards improving the borough’s transport network I believe … Continue reading
Posted in "Hammersfield", Boris Johnson, Business, Centrale, Commuting, Croydon Council, Croydon Greens, East Croydon, Environment, Jo Negrini, London-wide issues, Mayor of London, Planning, Purley Way, Tramlink, Transport, Waddon, Whitgift Centre
Tagged Boris Johnson, Conservative, Croydon Council, Croydon South, Hammerson, Labour, Tory, Waddon, Westfield, Whitgift Centre
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No evidence that Boris’s flyover will improve traffic flow
Croydon and Sutton residents whose Croydon Road and Duppas Hill homes, businesses and public park could be under threat from Boris Johnson’s multi-million-pound proposal to build a flyover to the Croydon Flyover may struggle to get any support from their … Continue reading
Posted in "Hammersfield", Allders, Boris Johnson, Business, Centrale, Croydon Council, Croydon Greens, Croydon South, Darren Johnson, Environment, Jo Negrini, London Assembly, London-wide issues, Mayor of London, Planning, Tony Newman, Tramlink, Transport, Waddon, Whitgift Centre
Tagged Boris Johnson, Chris Philp MP, Conservative, Croydon Council, Croydon South, Hammersfield, Hammerson, Mayor, Richard Ottaway, Tory, Waddon, Westfield, Whitgift Foundation
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Newman goes big on promises on jobs, homes and investment
Is it mandatory to take large quantities of hallucinogenic drugs on assuming a senior position at Croydon Council or taking political office at the Town Hall? We only ask because it seems Tony Newman, the council leader, has been on … Continue reading
Posted in "Hammersfield", Allders, Business, Centrale, Croydon Council, Jo Negrini, John Burton, Nathan Elvery, RIF, Tony Newman, URV, Whitgift Centre, Whitgift Foundation
Tagged Boris Johnson, Conservative, Council Tax, Croydon, Croydon Council, Develop Croydon, Fairfield Halls, Labour, Tony Newman, Tory, Westfield, Whitgift Centre, Whitgift Foundation
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Boris’s TfL goes all loopy for Westfield over tram extension
Another day, another public “consultation”, this time brought to us by Transport for London, and about the Croydon trams. No, don’t get too excited: Boris hasn’t suddenly found a few mill down the side of his sofa to pay for … Continue reading
Posted in "Hammersfield", Boris Johnson, Commuting, East Croydon, Environment, Fairfield, Jo Negrini, London-wide issues, Mayor of London, Planning, Ruskin Square, Tramlink, Transport, Whitgift Centre
Tagged Boris Johnson, Conservative, Crystal Palace, East Croydon station, Fairfield, Hammersfield, Hammerson, Tory, Tram, Tramlink, Westfield
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Town centre is a monument to municipal mismanagement
CROYDON COMMENTARY: The honeymoon is over for Tony Newman’s Labour council which was elected in May, says DAVID CALLAM Labour has settled back into power in Croydon Town Hall and many of the same old problems are as intractable as … Continue reading
Posted in "Hammersfield", Allders, Boris Johnson, Business, Centrale, Council Tax, Croydon Council, David Callam, Housing, Jo Negrini, London Assembly, Mayor of London, Planning, RIF, Tony Newman, URV, Whitgift Centre, Whitgift Foundation
Tagged Boris Johnson, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, Hammersfield, Hammerson, Jo Negrini, Labour, Tony Newman, Tory, Westfield, Whitgift Centre
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