Category Archives: Planning

‘Godzilla weed’ could make Brick by Brick homes unsaleable

Posted on August 13, 2018 by

Our housing correspondent, BARRATT HOLMES, reports on how a notorious invasive plant Japanese knotweed could render flats in a Brick by Brick development unmortgageable Colm Lacey, the Croydon employee who styles himself as “CEO” of Brick by Brick, has confirmed … Continue reading →

Posted in Brick by Brick, Colm Lacey, Croham, Croydon Council, Croydon South, Fairfield, Paul Scott, Pete Smith, Planning | Tagged , , , , , , , | 8 Comments

Scott to appear in Fieldway to tell public what’s good for them

Posted on August 4, 2018 by

The council’s notification of a residents’ ‘consultation’ in New Addington is so late and low-key, it’s almost as if they don’t want anyone to attend. BARRATT HOLMES, our construction correspondent, reports So this is how public consultation works, Croydon-style. The … Continue reading →

Posted in Croydon Council, Education, Fieldway, New Addington, Paul Scott, Planning | Tagged , , , | 3 Comments

Housing market dips before Brick by Brick finishes first build

Posted on August 1, 2018 by

Brick by Brick’s gamble with millions of pounds of council-owned land and tax-payers’ money is looking like an increasingly risky punt, as estate agents and the construction industry are reporting down-turns in the housing market. Of course, if Croydon’s Labour-run … Continue reading →

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Residents disgusted after Scott ‘gloats’ over court ruling

Posted on July 29, 2018 by

Paul Scott, the controversial chair of the council’s planning committee, has angered residents close to the Woodside ward he is supposed to represent by “gloating” over the outcome of a legal challenge to one of his committee’s decisions. “Delighted but … Continue reading →

Posted in Alison Butler, Brick by Brick, Paul Scott, Planning, South Norwood, Tony Newman | Tagged , , , , , , , | 6 Comments

MP Philp slates council: ‘Kim Jong-un would blush at this’

Posted on July 28, 2018 by

WALTER CRONXITE reports on the latest in Croydon’s Brick by Brick nepotism scandal Local MP Chris Philp has stepped into the row over nepotism among senior figures at the Labour-controlled council, and called for the sacking of Alison Butler, the … Continue reading →

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College sells Annex building to thwart Cultural Quarter plan

Posted on July 27, 2018 by

Croydon Council has been accused of ‘incompetence’ after a building it needed as part of a multi-million-pound development has been sold to a private developer. BARRATT HOLMES, our housing correspondent, reports Croydon College has sold part of its site to … Continue reading →

Posted in Alison Butler, Art, Ashcroft Theatre, Brick by Brick, College Green, Colm Lacey, Croydon Council, Fairfield Halls, Jo Negrini, Paul Scott, Planning, Theatre, Tony Newman | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , | 5 Comments

Brick by Brick hires firm which has Butler’s son on staff

Posted on July 24, 2018 by

WALTER CRONXITE reveals a series of failures to declare interests by the Town Hall’s deputy leader, despite family links to a consultancy which has been handed hundreds of thousands of pounds of contracts by Croydon Council Town Hall contracts worth … Continue reading →

Posted in Alison Butler, Brick by Brick, Business, Paul Scott, Planning, Tony Newman | Tagged , , , , , , , , | 7 Comments