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One year on: Fisher’s Folly staff shunted into Davis House
It shows how desperate the new council is to untangle the web of financial calamity caused by the disaster that is the CCURV property speculation scam scheme, that many council staff are being told that they are to be moved … Continue reading
Revised plan for Taberner site keeps 32-storey yuppie tower
As Inside Croydon first reported in July, Croydon Council has abandoned previous Tory plans to build on public open space in Queen’s Gardens, beside the Town Hall. That is a victory of sorts for those who objected to yet more … Continue reading
Posted in Alison Butler, Bernard Weatherill House, Business, Croydon Council, Fairfield, Planning, Taberner House, Tony Newman, URV
Tagged Conservative, Council Tax, Croydon, Croydon Central, Croydon Council, Fairfield, London Borough of Croydon, Queens Gardens, Taberner House, Tony Newman, Tory
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Places for People appointed to run Ruskin Square flats
And so the build begins. The construction sites, cranes and scaffolding sprouting around the borough shows that there is indeed some economic activity going on, and now news reaches Inside Croydon Towers of a first step towards finally developing one … Continue reading
Posted in East Croydon, Environment, Fairfield, Housing, Planning, Property, Ruskin Square, Tramlink, Warehouse Theatre
Tagged East Croydon station, Fairfield, Ruskin Square, Schroder Stanhope
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£3m of riot fund spending in South End is “hostile” to cyclists
South End, one of the main routes into and out of the centre of Croydon, today remains a building site, reducing the amount of passing trade able to visit local bars, restaurants and other shops nearly two months after a … Continue reading
Posted in Boris Bikes, Business, Commuting, Connected Croydon, Croydon Council, Croydon Cycling Campaign, Cycling, Environment, Fairfield, Planning, Restaurants, South Croydon, Waddon
Tagged Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, Croydon Cycling Campaign, Cycling, cyclists, London Borough of Croydon, South Croydon, South Croydon, Tory, Waddon
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Get the keys to Fisher’s Folly and No 10 with Open House
Croydon, quite rightly, is taking its place alongside the majority of the capital’s boroughs, throwing open the doors of a number of public buildings for Open House London weekend on September 20-21, a free event which enables people to take … Continue reading
Posted in Activities, Art, Bernard Weatherill House, Connected Croydon, Croydon Airport, Croydon Council, Education, Environment, Fairfield Halls, History, Libraries, Nathan Elvery
Tagged Bernard Weatherill House, Croydon, Croydon Council, Fisher's Folly, London Borough of Croydon, Taberner House
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15 Croydon Council employees receive total salaries of £1.8m
Croydon Council spent £1,833,846 on the salaries and pension contributions of just 15 executive staff members in 2012-2013, according to figures published by the TaxPayers’ Alliance. Averaged out – and one or two individuals were trousering considerably more than the … Continue reading
Posted in Council Tax, Croydon Council, Hannah Miller, Jon Rouse, Julie Belvir, Nathan Elvery, Paul Spooner, Planning
Tagged Bernard Weatherill House, Conservative, Council Tax, Croydon, Croydon Council, Fisher's Folly, Jo Negrini, Jon Rouse, Labour, London Borough of Croydon, Nathan Elvery, Taberner House
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Don’t persecute cyclists as they are forced off the roads
CROYDON COMMENTARY: Earlier this week, another cyclist was killed on the roads of south London, this time after a collision involving a local authority dust cart. When it comes to traffic control, KRISTIAN GREGORY, pictured left, believes the police have … Continue reading
Fisher’s Folly shows problems addressing council services
Our loyal reader’s been in touch again. They’ve just received a letter from one of the council departments working in Fisher’s Folly, the country’s most costly borough offices, the £220 million glass palace on Cost A Mint Walk from which … Continue reading
Labour and the hidden agenda as Elvery is handed top job
STEVEN DOWNES on how Croydon Council’s new political leadership kept a key item off the notification of the meeting to appoint the £180,000 CEO “Who governs Britain?” was a headline beloved of right-leaning newspapers in the 1970s when questioning the … Continue reading
Posted in Croydon Council, Jon Rouse, Nathan Elvery, Tony Newman, URV
Tagged Conservative, Council Tax, Croydon, Croydon Council, Labour, London Borough of Croydon, Nathan Elvery, Tony Newman, Tory
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At £220m, is Fisher’s Folly the most costly council HQ ever?
According to figures presented at last night’s Croydon Council cabinet meeting, Fisher’s Folly, the new council office building which some people insist on calling Bernard Weatherill House, will cost Council Tax-payers a scandalous £85 million more than even the gloomiest multi-million-pound … Continue reading
Developers’ bulldozers ordered to get off Queen’s Gardens
Queen’s Gardens, the much-loved open space between the Fairfield Halls and the Town Hall, could yet be saved from going under developers’ bulldozers after John Laing, the council’s “partners” in an “urban regeneration” joint venture, have been ordered back to … Continue reading
Lights! Action! Candid cameras switched on at the Town Hall
STEVEN DOWNES found himself watching the first live webcast meeting of the new Croydon Council. He watched it so you didn’t have to… I nearly missed it, because I was listening to the first in the new series of I’m … Continue reading
Posted in Bernard Weatherill House, Bishop of Croydon, Capita, Croydon Council, Local media, Maggie Mansell, Mike Fisher, Steve O'Connell, Tim Pollard, Tony Newman, Vidhi Mohan
Tagged Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, Croydon North, Kathy Bee, Labour, Maggie Mansell, Mike Fisher, Tony Newman, Tory, Vidhi Mohan
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Aimless opposition could make for an extended honeymoon
THE VIEW FROM THE BACK BENCHES: Last night’s first council cabinet meeting of the new Labour administration was full of interesting announcements for Waddon councillor ANDREW PELLING So that’s what my Labour colleagues have been up to over the last … Continue reading
Posted in Andrew Pelling, Bernard Weatherill House, Bishop of Croydon, Boris Johnson, Croydon Council, Dudley Mead, Environment, Fly tipping, Housing, Mike Fisher, Phil Thomas, Refuse collection, Steve Reed MP, Taberner House, Tony Newman, URV, Vidhi Mohan, Waddon
Tagged Andrew Pelling, Boris Johnson, Conservative, Council Tax, Croydon, Croydon Council, Croydon North, Labour, Mike Fisher, Steve Reed OBE, Stuart Collins, Taberner House, Tony Newman, Tory
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Dis-Connected Croydon put on the rack over cycle installation
ANDREW DICKINSON got on his bike when he saw the latest example of ill-considered spending of public money on the streets of South Croydon Don’t get me wrong. As a cyclist, I want to see more cycle lanes and secure … Continue reading
Posted in Boris Bikes, Boris Johnson, Commuting, Connected Croydon, Croydon Cycling Campaign, Cycling, Environment, London-wide issues, Mayor of London, Parking, Planning, South Croydon, South Croydon Community Association, Waddon
Tagged Andrew Dickinson, Boris Bikes, Boris Johnson, Connected Croydon, Croydon, Croydon Council, Cycling, London, South Croydon, Waddon
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Spot the difference: Crapita sponsors Labour Mayor’s banquet
STEVEN DOWNES, editor of Inside Croydon, suggests that the borough’s new council has allowed itself to be compromised by the council’s senior staff, developers and big business even before it has been in office for a month Spot the difference. … Continue reading
Posted in "Hammersfield", 2014 council elections, Bernard Weatherill House, Business, Capita, Council Tax, Croydon Council, Environment, Fairfield Halls, Fly tipping, Julie Belvir, Manju Shahul Hameed, Mike Fisher, Nathan Elvery, Phil Thomas, Planning, Refuse collection, Steve Reed MP, Tony Newman, URV, Waste incinerator, Whitgift Centre
Tagged Conservative, Council Tax, Croydon, Croydon Council, Croydon North, Labour, Mayor, Mike Fisher, Phil Thomas, Tony Newman, Tory
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China syndrome is a blight for Crystal Palace Park
ANDREW PELLING reports on (yet another) consultation on the future of the much-loved but much-neglected Crystal Palace Park Sometimes, politicians and public bodies can overdo consultations with the public, especially if their motivation is procrastination or the pretence of public … Continue reading
Posted in Andrew Pelling, Art, Boris Johnson, Bromley Council, Community associations, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Crystal Palace Community Association, Crystal Palace Park, Environment, Mayor of London, Outside Croydon, Planning
Tagged Andrew Pelling, Boris Johnson, Crystal Palace, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Crystal Palace Park, ZhongRong Group
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Campaigners win their day in court against Viridor incinerator
Good to see Her Maj, at the ripe old age of 88 and despite being busy preparing to celebrate her official birthday over the weekend, sticking up for the little fella. The Stop The Incinerator Campaign today received the formal … Continue reading
Critic of London’s high-rise blocks heads Palace debate
Peter Wynne Rees, the former chief planner for the City of London who recently criticised planning policy across the capital for allowing too many high-rise blocks that were being marketed by developers to wealthy absentee landlords in the Far East … Continue reading
Posted in 2012 Olympics, Boris Johnson, Crystal Palace Community Association, Crystal Palace Park, Environment, Housing, London-wide issues, Mayor of London, Planning, Upper Norwood Library Trust, Val Shawcross
Tagged Boris Johnson, Croydon, Crystal Palace, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Crystal Palace Park, Tory, ZhongRong
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Boris calls for ‘punitive’ Council Taxes on empty properties
Boris Johnson, the Mayor of London who has waved through planning consents for projects such as Croydon’s £1 billion Hammersfield development which undertakes to provide a very small amount of “affordable” new homes, is now calling on London boroughs to … Continue reading
Posted in "Hammersfield", Boris Johnson, Business, Cane Hill, Centrale, Cherry Orchard Gardens, Council Tax, Croydon Council, Crystal Palace Park, Housing, London-wide issues, Mayor of London, Planning, Taberner House, Whitgift Centre
Tagged Boris Johnson, Conservative, Council Tax, Croydon, Croydon Council, Hammersfield, Hammerson, Tory, Westfield, Whitgift Centre, Whitgift Foundation
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Library deal questioned as council blacklists the blacklisters
Croydon Council is set to stop using building contractors that have blacklisted workers for their union affiliations, following Labour winning last week’s local elections, the trade magazine Building is reporting. The policy of the new council could also place Carillion, … Continue reading
Posted in Carillion, Libraries, URV
Tagged Carillion, CCURV, Croydon, John Laing, Labour, Libraries, Tony Newman
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