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Newman sacks two councillors over bashment ban debate
WALTER CRONXITE on the latest power move by Labour’s council leader Tony Newman, the leader of the Labour-held council, with Soprano-esque savagery, has sacked two councillors in the festering dispute over the implementation of a new licensing policy to favour … Continue reading
Posted in "Hammersfield", Alison Butler, Andrew Pelling, Boxpark, Business, Callton Young, Croydon Council, Dance, Jane Avis, Music, Tony Newman
Tagged Andrew Pelling, Callton Young, Hammersfield, Hammerson, Labour, Tony Newman, Waddon, Westfield
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Waddon councillors’ bumpy ride to being top of the POPs
An initiative by ward councillors working with local police in Croydon South has been declared “top of the pops”, after deadly street racing has been halted through collaborations with businesses off the Purley Way. The loud and rowdy Friday night … Continue reading
Posted in Andrew Pelling, Crime, Jeff Boothe, Joy Prince, Policing, Purley Way, Robert Canning, Waddon
Tagged Andrew Pelling, Croydon Council, Croydon South, Joy Prince, Labour, Robert Canning, Waddon
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‘Farce’ as West Thornton postpones ward selection meeting
Political editor WALTER CRONXITE on the latest calamities to befall the local Labour Party’s efforts to select candidates for next May’s Town Hall elections Already more than a month behind schedule, Labour’s selection process for candidates to stand for election … Continue reading
Posted in Andrew Pelling, Bernadette Khan, Callton Young, Joy Prince, Robert Canning, Stuart King, Waddon, West Thornton
Tagged Andrew Pelling, Conservative, Croydon Council, Labour, Robert Canning, STUART KING, Tory, Waddon
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Labour deputy leader Butler is under threat of de-selection
Croydon Labour’s long-delayed local election candidate selection process is beginning to look like a cross between House of Cards and Game of Thrones, as WALTER CRONXITE reports Alison Butler, the all-powerful deputy leader of the Labour group on Croydon Council, … Continue reading
Posted in 2018 council elections, Addiscombe East, Alison Butler, Andrew Pelling, Andrew Rendle, Bensham Manor, Broad Green, Croydon Council, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Humayun Kabir, Jamie Audsley, Jane Avis, John Wentworth, Karen Jewitt, Louisa Woodley, Maggie Mansell, Manju Shahul Hameed, Mike Selva, New Addington, Norbury, Oliver Lewis, Shafi Khan, Sherwan Chowdhury, South Norwood, Stuart Collins, Thornton Heath, Tony Newman, Waddon
Tagged Alison Butler, Andrew Pelling, Bensham Manor, Broad Green, Cornelius Lionel, Jamie Audsley, Maggie Mansell, Mike Selva, Momementum, Norbury and Pollards Hill, Stuart Collins, Thornton Heath, Waddon
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Cummings selection video highlights fault-lines in local Labour
WALTER CRONXITE reports on the latest public arm-wrestle among the Blairites and Corbyn supporters in the party in Croydon Labour’s selection of a candidate to stand for the council vacancy in South Norwood in a by-election to be staged in … Continue reading
TfL pushes through bus route changes despite opposition
Transport for London, after running a public consultation which found that a majority of respondents opposed changes to bus routes serving the Purley Way shops and Colonnades, has announced that it will go ahead with its proposals anyway. It means … Continue reading
Posted in Andrew Pelling, Chris Philp MP, Croydon South, Joy Prince, Purley Way, Robert Canning, Steve O'Connell, TfL, Transport, Waddon
Tagged Chris Philp MP, Colonnades, Conservative, Labour, Purley Way, Steve O'Connell, TfL, Tory, Transport for London
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Assembly Member tells Mayor to bin TfL’s Fiveways scheme
A London Assembly Member has called on Mayor Sadiq Khan to get Transport for London to go back to the drawing board with its latest proposals for the Fiveways junction on the Purley Way and “come back with a set … Continue reading
Posted in Andrew Pelling, Boris Johnson, Caroline Russell, Chris Philp MP, Commuting, Croydon Council, Croydon Greens, Cycling, Environment, Harris Primary Purley Way, Health, Joy Prince, London Assembly, London-wide issues, Mayor of London, Planning, Purley Way, Robert Canning, Sadiq Khan, Schools, Steve O'Connell, Stuart King, TfL, Transport, Waddon
Tagged Andrew Pelling, Boris Johnson, Caroline Russell, Chris Philp MP, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon South, Labour, London, London Assembly, Mayor, Purley, Sadiq Khan, Steve O'Connell, Tory, Waddon
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Flyover pedestrian underpass where rape took place is a ‘good link’ to new primary school, according to council planners
The underpass near the Croydon Flyover where a brutal rape took place in broad daylight last month has been suggested as a safe route to a new school for mothers and young children at a Croydon Council planning committee meeting … Continue reading
Posted in Andrew Pelling, Crime, Krishna Avanti Primary, Planning, Waddon
Tagged Croydon, Croydon Council, London Borough of Croydon, Waddon
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Brick by Brick is failing to deliver on affordable homes pledge
BARRATT HOLMES on the overdevelopment of planning meetings – five more to come in the next few weeks – and how Thursday’s committee approved three schemes from a council-owned developer without any affordable housing whatsoever Croydon’s chief executive, Jo Negrini, … Continue reading
Posted in Alison Butler, Andrew Pelling, Brick by Brick, Croydon Council, Housing, Jo Negrini, Joy Prince, Kathy Bee, Paul Scott, Planning, Property, South Norwood, Waddon
Tagged Alison Butler, Brick by Brick, Conservative, Croydon Council, Jo Negrini, Labour, Paul Scott, South Norwood, Tory, Waddon
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Croydon Airport gets an upgrade to help preserve its history
“Getting an upgrade” is the Holy Grail for many airline passengers in the 21st Century, a stroke of good fortune which can transform a long and sometimes uncomfortable flight into an experience to be enjoyed. But now an entire airport … Continue reading
Mystery of the vanishing objections to council’s Local Plan
WALTER CRONXITE reports on the disappearance of ward councillors’ contribution to a key consultation on Croydon’s strategic planning document It might not be quite up there with the unexplained disappearance of Lord Lucan, but comments submitted by Waddon Labour councillors … Continue reading
Posted in Alison Butler, Andrew Pelling, Croydon Council, Croydon parks, Duppas Hill Park, Education, Environment, Harris Primary Purley Way, Jo Negrini, Joy Prince, Krishna Avanti Primary, Paul Scott, Planning, Robert Canning, Schools, Waddon
Tagged Alison Butler, Andrew Pelling, Croydon, Croydon Council, Fiveways, Jo Negrini, London Borough of Croydon, Paul Scott, Waddon
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Council hands Hunt final decision over cuts to IVF treatment
The Council’s health and social care scrutiny committee has thrown a curve ball to the Tory government over cuts in NHS provision by referring the decision to end the provision of IVF fertility treatment in Croydon to Jeremy Hunt, the … Continue reading
Councillor criticises ‘casual racism’ displayed at Brexit debate
Within a week of the savage mob attack in Shrublands which left a teenaged asylum seeker fighting for his life and which is being investigated as a hate crime, a Labour councillor has felt it necessary to remind some members … Continue reading
Posted in Andrew Pelling, Chris Philp MP, Coulsdon, Croydon South
Tagged Andrew Pelling, Chris Philp MP, Conservative, Coulsdon, Croydon South, Labour, Tory, Waddon
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‘Optimistic’ MP Philp to debate Britain’s future after Brexit
Croydon South Tory MP Chris Philp is to take part in a debate on Britain’s Brexit future. Organised by the Coulsdon and Purley Debating Society, the event is being held on Wednesday, April 5 at the Coulsdon Day Centre. Philp … Continue reading
Air pollution means pupils at new school will be kept indoors
WALTER CRONXITE reports on the latest example of a school development which the council concedes could put the long-term health of generations of children at risk The planning committee last night gave the go-ahead to build a school for four- … Continue reading
Watson’s moving speech homes in on a Labour weakness
WALTER CRONXITE on what could turn out to be another boost for local estate agents, unwittingly provided by Croydon Council Mark Watson is going nowhere – and that’s official. Well, at least that’s what the under-pressure Addiscombe councillor told a … Continue reading
Posted in Addiscombe West, Alison Butler, Andrew Pelling, Bensham Manor, Bernadette Khan, Broad Green, Coulsdon, Croydon Central, Croydon North, Hamida Ali, Jane Avis, Manju Shahul Hameed, Mark Watson, Patricia Hay-Justice, Paul Scott, Purley, Shirley North, South Croydon, South Norwood, Steve Reed MP, Stuart Collins, Stuart King, Thornton Heath, Tony Newman, Waddon, West Thornton, Woodside
Tagged Addiscombe West, Conservative, Coulsdon, Croydon Central, Croydon Council, Croydon North, Croydon South, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Labour, Mark Watson, Purley, South Norwood, Tony Newman, Tory, Waddon
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Veolia to answer residents’ questions at Waddon Forum
The Waddon Forum is a quarterly meeting organised by the ward’s councillors to allow residents to learn of news and developments in their community. The meetings take place from 5pm to 6.30pm at St George’s Church on Barrow Road on … Continue reading
Posted in Andrew Pelling, Joy Prince, Robert Canning, Waddon
Tagged Andrew Pelling, Joy Prince, Robert Canning, Veolia, Waddon, Waddon Forum
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Uproar in the Town Hall. This is what really happened
There was uproar and dissent in the public gallery at last night’s Town Hall council meeting, with two members of the public removed from the chamber and the police called as the local Tories tried to blame a Labour councillor. … Continue reading
Posted in Addiscombe West, Andrew Pelling, Croydon Council
Tagged Addiscombe West, Andrew Pelling, Conservative, Croydon Council, Labour, Mario Creatura, Tory
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20mph zones can help to make our streets safer for all
CROYDON COMMENTARY: Our borough has some of the most dangerous roads in London, so ANDREW PELLING, pictured, finds it saddening that the local Tories are campaigning against safer speed limits Road safety is a vital concern for Greater London, Croydon … Continue reading
Posted in Andrew Pelling, Commuting, TfL, Transport, Waddon
Tagged Andrew Pelling, Conservative, Coulsdon, Labour, Purley, South Croydon, Tory, Waddon
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Philp and Pelling go head-to-head in Brexit debate, Jan 12
The Brexit debate comes to Croydon this week, when two of the borough’s politicians go head-to-head. Chris Philp, the MP for Croydon South – who himself backed Remain at last year’s referendum, although his father has recently been a candidate … Continue reading
Fire Brigade stages open day without mentioning £11m tower
Sshhh! Don’t tell everyone, but there’s another public consultation meeting arranged in Croydon where there’s been very little notice given, and no mention in official publicity of probably the most significant proposal affecting the area. The London Fire Brigade has … Continue reading
Police’s Christmas appeal sees Santa visit 500 children
Croydon police are out playing the role of Santa this Christmas. The Met’s Christmas Tree Project in Croydon has collected 500 presents from generous residents and businesses and is now out and about giving them directly to needy children across … Continue reading
Posted in Andrew Pelling, Joy Prince, Policing, Waddon
Tagged Andrew Pelling, MPS Croydon, Waddon
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Victorian pub the Waddon Hotel put at risk by planning vote
Officials in Fisher’s Folly, the council’s headquarters offices, are now so short-staffed that they are using Inside Croydon to check their official documents for them. So it was yesterday, after this website highlighted that an application had been removed from … Continue reading
Posted in Alison Butler, Andrew Pelling, Joy Prince, Paul Scott, Planning, Pubs, Purley Way, TfL, Transport, Waddon
Tagged Andrew Pelling, Croydon, Croydon Council, London Borough of Croydon, Paul Scott, Waddon
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