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Croydon schools are still facing 5% cuts to their funding
A teachers’ union has accused an MP of giving “false hope” to Croydon teachers, parents and pupils over Tory cuts to schools funding, and told him to lobby his government for real-terms increases in the amounts allocated for education in … Continue reading
Posted in Chris Philp MP, Croydon South, Education, Oasis Academy Coulsdon, Riddlesdown, Schools, Woodcote High
Tagged Chris Philp MP, Conservative, Tory
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Optivo fail to tell Coulsdon cottage tenants of change of plan
A housing association which failed to consult local residents and never bothered informing its own tenants that it wanted to bulldoze their historic home has now added insult to that injury by failing to advise the residents of Well Cottages … Continue reading
Posted in Chris Philp MP, Coulsdon, Coulsdon West, Croydon South, Planning
Tagged Cane Hill Hospital, Chris Philp MP, Coulsdon, Well Cottages
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Optivo abandons plan to bulldoze historic Coulsdon cottages
BARRATT HOLMES reports on a sudden climb down by one of the country’s largest housing associations Under pressure from mounting public outrage and an MP’s petition, following reports on Inside Croydon, Optivo, the giant housing association, has today announced that … Continue reading
Posted in Chris Philp MP, Coulsdon, Coulsdon West, Croydon Council, Croydon South, Planning
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Council planner admits: we didn’t report consultation findings
KEN LEE reports on the latest shocking development (cough) surrounding the failures of the council planning department Croydon Council has failed to fulfill its statutory, legal obligations over planning applications. Who says? The head of Croydon Council’s planning department, that’s … Continue reading
Posted in Brick by Brick, Business, Community associations, Croydon Council, Croydon South, Housing, Jo Negrini, Paul Scott, Pete Smith, Planning, Property, Purley, Sanderstead
Tagged Croydon Council, Croydon South, Derrick Avenue, Jo Negrini, Labour, London Borough of Croydon, Norman Avenue, Purley, Purley Oaks Station, Sabderstead
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Ex-planning chair: council broke law over Coulsdon cottages
CROYDON COMMENTARY: A borough alderman and former chair of the council planning committee, ADRIAN DENNIS, pictured right, suggests that the council may have failed to follow the letter of the law in the planning notification for Well Cottages Apart from … Continue reading
MP slams Optivo over ‘outrageous’ plans to demolish cottages
BARRATT HOLMES reports on the shabby treatment of social housing tenants by one of the country’s largest housing associations An elderly couple who have lived in a Coulsdon cottage for almost 40 years only found out that they were to … Continue reading
