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Category Archives: Shasha Khan
Incinerator campaign seeks justice by going to Court of Appeal
AND THE FIGHT GOES ON: The legal battle against the Viridor-operated waste incinerator to be built at Beddington took another step this week when the Stop the Incinerator Campaign lodged permission to appeal. The legal campaign is being conducted with … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Croydon Greens, Environment, Refuse collection, Shasha Khan, Waste incinerator, Wildlife
Tagged Conservative, Council Tax, Croydon, Croydon Council, Labour, Tony Newman, Tory, Waddon
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Judge sides with Viridor as incinerator case goes to appeal
The fight to stop Croydon and three other London councils from building an industrial-scale waste incinerator at Beddington Lane will now go to the Court of Appeal. High Court judge Mrs Justice Patterson has refused an application to reconsider her … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Community associations, Croydon Greens, Environment, Shasha Khan, Tony Newman, Waste incinerator, Wildlife
Tagged Beddington Lane, Conservative, Croydon, Green Party, incinerator, Labour, Shasha Khan, Sutton, Tony Newman, Tory, Viridor
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No they can’t! Viridor needs to provide 100% safety guarantee
CROYDON COMMENTARY: For all the tens of thousands of pounds raised, and spent, by the Stop the Incinerator Campaign in taking its case to the High Court, the legal challenge has had to be based on planning issues. The issue … Continue reading
Posted in Boris Johnson, Broad Green, Business, Community associations, Croydon Council, Croydon Greens, Croydon North, Darren Johnson, Environment, Health, London Assembly, London-wide issues, Mayor of London, Refuse collection, Shasha Khan, Steve Reed MP, Stuart Collins, Transition Town, Waddon, Waste incinerator
Tagged Boris Johnson, Broad Green, Conservative, incinerator, Labour, London, Member of parliament, Shasha Khan, Steve Reed OBE, Stuart Collins, Tory, Viridor, Waddon, Waste incinerator
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Yes we Khan! Campaigners lodge incinerator legal appeal
Just after 5pm tonight, Stop the Incinerator campaigner Shasha Khan confirmed that an appeal has been lodged at the High Court against the decision of the judge, Mrs Justice Patterson, over the Judicial Review of Sutton Council’s decision to permit … Continue reading
Posted in Broad Green, Business, Community associations, Croydon Council, Environment, Planning, Refuse collection, Shasha Khan, Stuart Collins, Tony Newman, Waddon, Waste incinerator, Wildlife
Tagged Beddington, Conservative, Croydon Council, Hammerson, incinerator, Labour, Tony Newman, Tory, Viridor, Waddon, Waste incinerator, Westfield
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POLL: Should Croydon Council stop the incinerator?
What do you, Inside Croydon’s loyal reader, want your council to do about Sutton’s plans to build a waste incinerator right next to Croydon, on the Beddington Farmlands Metropolitan Open Land site? Do you want Croydon Council to back the … Continue reading
Posted in Broad Green, Business, Clare Hilley, Community associations, Croydon Council, Environment, Health, London-wide issues, Outside Croydon, Refuse collection, Shasha Khan, Stuart Collins, Sutton Council, Tony Newman, Waddon, Waste incinerator, Wildlife
Tagged Beddington, Beddington Farmlands, Clean and Green, Conservative, Hammerson, Labour, Mike Fisher, Stuart Collins, Tony Newman, Tory, Viridor, Waddon, Westfield, Whitgift Foundation
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£5,000 – by Monday: help pay cost of stopping the incinerator
The Stop the Incinerator Campaign needs to raise £5,000 by Monday to be able to afford to continue the fight to prevent Sutton and Croydon councils allowing industrialists Viridor to build and operate a waste incinerator on Metropolitan Open Land … Continue reading
Posted in Broad Green, Community associations, Croydon Greens, Environment, Refuse collection, Shasha Khan, Waste incinerator, Wildlife
Tagged Beddington Lane, Broad Green, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, Hammerson, incinerator, Labour, Shasha Khan, Stop the Inci, Sutton Council, Tory, Viridor, Westfield
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Judge gives all-clear for Viridor to build incinerator
So, Westfield and Hammerson are to build a £1 billion shopping mall in the centre of town, and thousands of new homes are to be built there, too, and they will all have a waste incinerator parked on the borough … Continue reading
Posted in "Hammersfield", Broad Green, Business, Centrale, Croydon Greens, Environment, Refuse collection, Shasha Khan, Stuart Collins, Sutton Council, Tony Newman, Waste incinerator, Whitgift Centre
Tagged Broad Green, Conservative, Hammersfield, Hammerson, incinerator, Labour, Shasha Khan, Stuart Collins, Sutton, Tony Newman, Tory, Viridor, Westfield
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Viridor and Sutton spare no (public) expense to crush case
The unequal courtroom battle between local residents and Sutton Council together with their £1 billion industrial contractors over plans to build an incinerator on Beddington Lane continues at the Royal Courts of Justice today, with no expense spared – from … Continue reading
Inside Croydon’s loyal reader helps Khan have his day in court
£5,500 That’s how much was raised in a single day for the Stop the Incinerator Campaign, following the urgent appeal published on Inside Croydon yesterday. The only conclusion that can be drawn from that information is that our loyal reader … Continue reading
Incinerator campaign in 11th-hour appeal for legal funds
The Stop the Incinerator Campaign could yet be denied its day in court – all for a lack of money. The campaign was expecting to begin its judicial review of the Beddington incinerator scheme – which has the backing of … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Community associations, Croydon Council, Environment, Outside Croydon, Refuse collection, Shasha Khan, Stuart Collins, Sutton Council, Waddon, Waste incinerator, Wildlife
Tagged Beddington, Croydon, Croydon Council, incinerator, London Borough of Croydon, Sutton Council, Tony Newman, Tory, Viridor, Waddon
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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
Social justice and strong principles are Green way, says Khan
VOTE 2014: The Green Party has never had a councillor in Croydon. Here, their local co-chair SHASHA KHAN offers his party line about why they deserve your vote in tomorrow’s Town Hall elections If you are reading this article then … Continue reading
Scouring Croham’s campaign for anything that might inspire
VOTE 2014: Over the next couple of weeks, we will preview the local elections with a look at key wards and the key issues. With 15 candidates from seven parties or groups standing in Croham, with the Greens, UKIP and … Continue reading
Posted in 2014 council elections, Croydon Greens, Croydon South, Gordon Ross, Jason Perry, Jon Bigger, Maria Gatland, Michael Neal, Parking, Property, Pubs, Shasha Khan, South Croydon
Tagged Conservative, Croydon, Croydon South, Green Party, Jason Perry, John Jefkins, Labour, Liberal Democrats, Maria Gatland, South Croydon, South Croydon, Tory, UKIP
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Croydon more Green than purple, but will they win any seats?
The deadline for entering candidates for May 22’s local elections was 4pm today. We have reported the key selections from Labour and the Conservatives across the borough over the past year, but only now do we have the complete list … Continue reading
Posted in 2014 council elections, Addiscombe West, Ashburton, Bensham Manor, Broad Green, Coulsdon East, Coulsdon Town, Croydon Greens, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Fairfield, Fieldway, Gordon Ross, Heathfield, Kenley, New Addington South, Norbury, Peter Staveley, Purley, Robert King, Sanderstead, Selhurst, Selsdon & Ballards, Shasha Khan, Shirley North, South Croydon, South Norwood, Thornton Heath, Waddon, West Thornton, Winston McKenzie, Woodside
Tagged Addiscombe West, Conservative, Coulsdon, Croydon, Croydon Council, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Kenley, Labour, Mike Fisher, New Addington, South Norwood, Thornton Heath, Waddon
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Greens hold back from promising to scrap £1bn incinerator
The Green Party launched its local election manifesto for Croydon yesterday, confirming that it will field a full slate of 70 candidates across the whole of the borough. The Greens seem poised to benefit on voting day next month from … Continue reading
Posted in 2014 council elections, Croydon Greens, Environment, Fly tipping, Fracking, Gordon Ross, Knife crime, Refuse collection, Shasha Khan, South Croydon, Waste incinerator
Tagged Beddington Lane, Conservative, Council Tax, Croydon, Croydon Council, Green Party, incinerator, London Borough of Croydon, Shasha Khan, South Croydon, Tory, Waddon
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Sutton Council put on notice over incinerator Judicial Review
Justine Thornton, the barrister wife of Ed Miliband, the leader of the Labour Party, has today overseen the issuing of formal notice to Sutton Council that a Judicial Review is to be sought over the decision to build a multi-million-pound … Continue reading
Posted in Community associations, Croydon Greens, Environment, Health, London-wide issues, Outside Croydon, Planning, Refuse collection, Shasha Khan, Sutton Council, Waste incinerator
Tagged Beddington Lane, Boris Johnson, Croydon, Green Party, incinerator, London, London Assembly, Shassha Khan, Sutton Council, Tory, Viridor
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We’ll make campaigners pay says Sutton Council leader
Sutton Council is prepared to spend tens of thousands of pounds of public money to fight a legal battle against a campaign by residents from across south London who want to stop the building of a waste incinerator at Beddington … Continue reading
Stop the Incinerator Campaign stages fund-raiser: Feb 24
The Stop the Incinerator Campaign is staging a fund-raising Quiz Night on February 24, with all money raised going towards the costs of paying for a Judicial Review of Sutton Council’s decision to allow a waste incinerator to be built … Continue reading
Posted in 2014 council elections, Community associations, Croydon Council, Croydon Greens, Environment, Planning, Refuse collection, Shasha Khan, Waste incinerator
Tagged Beddington Lane, Boris Johnson, Croydon, Croydon Council, Croydon North, Green Party, incinerator, Liberal Democrats, London, London Borough of Sutton, Mayor, Shasha Khan, Sutton, Tory, Viridor, Waste incinerator
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£2.50 per person – the price Viridor puts on your health
Local environmental campaigners claim that local councils, including Croydon, have handed a £1 billion contract to Viridor to run a controversial waste incinerator all in return for no more than £2.50 per person in the local area in “mitigation”. The … Continue reading
Burnt: incinerator scheme fails to get planning permission
A Sutton Council planning meeting last night refused to approve plans to build a waste incinerator on its border with Croydon, at Beddington Lane, a stunning reversal for the powers of big business. Ahead of the meeting, with the Sutton … Continue reading
Posted in Broad Green, Business, Community associations, Croydon Greens, East Coulsdon Residents' Association, Environment, Health, London-wide issues, Outside Croydon, Planning, Shasha Khan, Stuart Collins, Sutton Council, Tony Newman, Waste incinerator, Wildlife
Tagged Croydon, England, Labour, LibDem, Liberal Democrats, London Wildlife Trust, Viridor, Worcester Park
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Rivers long-shot helps Trams to derail promotion-chasers
NON-LEAGUE NEWS: Croydon FC’s London Senior Cup match at Redbridge tonight has been postponed due to a frozen pitch, following a 3pm inspection, causing a delay to the Trams’ impressive sequence of wins, with only one defeat in nine games. … Continue reading
Posted in AFC Croydon Athletic, Croydon FC, Football, Shasha Khan, Sport
Tagged Badshot Lea, Croydon, Croydon North, London, Saturday, Surrey, Tom Pratt, YouTube
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Green leader visits Upper Norwood to back candidate Khan
They make politicians in a tougher mould in Australia, as Natalie Bennett, the British Green party’s new leader, demonstrated yesterday when she was in great robust form when she came to support Shasha Khan, her party’s candidate for the Croydon … Continue reading
