Category Archives: New Addington North

Residents call for end to planning meetings for ‘cowboys’

Posted on May 22, 2020 by

One of the borough’s largest organisations representing the interests of residents has called on the council to stop all planning committee meetings until the covid-19 emergency is over – and they have singled out the Brick by Brick proposal to … Continue reading →

Posted in Addington, Addington Residents' Association, Brick by Brick, Chris Clark, Community associations, Croydon Council, Environment, Fieldway, Housing, New Addington, New Addington North, Paul Scott, Planning, Wildlife | Tagged , , , , , , , , | 1 Comment

Tell us what’s wrong with Hutchinson’s Bank build, Scott says

Posted on May 11, 2020 by

Paul Scott, one half of the Labour council tag team that is determinedly allowing the borough’s green spaces, kids’ playgrounds and nature reserves to be buried under a wave of ready-mix concrete, has dismissed out-of-hand complaints from residents that the … Continue reading →

Posted in Brick by Brick, Croydon parks, Environment, New Addington, New Addington North, Paul Scott, Planning | Tagged , , , , , , , , | 11 Comments

‘Buildable and financially savvy’: BxB’s blitz on the borough

Posted on May 9, 2020 by

Brick by Brick is demonstrating some desperate-looking urgency over its next wave of 24 sites around the borough by announcing them during the coronavirus emergency lockdown – making it impossible for them to stage what anyone would recognise as proper … Continue reading →

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New Addington residents call for halt on Brick by Brick plans

Posted on April 2, 2020 by

One of the borough’s biggest – and fastest-growing – residents’ associations has accused the council of deliberately using the coronavirus emergency to help it push through controversial and unpopular development plans from its loss-making building firm, Brick by Brick. And … Continue reading →

Posted in Brick by Brick, Community associations, Croydon Central, Croydon Council, Fieldway, New Addington, New Addington North, New Addington Residents' Association, Planning, Sarah Jones MP | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

‘Pupil Power’ forces Brick by Brick to cave in over flats

Posted on March 6, 2020 by

Brick by Brick has caved in to “Pupil Power”, abandoning plans to build a block of flats in New Addington on an open space close to the Green Belt, after hundreds of primary-aged children wrote to the Town Hall pleading … Continue reading →

Posted in Brick by Brick, Environment, Fairchildes Primary, New Addington, New Addington North, Paul Scott, Planning, Schools | Tagged , , , , , , , , | 2 Comments

MP Jones suggests Croydon points the way for national policy

Posted on January 15, 2020 by

Sarah Jones, re-elected last month as the Labour MP for Croydon Central, says that her campaign in the General Election offers key lessons for her party as it picks up the pieces after a shattering defeat. Writing a lengthy article … Continue reading →

Posted in 2019 General Election, Croydon Central, Housing, New Addington, New Addington North, Sarah Jones MP | Tagged , , , , , | 5 Comments

‘Are Brick by Brick trying to lose the election for Sarah?’

Posted on December 7, 2019 by

Our construction correspondent BARRATT HOLMES on concerns that the council is pressing ahead with consultations on often controversial housing schemes during the run-up to the General Election “Are they trying to lose the election for Sarah?” That was the angry … Continue reading →

Posted in 2019 General Election, Alison Butler, Brick by Brick, Business, Colm Lacey, Croydon Central, Croydon Council, Fieldway, Housing, Jo Negrini, New Addington, New Addington North, Paul Scott, Planning, Sarah Jones MP, Tony Newman | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , | 2 Comments