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Category Archives: Norbury
Cassandra Centre Art in the Park, Rookery Gardens, Aug 21
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Tagged Cassandra Centre, Norbury, The Rookery
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Cassandra Centre kids’ summer Zoom arts classes, Aug 11-13
Please note the amended timings
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Cassandra Centre kids’ photography competition, Aug 10-17
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Brick by Brick claim building on green space is ‘sustainable’
If there was any doubt of the contempt in which the residents of this borough are held by the six-figure salaried executives at Brick by Brick and their paymasters at Croydon Council, then one need only look at the back-slapping … Continue reading
Green spaces under threat as Scott seeks to ignore covenants
Our housing correspondent, BARRATT HOLMES, on the latest Brick by Brick schemes which will concrete over green space, destroy mature trees and even tear up a legal covenant that dates back to the 19th century Thursday’s virtual planning meeting will … Continue reading
Posted in Alisa Flemming, Andrew Stranack, Brick by Brick, Croydon Council, Environment, Housing, Norbury Park, Paul Scott, Planning, Selsdon Vale and Forestdale, Sherwan Chowdhury
Tagged Andy Stranack, Brick by Brick, Covington Way, Croydon Council, Hawthorn Crescent, Labour, London Borough of Croydon, Norbury, Norbury Park, Paul Scott, Selsdon Vale and Forestdale
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Newman hand-picks ‘Secret Seven’ to check on finance panel
EXCLUSIVE: The beleaguered council leader has moved to avoid being held responsible for the borough’s massive £1.5bn debt and huge over-spend, reports KEN LEE A group of councillors, secretly hand-picked by Tony Newman, will meet tonight to discuss the council’s … Continue reading
Brick by Brick CEO says company has sold 6 houses. Or is it 5?
Our overdevelopment correspondent, BARRATT HOLMES, reports on the latest admission of incompetence from Croydon Council’s loss-making house-builders Five. Or it might be six. Colm Lacey, the former council employee who has been promoted way beyond his skills and abilities to … Continue reading
Posted in Alison Butler, Andrew Pelling, Brick by Brick, Business, Colm Lacey, Croydon Council, Housing, Jo Negrini, Leila Ben-Hassel, Vidhi Mohan
Tagged Alison Butler, Andrew Pelling, Brick by Brick, Colm Lacey, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, Jo Negrini, Labour, Leila Ben-Hassel, London Borough of Croydon, Tory, Waddon
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Residents call for volunteers for Norbury Hall Park clean-up
The Friends of Norbury Hall Park are appealing for volunteers to join their clean-up this Saturday, February 29. The “Squirrel Park” is very popular with its community, but with a reduced amount of maintenance, it has become tired, run-down and … Continue reading
Norbury residents start fighting fund for BxB legal challenge
Residents in Norbury have launched a fighting fund a possible challenge through the courts to a Brick by Brick housing scheme which, they maintain, will build on land over which there is a legally binding covenant which forbids development. Other … Continue reading
Posted in Brick by Brick, Community associations, Croydon Council, Helen Pollard, Norbury
Tagged Brick by Brick, Covington Way, Helen Pollard, Norbury
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Love Norbury Christmas Fayre, London Road, Nov 23
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Fanfare for the Common man, and here’s a toast to two ‘saints’
WANDLE WANDERER: Our non-resident rambler KEN TOWL is off on his travels again, but he hasn’t had to venture very far afield to discover some overlooked treasures St Reatham is not, of course, a church named after a saint, but … Continue reading
Residents living in fear of fire in council-run housing blocks
Despite condemning office-to-flat conversions, Croydon Council has been using three such buildings to provide temporary housing. A year after a Fire Brigade inspection found the blocks unsafe, improvement works have still not finished, leaving residents forced to live on a … Continue reading
Posted in Alison Butler, Croydon Council, Croydon North, London Fire Brigade, Norbury, Planning, Thornton Heath
Tagged Allison Butler, Concord House, Croydon, Croydon Council, Grenfell Tower, Labour, London Borough of Croydon, Norbury, Steve Reed OBE, Sycamore House, Thornton Heath, Windsor House
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Fire Brigade open day, Norbury Fire Station, Jul 28
Come along and meet the firefighters at Norbury Fire Station’s open day. Date: Sunday 28th July 2019 Time: 12pm-4pm Venue: 1321/1325A London Road, SW16 4AU
