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Category Archives: Yvette Hopley
Only five Croydon Tory councillors listed as ‘Backing Boris’
Croydon Town Hall’s Conservatives are not backing Boris. That’s according to a listing published today by the Boris Johnson leadership campaign which includes just five of Croydon’s 29 Tory councillors, from among 1,000 Conservative elected representatives at local authorities around … Continue reading
Which councillors attended Town Hall Christmas banquet?
Many thanks to all those who have already expressed support, and donated or offered other help, to Croydon Nightwatch as a result of Inside Croydon’s Christmas appeal. We have noted before the proximity, and stark contrast, between the grinding poverty … Continue reading
Double trouble with council mailshot for Mayor’s charity
Inside Croydon Towers has been inundated with mail. Well, two pieces of mail. Both had been sent first class. Both were sent by Croydon Council. And both to try to promote the very same event. The event in question is … Continue reading
Posted in Activities, Charity, Croydon Council, Yvette Hopley
Tagged Council Tax, Croydon, Croydon Council, London, London Borough of Croydon, Mayor
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MP Reed’s on his bike – have a heart and sponsor him
Croydon North’s MP Steve Reed appears to be taking Norman Tebbit’s most famous adage to heart. But Reed is getting on his bike to help his and other people’s hearts, as he is joining the London to Brighton bike ride … Continue reading
Store at beating centre of making Croydon a Heart Town
Croydon is to become a “Heart Town”, with the borough’s new mayor, Yvette Hopley, choosing the British Heart Foundation as one of her official charities for the coming year and endorsing the campaign to reduce the amount of heart disease … Continue reading
Red Deer locals look north for help to rebuff Morrisons
Another landmark Croydon pub is under threat of takeover from a supermarket chain. And our local councillors’ response – where they have bothered to respond – is effectively to shrug their shoulders and say there’s nothing that they can, or … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Community associations, Maria Gatland, Planning, Property, Pubs, Sanderstead, South Croydon, South Croydon Community Association, Steve O'Connell, Tim Pollard, Yvette Hopley
Tagged Brighton Road, London, Maria Gatland, Morrison, Red Deer, South Croydon, Steve O'Connell, Tesco
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Hamsey Green shops and schools under threat from Lidl plans
To absolutely no one’s surprise – largely because they have paid top-dollar for the landmark site and need to make the £2 million investment work for them commercially – Lidl has submitted a renewed planning application for a supermarket where … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Community associations, Parking, Planning, Pubs, Sanderstead, Yvette Hopley
Tagged Croydon, Hamsey Green, Lidl, Limpsfield, London Borough of Croydon, Post office, Sanderstead, Surrey
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Lidl drops planning application for Hamsey Green site
Lidl, the German supermarket chain, has dropped its planning application for what amounted to a vast steel shed to be built on a gateway site into Croydon from Surrey on the Limpsfield Road, to the south of Sanderstead. The Lidl … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Community associations, Environment, Planning, Property, Pubs, Sanderstead, Yvette Hopley
Tagged Aldi, Croydon, Facebook, German, Lidl, Sanderstead, Supermarket
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Sanderstead’s Hopley expected to be Croydon’s next mayor
Yvette Hopley, a councillor for Sanderstead, is to be the borough’s next Mayoress, Inside Croydon understands. Hopley, a Purley Oaks resident, has a background in public relations and antiques – some reckon the perfect training for working with Croydon’s Conservatives. … Continue reading
Posted in Croydon Council, Eddy Arram, Sanderstead, Yvette Hopley
Tagged Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, London, London Borough of Croydon, Mayor, Sanderstead, Tory
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Council helps Lidl defeat batman over pub demolition
Croydon Council has given the all-clear to Lidl to demolish the Good Companions pub at Hamsey Green, leaving local residents and some Sanderstead councillors to pin their hopes on objections to the planned supermarket because it is unsuitable for a … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Community associations, Croydon Council, Croydon South, Environment, Fairfield, Lynne Hale, Maria Gatland, Planning, Property, Pubs, Richard Ottaway MP, Sanderstead, South Croydon, Tim Pollard, Whitgift Foundation, Wildlife, Yvette Hopley
Tagged Croydon, Croydon Council, Hamsey Green, Lidl, London, Sanderstead, Surrey, Whitgift Foundation
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Lidl encounters strong opposition after paying £2m for pub site
Lidl could have paid three times the market rate to purchase the Good Companions pub site on Limpsfield Road, Sanderstead, and look like they could be left with a £2.2 million real estate bill for a store that few locals … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Crime, Croydon South, Environment, Fairfield, Lynne Hale, Outside Croydon, Planning, Property, Pubs, Richard Ottaway MP, Sanderstead, Schools, South Croydon, Tim Pollard, Waddon, Yvette Hopley
Tagged Hamsey Green, Lidl, Public house, Richard Ottaway, Sanderstead, South Croydon, Tesco, Warlingham
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