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Category Archives: Selsdon & Ballards
Objections? What objections? Opposition? What opposition?
CROYDON COMMENTARY: Has the council granted planning permission to a slew of sub-standard developments because the local Tories have allowed them to do so? STEVE WHITESIDE on the questions that Croydon Conservatives refuse to answer Have you ever wondered how … Continue reading
Posted in Chris Philp MP, Croydon Council, Croydon South, Dudley Mead, Jason Perry, Lynne Hale, Paul Scott, Pete Smith, Planning, Purley, Sanderstead, Tim Pollard
Tagged Chris Philp MP, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, Croydon South, Dudley Mead, Jason Perry, Lynne Hale, Paul Scott, Pete Smith, Purley, Sanderstead, Selsdon, Tim Pollard
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Selsdon Food Hub forced to find new kitchen for ready meals
The partial return to work and schools from the coronavirus lockdown has created a crisis for the covid-19 mutual aid group operating in Selsdon: they are about to lose the use of the kitchen where they have prepared nearly 6,000 … Continue reading
Wednesday night is Quiz Night for Selsdon’s band of volunteers
Wednesday nights have become Quiz Nights, at least virtually for the volunteers working through the coronavirus emergency at the Selsdon Food Hub. The area’s churches, businesses and voluntary sector groups who have come together to help lonely and isolated residents, … Continue reading
Volunteers in Selsdon deliver 280 food parcels in two weeks
Charity and church workers in the south of the borough have been brought close to tears by the daily acts of generosity from the community in the midst of the coronavirus crisis In Selsdon, a group of local charities, churches, … Continue reading
Sainsbury’s joins with charities to help Selsdon Food Hub
Charities, community groups and businesses in Selsdon and Monks Hill have teamed up during the coronavirus emergency to provide shopping to the most vulnerable residents living in the area. The groups include Selsdon Contact, a registered charity which has been … Continue reading
Rotary Club of Sanderstead and Selsdon Craft Fair, Oct 26
Posted in Charity, Sanderstead, Selsdon & Ballards
Tagged Rotary Club of Sanderstead and Selsdon, Sanderstead, Selsdon
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‘Absolute madness’: council eyes Green Belt for 6,000 homes
Remember all those solemn assurances from Alison Butler and Paul Scott that the Labour-run council will protect the borough’s precious green spaces? Guess what… Town Hall papers ahead of next Monday’s cabinet meeting show that the council is seriously considering … Continue reading
Posted in Addington, Croydon Council, Environment, Housing, Mayor of London, New Addington, Planning, Purley Way, Sanderstead, Selsdon & Ballards
Tagged Alison Butler, Croydon Council, Croydon South, Gravel Hill, London Borough of Croydon, New Addington, Paul Scott, Purley Way, Riddlesdown, Sanderstead, Selsdon
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Croydon High PTA Winter Fair, Selsdon, Nov 23
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Tagged Croydon High School, Selsdon
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Jubilee Church Kids Christmas Fair, Selsdon Hall, Dec 14
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Charity Zumbathon, Croydon High Sports Club, Oct 5
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Croydon Beekeepers’ Honey Show, Selsdon Centre, Sep 28
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Happy’s Circus, Greenvale Primary, Selsdon, Oct 12
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Tagged Greenvale Primary School, Selsdon
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Shock! Council discovers trees on site it gave to Brick by Brick
Brick by Brick, the council’s loss-making in-house house-builder, has suffered yet more setbacks after the council “discovered” that two sites it wanted to concrete over were either too close to high-voltage electricity pylons, or had real live trees growing there. … Continue reading
Posted in Alison Butler, Brick by Brick, Colm Lacey, Croydon Council, Croydon parks, Environment, Helen Pollard, Paul Scott, Planning, Property, Selsdon & Ballards
Tagged Alison Butler, Brick by Brick, BxB, Conservative, Croham Valley Road, Croydon, Croydon Council, Foxearth Spinney, Labour, London Borough of Croydon, Paul Scott, Selsdon and Addington Village, Tony Newman, Tory
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Friends of Selsdon Woods open day and picnic, Sep 8
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Selsdon Guild raises hundreds of pounds for Garwood charity
A women’s meeting group in Selsdon has raised nearly £1,000 in donations for local charities over the summer. Selsdon Afternoon Townswomen’s Guild presented a cheque for £500 to Lee Bennett, the director of services for the Garwood Foundation, as a … Continue reading
BBC Bargain Hunt is focusing in on Selsdon’s Wonka auction
BBC television auction show Bargain Hunt is coming to Croydon later this month. The TV cameras will be at Farleigh Court Golf Club in Selsdon on July 17, together with one of the show’s presenters, Anita Manning, for the latest … Continue reading
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Tagged Catherine Southon, Farleigh Court Golf Club, Selsdon
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Selsdon auction winning bidder will get Wonka’s Golden Ticket
You could fulfil the childhood ambition of millions and finally get your hands on a Golden Ticket – but it could cost you at least £8,000 at an auction to be held in Selsdon next month. The Golden Ticket and … Continue reading
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Tagged Catherine Southon, Farleigh Court Golf Club, Selsdon
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Village fears as council bites into cherished conservation area
There is a growing suspicion, and some fear, among residents living in the close-knit community of Addington Village that council plans to alter the boundaries of the long-established conservation area are because of some deep ulterior motive to allow more … Continue reading
Posted in Addington, Addington Residents' Association, Community associations, Croydon Council, Croydon parks, Environment, Helen Pollard, Planning, Selsdon & Ballards
Tagged Addington Village, Addington Village Conservation Area, Addington Village Residents Association, Helen Pollard, Selsdon and Addington Village
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