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Council planning committee approves primary school build alongside one of London’s most badly polluted roads
Croydon Council’s planning committee last night granted approval for a school, for children as young as five, to be built alongside one of the most polluted roads in London, the A23 Purley Way. Official air quality readings in the past … Continue reading
After £3m loan, now council lays on festival for Boxpark
Croydon Council today went some way to confirming – inadvertently, of course – that Boxpark, the publicly subsidised retail outlet alongside East Croydon Station, won’t be ready to open as planned this summer. Inside Croydon was first to report the … Continue reading
Posted in Activities, Art, Boxpark, Business, Croydon Council, Dance, East Croydon, Jo Negrini, Music, Ruskin Square
Tagged Boozepark, Boxpark, Croydon Council, Jo Negrini, Labour, Tony Newman
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Croydon disconnected by Easter tram and road closures
Croydon residents, workers and businesses will be disconnected by road, tram and train over Easter, as they face a third successive Bank Holiday weekend of transport disruption, delays and inconvenience. Engineering works will see the main railway line into Victoria … Continue reading
Posted in Commuting, Connected Croydon, Croydon Council, East Croydon, Environment, London-wide issues, Tramlink, Transport
Tagged Conservative, Labour, Network Rail, TfL, Thameslink, Tory, Tramlink, Trams, Transport for Londoon
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Signs of the times: notices go up of ticket office closures
Where “modernising” actually means staff cuts, cost-cutting and questionable levels of on-going service.
Posted in Commuting, Thornton Heath, Transport
Tagged Govia Thameslink, Southern Rail, Thornton Heath
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Council freewheels into new row over Norbury BMX track
The council is staging what it calls a “community day” in Norbury Park this Saturday, where many hope that Tony Newman, the council leader, will get to demonstrate his relatively new-found enthusiasm for bicycling. Or, more accurately, what they call … Continue reading
Posted in Cycling, Cycling, Norbury, Sport, Timothy Godfrey, Tony Newman, Transport
Tagged Croydon Council, Labour, Norbury, Norbury Park, Timothy Godfrey, Tony Newman
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Boxpark’s £3m loan under threat if summer opening is delayed
It’s not just the trains which are running late at East Croydon. So is the planned opening date for Boxpark. Croydon was chosen to be the second location of the retail mall made from shipping containers, following the original Boxpark … Continue reading
Posted in Boxpark, Business, Croydon Council, East Croydon, Jo Negrini, Property, Ruskin Square, Tony Newman
Tagged Boozepark, Boxpark, Croydon Council, East Croydon station, Jo Negrini, Labour, Roger Wade, Ruskin Square, Tony Newman
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It’s jams today and jams tomorrow with TfL’s Fiveways scheme
CROYDON COMMENTARY: Transport for London’s announcement this week of its preferred option for a road scheme at the Purley Way by Waddon Station has generally been regarded as the least bad of two bad choices. Here, AUSTEN COOPER highlights some … Continue reading
Ticket offices at 11 railway stations face possible closure
Ticket offices serving a total of 27 million passengers a year at 11 railway stations in Croydon and Sutton are under threat of closure. Commuters, already fed up with spiraling ticket prices and delayed and over-crowded trains, risk seeing their … Continue reading
Posted in Andrew Pelling, Commuting, Coulsdon, Mayor of London, Norbury, Purley, Sanderstead, Selhurst, Sutton Council, Thornton Heath, Transport, Waddon
Tagged Andrew Pelling, Coulsdon, Coulsdon South, Govia Thameslink, Mayor, Norbury, Purley, Sanderstead, Selhurst, South Croydon, TfL, Thornton Heath, Transport for London, Waddon
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We can expand Duppas Hill Park and still improve the roads
CROYDON COMMENTARY: This week, in an answer at Mayor’s Question Time, Boris Johnson gave the firmest indication yet that Transport for London has abandoned plans for a £85 million flyover on the A232 across Waddon Station. But as TfL delays … Continue reading
Posted in Andrew Pelling, Boris Johnson, Broad Green, Duppas Hill Park, Environment, Joy Prince, Kathy Bee, Mayor of London, Planning, Purley Way, Robert Canning, Transport, Waddon
Tagged Boris Johnson, Croydon Council, Fiveways, Kathy Bee, Mayor, Purley Way, TfL, Transport for London, Waddon
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Help Playground Action Group’s fund-raiser in the park, Feb 6
The Lakes Playground Action Group in South Norwood is inviting families to enjoy a bracing country walk, pram push, scoot or bike ride on Saturday, February 6, to help raise money for its crowdfunding campaign. There will be cake and … Continue reading
Posted in Activities, Charity, Community associations, Cycling, Lakes Playground Action Group, South Norwood
Tagged Croydon, South Norwood
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Take a stroll around the capital with TfL’s free Winter Wanders
Spectacular views, hidden gems and green parkland can all be enjoyed on a crisp stroll around the capital as part of Transport for London’s winter walking weekend this month. And it’s all free – but you’d better be quick to … Continue reading
Posted in Activities, Croydon Ramblers, Outside Croydon, Transport, Walks
Tagged Croydon, London, TfL, Transport for London, Walks
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Cycle event organisers snub Croydon after £148,000 race
JEREMY CLACKSON, our transport correspondent, with another exclusive which exposes poor planning and management from our council Croydon’s Council Tax-payers have been taken for another ride, this time on the back of a racing bicycle. The “international” cycle race staged … Continue reading
Posted in "Hammersfield", Activities, Boxpark, Business, Commuting, Croydon BID, Croydon Council, Cycling, Cycling, Sport, Tony Newman, Tramlink, Transport, Whitgift Centre
Tagged Croydon, Croydon Council, Hammersfield, Hammerson, Labour, Tony Newman, Westfield, Whitgift Centre, Whitgift Foundation
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Wolmar gets up a head of steam for free railway lecture, Jan 8
Christian Wolmar, the journalist, author and transport expert, is coming to Croydon this Friday to give a free lecture on his book, Engines of War. Wolmar, who was the only non-career politician to be shortlisted for selection as a London … Continue reading
Posted in Activities, Community associations, Education, Environment, History, Transport
Tagged Christian Wolmar, History, railways, West Croydon
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The 18.19 to Coulsdon South: it’s no way to run a railway
CROYDON COMMENTARY: Has Chris Philp got his railway lines crossed? Or is he simply doing a bit of grandstanding? NICK DAVIES takes issue with his constituency MP over the real problems with our commuter services Chris Philp can shout at … Continue reading
Council official who brought Boxpark to Croydon has now got a top job with… Boxpark
A council official who was involved at a high level in key redevelopment schemes, which in the past six months have also included making a £3 million public finance loan to tempt Boxpark to set up next to East Croydon … Continue reading
Don’t panic! ‘Railageddon’ is about to arrive in south London
It’s not just local news websites which are being alarmist about the shut down of a wide range of rail services over the holiday period, beginning as soon as tomorrow evening. The rail companies are getting a bit panicky, too. … Continue reading
Victory for residents as Bog in the Box gets flushed away
Inside Croydon is feeling flushed with success. The Bog in the Box is no more, much to the relief of residents of Court Wood Lane, if not the drivers of 353 buses. Earlier this month, Inside Croydon brought you the … Continue reading
Sweet smell of excess as Body Shop moves office to Croydon
The Body Shop is to move its head office to Croydon, from its present base at London Bridge. Body Shop’s head office employs around 250 staff, who oversee around 3,000 stores in more than 60 countries for the ethically based … Continue reading
Posted in "Hammersfield", Addiscombe West, Boxpark, Business, East Croydon
Tagged Addiscombe West, Body Shop, East Croydon station
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Lebanon Road gets a one-way system. Did anyone tell drivers?
After a decade of campaigning and petitions by residents, Lebanon Road in Addiscombe has quietly been made one-way. At some point last week, the covers were taken off road signs so that the north-bound rat-run has been closed. Lebanon Road … Continue reading
Posted in Addiscombe West, East Croydon, Tramlink, Transport
Tagged Addiscombe West, Lebanon Road
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Council opts to oppose Boris Flyover and save Waddon Hotel
Croydon Council’s cabinet will tonight give Jo Negrini, the executive director in charge of planning and development, and transport spokeswoman, Kathy Bee, the task of taking on Transport for London to deliver a new road system around the Purley Way … Continue reading
Posted in Andrew Pelling, Croydon Council, Croydon South, Joy Prince, Kathy Bee, London-wide issues, Mayor of London, Planning, Pubs, Purley Way, Robert Canning, Transport, Waddon
Tagged Boris Johnson, Conservative, Croydon Council, Hammersfield, Hammerson, Labour, Steve O'Connell, Tory, Waddon, Westfield
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Residents say that Selsdon Bog in the Box is taking the pee
Is it a bird? Is it a plane? Is it a Tardis? No! It’s the Bog in the Box! This chronic eye-sore appeared last weekend, as if by magic, plonked right in the middle of a residential area, on Court … Continue reading
Network Rail coughs up £4.1m fund for London Bridge
Running the risk of offering too little, too late, a rail regulator this morning announced a £4.1 million “reparation fund” to help reduce the delays, cancellations and over-crowding on trains into London Bridge, which Croydon commuters have been enduring for … Continue reading
