Category Archives: Waddon

Council sells off public green space to Brick by Brick for just £1

Posted on March 20, 2019 by

Croydon Council has sold at least three packages of publicly owned property – in Waddon, South Croydon and Fairfield wards – to Brick by Brick, its house-building company, for just £1 each. And last year the Labour-run council also flogged … Continue reading →

Posted in Brick by Brick, Business, Croydon Council, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Fairfield, Housing, Jo Negrini, Planning, Property, South Croydon, Tony Newman, Waddon | Tagged , , , , , , , | 3 Comments

Promising signs of the future for Croydon’s historic Old Town

Posted on March 20, 2019 by

CROYDON COMMENTARY: With more than £17million to spend, the council is rolling out plans to spruce up the neglected corner of the Old Town around Croydon Minster. LEWIS WHITE, pictured left, a retired landscape architect, took a Sunday afternoon stroll … Continue reading →

Posted in Broad Green, Croydon Council, Croydon Minster, Croydon parks, Environment, History, Planning, Waddon | Tagged , , , , , | Leave a comment

All in it together for four months of closures to Epsom Road

Posted on March 18, 2019 by

Don’t you get sick and tired of seeing a road dug up, the works finish and the road nicely relaid, for it only to get dug up by another utility service soon after? Now, in a ground-breaking initiative, Croydon council, … Continue reading →

Posted in Transport, Waddon | Tagged , | Leave a comment

£17.5m plans for Minster area take a walk round Old Town today

Posted on March 17, 2019 by

Today brings a second – and final – chance to see the council’s plans to improve the area around Croydon Minster. On Friday, along with around 60 other local residents, Inside Croydon went to see what is intended for the … Continue reading →

Posted in Andrew Pelling, Croydon Council, Croydon Minster, Joy Prince, Planning, Robert Canning, Waddon | Tagged , , , , , , , | 2 Comments

Old Town underpasses to be filled thanks to £10m TfL grant

Posted on March 5, 2019 by

Transport correspondent JEREMY CLACKSON on moves to remove a barrier to pedestrians and cyclists which has seen the town centre split in half more than half a century The dingy, often intimidating and piss-tainted pedestrian subways under the Croydon Flyover … Continue reading →

Posted in Andrew Pelling, Commuting, Croydon Council, Croydon Cycling Campaign, Cycling, Joy Prince, Robert Canning, Stuart King, TfL, Transport, Waddon | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , | 7 Comments

Feck! Croydon Tories cry foul as Garratt wins selection ballot

Posted on March 1, 2019 by

Political editor WALTER CRONXITE on a somewhat fractious outcome to the Conservatives’ vote on who  will represent the party in the 2020 London Assembly elections Neil “Father Jack” Garratt, the councillor for Belmont ward, will be the Conservative candidate for … Continue reading →

Posted in 2020 London elections, Joseph Lee, Neil Garratt, Outside Croydon, Simon Hoar, Stephen Carr, Sutton Council | Tagged , , , , , , , , , | 1 Comment

Tories’ male, stale and, mainly, pale shortlist for selection

Posted on February 25, 2019 by

Our political editor WALTER CRONXITE reveals the Conservative shortlist for the candidate to stand in next year’s London Assembly elections in Croydon and Sutton The local Tory Party, which has held the Sutton and Croydon constituency at the London Assembly … Continue reading →

Posted in 2020 London elections, Bromley Council, Joseph Lee, London Assembly, London-wide issues, Mayor of London, Neil Garratt, Sadiq Khan, Shaun Bailey, Simon Hoar, Stephen Carr, Steve O'Connell, Sutton Council | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , | 1 Comment