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Category Archives: Clare Hilley
Council planning decisions ‘open to corruption’, says research
Recommendations from an independent think tank, if they were applied in Croydon, could force cabinet member Paul Scott to stand down from all planning responsibilities. KEN LEE reports Planning decisions are open to corruption from secretive lobbying, council officials’ conflicts … Continue reading
Palace are playing a homes game which council will lose 5-0
KEN LEE, our Town Hall reporter, on the detail-lite presentation at the Crystal Palace stadium public consultation If you’re going along to the Crystal Palace stadium public consultation at Speroni’s tomorrow, don’t get too excited. The football club wants to … Continue reading
Posted in Clare Hilley, Crystal Palace FC, Football, Paul Scott, Planning, Selhurst, Simon Hoar
Tagged Conservative, Croydon, Crystal Palace, Labour, Paul Scott, Steve O'Connell, Tory
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Former reporter in bitter attack against ‘clickbait’ Advertiser
STEVEN DOWNES on an extraordinary Twitter outburst from a “heart broken” local newspaper journalist who says that redundancies and cut-backs at his old workplace have made things “really shit” The Croydon Sadvertiser is dead. It’s ceased to be. It’s pushing … Continue reading
Council erases role of Borough Solicitor as Belvir leaves
Julie Belvir, the Borough Solicitor, is to leave her job and the post of most senior legal adviser to the council is to be abolished in a cost-cutting measure. Because it’s not like Croydon Council doesn’t need all the legal … Continue reading
Posted in Clare Hilley, Croydon Council, Julie Belvir, Riesco Collection, URV
Tagged Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, Dudley Mead, Hammersfield, Hammerson, Mike Fisher, Tim Pollard, Tory, Westfield, Whitgift Centre
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POLL: Should Croydon Council stop the incinerator?
What do you, Inside Croydon’s loyal reader, want your council to do about Sutton’s plans to build a waste incinerator right next to Croydon, on the Beddington Farmlands Metropolitan Open Land site? Do you want Croydon Council to back the … Continue reading
Posted in Broad Green, Business, Clare Hilley, Community associations, Croydon Council, Environment, Health, London-wide issues, Outside Croydon, Refuse collection, Shasha Khan, Stuart Collins, Sutton Council, Tony Newman, Waddon, Waste incinerator, Wildlife
Tagged Beddington, Beddington Farmlands, Clean and Green, Conservative, Hammerson, Labour, Mike Fisher, Stuart Collins, Tony Newman, Tory, Viridor, Waddon, Westfield, Whitgift Foundation
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Council spends £200,000 on dropped kerbs in flood-risk area
Senior Conservative politicians have ordered Croydon Council staff to cold-call house-holders in a marginal ward to offer to build dropped kerbs with a hefty discount provided on the rates. At the same time that council staff and the emergency services … Continue reading
Posted in 2014 council elections, Andrew Pelling, Bensham Manor, Clare Hilley, Croydon Council, Croydon Greens, Environment, Joy Prince, Parking, Phil Thomas, Property, Robert Canning, Simon Hoar, Tony Harris, Transport, Waddon
Tagged Andrew Pelling, Conservative, Council Tax, Croydon, Croydon Council, Croydon South, Labour, Phil Thomas, Tory, Waddon
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Building problems force another closure at Waddon pool
The swimming pool at Waddon Leisure Centre is part-closed again, for the second time in just a couple of months. The Waddon Leisure Centre was opened in January 2013, but has been prone to a range of snagging issues with … Continue reading
Posted in 2014 council elections, Bernard Weatherill House, Clare Hilley, Croydon Council, East Croydon, Planning, Purley Way, Simon Hoar, Swimming, Tony Harris, URV, Waddon
Tagged Bridge to Nowhere, Conservative, Council Tax, Croydon, Croydon Council, Croydon South, East Croydon station, Tory, Waddon, Waddon Leisure Centre
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Yeo, Perry and the ‘unacceptable face of Conservatism’
Croydon can rest easy: there is only one Jason Perry (and no, this is not suggested as a new chant from the Holmesdale End, “One Jason Perry, there’s only one…”). Inside Croydon’s loyal reader points out that, if you dig … Continue reading
Posted in "Hammersfield", 2014 council elections, Business, Clare Hilley, Croydon Council, Dudley Mead, Jason Perry, Mike Fisher, Nathan Elvery, Planning, Property, South Croydon, URV, Waddon
Tagged "Sir" Tricky Dicky Ottaway, Carlton Building Plastics, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, Dudley Mead, Iain Dale, Jason Perry, London Borough of Croydon, Margaret Mead, Mike Fisher, Nathan Elvery, Richard Ottaway, South Croydon, Tim Yeo, Tory, Waddon
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Tory councillor Hilley jumps ship before 2014 elections
It was Enoch Powell who said that all political careers end in failure. In the case of Croydon councillor Clare Hilley, that failure has just come a little sooner than she might have hoped. The Waddon Tory will not be … Continue reading
Posted in 2014 council elections, Andrew Pelling, Clare Hilley, Joy Prince, Robert Canning, Simon Hoar, Tony Harris, Waddon
Tagged Andrew Pelling, Conservative, Croydon, Hilley, Labour, Steven George, Tory, Waddon
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Paxman and Brand unmask deep distrust with local politicians
Yesterday, we posted an online poll for our loyal reader to vote for their preferred candidate to become the local Conservatives’ candidate for Croydon South at the next parliamentary election. Whoever is chosen next week will be replacing Tricky Dicky … Continue reading
Flawed inspection regime highlights health risks of incinerators
Four years ago, Simon Hoar, a cabinet member in the Conservative group that controls the Town Hall, was distributing leaflets in Waddon ward offering a solemn promise that he and his colleagues, if re-elected to the council, would stop the … Continue reading
Labour uses shock tactics at Carshalton Environmental Fair
The Labour party in Carshalton and Wallington courted controversy on Monday at the Carshalton Environmental Fair by wearing face masks and industrial suits to protest against the decision by the local council to grant planning permission to the Beddington Lane … Continue reading
Incinerator campaigners to take battle to judicial review
Environment campaigners in south London want to use a judicial review to challenge the decision to allow Viridor and Sutton Council to build a waste incinerator on Metropolitan Open Land at Beddington Lane. The decision was announced on Wednesday by … Continue reading
Posted in Boris Johnson, Broad Green, Business, Clare Hilley, Community associations, Croydon Council, Croydon Greens, Environment, London-wide issues, Mayor of London, Simon Hoar, Sutton Council, Tony Harris, Waddon, Waste incinerator, Wildlife
Tagged Croydon, Environment Agency, Incineration, Labour, London, Metropolitan Open Land, Recycling, Viridor
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Jones makes final call on Boris to reject Beddington incinerator
Boris Johnson, the Mayor of London, is expected to announce his final decision on the Viridor incinerator at Beddington Lane tomorrow. Jenny Jones, the Green party London Assembly member, today called on the Mayor to firmly reject the incinerator plan … Continue reading
Celebrate the re-opening of Wandle Park in colourful waters
It’s the official re-opening of Wandle Park today, with six hours of activities from noon. All free, according to the organisers, which considering it is being staged in a public park is no more than ought to be expected. The … Continue reading
UKIP threat sees Croydon Tories put EU on Town Hall agenda
If you’re interested in seeing how local democracy is run, then you had best get along to the Town Hall this evening to see the latest meeting of Croydon Council. The next such assembly of Croydon’s 70 councillors – all … Continue reading
Posted in 2014 council elections, Addiscombe West, Ashburton, Clare Hilley, Coulsdon East, Croydon Council, Fairfield, New Addington, Peter Staveley, Schools, South Croydon, Waddon
Tagged Conservative, Elections in the European Union, Labour, London, Nigel Farage, UK Independence Party, UKIP, YouGov
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