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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
Selling himself cheap: Councillor Hoar’s a wanted man
This was spotted by our loyal reader in North End yesterday, at the Green Fair… Clearly, Councillor Simon “I’m cheap, but I’m not free” Hoar’s reputation is sinking lower than ever.
Posted in Clare Hilley, Croydon Greens, Environment, Simon Hoar, Tony Harris, Waddon, Waste incinerator
Tagged Beddington Lane, Croydon, Incineration, London, Tory, Viridor, Waddon
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Ex-MP Pelling selected to run for Labour in Waddon
They used to call Bill Clinton “the Comeback Kid”. But Andrew Pelling could soon become known as Croydon’s Comeback Kid, following the former Tory MP and council’s Conservative leader’s selection last night as one of three candidates to stand for … Continue reading
Domestic violence in Croydon up 13.4% in past year
The death of Tia Sharpe was just one murder of a girl or woman in our borough in the past year. LEE WEBSTER highlights a set of crime statistics that should be of grave concern to everyone living and working … Continue reading
Ashes to ashes: Only Boris can stop Viridor incinerator now
CROYDON COMMENTARY: Did Sutton’s LibDems last night grant planning permission to Viridor for its £1bn incinerator project at Beddington Lane just so that someone else could make the tough decision to block it? Contributing editor ANDREW PELLING says that nothing … Continue reading
Posted in Andrew Pelling, Boris Johnson, Business, Croydon Greens, Environment, Health, London-wide issues, Mayor of London, Outside Croydon, Paul Burstow MP, Planning, Simon Hoar, St Helier Hospital, Sutton Council, Tom Brake MP, Waste incinerator
Tagged Boris Johnson, LibDem, Liberal Democrats, London, Paul Burstow, Sutton, Viridor, Worcester Park
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Councillor acts as delivery boy for £1bn incinerator company
A senior Conservative councillor in Croydon has refused to answer questions about why he spent much of Saturday distributing leaflets in his ward, apparently as an overpaid delivery boy on behalf of multi-billion rubbish burners Viridor. Simon Hoar, councillor in … Continue reading
Sutton official tried to influence vote at incinerator meeting
An audio clip, obtained from the official Sutton Council recording of last week’s controversial planning meeting for the £1 billion incinerator scheme at Beddington Lane, shows that a council official intervened with the meeting chairman to try to force a … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Clare Hilley, Croydon Greens, Environment, Simon Hoar, Stuart Collins, Sutton Council, Waddon, Waste incinerator
Tagged Cheam, Conservatives, Croydon, Incineration, John Leach, Liberal Democrats, London, Sutton
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Investigation called for over councillor’s planning interests
Julie Belvir, the Borough Solicitor, Croydon Council‘s senior legal officer, is expected to investigate the conduct of Waddon councillor Clare Hilley. Last month, Inside Croydon published an email from Hilley in which she offered her “planning expertise” to a leading … Continue reading
Posted in Clare Hilley, Environment, Housing, Julie Belvir, Planning, Property, Simon Hoar, Tony Harris, Waddon, Waste incinerator
Tagged Code of Conduct, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, London, Taberner House, Taylor Wimpey, Waddon
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Boris’s latest lies on police and crime figures laid bare
It is a week now since London Mayor Boris Johnson published his police review which confirmed that Croydon, the capital’s most populated borough, is to have all but one of its police stations closed, and this barely 18 months since … Continue reading
Dr Toxic’s latest hit is a real Song for Europe (and Waddon)
It’s unlikely to be at No1 when the next charts are announced, and Justin Beiber has little to fear. But Dr Toxic’s little ditty might just end up becoming an ear-worm for the Waddon councillors who sought election on a … Continue reading
Posted in Clare Hilley, Croydon Greens, Croydon North, Environment, Health, London-wide issues, Music, Simon Hoar, Tony Harris, Waddon, Waste incinerator
Tagged Croydon, England, Incineration, Landfill, London, Waddon, Waste management
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X marks the spot: Croydon appoints firm in administration
News reaches Inside Croydon of what appears to be yet another epic fail by the leadership at Croydon Council. On February 11, at the Town Hall cabinet meeting, Mike Fisher, the council leader, and his “top team” decided to appoint … Continue reading
“Corruption of punishment” coming to Croydon high streets
As our council redoubles its efforts to make shopping in central Croydon an increasingly unattractive experience, the Town Hall is poised to hire a private police force that will, if experience elsewhere is a guide, go to great money-grubbing lengths … Continue reading
Signs of the Times II: Hoar’s £300 “health and safety” tax
#thatissocroydon BBC London reporter Angela Walker yesterday nailed Croydon Councillor Simon Hoar over proposals to charge shop-owners and other small businesses a £300 stealth tax over five years for placing boards and banners on the pavement. According to Hoar, looking … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Croydon Council, Simon Hoar
Tagged BBC, Croydon, Del Boy, London, Mamma Mia, Nestle, Small Business, St George's Walk
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Leisure centre opens – and charges locals £44 per month
Olympic legacy? Not at the Waddon Leisure Centre, opened yesterday by Croydon Council inviting a Paralympic champion from… Sutton. The public facility – built at a cost of £15million, or one-tenth of the price we are paying for the Council … Continue reading
Posted in Clare Hilley, Fusion, Leisure services, Simon Hoar, Tony Harris, Waddon
Tagged Council Tax, Croydon Council, Gym, Jamie Ward, Leisure centre, London, London Borough of Croydon, Waddon
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Senior councillor goes west as Tories consider their futures
Phil Thomas, one of the “big beasts” of local Croydon politics for the past decade and the architect of the Conservatives’ 2006 Town Hall election win, is moving from the borough and will not be seeking re-election in 2014. “He’s … Continue reading
Posted in Croydon Council, David Osland, Dudley Mead, Graham Bass, Margaret Mead, Mike Fisher, Parking, Phil Thomas, Sara Bashford, Selsdon & Ballards, Simon Hoar, Transport, Waddon
Tagged Conservative, Croydon, Labour, Mike Fisher, Phil Thomas, Selsdon, Tory, United States
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Council has no real answers as Justice Centre’s funds are cut
HAMIDA ALI, right, went to the Town Hall on Monday to ask her first question of councillors. She felt she was insulted and abused There’s growing concern in Croydon about the fate of the Family Justice Centre, one of many … Continue reading
