Category Archives: Tony Harris

Meeting urges locals to boycott Swan & Sugarloaf Tesco

Posted on June 12, 2012 by insidecroydon

A new residents’ association drew the attention and attendance of four Croydon councillors and an MP. It was a learning experience for them, as DIAMOND GEEZER reports How things change: after a first meeting to which none of the nine … Continue reading →

Posted in Business, Clare Hilley, Fairfield, Jason Perry, Maria Gatland, Michael Neal, Property, Pubs, Restaurants, Simon Hoar, South Croydon, South Croydon Community Association, Tony Harris, Vidhi Mohan, Waddon, Whitgift Foundation | Tagged , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Pollard agrees to extend consultation at Question Time event

Posted on May 24, 2012 by insidecroydon

The deputy leader of the Conservative group that controls Croydon Council has given an undertaking that the consultation period for the Upper Norwood Joint Library will be extended. Councillor Tim Pollard told residents at Tuesday evening’s council Question Time staged … Continue reading →

Posted in Addiscombe West, Clare Hilley, Croydon 8/8, Croydon Council, Croydon South, Leisure services, Libraries, Sara Bashford, Simon Hoar, Tim Pollard, Tony Harris, URV, Waddon, Waste incinerator | Tagged , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Bob a Job! Hilley volunteers for a garden shift in Waddon

Posted on May 15, 2012 by insidecroydon

Croydon is getting its own Bob a Job Week activity on Saturday with the people of Waddon invited to take part in what the council is calling a “community clean-up” event, centred around Houlder Crescent, “for all residents to come … Continue reading →

Posted in Activities, Broad Green, Clare Hilley, Croydon Council, Croydon South, Environment, Gardening, Gavin Barwell, London Assembly, Mike Fisher, Selhurst, Simon Hoar, Steve O'Connell, Tony Harris, Waddon, Waste incinerator | Tagged , , , , , , , | 1 Comment

Protesters to take Croydon’s burning issue to the streets

Posted on May 6, 2012 by insidecroydon

A wide-ranging alliance of Croydon and Sutton residents and businesses will march on Croydon Town Hall next Sunday, May 13, to oppose the council’s £1billion plan to build a waste incinerator in Beddington Lane. The demonstration will start at 11am … Continue reading →

Posted in Activities, Broad Green, Business, Clare Hilley, Croydon Central, Croydon Council, Croydon Greens, Croydon North, Environment, Health, London-wide issues, Mayday Hospital, Outside Croydon, Schools, Selhurst, Simon Hoar, Sutton Council, Thornton Heath, Tony Harris, Waddon, Waste incinerator | Tagged , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Wake up Waddon: this really is a £1bn incinerator

Posted on March 17, 2012 by insidecroydon

Belated congratulations to Nick Hitchens, of the Croydon Guardian, who managed to get the three Waddon councillors on the record to explain why they broke their election promises to “… oppose any incinerator being built in Croydon or on the … Continue reading →

Posted in Boris Johnson, Clare Hilley, Croydon Greens, Environment, Health, London-wide issues, Mayor of London, Norbury, Simon Hoar, Tony Harris, Waddon, Waste incinerator | Tagged , , , , , , | 1 Comment

Councils’ huge compensation bill if incinerator is cancelled

Posted on January 30, 2012 by insidecroydon

ANDREW PELLING reports on a local residents’ meeting in Sutton where the consequences of Croydon’s secret negotiations and broken promises over the Beddington Lane waste incinerator were made plain If residents persuade their local councils to drop the proposals to … Continue reading →

Posted in Clare Hilley, Croydon Council, Environment, Health, London-wide issues, Simon Hoar, Tony Harris, Waddon, Waste incinerator | 2 Comments