Category Archives: Woodside

A month after seizing Allders, council moves just six traders

Posted on August 15, 2019 by

The council’s propaganda department has finally, a month after Town Hall heavies staged a dawn raid on the former Allders building, broken its silence over the forced closure of the Croydon Outlet Village. On July 16, around two dozen small … Continue reading →

Posted in "Hammersfield", Allders, Business, Centrale, CPO, Croydon Council, Jo Negrini, Paul Scott, Whitgift Centre | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 2 Comments

Street market licences fall by 87% after council ‘improvements’

Posted on August 14, 2019 by

The number of casual licences issued to stall-holders to trade on Surrey Street Market has fallen by 87 per cent since one of council leader Tony Newman’s closest colleagues at the Town Hall shut down the ancient market to squander … Continue reading →

Posted in Business, Mark Watson, Surrey Street, Tony Newman | Tagged , , , , , | 1 Comment

Westfield is ‘too little, too late’ to save Croydon town centre

Posted on August 13, 2019 by

With more than 1,200 empty units in the borough already, traders say that the development blight caused by lengthy delays by supermall operators has turned Croydon into ‘a retail graveyard’. MT WALLETTE reports A shiny new Westfield shopping centre, promised … Continue reading →

Posted in "Hammersfield", Allders, Business, Centrale, CPO, Croydon Council, Growth Zone, Jo Negrini, Planning, Tony Newman, Whitgift Centre | Tagged , , , , , , , , | 9 Comments

Residents petition for Scott and Newman to CPO Love Lane

Posted on August 13, 2019 by

Residents trying to save the Love Lane community garden from developers have been told by one of their ward councillors that Croydon will not step in with a compulsory purchase order for the plot of land. As Inside Croydon first … Continue reading →

Posted in Croydon Council, Croydon parks, Environment, Gardening, Paul Scott, Planning, South Norwood, Tony Newman, Woodside | Tagged , , , , , , , | 2 Comments

Official figures show Croydon is capital’s worst for complaints

Posted on August 8, 2019 by

Our Town Hall reporter, KEN LEE, crunches some numbers and finds that according to the annual report from the Local Government Ombudsman, our council does not compare well, however you dress it up Official figures from the Local Government Ombudsman … Continue reading →

Posted in Adult Social Care, Bromley Council, Children's Services, Croydon Council, Education, Jo Negrini, Lambeth Council, Merton, Planning, SEND, Southwark Council, Sutton Council, TfL, Tony Newman | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 2 Comments

Tears in Love Lane as developer ‘parks his tanks’ in play area

Posted on August 7, 2019 by

KEN LEE reports on a troubling move in the battle for a community garden in Woodside, and the challenge it represents to the promises made by council leader Tony Newman The community in South Norwood and Woodside was left reeling … Continue reading →

Posted in Paul Scott, South Norwood, TfL, Tony Newman, Tramlink, Woodside | Tagged , , , , , , , | 3 Comments

Veolia worker dies in the heat during Thornton Heath bin round

Posted on August 6, 2019 by

Veolia and Croydon Council have tried to suppress information being reported about the death of one of the contractors’ workers at the end of July when, while on a bin round in Thornton Heath in some of the hottest temperatures … Continue reading →

Posted in Croydon Council, Jo Negrini, Refuse collection, Tony Newman, Veolia | Tagged , , , , , , | 2 Comments