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East Croydon locals call on council to reinstall safe crossing
If ever our loyal reader needed a reminder of how crassly incompetent the council’s planning department can be, then take a look at the busy junction of Billinton Hill and Cherry Orchard Road, which hundreds, if not thousands, of commuters … Continue reading
Quirks on display as Croydon embraces the Jubilee party
Communities across Croydon have embraced the four-day Platinum Jubilee weekend with the kind of gusto you’d expect after a couple of locked down, grim years. There’s been with sandwiches and Scotch eggs, cake after cake, cardboard cups of Prosecco, welly … Continue reading
No Overall Control: full election results for Croydon’s 28 wards
No overall control. After weeks of campaigning, all the voting and, eventually, all the counting was concluded three days after the polls closed, the final results of the 2022 Croydon local elections were in. With the borough’s first Green councillors … Continue reading
Posted in 2022 council elections, Addiscombe East, Addiscombe West, Bensham Manor, Broad Green, Claire Bonham, Coulsdon East, Coulsdon West, Croydon Council, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Fairfield, Kenley, New Addington, New Addington North, Norbury, Norbury Park, Old Coulsdon, Park Hill and Whitgift, Purley, Purley Oaks and Riddlesdown, Sanderstead, Selhurst, Selsdon and Addington Village, Selsdon Vale and Forestdale, Shirley, Shirley South, South Croydon, South Norwood, Thornton Heath, Waddon, West Thornton, Woodside
Tagged Addiscombe West, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Fairfield, Green Party, Labour, Liberal Democrats, New Addington, Purley, South Croydon, South Norwood, Thornton Heath, Tory, Waddon
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From bankrupt to laughing stock as council count continues
WALTER CRONXITE, political editor, on the country’s longest-lasting election count, and more unwanted notoriety for Croydon The Croydon election count looks set to head into a fifth day, and its second week, after yesterday’s session at Trinity School managed to … Continue reading
Posted in 2022 council elections, 2022 Croydon Mayor election, Addiscombe East, Addiscombe West, Bensham Manor, Broad Green, Clive Fraser, Coulsdon, Coulsdon West, Croydon Council, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Jason Perry, Jeet Bains, Katherine Kerswell, Maddie Henson, Manju Shahul Hameed, Maria Gatland, New Addington, South Croydon, South Norwood, Stuart Collins, Thornton Heath, Tony Newman, Val Shawcross, Waddon, West Thornton, Woodside
Tagged Addiscombe West, Alison Butler, Boris Johnson, Clive Fraser, Conservative, Coulsdon, Croydon, Croydon Council, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Jason Perry, Katherine Kerswell, Labour, Liberal Democrats, Maddie Henson, South Croydon, South Norwood, Stuart Collins, Tony Newman, Tory, Val Shawcross
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Addiscombe East to Coulsdon Town: 2022 election results
As Croydon’s 2022 local election count heads towards a fifth day, here are the results declared so far after Saturday’s count. After 10 of the borough’s 28 wards have been declared, the parties stand at: CON 6 LAB 19 GRN … Continue reading
Posted in 2022 council elections, Addiscombe East, Addiscombe West, Bensham Manor, Broad Green, Coulsdon, Coulsdon West, Croydon Council, South Croydon, South Norwood, Thornton Heath, West Thornton, Woodside
Tagged 2022 Local Elections, Addiscombe West, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, Labour, Liberal Democrats, South Croydon, South Norwood, Tory
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Mayor candidate Shawcross’s ‘new’ direction not so new at all
Any ‘clean break’ with the incompetence and graft of the past at Croydon Town Hall that is being offered by Labour Mayoral candidate Val Shawcross appears doomed by her own campaign’s deep-rooted connections with discredited Tony Newman and some of … Continue reading
Posted in 2022 council elections, 2022 Croydon Mayor election, Addiscombe East, Addiscombe West, Alisa Flemming, Brick by Brick, Broad Green, Business, Callton Young, Children's Services, Chris Clark, Clive Fraser, Croydon Council, David Evans, Fairfield Halls, Fly tipping, Hamida Ali, Humayun Kabir, Karen Jewitt, Maddie Henson, Manju Shahul Hameed, Meals on Wheels, Planning, Refuse collection, Sarah Jones MP, Schools, Sean Fitzsimons, SEND, Sherwan Chowdhury, Steve Reed MP, Stuart Collins, Stuart King, Tony Newman, Val Shawcross, Veolia
Tagged Addiscombe East, Addiscombe West, Alisa Flemming, Brick by Brick, Broad Green, Callton Young, Clive Fraser, Council Tax, Croydon, Croydon Council, Fairfield Halls, Karen Jewitt, Labour, Maddie Henson, Manju Shahul Hameed, Sean Fitzsimons, South Norwood, Steve Reed OBE, Stuart Collins, STUART KING, Tony Newman, Val Shawcross
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Tory councillor apologises after breaking his rubbish promise
The local election campaign is heating up, with accusations of sharp practice against some candidates. KEN LEE reports A Tory council candidate in a marginal ward has been forced to issue an apology after breaking a promise to local volunteers … Continue reading
Take your pick: our ward-by-ward guide to council elections
With a complete listing of all the candidates in Croydon’s May 5 councillor vote, political editor WALTER CRONXITE provides a guide to where the contest for the Town Hall might be won or lost The introduction of Croydon’s first democratically-elected, … Continue reading
Posted in 2022 council elections, 2022 Croydon Mayor election, Addiscombe East, Addiscombe West, Alisa Flemming, Andrew Pelling, Badsha Quadir, Bensham Manor, Broad Green, Caragh Skipper, Chris Clark, Clive Fraser, Coulsdon, Croydon Council, Croydon Greens, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Esther Sutton, Fairfield, Felicity Flynn, Gareth Streeter, Hamida Ali, Helen Redfern, Jade Appleton, Jan Buttinger, Janet Campbell, Jason Perry, Jose Joseph, Kenley, Leila Ben-Hassel, Mike Bonello, New Addington North, Norbury, Norbury Park, Ola Kolade, Old Coulsdon, Oliver Lewis, Oni Oviri, Park Hill and Whitgift, Paul Scott, Peter Underwood, Purley, Purley Oaks and Riddlesdown, Sanderstead, Scott Roche, Selhurst, Selsdon and Addington Village, Selsdon Vale and Forestdale, Shirley, Shirley South, Simon Hall, Simon Hoar, South Croydon, South Norwood, Stella Nabukeera, Steve Hollands, Stuart King, Thornton Heath, Tim Pollard, Tony Newman, Tony Pearson, Waddon, West Thornton, Woodside
Tagged 2022 Local Elections, 2022 Mayoral election, Addiscombe West, Alison Butler, Bensham Manor, Brick by Brick, Broad Green, Conservative, Coulsdon, Council Tax, Croydon, Croydon Mayor, Croydon Mayoral election 2022, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Democratically Elected Mayor of Croydon, Fairfield Halls, Forestdale, Labour, Liberal Democrats, Mayor, New Addington, Paul Scott, Purley, Selsdon Vale and Forestdale, South Croydon, South Norwood, Steve Reed OBE, Thornton Heath, Tony Newman, Tory, Waddon
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Residents’ plans to erase Addiscombe’s magic roundabout
There is a public meeting being held tomorrow night to discuss plans to reshape the junction of Cherry Orchard Road and Lower Addiscombe Road to make it more pedestrian-friendly. The radical plans being proposed would remove the current mini-roundabout outside … Continue reading
Residents in Oval Road put in a spin by latest flats scheme
Long-suffering residents in Addiscombe are trying to fight proposals to build two blocks of flats, of up to four storeys, that profit-hungry developers, aided by the council’s planners, are proposing to squeeze into a narrow space between the back gardens … Continue reading
Call for objections to scheme that threatens No1 Croydon
Councillors in Addiscombe are asking the public to lodge objections to a planning application for a tall tower block – another one – close to East Croydon Station. Developers Fifth State want to demolish the unprepossessing CityLink House office building … Continue reading
Posted in 101 George Street, Addiscombe West, East Croydon, Jerry Fitzpatrick, Menta Tower, No1 Croydon, Patricia Hay-Justice, Property, Ruskin Square, Sean Fitzsimons
Tagged Addiscombe, Addiscombe West, Croydon, Croydon Council, East Croydon, East Croydon station, NLA Tower, No1 Croydon, Planning, Sean Fitzsimons
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Cabinet member Lewis is cut adrift by New Addington selection
CROYDON IN CRISIS: A leading Newman Numpty was effectively deselected last night, as he and ceremonial deputy mayor failed even to make it on to his ward’s candidates shortlist; meanwhile, chaos in Norbury Park when Labour organisers book too small … Continue reading
Posted in 2022 council elections, Addiscombe West, Alisa Flemming, Chris Clark, Clive Fraser, Croydon North, Fairfield, Felicity Flynn, Jerry Fitzpatrick, Jose Joseph, Kola Agboola, Louisa Woodley, Mary Croos, New Addington, New Addington North, Norbury Park, Oliver Lewis, Patricia Hay-Justice, Sean Fitzsimons, Steve Reed MP, Waddon
Tagged Addiscombe West, Alisa Flemming, Appu Dhamodaran, Croydon, Croydon Council, Croydon North, Felicity Flynn, Jose Joseph, Kola Agboola, Labour, London Borough of Croydon, Mary Croos, Mayor, New Addington, New Addington North, New Addington South, Norbury Park, Oliver Lewis, Sherwan Chowdhury, Steve Reed OBE, Tony Newman, Waddon
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Veteran councillor Ryan is deselected while in hospital bed
WALTER CRONXITE, political editor, on the latest casualties of the council’s financial collapse Pat Ryan, a Croydon councillor for nearly 30 years, was last night deselected by members at a Labour Party meeting in his home ward of Crystal Palace … Continue reading
Posted in 2022 council elections, Addiscombe East, Addiscombe West, Amy Foster, Bensham Manor, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Felicity Flynn, Hamida Ali, Humayun Kabir, Jerry Fitzpatrick, John Wentworth, Kola Agboola, Leila Ben-Hassel, Mike Bonello, New Addington, New Addington North, Nina Degrads, Norbury, Pat Ryan, Patsy Cummings, Shafi Khan, South Norwood, Steve Reed MP, Woodside
Tagged Addiscombe West, Amy Foster, Croydon Council, Crystal Palace, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Felicity Flynn, Hamida Ali, John Wentworth, Kola Agboola, Labour, New Addington, Pat Ryan, Rowenna Davis, Tony Newman
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Boycotts and resignations in rows over Labour selections
‘The conduct of Labour Party affairs locally does seem to be almost tailored to create continuing unease and disaffection’. WALTER CRONXITE, political editor, with the latest round-up of shenanigans “Croydon North’s in meltdown” was how one angry Labour member put … Continue reading
Posted in 2022 council elections, Addiscombe West, Callton Young, Catherine Wilson, Clive Fraser, Croydon North, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Elliott-Jay Munroop, Felicity Flynn, John Wentworth, Karen Jewitt, Louis Carserides, Mohammed Islam, New Addington, New Addington North, Nina Degrads, Norbury, Norbury Park, Pat Ryan, Patsy Cummings, Selhurst, South Norwood, Stella Nabukeera, Stephen Mann, Steve Reed MP, Tamar Nwafor, Thornton Heath, Woodside
Tagged Addiscombe West, Clive Fraser, Croydon, Croydon Council, Croydon North, Crystal Palace, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, John Wentworth, Labour, New Addington, Norbury Park, Pat Ryan, Patsy Cummings, South Norwood, Steve Reed OBE, Thornton Heath
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Council leader Ali rules herself out of running to be Mayor
EXCLUSIVE: Newman’s protégé makes a call for ‘a break from the recent past’ at the Town Hall. Plus another sitting Labour councillor decides against standing in 2022. By STEVEN DOWNES The Tony Newman era at Croydon Town Hall should really, … Continue reading
Tories welcome back far-right figures as 2022 candidates
Our Political Editor, WALTER CRONXITE, on the names in the frame to become new Tory councillors next May Jason Perry, the leader of the Conservative opposition at Croydon Council, has handed the local politics equivalent of Willy Wonka’s Golden Ticket … Continue reading
Posted in 2022 council elections, Addiscombe East, Addiscombe West, Badsha Quadir, Croydon Council, Fairfield, Fieldway, Helen Redfern, Jason Perry, Lynne Hale, New Addington, New Addington North, Norbury Park, Purley, Selsdon Vale and Forestdale, Shirley, Tony Pearson, Waddon
Tagged Addiscombe East, Addiscombe West, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, Jason Perry, Labour, Mark Johnson, Michael Castle, New Addington, Purley, Tony Pearson, Tory, Waddon
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Addiscombe residents express fears over hostel environment
Residents around East Croydon Station are trying to organise concerted opposition to a planning application to convert a family home on Addiscombe Road into a 13-bedroom … yes, 13 … HMO, or home of multiple occupation. Two of the rooms … Continue reading
Croydon Labour spread the word – and a risk of the virus
Croydon’s group of inept Labour councillors is back doing what they do best: being inept. Political editor WALTER CRONXITE reports As a third wave of covid lets rip (nearly 1,200 new cases of infection in the last seven days in … Continue reading
Posted in 2022 council elections, Addiscombe East, Addiscombe West, Croydon Council, Hamida Ali, Maddie Henson, Sean Fitzsimons, Stuart Collins
Tagged Addiscombe, Addiscombe East, Addiscombe West, coronavirus, Covid-19, Croydon, Croydon Council, Hamida Ali, Labour, Maddie Henson, Stuart Collins, Tony Newman
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Fitzpatrick rallies Addiscombe residents to object to 5G mast
An Addiscombe councillor has stepped in to try to protect the local environment by demanding “Not In Our Back Yard” over proposals to build a massive 5G telecommunications mast on a patch of public green space. Jerry Fitzpatrick, the veteran … Continue reading
Posted in Addiscombe West, Business, Jerry Fitzpatrick, Planning
Tagged Addiscombe West, Cornerstone, Jerry Fitzpatrick
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Silvertown build costs Khan backing from Friends of the Earth
The hugely polluting Silvertown Tunnel scheme, backed by both Labour’s Sadiq Khan and the Tories’ Shaun Bailey, could see both candidates in Thursday’s Mayor election lose the support of Londoners who are rightly concerned about the climate crisis and the … Continue reading
Posted in 2021 London elections, Croydon Friends of the Earth, Environment, London Assembly, London-wide issues, Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, Shaun Bailey, Sian Berry, Waste incinerator
Tagged Addiscombe West, Conservative, Green Party, Labour, Liberal Democrats, London, London Assembly, Mayor, Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, Shaun Bailey, Sian Berry, Tory
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Council’s ‘urgent’ inquiry into housing scandal is slow to start
It took Croydon Council five days after they were approached by ITV News with serious questions about the appalling conditions in council flats in South Norwood before they announced an “urgent inquiry”. And in the council’s first response to the … Continue reading
Council admits its ‘pub protection policy’ may not work
City Hall has ruled that a developers’ scheme to demolish a previously thriving East Croydon pub and turn the site into (yet another) block of flats does not meet local planning regulations. But Croydon’s own planning department looks ready to … Continue reading
Binmageddon!: Veolia admits to botched leaflets delivery
‘Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the house, not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse. But on Christmas Eve in Croydon, in the middle of a Tier 4 coronavirus lockdown, functionaries from Veolia, the council’s rubbish … Continue reading
Binmageddon!: Oval Road residents despair at rubbish service
Demoralised residents in Addiscombe have appealed to the council to sort out the mess that they have created on Oval Road, where rubbish bags are left festering for days, even weeks on end, often with their contents spewing out across … Continue reading
Posted in Addiscombe West, Croydon Central, Croydon Council, Refuse collection, Sarah Jones MP, Sean Fitzsimons, Veolia
Tagged Addiscombe, Addiscombe West, Croydon, Croydon Central, Croydon Council, East Croydon station, London Borough of Croydon, Oval Road, Sarah Jones MP, Sean Fitzsimons, Veolia
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30% parking fees hike will apply even to electric-powered cars
As George Orwell never wrote, all vehicles are equal, but some are more equal than others. Using environmental policies as an excuse, the council is expected to implement a parking charge hike of one-third from January. JEREMY CLACKSON, transport correspondent, … Continue reading
Posted in Addiscombe West, Broad Green, Business, Coulsdon, Croydon Council, Environment, New Addington, Parking, Purley, Restaurants, Shifa Mustafa, South Croydon, South Norwood, Stuart King, Transport
Tagged Addiscombe West, Coulsdon, Croydon, Croydon Council, Labour, London Borough of Croydon, Shifa Mustafa, South Croydon, South Norwood, STUART KING
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