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Council does High Court U-turn to stop Purley Way racers
Croydon Council officials have performed a sharp U-turn and decided to go to the High Court later this week in efforts “to ban illegal high-speed road races at Imperial Way”. The move to the law, for an injunction against those … Continue reading
Posted in Andrew Pelling, Chris Philp MP, Crime, Croydon Council, Croydon South, Joy Prince, Robert Canning, Waddon
Tagged Andrew Pelling, Chris Philp MP, Conservative, Croydon Cruise, Croydon South, Imperial Way, Labour, Tory, Waddon
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Alarms raised over Fire Brigade’s £11m training tower scheme
A £11.1 million scheme to build a six-storey training tower at Croydon fire station seems likely to be given the go-ahead at a meeting on Friday, though local figures have accused London Authority officials of being “arrogant” and expressed concerns … Continue reading
Posted in Andrew Pelling, Croydon Greens, Environment, Fiona Twycross, Joy Prince, London Fire Brigade, London-wide issues, Peter Underwood, Planning, Robert Canning, Waddon
Tagged Andrew Pelling, Croydon Council, Croydon Flyover, Green Party, Joy Prince, London, London Assembly, London Fire Brigade, Peter Underwood, Robert Canning, Waddon
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Council get the humps to put Imperial Way on Cruise control
Croydon Council wants to install speed humps on the borough’s roads for the first time in 10 years – but it took the death of a young father to persuade them to take any action. The “Croydon Cruise” has become … Continue reading
Posted in Andrew Pelling, Business, Croydon Council, Environment, Joy Prince, Policing, Robert Canning, Stuart King, TfL, Transport, Waddon
Tagged Andrew Pelling, Conservative, Croydon Council, Croydon Cruise, Labour, Purley Way, Tory, Waddon
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Council planning committee approves primary school build alongside one of London’s most badly polluted roads
Croydon Council’s planning committee last night granted approval for a school, for children as young as five, to be built alongside one of the most polluted roads in London, the A23 Purley Way. Official air quality readings in the past … Continue reading
Ticket offices at 11 railway stations face possible closure
Ticket offices serving a total of 27 million passengers a year at 11 railway stations in Croydon and Sutton are under threat of closure. Commuters, already fed up with spiraling ticket prices and delayed and over-crowded trains, risk seeing their … Continue reading
Posted in Andrew Pelling, Commuting, Coulsdon, Mayor of London, Norbury, Purley, Sanderstead, Selhurst, Sutton Council, Thornton Heath, Transport, Waddon
Tagged Andrew Pelling, Coulsdon, Coulsdon South, Govia Thameslink, Mayor, Norbury, Purley, Sanderstead, Selhurst, South Croydon, TfL, Thornton Heath, Transport for London, Waddon
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Harris seek head for school lacking planning permission
GENE BRODIE, education correspondent, on the latest non-development of an over-sized “academy” proposed for one of the most polluted stretches of road in Croydon The Harris Federation, which already operates several schools in Croydon, has started advertising for a head … Continue reading
Posted in Croydon South, Education, Harris Primary Purley Way, Planning, Purley Way, Robert Canning, Schools, Waddon
Tagged Andrew Pelling, Conservative, Harris Federation, Labour, Purley Way, Robert Canning, Tory, Waddon
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Assembly’s O’Connell failed to comment on Purley Way report
The man once labelled as “Britain’s most over-paid local councillor” has come under fire for failing to serve his constituents in Croydon and Sutton and not managing to register any comments in a public consultation held by Transport for London. … Continue reading
Posted in 2016 London elections, Andrew Pelling, Boris Johnson, Joy Prince, Kenley, London Assembly, London-wide issues, Mayor of London, Purley Way, Robert Canning, Steve O'Connell, Waddon
Tagged Andrew Pelling, Boris Johnson, Chris Philp MP, Conservative, Croydon, Labour, London Assembly, Purley Way, Richard Ottaway, Steve O'Connell, Sutton, Tory, Waddon
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£85m Boris Flyover scheme might yet be overtaken by events
Transport for London’s plans for more and wider roads around the Fiveways junction on the Purley Way may be delayed so long that the £85 million Boris Flyover to the Croydon Flyover might yet fail to be built, with any final … Continue reading
Posted in "Hammersfield", 2016 London elections, Andrew Pelling, Boris Johnson, Environment, Joy Prince, Mayor of London, Planning, Purley Way, Robert Canning, Transport, Waddon
Tagged Andrew Pelling, Boris Johnson, Conservative, Croydon South, Hammersfield, Hammerson, Joy Prince, Labour, London Assembly, Robert Canning, TfL, Tory, Transport for London, Waddon, Westfield, Whitgift Centre
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Council closes CALAT’s Coulsdon centre as austerity bites
Croydon Council is to close the CALAT centre in Coulsdon, with job losses and hundreds of students affected, the latest evidence of Government austerity being applied across the borough with potentially profound and long-term damaging effects to the provision of … Continue reading
Posted in Alisa Flemming, Andrew Pelling, CALAT, Coulsdon
Tagged Andrew Pelling, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, Croydon South, Labour, Tory
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Veteran car drivers won’t be stopping for a Croydon cuppa
As celebrities, such as Chris Evans, the new presenter of Top Gear, sports stars and minor royals get themselves ready for tomorrow’s London to Brighton Veteran Car Rally, Inside Croydon has heard from one disgruntled south London trader who has … Continue reading
Councillors finally oppose Waddon flyover ‘monstrosity’
WALTER CRONXITE has trawled through the council’s audio recording of a Town Hall meeting which was never webcast, and discovered a breath of fresh air over Mayor of London Boris Johnson’s £85 million proposal to build a flyover to the … Continue reading
Posted in "Hammersfield", Andrew Pelling, Boris Johnson, Croydon Council, Duppas Hill Park, Environment, Health, Joy Prince, Kathy Bee, London-wide issues, Mayor of London, Purley Way, Robert Canning, Transport, Waddon, Waste incinerator, Whitgift Centre
Tagged Andrew Pelling, Boris Johnson, Croydon Council, Croydon South, Hammersfield, Hammerson, Kathy Bee, Labour, Mayor, Purley Way, Robert Canning, Waddon, Westfield, Whitgift Centre
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Labour councillor gets to speak at last – after 18-month wait
WALTER CRONXITE reports on the end of a councillor’s silent tribute to his party’s leadership at the Town Hall A Labour councillor used Monday’s full meeting of the council – only the second such meeting held since March – to … Continue reading
Night of the short knives as Newman sacks chief whip Ryan
WALTER CRONXITE, our man in the public gallery with a Twix bar and a copy of the Racing Post, offers the inside information on what passes for a reshuffle at the Town Hall It was the sort of “hit” that … Continue reading
Posted in Andrew Pelling, Council Tax, Croydon Council, Hamida Ali, Humayun Kabir, Manju Shahul Hameed, Oliver Lewis, Pat Ryan, Patricia Hay-Justice, Sherwan Chowdhury, Simon Hall, Stephen Mann, Tony Newman, Upper Norwood, Waddon, Wayne Lawlor
Tagged Andrew Pelling, Croydon, Croydon Council, Labour, London, Member of parliament, New Addington, Tony Newman, Waddon
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Duppas Hill Park looks set to make way for new Bee road
The world of unreality that is inhabited by Croydon’s Labour-run council was evident once again in a report to Monday’s council meeting from Kathy Bee, the cabinet member in charge of the borough’s transport. It was just like 1984 all … Continue reading
Boris Flyover to cost more than Mayor’s annual bike spend
Mayor of London Boris Johnson wants to spend more on building a four-/five-/six-lane flyover through a Waddon park than his entire annual spend on cycling in the city for 2014-2015. That’s the conclusion of Darren Johnson, the Green Party Assembly … Continue reading
Posted in "Hammersfield", Boris Johnson, Commuting, Croydon Council, Croydon Greens, Croydon South, Darren Johnson, Environment, Health, London Assembly, London-wide issues, Mayor of London, Parking, Transport, Waddon, Whitgift Centre, Whitgift Foundation
Tagged Andrew Pelling, Boris Johnson, Conservative, Croydon, Darren Johnson AM, Hammersfield, Hammerson, Labour, London Assembly, Tory, Waddon, Westfield, Whitgift Centre, Whitgift Foundation
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Boris Flyover ‘90% certain to go ahead’ according to TfL
Residents, transport experts and local councillors alike have been strongly critical of Transport for London’s latest half-arsed consultation, on the £87 million road schemes proposed for the Boris Flyover from the Purley Way. Like so many public consultations, the exercise … Continue reading
