Tag Archives: Beddington Lane incinerator

Call for London Mayor to block high-cost district heat network

Posted on May 13, 2017 by

Sadiq Khan has received an appeal from a local councillor this week, asking him to use his powers as Mayor of London to block a district heating scheme to be powered by the Beddington Lane incinerator, so that he might … Continue reading →

Posted in 2017 General Election, Environment, London-wide issues, Mayor of London, Nick Mattey, Sadiq Khan, Sutton Council, Waste incinerator | Tagged , , , , , , , , , | 2 Comments

Greens candidate kicked out of council meeting over new gift

Posted on May 12, 2017 by

BELLE MONT reports on a lively planning meeting at Sutton Council on Wednesday, when a parliamentary candidate chose to remind the councillors of a decision they took four years ago which is likely to have environmental consequences for generations Shasha … Continue reading →

Posted in 2017 General Election, Croydon Friends of the Earth, Croydon Greens, Croydon North, Environment, Peter Underwood, Shasha Khan, Sutton Council, Tom Brake MP, Waste incinerator | Tagged , , , , , , , , , | 1 Comment

Our clueless councils are killing residents with toxic air

Posted on April 15, 2017 by

CROYDON COMMENTARY: After a week of shambles and chaos in neighbouring borough Sutton, with Carshalton Ponds being drained without any advance warning and with Veolia – who are familiar to Croydon residents after years of lacklustre service – missing bin … Continue reading →

Posted in Croydon Council, Environment, Health, London-wide issues, Nick Mattey, Refuse collection, Sutton Council, Veolia, Waste incinerator | Tagged , , , , , , | 5 Comments

More questions than answers as Mayor ducks burning issue

Posted on March 3, 2017 by

JONNY BROGDALE reports on an unsatisfactory exercise organised by City Hall that was more about justification than any real accountability The People’s Question Time session with London Mayor Sadiq Khan, staged in Carshalton on Thursday night, offered a couple of … Continue reading →

Posted in Environment, Jessica Crowe, London Assembly, London-wide issues, Mayor of London, Nick Mattey, Policing, Ruth Dombey, Sadiq Khan, Sian Berry, Steve O'Connell, Sutton Council, TfL, Tim Crowley, Tramlink, Transport, Waste incinerator | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 1 Comment

‘Veil of secrecy’ surrounds Barratt’s £150,000 pipe dream

Posted on February 23, 2017 by

Opposition councillors in Sutton are demanding an urgent meeting with the council chief executive after the authority’s planning committee last night granted permission for a pipe-laying scheme to a division of a company which is paying towards a council trip … Continue reading →

Posted in Business, Environment, Niall Bolger, Planning, Property, Refuse collection, Sutton Council, Tim Crowley, Waste incinerator | Tagged , , , , , , , , | 1 Comment

Barratt’s, Bolger and the curious case of Sutton’s extra piping

Posted on February 22, 2017 by

Sutton Council’s junketing at MIPIM in the South of France next month is being paid for, in part at least, by a company which is subject to an investigation over bribery allegations by the Metropolitan Police’s complex fraud team. Niall … Continue reading →

Posted in Boris Johnson, Business, Cane Hill, Housing, Mayor of London, Niall Bolger, Property, Ruth Dombey, Sutton Council, Waste incinerator | Tagged , , , , , , , , | 1 Comment

Sutton scraps recycling machine – and wastes £6m-plus

Posted on February 9, 2017 by

A £4million-worth piece of machinery which was bought to help improve recycling rates in Croydon and across south London has been binned by Sutton Council  – who have managed to incur an additional bill of at least £2million to landfill … Continue reading →

Posted in Croydon Council, Environment, Merton, Nick Mattey, Paul Burstow MP, Refuse collection, Sutton Council, Tom Brake MP, Waste incinerator | Tagged , , , , , , , | 1 Comment