Tag Archives: Beech Tree Place

Resident to challenge LibDems in Sutton council by-election

Posted on March 8, 2025 by insidecroydon

INSIDE SUTTON: April 10 has been set as polling day, with the all-powerful Liberal Democrats picking a leader of the local Hong Kong community as their candidate to replace their absentee former deputy leader. EXCLUSIVE by BELLE MONT, Political Editor … Continue reading →

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290 homes planned for Sutton by man behind Brick by Brick

Posted on August 23, 2024 by insidecroydon

The senior council director who helped set up Croydon’s doomed housing company is now behind borrowing £26.4m towards 290 homes in Sutton town centre, reports CARL SHILTON Sutton Council is to quadruple the number of homes on its town centre … Continue reading →

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‘Biggles’ hits turbulence from first day as Sutton council leader

Posted on May 21, 2024 by insidecroydon

BELLE MONT, Inside Sutton’s answer to Laura Kuenssberg (but with fewer scruples), sat through last night’s ‘mayor-making’ ceremonials so that you didn’t have to, and reports simmering problems for the new council leader and a huge step backwards for Labour … Continue reading →

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Council hired ‘Real’ builders and dodged Grenfell grants ban

Posted on December 19, 2023 by insidecroydon

SPECIAL INVESTIGATION: Figures associated with a company that is banned from getting government contracts and grants because of its part in works carried out to Grenfell Tower have emerged on the board of another firm working on a housing scheme … Continue reading →

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Simpson and the Sutton similarities over £100m property loan

Posted on December 18, 2023 by insidecroydon

Sutton’s investments, developments and procurement come under scrutiny after the Beech Tree Place débâcle. CARL SHILTON reports Sutton Council continues its acquisitions and regeneration projects in the borough. But in a tough economic climate, some cracks are beginning to show. … Continue reading →

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Council’s stalled housing development could cost £50m-plus

Posted on December 6, 2023 by insidecroydon

A borough council awards a multi-million-pound home-building contract to a firm that has only existed for a couple of years and has no track record of large-scale developments. What could possibly go wrong? CARL SHILTON reports on a repeat of … Continue reading →

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LibDems refuse council debate on £44m Beech Tree money pit

Posted on September 2, 2022 by insidecroydon

Ruth Dombey’s LibDems in Sutton are refusing to discuss a council development project which has already gone £14million over budget before a single brick has been laid. Sutton wants to bulldoze 25 council homes on Beech Tree Place in the … Continue reading →

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