Tag Archives: Cane Hill

Brick by Brick causes anger over Coulsdon housing plans

Posted on January 16, 2018 by

BARRATT HOLMES, our housing correspondent, reports on the latest deeply unpopular development being inflicted on Croydon by the council-owned Brick by Brick venture Another week and another controversial Brick by Brick scheme, pushed through relentlessly by the Town Hall husband … Continue reading →

Posted in Alison Butler, Brick by Brick, Cane Hill, Coulsdon, Coulsdon East, Croydon Council, Old Coulsdon Residents' Association, Paul Scott, Planning, Tony Newman | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , | 2 Comments

Ex-planning chair: council broke law over Coulsdon cottages

Posted on August 8, 2017 by

CROYDON COMMENTARY: A borough alderman and former chair of the council planning committee, ADRIAN DENNIS, pictured right, suggests that the council may have failed to follow the letter of the law in the planning notification for Well Cottages Apart from … Continue reading →

Posted in Chris Philp MP, Coulsdon, Coulsdon West, Croydon Council, Croydon South, Housing, Planning | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , | 7 Comments

MP slams Optivo over ‘outrageous’ plans to demolish cottages

Posted on August 7, 2017 by

BARRATT HOLMES reports on the shabby treatment of social housing tenants by one of the country’s largest housing associations An elderly couple who have lived in a Coulsdon cottage for almost 40 years only found out that they were to … Continue reading →

Posted in Cane Hill, Chris Philp MP, Coulsdon, Coulsdon West Residents' Association, Croydon Council, Croydon South, Old Coulsdon Residents' Association, Planning | Tagged , , , | 1 Comment

MP Philp adds his name to petition for new Coulsdon primary

Posted on October 16, 2015 by

Notoriously, Croydon South’s previous MP, when visited at his office by lobbying constituents, called the police to have them removed, and to pay particular close attention to the dangerous septugenarians in the party. How things change: tomorrow, the new MP … Continue reading →

Posted in Cane Hill, Chris Philp MP, Coulsdon, Croydon South, Education, Planning, Schools | Tagged , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

LibDems bid for more liberal and more democratic council

Posted on May 20, 2014 by

VOTE 2014: What do the Liberal Democrats have to offer the people of Croydon ahead of the local elections? GILL HICKSON gives their party line The LibDems feel its time to break the two-party duopoly in Croydon politics. For too … Continue reading →

Posted in 2014 council elections, Cane Hill, Coulsdon, Coulsdon East, Housing, Planning | Tagged , , , , , | 1 Comment

Chipstead residents want Cane Hill plans put to Pickles

Posted on April 29, 2014 by

A residents’ association annual meeting tonight will demand that Eric Pickles, the Secretary of State, should call-in the Barratt’s development at Cane Hill to provide a more rigorous and strategic overview of the scheme, which has been granted planning permission … Continue reading →

Posted in "Hammersfield", 2014 council elections, 2015 General Election, Boris Johnson, Business, Cane Hill, Community associations, Coulsdon, Coulsdon West Residents' Association, Croydon Council, East Coulsdon Residents' Association, Environment, Housing, London-wide issues, Mayor of London, Old Coulsdon Residents' Association, Outside Croydon, Planning, Surrey, URV | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , | 3 Comments

Residents appear helpless to halt the ‘Curse of Coulsdon’

Posted on April 6, 2014 by

Ignored and unheeded, the residents of Coulsdon appear to have few options in their opposition to aspects of the Cane Hill housing development, writes ANDREW PELLING None of the Conservative party’s six Coulsdon councillors attended Friday’s Community Centre meeting, which … Continue reading →

Posted in Andrew Pelling, Cane Hill, Chris Wright, Coulsdon, Coulsdon East, Coulsdon West, Croydon Council, David Osland, Gavin Barwell, Ian Parker, Jeet Bains, Justin Cromie, Planning, Terry Lenton, URV | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 1 Comment