Tag Archives: Cane Hill

Coulsdon history to be commemorated with Cane Hill sun dial

Posted on March 18, 2020 by

Artist Holly Graham has been commissioned by housebuilders Barratts to create a piece of art to commemorate Cane Hill Hospital, the site on which their Cane Hill Park development has been built in Coulsdon. Honouring the history of the clock … Continue reading →

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Changes to 404 and 434 will give Tollers Lane its missing link

Posted on January 15, 2019 by

CROYDON COMMENTARY: More bus route changes have been proposed by Transport for London and these, according to TOM BOWELL, pictured right, have much to recommend them The latest TfL bus route consultation, announced last week, looks at changes to routes … Continue reading →

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All change, as TfL consults on two bus routes for Cane Hill

Posted on January 9, 2019 by

Hold very tight please… our transport correspondent, JEREMY CLACKSON, has news of more changes to local bus services Transport for London public consultations are a bit like their buses… you wait for ages for one, and then two come along … Continue reading →

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Cane Hill builder collects hundreds of Christmas boxes

Posted on November 30, 2018 by

A house-builder in Coulsdon has managed to collect 452 shoe boxes laden with festive cheer for under-privileged children as part of its Operation Christmas Child appeal. The gift-laden boxes were collected from the sales and marketing suite of Barratt Homes … Continue reading →

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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 →

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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 →

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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 →

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