Tag Archives: Coulsdon East

Tory councillor visits Barcelona instead of Town Hall meeting

Posted on April 27, 2017 by

WALTER CRONXITE reports on what may be the first casualty of the borough ward boundary changes due to be announced this summer There will have been at least one Croydon councillor paying no attention whatsoever to the proceedings in the … Continue reading →

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‘Disgusted of Coulsdon East’: Tory councillor in Budget tax rant

Posted on March 9, 2017 by

Croydon’s Conservative MPs may have been stunned into social media silence by Philip Hammond’s anti-small business Budget yesterday, but among their Croydon Tory colleagues on the council, there was open revolt. “Disgusted by this so-called Conservative government hitting the self-employed,” … Continue reading →

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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 →

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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 →

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Assembly Member objects to increase in by-pass speed limit

Posted on April 3, 2014 by

The council’s strategic planning committee meets tonight, and with its in-built Tory majority of councillors in awe of developers, it is likely to rubber-stamp developers Barratt’s plans to build nearly 700 houses at Cane Hill without adequate road access, and … Continue reading →

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Cane Hill road deal not enough to stop all residents’ objections

Posted on March 20, 2014 by

Richard Thurbon, the chairman of the Coulsdon West Residents’ Association, last night confirmed that his organisation has filed a formal objection to the planning application by house-builders Barratt for Cane Hill, despite the promise from Mike Fisher, the leader of … Continue reading →

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Council leader Fisher commits to paying for Cane Hill road

Posted on March 17, 2014 by

The fix is in. Cane Hill, the 677-home yuppie housing estate which Barratt will be building on the site of the former asylum near Coulsdon will get its additional access road, according to a promise made by Mike Fisher, the … Continue reading →

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