Tag Archives: Croydon Council

It’s time to end the Town Hall’s Punch and Judy show

Posted on April 23, 2018 by

CROYDON COMMENTARY: Local election candidate PETER UNDERWOOD, pictured, says that next week’s visit to the polling station is your opportunity to vote for change A week on Thursday, you will elect your local councillors to sit on Croydon Council for … Continue reading →

Posted in 2018 council elections, Croydon Greens, Peter Underwood | Tagged , , , | 2 Comments

Council to spend £50,000 on mural in council leader’s ward

Posted on April 20, 2018 by

Labour-run Croydon Council, struggling to make ends meet as the Tory Government continues to cut its annual grant, yesterday announced that it is to spend £50,000 to fund an art installation under a railway bridge in South Norwood. The scheme … Continue reading →

Posted in Paul Scott, People for Portland Road, Tony Newman, Woodside | Tagged , , , , , | 12 Comments

Neighbours start legal challenge over Brick by Brick ‘bias’

Posted on April 20, 2018 by

A group of neighbours in South Norwood have started a crowd-funding appeal to raise money to pay for a legal challenge against Croydon council and planning chair Paul Scott over a Brick by Brick development which will overshadow their homes. … Continue reading →

Posted in Alison Butler, Brick by Brick, Colm Lacey, Croydon Council, Housing, Jo Negrini, Paul Scott, Planning, Property, South Norwood | Tagged , , , , , , , , | 2 Comments

Planning approval granted for £100m Selhurst Park scheme

Posted on April 20, 2018 by

KEN LEE, our Town Hall reporter, on a planning committee outcome which was never in any doubt This was one fixture in the 2017-2018 season which Crystal Palace Football Club were never going to lose. Croydon Council’s planning committee last … Continue reading →

Posted in Crystal Palace FC, Football, Planning, Selhurst, Shifa Mustafa, Sport, Steve Parish | Tagged , , , , | 3 Comments

Say it ain’t so, Joe: Lee has changed his tune on policing

Posted on April 19, 2018 by

ELECTION COUNTDOWN: Croydon’s Tories seem confused about the home address of one of their local election candidates, while another has previously campaigned for more spending on police and youth facilities, when he was a LibDem parliamentary election candidate. WALTER CRONXITE … Continue reading →

Posted in 2018 council elections, Addiscombe, Addiscombe East, Coulsdon, Coulsdon West, Ian Parker, Jeet Bains, Joseph Lee, Thornton Heath | Tagged , , , , , , , , , | 2 Comments

Negrini blocks Town Hall question on her jaunt to MIPIM

Posted on April 18, 2018 by

Jo Negrini’s sensitivities over questions about her jaunt to the South of France last month, where she attended the champagne-soaked MIPIM conference with international property developers, has seen the council’s unaccountable CEO not only refuse to answer letters from residents, … Continue reading →

Posted in Brick by Brick, Colm Lacey, Croydon Council, Heather Cheesbrough, Jacqueline Harris-Baker, Jo Negrini, Shifa Mustafa | Tagged , , , , , , , | 7 Comments

Council employee is suspended by Labour over anti-Semitism

Posted on April 18, 2018 by

One of Croydon Council’s Neighbourhood Safety Officers, Dorian Bartley, has been suspended as a member of the Labour Party after re-posting anti-Semitic memes on social media. Bartley’s job at Croydon Council sees him working alongside the police to – as … Continue reading →

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