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Tag Archives: Croydon Council
Fairness Commission to stage Open Day, Sep 1
Croydon’s Opportunity and Fairness Commission is to stage an Open Day on Tuesday, September 1. “The Open Day will be an opportunity for members of the public to directly contribute to the Commission’s work,” they announced. The Commission, a pet … Continue reading
Council provides a cycle hub after removing the spokes
Only in Croydon. The grand opening of a cycle hub and hire scheme at East Croydon last week had to be postponed… because of a collision on George Street between a bus and a pedestrian, which saw the road closed … Continue reading
Posted in Boris Bikes, Commuting, Croydon Council, Croydon Cycling Campaign, Cycling, Cycling, East Croydon, Environment, Fairfield, Health, Mayor of London, Norbury, Parking, Planning, Property, Robert Canning, Transport
Tagged Boris Johnson, Conservative, Croydon Council, Croydon Cycling Campaign, East Croydon station, Labour, Mayor, Robert Canning, Tory, Waddon
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Property developer Ansari donates to Cooper and Khan
Anwar Ansari, the Croydon-based property developer who was among the leading figures behind a High Court legal action against the borough’s Labour-run council’s landlord licensing scheme, has donated tens of thousands of pounds to leading contenders in internal Labour Party … Continue reading
Housing services advice bus, Shirley, Aug 25
Posted in Croydon Council, Housing, Shirley North, Waddon
Tagged Croydon Council, Housing, Shirley, Waddon
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Council CEO: ‘Time for debate is over. Give us our cash back’
The borough’s elected councillors were advised not to attend the annual meeting of the Croydon Communities [sic] Consortium last month because of a possible legal dispute for the recovery of thousands of pounds of public money. The CCC has been … Continue reading
Purley Way crash highlights pollution disaster coming our way
Anyone who tries to drive along the Purley Way, whether as a route to work or simply to visit any of the retail sheds that line the urban motorway, already knows it can be a pretty dispiriting experience. Last Friday … Continue reading
Posted in 2016 London elections, Croydon Council, Environment, London-wide issues, Mayor of London, Refuse collection, Steve Reed MP, Tessa Jowell, Waddon, Waste incinerator
Tagged Beddington Lane, Beddington Lane incinerator, Conservative, Croydon Council, Croydon North, Dame Tessa Jowell, Labour, Liberal Democrats, London, Mayor, Purley Way, Sutton Council, Tory, Viridor, Waddon
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High Court judge rejects legal challenge to landlord licensing
The legal challenge against Croydon Council’s landlord licensing scheme, a flagship manifesto policy which helped get Labour elected last year, has been rejected by a High Court judge, a decision greeted by one senior council figure as, “A great day … Continue reading
Posted in "Hammersfield", Alison Butler, Business, Croydon Council, Dudley Mead, Environment, Housing, Jo Negrini, Planning, Property, Stiles Harold Williams, Tony Newman, Whitgift Centre
Tagged Conservative, Croydon Council, Dudley Mead, Hammersfield, Hammerson, Labour, London Borough of Croydon, Tony Newman, Tory, Westfield, Whitgift Centre, Whitgift Foundation
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Croydon’s suffering Labour pains at delivering promises
CROYDON COMMENTARY: Being “Ambitious” for something is one thing, says ARNO RABINOWITZ. Actually delivering on those election promises is proving a different matter Just for fun – but then I am a closet masochist – I looked through the Labour … Continue reading
Thornton Heath volunteers clock-on out of civic pride
AMY GELSTHORPE-HILL reports on efforts to smarten up the high street The clocktower in the centre of Thornton Heath is one of the area’s best known landmarks. Built in 1900, it is one of many hundreds of community clocks erected … Continue reading
Croydon Tory MP’s aide signs up as Labour Party supporter
Conservative Croydon councillor Jason Cummings, who works as a parliamentary assistant at Westminster to Tory MP Gavin Barwell, has applied to become a supporter of the Labour Party. Cummings is understood to be one of thousands of members of other … Continue reading
Council offers online service – to centre with no website
SUSAN OLIVER is concerned at the absence of practical support for victims of domestic abuse in the borough In early 2014, I wrote a piece in Inside Croydon about the shockingly high rates of domestic violence in the borough. At … Continue reading
Fairness Commission’s youth competition gets just 10 entries
What do you get for £200,000 of public dosh? Not a lot, it seems, if the underwhelming response to Croydon’s Opportunity and Fairness Commission’s latest “youth engagement” efforts are anything to go by. Only 10 youngsters from across London’s most … Continue reading
Council can’t repair Kenley road because of ‘wrong sort of tar’
Nearly a year after complaints were first lodged about the pitted and pot-marked state of a road in Kenley, repair work has yet to commence, as MICHAEL SHACKLETON reports Croydon Council’s list of excuses for not resurfacing one crumbling road … Continue reading
Posted in Chris Philp MP, Croydon Council, Croydon South, Environment, Kenley
Tagged Croydon Council, Kenley, Labour, London Borough of Croydon, Valley Road
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Permission refused for Purley Town Hall’s underground flats
Croydon Council has refused planning permission to developers who wanted to dig under the former Purley Town Hall to create eight new flats. The majority of the listed building’s existing two dozen residents were concerned by the plans, which were … Continue reading
Posted in Planning, Property, Purley
Tagged Croydon Council, Planning, Purley, Purley Town Hall
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Banners binned by council which won’t prosecute fly-posters
Our council officials’ inconsistent approach to aspects of enforcement of some local rules and laws continue to baffle the public. The difference in approach has been highlighted through a complaint by one of our local MPs over the over-zealous removal … Continue reading
Legal case against landlord scheme comes from Bury, Lancs
The leadership of Croydon Council will be up before a High Court judge next Tuesday, August 4, at the start of a Judicial Review of its landlords licensing scheme which is being brought by a company registered in … Bury, … Continue reading
Posted in 2014 council elections, Alison Butler, Business, Croydon Council, Housing, Jo Negrini, Julie Belvir, Planning, Property, Tony Newman
Tagged Alison Butler, Conservative, Croydon Council, Croydon Property Forum, Jo Negrini, Labour, Landlord licensing scheme, London Borough of Croydon, Tony Newman, Tory
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Un-Appy ‘Arry gets all wound-up in court action over debt
Red-faces all-round in Fisher’s Folly, the council’s over-expensive offices, after the company which was set up to provide a smart phone app to help keep rubbish off the borough’s streets has been dragged through the courts after just 18 months … Continue reading
The Dirty Dozen: Beddington’s Extra High Emission Zone
It was reported yesterday that twice as many Londoners – around 9,500 – are dying every year as a direct result of the city’s air pollution than was previously estimated. Undaunted, Croydon’s neighbouring borough, Sutton, is bulldozing through with plans … Continue reading
Posted in Boris Johnson, Business, Croydon Council, Environment, London-wide issues, Mayor of London, Planning, Refuse collection, Sutton Council, Waste incinerator
Tagged Beddington Lane, Beddington Lane incinerator, Boris Johnson, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, Liberal Democrats, Mayor, Sutton, Sutton Council, Tory, Viridor
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‘Agitators’ to ask CCC: ‘Where’s the council money gone?’
The Croydon Communities Consortium holds its annual meeting on Thursday evening, just eight months since the council-funded body staged its previous AGM. It is doing so after refusing to make audited accounts available ahead of the event, and with its … Continue reading
Council helps youngsters to take their First Step into work
Being paid the London Living Wage is one thing. Actually finding that work in the first place is often even more difficult for Croydon’s thrusting young people. The old vicious circle of employers requiring “experience”, but how do you gain … Continue reading
Posted in "Hammersfield", Bensham Manor, Croydon Council, Education, Jamie Audsley, Schools
Tagged Croydon Council, First Step, Jamie Audsley, Labour
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Council caves in over enforcement action at The Ship pub
So this is how the local authority planning system works in Croydon in 2015. 1, A speculative developer submits a planning application to the council to turn a popular local amenity, it this case a pub, into a number of … Continue reading
Posted in Croydon Council, Environment, Nathan Elvery, Norwood Society, Paul Scott, Planning, Pubs, South Norwood, South Norwood Tourist Board, Steve O'Connell
Tagged Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, Labour, London Borough of Croydon, Nathan Elvery, Save The Ship, South Norwood, Tory
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