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Tag Archives: Croydon Flyover
All change! Town centre one-way system to get re-opened
After repeated calls to unlock the poorly-implemented covid one-way system and the pedestrianised zone around Croydon High Street – including criticisms raised here on Inside Croydon – the council has today announced a re-routing scheme for buses and cycle lanes … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Commuting, Croydon Council, Cycling, Fairfield, Mayor Jason Perry, TfL, Transport
Tagged Conservative, covid lockdown, Croydon, Croydon Council, Croydon Flyover, Croydon High Street, Fell Road, Katharine Street, London Borough of Croydon, Mayor, Mayor Jason Perry, TfL, Tory, Transport for London
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Noise from a Doctor Who episode traced to Brick by Brick block
In the end, it was confirmed that it was not an alien invasion of central Croydon. Residents living around the Croydon Flyover spent much of the weekend wondering what the eerily strange, out-of-this-world noise was coming from one of the … Continue reading
Posted in Brick by Brick, Croydon Council, Environment, Fairfield, Housing, Property, South Croydon, Waddon
Tagged Brick by Brick, Croydon, Croydon Council, Croydon Flyover, Fairfield, Kindred House, South Croydon, The Noise, Waddon
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TfL says Croydon Flyover is in need of urgent safety works
The Croydon Flyover could soon be assessed as in a state of dangerous disrepair and closed to traffic because Transport for London does not have the money required to carry out urgent repairs that are required. That’s according to a … Continue reading
65 homes on brownfield site: professionals show how to do it
The development novices at Brick by Brick, who managed to sell just eight housing units in 2019, and their slow-working contractors might want to have a chat with the construction professionals who have just completed 65 new homes overlooking the … Continue reading
Posted in Duppas Hill Park, Housing, Planning, Property, Waddon
Tagged Croydon, Croydon Council, Croydon Flyover, The Waldrons, Waddon
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Alarms raised over Fire Brigade’s £11m training tower scheme
A £11.1 million scheme to build a six-storey training tower at Croydon fire station seems likely to be given the go-ahead at a meeting on Friday, though local figures have accused London Authority officials of being “arrogant” and expressed concerns … Continue reading
Posted in Andrew Pelling, Croydon Greens, Environment, Fiona Twycross, Joy Prince, London Fire Brigade, London-wide issues, Peter Underwood, Planning, Robert Canning, Waddon
Tagged Andrew Pelling, Croydon Council, Croydon Flyover, Green Party, Joy Prince, London, London Assembly, London Fire Brigade, Peter Underwood, Robert Canning, Waddon
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Closures planned as Flyover requires ‘essential repairs’
Major road works are planned for the Croydon Flyover later this month, including the replacement of damaged expansion joints at the eastern end of the A232 arterial route into Croydon – where it leads on to Duppas Hill Road. The … Continue reading
Posted in Environment, Fairfield, Waddon
Tagged Croydon Flyover, TfL, Transport for London, Waddon
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£756,608 for two-bed flat? Speculators roll the dice again
What will three-quarters of a mil buy you in Croydon these days? Not a lot, if the latest piece of property speculation, on Edridge Road in South Croydon, is anything to go by. Yes: £756,608 for a two-bedroom flat. In … Continue reading
Posted in "Hammersfield", Boris Johnson, Business, Environment, Fairfield, Housing, London-wide issues, Mayor of London, Planning, South Croydon Community Association
Tagged Boris Johnson, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, Croydon Flyover, Fairfield, Planning, The Edridge, Tory, Yuppies
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Just 53 attend Taberner House sham consultation sessions
There’s a public consultation going on over Croydon Council’s plans to build four new tower blocks on the site of Taberner House, including building out on to the Queen’s Gardens public park space. Who knew? As we have highlighted many … Continue reading
Debate the future of arts in Croydon: Oct 10
The South Croydon Community Association is to stage a local arts debate at the Croydon Unitarian Church on October 10. “Croydon is London’s largest borough with the highest number of young people,” Charlotte Davies, SCCA chair, said. “Its demographic is … Continue reading
Croham promises that arrive full of sleight of fact
CROYDON COMMENTARY: Noticed any leaflets pushed through your letterbox lately that are offering you much, much more that free delivery on pizza? There must be an election coming, writes DAVID CALLAM They say truth is the first casualty of war. … Continue reading
Londoners being priced out of London by social cleansing
CROYDON COMMENTARY: Building thousands of high-rise high-priced “luxury apartments” to be bought by overseas investors may enhance the bottom line of private property developers, but will do nothing to solve the borough’s housing crisis. By STEVEN DOWNES London, and Croydon, … Continue reading
Posted in "Hammersfield", 2014 council elections, Altitude 25, Business, Cane Hill, Croydon Central, Croydon Council, Fairfield, Housing, IYLO, Lambeth Council, Menta Tower, Paul Spooner, Planning, Property, Ruskin Square, Steve Reed MP, Taberner House, URV, Whitgift Centre, Whitgift Foundation
Tagged Croydon, Croydon Flyover, Croydon North, Labour, London, London Borough of Croydon, Tory, Whitgift Foundation
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Does Town Hall’s missing link point to another public sell-off?
Might Croydon’s Grade II-Listed Town Hall be the next public asset which the borough’s Conservative administration wants to flog-off? Rumours have been circulating Katharine Street since the virtual closure of the Clocktower arts complex nearly three years ago. The talk … Continue reading
Posted in Bromley Council, Croydon Central, Croydon Council, David Lean Cinema Campaign, Environment, Fairfield, Fairfield Halls, Gardening, History, Housing, Planning, Property, Restaurants, Riesco Collection, Taberner House, URV
Tagged Cathedral Group, Croydon, Croydon Flyover, England, Fairfield Halls, London, Riesco
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Waddon residents land a coo with Thomas’s promises
Waddon has a big pigeon problem, apparently. But the area’s bird shit-lined, often flooded, dark and threateningly unpassable pedestrian underpasses, the scene of at least two mugging attacks in recent weeks, are to get a council-run makeover. “And that’s a … Continue reading
Make it so! Waddon gets a flicker of the Olympic Flame
They say that the Olympics is a power for good, bringing people of the world together. And so it was in Waddon this lunchtime, as two cultural icons met for the first time: Sir Patrick Stewart, Captain Jean-Luc Pickard from … Continue reading
Posted in 2012 Olympics, Activities, Waddon
Tagged Croydon, Croydon Flyover, Duppas Hill, Olympic, Olympic Games, Patrick Stewart, Star Trek, Waddon
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Croydon Council snubs the Irish as it cancels St Patrick’s Day
ANDREW PELLING reports on the latest cut-back in Croydon St Patrick’s Day has been cancelled by Croydon Council. The council chose another day of Celtic celebration, St David’s Day, to announce it was to put a stop to any Irish … Continue reading
