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Tag Archives: Croydon Flyover
£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
