Tag Archives: Fairfield Halls

Council goes toe-to-toe with College over ‘university’

Posted on March 13, 2019 by

Croydon College and the University of Sussex have been providing degree courses in the town centre for a decade. Now the council, with its own multi-billion development plans in tatters, has decided to come up with a scheme of its … Continue reading →

Posted in "Hammersfield", Brick by Brick, Business, College Green, Colm Lacey, Croydon College, Croydon Council, Croydon School of Art, Education, Jo Negrini, Planning, South Bank Poly, Sussex Innovation Centre, Tony Newman, Whitgift Centre | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 3 Comments

Negrini jets off to Cannes as Brick by Brick cover-up continues

Posted on March 11, 2019 by

WALTER CRONXITE dons his Panama hat, khaki shorts and espadrilles to track down the council’s £200,000 CEO on her annual spring break to the South of France, all funded by Croydon Council Tax-payers With Westfield delayed indefinitely, Fairfield Halls at … Continue reading →

Posted in "Hammersfield", Brick by Brick, Business, Croydon BID, Croydon Council, Jo Negrini, Planning, Tony Newman, Whitgift Centre | Tagged , , , , , , , | 7 Comments

4.88% Council Tax increase gets backing from Croydon Tories

Posted on March 5, 2019 by

Political editor WALTER CRONXITE reports on how the opposition group last night supported tax increases in the ‘last Blairite council in London’ The Conservative “opposition” group on Croydon Council last night voted with the majority Labour councillors to see Council … Continue reading →

Posted in Council Tax, Croydon Council, Fairfield, Fairfield Halls, Health, Helen Redfern, Ian Parker, Louisa Woodley, New Addington, Niro Sirisena, Tim Pollard, Tony Newman | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Brick by Brick’s Fairfield Halls refurb goes £11m over budget

Posted on March 2, 2019 by

WALTER CRONXITE reports on the latest multi-million-pound overspend by the council-owned ‘house-building’ company that has yet to build a single new home The refurbishment works being carried out on the Fairfield Halls arts complex by Brick by Brick will cost … Continue reading →

Posted in Alison Butler, Brick by Brick, Business, Croydon Council, Fairfield, Fairfield Halls, Housing, Mott MacDonald, Planning, Property | Tagged , , , , , , | 11 Comments

Croydon’s Quantum of Solace can’t clear up Fairfield debacle

Posted on February 28, 2019 by

CROYDON COMMENTARY: As exclusively revealed by Inside Croydon, Brick by Brick’s failure to secure the purchase of the Barclay Road Annex building from Croydon College put at risk a multi-million-pound property deal. At a Town Hall planning meeting tonight, the … Continue reading →

Posted in Brick by Brick, Croydon Council, Fairfield, Fairfield Halls, Housing | Tagged , , , , | 4 Comments

House-builder Brick by Brick asks for extra £78m council loan

Posted on February 26, 2019 by

Our housing correspondent, BARRATT HOLMES, on how the failure to seal a property deal with Croydon College and ‘Brexit uncertainties’ have caught out the geniuses running the council-owned house-builders Brick by Brick needs another £78million loan from Croydon Council to … Continue reading →

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Black theatre group handed studio space at Fairfield Halls

Posted on February 20, 2019 by

A renowned black drama group, the Talawa Theatre Company, has been given offices and use of a 200-seat studio theatre at the refurbished Fairfield Halls in Croydon when it reopens in September. The building will enable black artists “to make … Continue reading →

Posted in Arnhem Gallery, Art, BH Live, Fairfield Halls, Savvy Theatre Company, Talawa Theatre Company | Tagged , , , , | Leave a comment