Tag Archives: Fairfield

Democratic deficit as 7 in 10 electors didn’t bother to vote

Posted on May 19, 2018 by

Do the councillors elected earlier this month really have a mandate? Political editor WALTER CRONXITE has seen the turn-out figures, and they don’t make happy reading A look at the ward by ward turnout figures from this month’s local elections, … Continue reading →

Posted in 2018 council elections, Addiscombe, Addiscombe East, Alison Butler, Bensham Manor, Fairfield, Sanderstead, Selhurst, Tony Newman, Woodside | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , | 7 Comments

The more things change, the more they stay just the same

Posted on May 4, 2018 by

Bleary-eyed after just a couple of hours’ sleep, our political editor WALTER CRONXITE has been crunching some numbers on the local election results Four years ago, the Prime Minister was David Cameron, Nick Clegg was leader of the LibDems and … Continue reading →

Posted in 2018 council elections, Addiscombe East, Ashburton, Caragh Skipper, Chris Clark, Fairfield, Mary Croos, Niro Sirisena, Shirley, Tony Newman, Waddon, Winston McKenzie | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , | 2 Comments

Artist anger after town centre Stormzy mural is defaced

Posted on April 24, 2018 by

Street artist Alec Saunders expressed his anger over the weekend after his latest wall-side portrait, of Stormzy, was defaced. Saunders had finished the large-scale painting of the Croydon grime musician on Park Street in the town centre earlier this month, … Continue reading →

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MP Reed hails victory as Barratts pay £2m Citiscape bill

Posted on April 20, 2018 by

House-builders Barratts have agreed to pay the £2million bill to replace the unsafe Grenfell-style cladding on the Citiscape development in central Croydon. The move, announced last night, was immediately claimed as some sort of victory by the Tory Government, who … Continue reading →

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Brick by Brick ignore public again over Coombe Road scheme

Posted on February 23, 2018 by

CROYDON COMMENTARY: Today is your last chance to lodge comments – supportive or objecting – to the planning application from the council’s Brick by Brick house-builder to squeeze eight one-bed flats and a three-bedroomed house on a corner of open … Continue reading →

Posted in Brick by Brick, Croydon Council, Croydon parks, Environment, Fairfield, Planning, Queens Gardens, Ruskin House | Tagged , , , , , | 5 Comments

Taberner House developers still don’t have building start date

Posted on February 6, 2018 by

BARRATT HOLMES on another prestigious scheme in the town centre which seems to have come to a grinding halt Five years since Taberner House was demolished and almost a year since planning permission was granted for the site – including … Continue reading →

Posted in Brick by Brick, Croydon Council, Croydon parks, Environment, Fairfield, Housing, Planning, Queens Gardens, Shifa Mustafa, Taberner House | Tagged , , , , , , | 2 Comments

Town centre landlord sells up – to become a bus driver

Posted on December 29, 2017 by

Another week, and another Croydon pub landlord has decided he’s had enough and is selling up. John McFarlane has been the landlord of The Bull’s Head, in the town centre on the corner of Wandle Road and Laud Street, for … Continue reading →

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