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‘If you think parks are protected, think again’ says CPRE report
Despite receiving £23m in grants for the up-keep of Croydon’s parks, only eight of the council’s 127 open spaces have Green Flag status. GIANELLA A BASILE looks over a new report which details more than 50 green spaces under threat … Continue reading
Posted in Ashburton Park, Bromley Council, Croydon Council, Croydon parks, Environment, Gianella A Basile, Heathfield House, Housing, Lambeth Council, Lloyd Park, London-wide issues, Mayor Jason Perry, Merton, Norwood Grove, Refuse collection, Ria Patel, Steve Reed MP, Uncategorized
Tagged CPRE London, Croydon, Croydon Council, Dame Judi Dench, Friends of Lloyd Park, Gianella A Basile, Green Belt, Heathfield House, Lloyd Park, London Borough of Croydon, Metropolitan Open Land, Norwood Grove, Steve Reed OBE, TCV, The Conservation Volunteers
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Building on precious green spaces won’t fix the housing crisis
CROYDON COMMENTARY: With mounting pressure on local authorities to allow the building on Green Belt land, PETER UNDERWOOD raises concerns that private profit is being put before people The combination of unreliable politicians and profit-hungry developers is putting our green … Continue reading
Posted in 2026 Croydon Mayor election, Croydon Council, Croydon Greens, Croydon parks, Environment, Housing, London-wide issues, Mayor of London, Peter Underwood, Planning, Sadiq Khan, Selsdon Residents' Association, Selsdon Vale and Forestdale, Wildlife
Tagged Ashen Grove, Conservative, Croydon Council, Green Belt, Green Party, Housing, Labour, London, Mayor, Mayor Sir Sadiq Khan, Peter Underwood, Planning, Sadiq Khan, Selsdon, Sir Sadiq Khan, Tory
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Suspicion over £20k offer from council to vacate green space
CROYDON IN CRISIS: Community group suspects council is accepting money from developers to help them build on a piece of protected open space A community group that through years of hard work has transformed a piece of Woodside ward wasteground … Continue reading
Posted in Community associations, Croydon Council, Croydon parks, Environment, Planning, South Norwood, Wildlife, Woodside
Tagged ACV, Asset of Community Value, Croydon, Croydon Council, Friends of Love Lane Green, Green Belt, Love Lane Green, Metropolitan Open Land, MOL, South Norwood, Woodside
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Truss’s new housing minister has his eyes on the Green Belt
Our housing correspondent, BARRATT HOLMES, on how changes at the Department for Levelling Up could signal a change in attitude to areas protected from development After years of Tory councillors, their friends running residents’ associations in the south of the … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Community associations, Croydon Council, Environment, Housing, London-wide issues, Mayor Jason Perry, Planning
Tagged Chris Philp MP, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, Green Belt, Liz Truss, London, London Communications Agency, Mayor, Mayor Jason Perry, Michael Gove, Robert Jenrick, Simon Clarke, Thick Lizzy Truss, Tory
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Research finds increasing amount of available brownfield sites
The number of brownfield sites available for development around the country increased by 10per cent in the last year, research shows, with the amount of brownfield land available in London providing enough space for 355,000 new homes. Using brownfield – … Continue reading
Posted in Housing, London-wide issues
Tagged affordable housing, Brownfield land, Green Belt, Unlatch
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Book now for Grindrod’s free talk on living on the Outskirts
The latest Talking Inside Croydon event gives our loyal reader the chance to hear John Grindrod talk about his new book, Outskirts, Living Life on the Edge of the Green Belt. The free event will be staged on Wednesday, July … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Environment, History, Inside Croydon, New Addington, Planning
Tagged Green Belt, John Grindrod, New Addington, Talking Inside Croydon
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“Cheap” Hoar is now taking a fracking liberty in Waddon
Senior Croydon Conservative councillor Simon “I’m Cheap But I’m Not Free” Hoar says he “doesn’t see anything wrong” with allowing oil and gas multi-nationals to drill under people’s homes with exploratory fracking. Prime Minister David Cameron fired the starting gun … Continue reading
Posted in 2014 council elections, Andrew Pelling, Boris Johnson, Coulsdon, Croydon Greens, Environment, Fracking, London-wide issues, Mayor of London, Simon Hoar, Waddon, Waste incinerator
Tagged Andrew Pelling, Boris Johnson, Conservative, Coulsdon, Croydon, Croydon Council, Croydon Greens, Fracking, Green Belt, Labour, London Assembly, London Borough of Croydon, Simon Hoar, South Croydon, Tory, Waddon
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Planning rules offer “disincentive for brownfield regeneration”
Following our report on the threat to Britain’s rural heritage and the Green Belt through the ConDem Government’s proposals to liberalise the planning laws in favour of their billionaire chums in the building industry, we have been contacted by Amanda … Continue reading
Don’t let this government destroy our precious Green Belt
The Campaign to Protection Rural England, the National Trust and the Daily Telegraph, none of which could be described as an organisation of the far left, ganged up on the ConDem government at the weekend over its plans to “loosen” … Continue reading
