Tag Archives: Hackbridge

Heritage building Culvers Lodge saved from bulldozers

Posted on April 22, 2019 by

A campaign by residents, supported by the Victorian Society and Save Britain’s Heritage, to save a 19th century building from developers’ bulldozers appears to have been successful, at least for now. Culvers Lodge in Hackbridge was built around 1875 as … Continue reading →

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Campaigners fear council wants to demolish heritage building

Posted on April 11, 2019 by

A locally listed Victorian building which has received a Heritage Lottery grant towards its preservation is at real risk of demolition by the council, after years of neglect and lack of maintenance. Sutton Council is expected to publish a report … Continue reading →

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Luxury retirement flats face sky-high fuel bills thanks to Sutton

Posted on April 9, 2019 by

BELLE MONT reports on how the new tenants of 80 pricy retirement flats in Hackbridge are likely to get very heated over their energy bills A housing developer has been allowed to abandon an agreed scheme to build an old … Continue reading →

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Hackbridge residents asked to take part in plan referendum

Posted on November 13, 2018 by

Sutton Council is running a community referendum this month on The Hackbridge and Beddington Corner Neighbourhood Development Group (pause for breath…) neighbourhood plan. The Hackbridge and Beddington Corner Neighbourhood Development Group (pause for breath…) was set up in November 2011 … Continue reading →

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Dombey gets Sutton in the Eye over Incinerator Academy

Posted on October 31, 2018 by

Ruth Dombey’s relentless drive to have Sutton regarded as the rottenest borough in south London got another boost today, as her Liberal Democrat-run council got yet another dishonourable mention in Private Eye magazine. The scurrilous satirical fortnightly features on its … Continue reading →

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Report ignored incinerator when assessing school air quality

Posted on September 2, 2018 by

Our environment correspondent, PAUL LUSHION, on this week’s opening of the Viridor Incinerator Academy, a primary for four- to 11-year-olds, that could literally take their breath away Reports this week from China have offered scientific evidence that air pollution causes … Continue reading →

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History walk in Carshalton’s industrial heartland, Mar 18

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A riverside tale of rats, water voles and another Viridor grant

Posted on September 23, 2015 by

WALTER CRONXITE on the latest political defection in south-west London, and the influence it may yet have over Viridor’s role with the Beddington incinerator So the Liberal Democrats have reached the final day of their annual conference in Bournemouth, with … Continue reading →

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