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Yes we Khan! Campaigners lodge incinerator legal appeal
Just after 5pm tonight, Stop the Incinerator campaigner Shasha Khan confirmed that an appeal has been lodged at the High Court against the decision of the judge, Mrs Justice Patterson, over the Judicial Review of Sutton Council’s decision to permit … Continue reading
Posted in Broad Green, Business, Community associations, Croydon Council, Environment, Planning, Refuse collection, Shasha Khan, Stuart Collins, Tony Newman, Waddon, Waste incinerator, Wildlife
Tagged Beddington, Conservative, Croydon Council, Hammerson, incinerator, Labour, Tony Newman, Tory, Viridor, Waddon, Waste incinerator, Westfield
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£5,000 – by Monday: help pay cost of stopping the incinerator
The Stop the Incinerator Campaign needs to raise £5,000 by Monday to be able to afford to continue the fight to prevent Sutton and Croydon councils allowing industrialists Viridor to build and operate a waste incinerator on Metropolitan Open Land … Continue reading
Posted in Broad Green, Community associations, Croydon Greens, Environment, Refuse collection, Shasha Khan, Waste incinerator, Wildlife
Tagged Beddington Lane, Broad Green, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, Hammerson, incinerator, Labour, Shasha Khan, Stop the Inci, Sutton Council, Tory, Viridor, Westfield
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Judge gives all-clear for Viridor to build incinerator
So, Westfield and Hammerson are to build a £1 billion shopping mall in the centre of town, and thousands of new homes are to be built there, too, and they will all have a waste incinerator parked on the borough … Continue reading
Posted in "Hammersfield", Broad Green, Business, Centrale, Croydon Greens, Environment, Refuse collection, Shasha Khan, Stuart Collins, Sutton Council, Tony Newman, Waste incinerator, Whitgift Centre
Tagged Broad Green, Conservative, Hammersfield, Hammerson, incinerator, Labour, Shasha Khan, Stuart Collins, Sutton, Tony Newman, Tory, Viridor, Westfield
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Viridor and Sutton spare no (public) expense to crush case
The unequal courtroom battle between local residents and Sutton Council together with their £1 billion industrial contractors over plans to build an incinerator on Beddington Lane continues at the Royal Courts of Justice today, with no expense spared – from … Continue reading
Incinerator campaign in 11th-hour appeal for legal funds
The Stop the Incinerator Campaign could yet be denied its day in court – all for a lack of money. The campaign was expecting to begin its judicial review of the Beddington incinerator scheme – which has the backing of … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Community associations, Croydon Council, Environment, Outside Croydon, Refuse collection, Shasha Khan, Stuart Collins, Sutton Council, Waddon, Waste incinerator, Wildlife
Tagged Beddington, Croydon, Croydon Council, incinerator, London Borough of Croydon, Sutton Council, Tony Newman, Tory, Viridor, Waddon
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Fundraising walkabout at Beddington Farmlands, Aug 30
Posted in Croydon Greens, Environment, Waste incinerator, Wildlife
Tagged Beddington Farmlands, Environment, Green Party, incinerator, Sutton, Viridor
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Stop the Incinerator quiz fund-raiser: Mon Sep 8
Posted in Environment, Pubs, Waste incinerator
Tagged Croydon, incinerator, Stop The Incinerator Campaign, Sutton, Viridor
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Ker-ching! Viridor makes billions from burning recyclables
A parody poster based on Croydon Council’s latest recycling campaign had to be withdrawn and re-drafted over fears of legal action. The Stop The Incinerator Campaign’s Dave Pettener, a wag as well as a dab-hand with PhotoShop, had taken Croydon’s … Continue reading
Campaigners win their day in court against Viridor incinerator
Good to see Her Maj, at the ripe old age of 88 and despite being busy preparing to celebrate her official birthday over the weekend, sticking up for the little fella. The Stop The Incinerator Campaign today received the formal … Continue reading
Greens hold back from promising to scrap £1bn incinerator
The Green Party launched its local election manifesto for Croydon yesterday, confirming that it will field a full slate of 70 candidates across the whole of the borough. The Greens seem poised to benefit on voting day next month from … Continue reading
Posted in 2014 council elections, Croydon Greens, Environment, Fly tipping, Fracking, Gordon Ross, Knife crime, Refuse collection, Shasha Khan, South Croydon, Waste incinerator
Tagged Beddington Lane, Conservative, Council Tax, Croydon, Croydon Council, Green Party, incinerator, London Borough of Croydon, Shasha Khan, South Croydon, Tory, Waddon
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Stop The Incinerator ‘Beer and Bingo’ fund-raiser: Apr 28
Posted in Addiscombe West, Environment, Waste incinerator
Tagged Addiscombe West, Environment, Health, incinerator, Sutton Council
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Sutton Council put on notice over incinerator Judicial Review
Justine Thornton, the barrister wife of Ed Miliband, the leader of the Labour Party, has today overseen the issuing of formal notice to Sutton Council that a Judicial Review is to be sought over the decision to build a multi-million-pound … Continue reading
Posted in Community associations, Croydon Greens, Environment, Health, London-wide issues, Outside Croydon, Planning, Refuse collection, Shasha Khan, Sutton Council, Waste incinerator
Tagged Beddington Lane, Boris Johnson, Croydon, Green Party, incinerator, London, London Assembly, Shassha Khan, Sutton Council, Tory, Viridor
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Incinerator represents complete betrayal by Tory council
TONY NEWMAN, the leader of the Labour group on Croydon Council, says that the upcoming local elections is the opportunity for residents to put the record straight on the Beddington Lane incinerator The betrayal of Croydon Tories in pushing ahead … Continue reading
England batsman Butcher wants to bowl out incinerator
Mark Butcher, the former Surrey and England cricketer, is the latest Croydon celebrity to voice concerns about plans to build an incinerator on the border with Sutton. “When I heard about the incinerator I couldn’t quite believe what I was … Continue reading
Posted in Cricket, Croydon Greens, Environment, Planning, Surrey CCC, Waste incinerator
Tagged Beddington Lane, cricket, incinerator, Mark Butcher, Sutton, Viridor
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Viridor seeks planning change to operate waste plant 24/7
It’s less than a year since Viridor got planning permission to burn thousands of tons of rubbish on Croydon’s doorstep at Beddington Lane. The build of the south London incinerator has yet to begin. Yet next week, the developers of … Continue reading
We’ll make campaigners pay says Sutton Council leader
Sutton Council is prepared to spend tens of thousands of pounds of public money to fight a legal battle against a campaign by residents from across south London who want to stop the building of a waste incinerator at Beddington … Continue reading
JLS singer ‘horrified’ by toxic pollution caused by incinerator
JLS singer Jonathan “JB” Gill has added the X Factor to the anti-incinerator campaign by giving his personal endorsement to the rapidly growing local movement that is bidding to stop the building of a waste incinerator at Beddington Lane. “At … Continue reading
Stop the Incinerator Campaign stages fund-raiser: Feb 24
The Stop the Incinerator Campaign is staging a fund-raising Quiz Night on February 24, with all money raised going towards the costs of paying for a Judicial Review of Sutton Council’s decision to allow a waste incinerator to be built … Continue reading
Posted in 2014 council elections, Community associations, Croydon Council, Croydon Greens, Environment, Planning, Refuse collection, Shasha Khan, Waste incinerator
Tagged Beddington Lane, Boris Johnson, Croydon, Croydon Council, Croydon North, Green Party, incinerator, Liberal Democrats, London, London Borough of Sutton, Mayor, Shasha Khan, Sutton, Tory, Viridor, Waste incinerator
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