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Croydon just about ‘average’ for delivering ‘affordable’ homes
Croydon’s only just about average when it comes to delivering affordable housing. That’s according to figures from the Mayor of London, which shows Croydon outside the top 10 London boroughs for building housing that is “affordable” (which of itself is … Continue reading
Planners ignored equalities law for South Norwood flats
The council’s under-fire planning department may have broken the law in its rush to push through a controversial Brick by Brick development on a social housing estate in South Norwood. Residents around Church Road, Auckland Rise and Sylvan Hill maintain … Continue reading
Consultants’ parks plan to ‘manage them at less or no cost’
CROYDON COMMENTARY: The borough’s parks will soon only receive funding if they manage to make money, through running private events and clubs. PERCY (not their real name*), someone with close links to the council’s parks department, offers this insider’s point … Continue reading
Posted in Croydon Council, Croydon parks, Environment, Quadron
Tagged Conservative, Croydon Council, Croydon parks, idVerde, Labour, London Borough of Croydon, Quadron, Tory
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LFB: ‘Devastating consequences’ of schools without sprinklers
The London Fire Brigade says that the failure to fit sprinklers in schools could have “potentially devastating consequences”. Inside Croydon has revealed that not a single one of 35 school builds in Croydon in the past five years have had … Continue reading
Posted in Croydon Council, London Fire Brigade, Schools
Tagged Croydon Council, Labour, London Borough of Croydon, schools, Tony Newman
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Motorists’ body in High Court challenge to 20mph zones
Our transport correspondent JEREMY CLACKSON gets up to speed with the latest Judicial Review brought against Croydon Council from a fringe group that is supported by UKIP’s Godfrey “Bongo Bongo Land” Bloom Croydon faces the threat of a second High … Continue reading
Posted in Coulsdon, Croydon Council, Environment, Policing, Stuart King, Tony Newman, Transport
Tagged Conservative, Coulsdon, Croydon Council, Croydon South, Labour, London Borough of Croydon, Peter Morgan, Tony Newman, Tory, UKIP
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Has Negrini’s appointee just admitted she can’t do the job?
WALTER CRONXITE reports on a secretive multi-million pound deal to come out of the Town Hall At lunchtime today, one of Croydon’s most senior executive officers got a “key decision” passed, without any discussion by our elected representatives at any … Continue reading
Tory ministers ignore councils’ pleas for help on fire safety
The Tory government is refusing calls to provide funding to help make residential tower blocks safer following the Grenfell Tower fire. Croydon Council has committed to spending £10million of public money on retro-fitting sprinklers in the borough’s residential blocks, a … Continue reading
