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Croydon starts urgent review of tower blocks with cladding
Croydon Council is conducting a hurried review of fire safety issues around its residential properties following the horrific events at Grenfell Tower in north Kensington yesterday. According to council cabinet member Alison Butler, Croydon’s urgent review includes “checks on all … Continue reading
Posted in Alison Butler, Croydon Council, Housing, Jo Negrini, Tony Newman
Tagged Alison Butler, Croydon Council, Jo Negrini, London Borough of Croydon, Tony Newman
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Negrini refuses questions on latest £1.4bn Westfield delays
BARRATT HOLMES, our housing correspondent, on the continuing and protracted wait for multi-billion-pound developers to submit their finalised plans for the town centre A planning committee meeting scheduled for the Town Hall for tonight specifically to review the revised plans … Continue reading
Tenants told to quit weeks before planning permission granted
BARRATT HOLMES reports on the latest tacky little twist from Croydon’s Labour-run council in its drive to build more than 500 homes for profit, regardless of the consequences for existing residents Further proof, if any further proof was necessary, that … Continue reading
Scott’s account doesn’t tally with video record of meeting
CROYDON COMMENTARY: At Paul Scott’s planning meetings, the public, even MPs, are sometimes denied an opportunity to put their case, while the committee chairman is observed acting as an advocate for his architect colleagues. Inside Croydon recently published Councillor Scott’s … Continue reading
Dinner at the Hilton looks to be good for builders’ business
BELLA BARTOCK, our resident culture vulture, slipped on her best frock and sling-backs for a night on the town with a motley crew of councillors Some of the world’s best-paid leaflet deliverers took the night off yesterday, as Croydon’s councillors … Continue reading
East Croydon road closures planned for bank holiday weekend
If you were planning to go somewhere in Croydon by car next weekend, the Whitsun bank holiday, or the following half-term week, then you might have to plan your route very carefully. Cherry Orchard Road and Addiscombe Grove (northbound) are … Continue reading
Failure to listen suggests planners have something to hide
CROYDON COMMENTARY: The patronising dismissal of “Nimbys” made earlier this week by Paul Scott, the chairman of Croydon’s planning committee, has drawn widespread scorn from the people whom the councillor was elected by and is supposed to be serving. Here, … Continue reading
Posted in Brick by Brick, Croydon Council, Jo Negrini, Paul Scott, Planning
Tagged Croydon, Jo Negrini, Labour, London Borough of Croydon, Paul Scott
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What’s the point of planning committee with Scott in charge?
CROYDON COMMENTARY: A senior councillor’s arrogant dismissal of residents who have sought to protect and defend their neighbourhoods from crass over-development is among the most-read articles on the site this week. Here, Purley resident TOM MOORHOUSE responds and provides some … Continue reading
Council’s commitment to cycling is only a virtual reality
After spending at least £300,000 in three years on staging the under-sponsored Croydon CycleFarce road races around the town centre, the council’s “commitment” to encouraging cycling in the borough remains only a virtual reality. As Tony Newman, Jo Negrini and … Continue reading
Posted in Connected Croydon, Croydon Council, Cycling, Cycling, TfL, Tony Newman
Tagged Croydon Council, Croydon CycleFest, Jo Negrini, London Borough of Croydon, Tony Newman
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Flyover pedestrian underpass where rape took place is a ‘good link’ to new primary school, according to council planners
The underpass near the Croydon Flyover where a brutal rape took place in broad daylight last month has been suggested as a safe route to a new school for mothers and young children at a Croydon Council planning committee meeting … Continue reading
Posted in Andrew Pelling, Crime, Krishna Avanti Primary, Planning, Waddon
Tagged Croydon, Croydon Council, London Borough of Croydon, Waddon
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Planning chairman: I can do nothing to stop overdevelopment
CROYDON COMMENTARY: According to Councillor PAUL SCOTT, pictured left, residents who complain about their neighbourhood being overdeveloped are just Nimbys, and there’s nothing he or the council planning department can do to avoid the over-development that is being inflicted on … Continue reading
What a load of old bollards: Croydon picks up the bike race bill
Croydon Council could spend up to £7,000 of Council Tax-payers’ money this week on digging up the bollards of a single pedestrian traffic island on the High Street, only for the contractors to come back a couple of days later … Continue reading
Posted in Croydon Council, Jo Negrini, Tony Newman
Tagged Croydon, Croydon Council, Jo Negrini, Labour, London Borough of Croydon, Tony Newman
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Call for residents to band together over planning issues
CROYDON COMMENTARY: A Purley resident affected by a controversial development on Norman and Derrick Avenues, ANDREW SADDINGTON responds to our latest report on the council’s planning committee by asking others from across the borough to come together I don’t care … Continue reading
Negrini’s ‘absurd’ response over planning conflicts of interest
BARRATT HOLMES reports on how the council CEO is trying to pretend that £250m-worth of planning applications from the council’s own housing company have anything to do with the council’s cabinet member for housing, whose husband also just happens to … Continue reading
Posted in Alison Butler, Brick by Brick, Chris Philp MP, Colm Lacey, Croydon Council, Croydon South, Housing, Jo Negrini, Paul Scott, Planning, Purley
Tagged Alison Butler, Brick by Brick, Chris Philp MP, Colm Lacey, Conservative, Croydon Council, Jo Negrini, Labour, London Borough of Croydon, Paul Scott, Purley, Tory
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Croydon Tories are playing with Fairfield Halls’ future
CROYDON COMMENTARY: Although they already know the identity of the winning bidder to run the Fairfield Halls following a council-run competitive tendering process, Croydon Conservatives yesterday moved to call-in the decision to the scrutiny committee, potentially delaying the appointment. TIMOTHY … Continue reading
‘Seriously flawed’ plans for Portakabin Academy’s new home
GENE BRODIE, education correspondent, on how millions of pounds of public money are being spent to build a school next to a busy road at Thornton Heath which even a Labour council cabinet member thinks will have too many pupils … Continue reading
Dorset venue operator to be given £180m Fairfield contract
A social enterprise company which manages the Bournemouth International Centre on the south coast is set to be announced as the new operator for Croydon’s Fairfield Halls later this week. A council report revealed that the deal, which could last … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Ashcroft Theatre, Croydon Council, Fairfield Halls, Music, Theatre, Tony Newman
Tagged BH Live, Conservative, Croydon Council, Fairfield Halls, Labour, London Borough of Croydon, Tony Newman, Tory
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Labour worried by ‘Frankenstein monster’ boundary proposals
There’s a growing agreement at Croydon Town Hall that Paul Scott could prove to be the architect of Labour’s demise at the next local elections. The Woodside councillor, an architect by profession with a busy London practice, is one-quarter of … Continue reading
Council to name new operator for Fairfield Halls next week
Croydon Council has awarded a contract worth as much as £180million for an operator to run the Fairfield Halls arts complex for up to 15 years, but cannot name the successful bidder until next Friday in case of any legal … Continue reading
