Tag Archives: London

Brick by Brick fail to apologise for shared ownership bungling

Posted on January 18, 2020 by

Brick by Brick, the loss-making council-owned house-builder, last night finally ended their silence and admitted that they are not able to sell homes under any shared ownership schemes. Seven days after Inside Croydon broke the news that Brick by Brick … Continue reading →

Posted in Alison Butler, Brick by Brick, Colm Lacey, Croydon Council, Housing, Jo Negrini, Paul Scott, Tony Newman | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , | 3 Comments

Council assisted £80,000 sponsorship for bankrupted art dealer

Posted on January 17, 2020 by

Having traded for years on his association with street artist Banksy, a gallery owner landed tens of thousands of pounds in public money for an arts festival promoting his business – even as he was being declared bankrupt by the … Continue reading →

Posted in Art, Business, Croydon BID, Croydon Council, Fairfield Halls, Paula Murray, Rise Gallery, Whitgift Centre | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 4 Comments

Empty homes in Croydon soar by 50% with Butler in charge

Posted on January 16, 2020 by

The number of empty homes in Croydon increased by almost 50 per cent in the first four years that Alison Butler was the cabinet member for housing in the borough. Those are some of the shocking figures released today by … Continue reading →

Posted in Alison Butler, Croydon Council, Housing, London Assembly, London-wide issues, Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, Tom Copley | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , | 4 Comments

Sanderstead and Riddlesdown lead battle to save Green Belt

Posted on January 16, 2020 by

In 1953, the Coulsdon and Purley Urban District Council was granted a coat of arms, and this included two trees, one an oak to represent the Purley Oaks and the other a beech for Purley Beeches. In 2020, Croydon Council … Continue reading →

Posted in Alison Butler, Community associations, Croydon Council, Croydon parks, Environment, Housing, Mayor of London, Paul Scott, Planning, Purley, Purley Oaks and Riddlesdown, Sanderstead | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 1 Comment

Purley residents consider judicial challenge to planners

Posted on January 14, 2020 by

Housing correspondent BARRATT HOLMES on the gathering storm over the council’s housing targets, with the administration accused of allowing ‘planning policy in this borough to be hijacked by one or two individuals’ The Town Hall’s under-fire planning department could soon … Continue reading →

Posted in Brick by Brick, Croydon Council, Heather Cheesbrough, Housing, London-wide issues, Mayor of London, Paul Scott, Planning, Purley, Simon Brew | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , | 4 Comments

London Minister Philp to hold urgent meeting on SPAC Nation

Posted on January 10, 2020 by

Chris Philp, the Conservative MP for Croydon South and the government’s Minister for London, is to hold an urgent meeting over the activities of the controversial cult-like church SPAC Nation with Steve Reed, Labour’s Croydon North MP. Top of the … Continue reading →

Posted in Charity, Children's Services, Chris Philp MP, Church and religions, Crime, Croydon Central, Croydon North, Croydon South, Sarah Jones MP, Steve Reed MP | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 4 Comments

Ex-Tory minister has no policies, but says he’ll listen if Mayor

Posted on January 9, 2020 by

There are elections coming up, again, and in Croydon this week was the newest candidate to be London Mayor. RORY KELLY went to hear what Rory Stewart had to offer Rory Stewart, the former Conservative government minister and now an … Continue reading →

Posted in 2020 London elections, Housing, London-wide issues, Mayor of London, Rory Stewart, Sadiq Khan | Tagged , , , | 1 Comment