Recent Comments
Tag Archives: Metropolitan Open Land
‘If you think parks are protected, think again’ says CPRE report
Despite receiving £23m in grants for the up-keep of Croydon’s parks, only eight of the council’s 127 open spaces have Green Flag status. GIANELLA A BASILE looks over a new report which details more than 50 green spaces under threat … Continue reading
Posted in Ashburton Park, Bromley Council, Croydon Council, Croydon parks, Environment, Gianella A Basile, Heathfield House, Housing, Lambeth Council, Lloyd Park, London-wide issues, Mayor Jason Perry, Merton, Norwood Grove, Refuse collection, Ria Patel, Steve Reed MP, Uncategorized
Tagged CPRE London, Croydon, Croydon Council, Dame Judi Dench, Friends of Lloyd Park, Gianella A Basile, Green Belt, Heathfield House, Lloyd Park, London Borough of Croydon, Metropolitan Open Land, Norwood Grove, Steve Reed OBE, TCV, The Conservation Volunteers
4 Comments
Suspicion over £20k offer from council to vacate green space
CROYDON IN CRISIS: Community group suspects council is accepting money from developers to help them build on a piece of protected open space A community group that through years of hard work has transformed a piece of Woodside ward wasteground … Continue reading
Posted in Community associations, Croydon Council, Croydon parks, Environment, Planning, South Norwood, Wildlife, Woodside
Tagged ACV, Asset of Community Value, Croydon, Croydon Council, Friends of Love Lane Green, Green Belt, Love Lane Green, Metropolitan Open Land, MOL, South Norwood, Woodside
5 Comments
Chinese government has role in £500m Crystal Palace scheme
The major financial backer behind the ZhongRohn Group, which wants to build a £500million replica of the Victorian Crystal Palace as a hotel and entertainment complex on public open space at the top of Sydenham Hill, is the Chinese government. … Continue reading
Posted in "Hammersfield", Boris Johnson, Bromley Council, Business, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Crystal Palace Community Association, Crystal Palace Park, Mayor of London, Property, Riesco Collection
Tagged Arup, Bromley, China, Croydon, Crystal Palace, London, London Crystal Palace, Metropolitan Open Land
3 Comments
Don’t let Coulsdon Cane Boris’s latest housing scheme
CROYDON COMMENTARY: Croydon, and London, has a housing crisis, and Cane Hill offers an excellent site for many new homes. We should not let Coulsdon’s residents get in the way, writes DAVID CALLAM Boris Johnson, the Mayor of London, has … Continue reading
Posted in "Hammersfield", Boris Johnson, Business, Cane Hill, Coulsdon, Coulsdon East, Coulsdon Town, Coulsdon West Residents' Association, Croydon Council, David Callam, East Coulsdon Residents' Association, Environment, Housing, Mayor of London, Old Coulsdon Residents' Association, Planning
Tagged Boris Johnson, Cane Hill Hospital, Coulsdon, County Borough of Croydon, Croydon, Farthing Downs, London, Metropolitan Open Land
2 Comments
Arena academy public meeting: Oct 16
The latest version of Croydon Council’s plans to build on a(nother) piece of “protected” Metropolitan Open Land – in this case the scheme for a secondary school alongside the Croydon Arena – is to be discussed at a public meeting … Continue reading
Incinerator campaigners to take battle to judicial review
Environment campaigners in south London want to use a judicial review to challenge the decision to allow Viridor and Sutton Council to build a waste incinerator on Metropolitan Open Land at Beddington Lane. The decision was announced on Wednesday by … Continue reading
Posted in Boris Johnson, Broad Green, Business, Clare Hilley, Community associations, Croydon Council, Croydon Greens, Environment, London-wide issues, Mayor of London, Simon Hoar, Sutton Council, Tony Harris, Waddon, Waste incinerator, Wildlife
Tagged Croydon, Environment Agency, Incineration, Labour, London, Metropolitan Open Land, Recycling, Viridor
2 Comments
Boris’s deputy gives green light to £1bn incinerator scheme
Five brief paragraphs. That is all it took in a letter today to Sutton Council to give the go-ahead for the £1 billion Viridor incinerator on Beddington Lane, approving three decades of tens of thousands of HGVs importing to the … Continue reading
Posted in Boris Johnson, Broad Green, Business, Community associations, Croydon Council, Croydon Greens, East Coulsdon Residents' Association, Environment, London-wide issues, Mayor of London, Outside Croydon, Planning, Sutton Council, Waste incinerator
Tagged Croydon, England, London, London Borough of Croydon, Mayor, Metropolitan Open Land, Tory, Viridor
2 Comments
Viridor’s heating claims “don’t stand up to scrutiny”
A leading anti-incinerator campaigner claims that plans for waste management company Viridor and Sutton Council to provide heating for local residents “don’t stand up to scrutiny” and that a £1 billion waste incinerator scheme could even be in breach of … Continue reading
Posted in Boris Johnson, Community associations, Croydon Greens, Environment, Gordon Ross, Mayor of London, Outside Croydon, Planning, Sutton Council, Waste incinerator, Wildlife
Tagged Boris Johnson, European Parliament, Labour, London, Metropolitan Open Land, Mitcham Common, Sutton, Viridor
2 Comments
Council extends consultation deadline over Arena academy
After protests from locals that too little time had been offered to respond, Croydon Council has extended the consultation period on its controversial proposals (aka “determined plan”) to build a large secondary school at Croydon Arena in South Norwood. As … Continue reading
