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Tag Archives: Old Coulsdon
Old Coulsdon residents angry at developer badgering wildlife
Croydon’s planners are accused of working together with developers to allow the destruction of an ancient badger sett in Old Coulsdon. Residents have been collating evidence for two years of deliberate vandalism to the sett, despite the protected species status … Continue reading
Actors achieving greatness in a Coulsdon wooded glade
DRAMA IN THE PARKS: Somewhere under the trees in Old Coulsdon is an Elizabethan rom-com romp. BELLA BARTOCK had it, and herself, covered As I gazed across the fairway at one of Coulsdon Court’s “twilighters” ferreting around in the undergrowth … Continue reading
1850s Byron Manor house under threat in council fire sale
More than 140 acres of a parkland golf course, woodlands and adjoining hotel could be at risk from profit-hungry developers, according to the local residents’ association, as PEARL LEE reports A Victorian-era manor house, built for the Byron family, could … Continue reading
Posted in Bespoke Hotels, Business, Community associations, Coulsdon, Croydon Council, Croydon parks, Environment, Golf, HADRA, Margaret Bird, Mayor Jason Perry, Old Coulsdon, Planning, Sport
Tagged Conservative, Coulsdon, Croydon, Croydon Council, Croydon Mayor, HADRA, Hartley and District Residents' Association, Margaret Bird, Mayor Jason Perry, Mayor of Croydon, Old Coulsdon, Tory
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Old Coulsdon Bowling Club Big Weekend, May 28-29
Posted in Bowls, Coulsdon, Old Coulsdon, Sport
Tagged Coulsdon, Old Coulsdon, Old Coulsdon Bowling Club
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Council slips through £5m deal to buy Brick by Brick houses
CROYDON IN CRISIS: Already hugely subsidised housing built by Brick by Brick was bought back by Croydon Council in the days before the local elections. EXCLUSIVE by BARRATT HOLMES, housing correspondent Serious questions are being raised over the suspiciously generous … Continue reading
Downland Chorale Spring Concert, Old Coulsdon, Apr 2
Posted in Art, Coulsdon, Music, Old Coulsdon
Tagged Coulsdon, Downland Chorale, Old Coulsdon
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#Macarnage: Formal complaint over planners’ too-close links
EXCLUSIVE: The council has approved a scheme for another block of flats which is to be built by a firm with close links to a senior member of the planning staff, and where another planner appears to have helped draw … Continue reading
Posted in Coulsdon, Coulsdon West Residents' Association, Croydon Council, East Coulsdon Residents' Association, Heather Cheesbrough, Nicola Townsend, Old Coulsdon, Old Coulsdon Residents' Association, Planning
Tagged #Macarnage, Alex MacDonald, Coulsdon, Croydon Council, Heather Cheesbrough, London Borough of Croydon, Macar Developments, Natalie Gentry, New Place Associates, Old Coulsdon, Planning, Ross Gentry
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#Macarnage: Planner Slominski returns with a promotion
EXCLUSIVE: Distrust of the council’s planning department, and director Heather Cheesbrough, has reached new highs after it was discovered that they have re-employed a developer-friendly official with blatant conflicts of interest. By STEVEN DOWNES Representatives of residents’ associations at a … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Chris Philp MP, Community associations, Coulsdon, Coulsdon East, Croydon Council, East Coulsdon Residents' Association, Heather Cheesbrough, Kenley, Old Coulsdon, Planning
Tagged #Macarnage, Chris Philp MP, Coulsdon, Croydon, Croydon South, East Coulsdon Residents' Association, Heather Cheesbrough, Jan Slominski, London Borough of Croydon, Macar Developments, Maureen Levy, Natalie Gentry, NewPlace, Old Coulsdon, Ross Gentry
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Christmas spirit aplenty from Rotarians, kitchens and cadets
The generosity and warm-heartedness of the Croydon public and its voluntary organisations is shining out once again ahead of Christmas. Rotary clubs across the borough have been out and about over the past month, taking donations of cash and toys … Continue reading
Posted in Charity, Community associations, Coulsdon, Crisis Skylight Centre, Croydon Rotary Club, Old Coulsdon, South Norwood, South Norwood Community Kitchen
Tagged Coulsdon, Coulsdon Manor Rotary Club, Crisis, Old Coulsdon, Rotary Club of Croydon, South Norwood, South Norwood Community Kitchen
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WI provide festive winter warmers for Old Coulsdon postbox
The usually less-than-festive political editor, Walter Cronxite – catchphrase, “Bah! Humbug!”, even in July – raised a smile when he saw this on a stroll around Old Coulsdon yesterday. Woollen willy warmers for postboxes seem to have become a “thing” … Continue reading
Posted in Activities, Art, Community associations, Coulsdon, Old Coulsdon
Tagged Christmas, Old Coulsdon, Women's Institute
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Building in suburban back gardens is not the only answer
CROYDON COMMENTARY: As residents in Old Coulsdon organise themselves to oppose more ‘back-garden’ developments in their village, LEWIS WHITE (right), offers some alternatives to unnecessary intensification It is not unknown for local residents’ associations to be heavily influenced by people … Continue reading
Old Coulsdon village to fight against planning ‘intensification’
A residents’ association in the south of the borough is organising to defend what it calls its “leafy suburban character” against unbridled overdevelopment allowed by Croydon Council. “About eight out of 10 emails in my inbox relate to planning,” says … Continue reading
NHS alliance staging consultations in Coulsdon, Nov 4 and 5
A health services alliance organisation is to stage two consultation sessions next week to outline plans for the medical centre planned for Coulsdon town centre. The sessions will be held at Coulsdon Methodist Church on Thursday November 4 and Friday … Continue reading
One-third of Tory councillors to quit at 2022 local elections
WALTER CRONXITE, political editor, on wholesale changes among the borough’s opposition party One-third of Croydon’s Conservative councillors will be standing down at the next local elections, in May 2022. The collapse of the borough’s finances under Labour, who have controlled … Continue reading
Posted in 2022 council elections, Coulsdon, Croydon Council, Gareth Streeter, Helen Pollard, Jan Buttinger, Kenley, Luke Clancy, Old Coulsdon, Oni Oviri, Purley, Sanderstead, Selsdon Vale and Forestdale, Simon Hoar, Steve Hollands, Steve O'Connell, Tim Pollard, Vidhi Mohan
Tagged Conservative, Coulsdon, Croydon, Gareth Streeter, Helen Pollard, Jan Buttinger, Kenley, Luke Clancy, Old Coulsdon, Oni Oviri, Purley, Simon Hoar, Steve Hollands, Stuart Millson, Tim Pollard, Tory, Waddon
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Fore! Golf course and hotel latest properties in council fire sale
CROYDON IN CRISIS: Four public-owned properties, not mentioned in the council’s original disposals list, are now being sold off as the Town Hall gets itself out of the hotels business. By PEARL LEE, our south of the borough correspondent The … Continue reading
Entrepreneur beats depression to take on the Dragons
A young entrepreneur from Croydon overcame a battle with depression to pitch her latest business idea to the Dragons in Dragons’ Den, in an episode which goes out tomorrow night at 8pm on BBC1. Sophie James, 30, saw a life-long … Continue reading
Council forced to back down over plan to close five libraries
Having created a threat to close five of the borough’s public libraries, the witless Labour administration is now trying to claim the credit for ‘saving’ them. By STEVEN DOWNES For the second time in just two years, hapless Ollie Lewis, … Continue reading
Posted in Broad Green, Croydon Council, Libraries, Old Coulsdon, Oliver Lewis, Sanderstead, Shirley, South Norwood
Tagged Bradmore Green Library, Broad Green, Broad Green Library, Coulsdon, Croydon Public Libraries, Old Coulsdon, Oliver Lewis, Sanderstead, Sanderstead Library, Shirley, Shirley Library, South Norwood, South Norwood Library
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Lip-service webinars fail to consider libraries’ community future
CROYDON COMMENTARY: As the council pays lip-service to a legally required consultation process, there’s a sense of inevitability about proposed closures for up to five of the borough’s public libraries. After sitting in on one of the council’s virtual Q&A … Continue reading
Posted in Brick by Brick, Broad Green, Coulsdon, Croydon Council, Education, Libraries, Old Coulsdon, Oliver Lewis, Sarah Hayward, Section 114 notice
Tagged Bradmore Green Library, Coulsdon, Croydon, Croydon Council, Labour, London Borough of Croydon, Old Coulsdon, Shirley Library, South Norwood, South Norwood Library
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