Tag Archives: Paul Scott

Turf war breaks out over Stanley Halls’ gangster movie

Posted on September 14, 2017 by

It might not yet be quite as physical or vicious as the infamous Ice Cream Wars of 1980s Glasgow, but there’s a turf war developing in South Norwood and it has turned nasty in the last few days. At stake … Continue reading →

Posted in Cinema, Katie Brandwood, South Norwood, Stanley Halls, Stanley's Film Club | Tagged , , , , | 1 Comment

Planning chair Scott to face scrutiny at gentrification screening

Posted on September 12, 2017 by

Paul Scott, the chair of Croydon Council’s planning committee which is pushing through £250million-worth of publicly financed house-building without a single council home being built, is to face public scrutiny in his own backyard tomorrow night at the Stanley’s Film … Continue reading →

Posted in Alison Butler, Brick by Brick, Cinema, Housing, Paul Scott, People for Portland Road, Planning, Property, South Norwood, Stanley's Film Club, Woodside | Tagged , , , , , , , | 1 Comment

Calls mount for councillor to resign from community groups

Posted on August 28, 2017 by

Paul Scott, the Labour councillor who describes himself as a “community leader”, has been challenged to step down from at least one of his many roles and to consider the various conflicts of interest that he has, after being accused … Continue reading →

Posted in Alison Butler, Cinema, Mark Watson, Paul Scott, Planning, South Norwood, Stanley Halls, Stanley's Film Club, Tony Newman, Woodside | Tagged , , , , , , , , , | 1 Comment

Butler’s all excited for her Big Night Out at The Hurlingham

Posted on August 23, 2017 by

KEN LEE reports on a raft of housing award nominations for a council-owned house-builder which has so far built the grand total of zero homes Council leader Tony Newman, his deputy Alison Butler, council chief exec Jo Negrini and loads … Continue reading →

Posted in Alison Butler, Brick by Brick, Business, Croydon Council, Housing, Jo Negrini, Mayor of London, Paul Scott, Place Review Panel, Planning, Sadiq Khan, Tony Newman | Tagged , , , , , , , , | 4 Comments

Planners ignored equalities law for South Norwood flats

Posted on August 17, 2017 by

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 →

Posted in Brick by Brick, Colm Lacey, Croydon Council, Jo Negrini, Paul Scott, Planning, Property, South Norwood | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , | 1 Comment

Cummings sees off Blairite campaign with win on first ballot

Posted on August 6, 2017 by

WALTER CRONXITE reports from South Norwood on what may prove to be a significant Labour selection decision In the end, it wasn’t even close. Labour’s selection meeting to choose a candidate to stand in the forthcoming South Norwood by-election overwhelmingly … Continue reading →

Posted in Croydon North, Jane Avis, John Wentworth, Kathy Bee, Patsy Cummings, Paul Scott, South Norwood, Steve Reed MP, Tony Newman, Wayne Lawlor, Woodside | Tagged , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Council could face High Court challenge over traveller site

Posted on July 28, 2017 by

BARRATT HOLMES, our housing correspondent, on the latest challenge to the Labour-run council’s Block by Block strategy At least one of the more controversial decisions taken recently by the council’s planning committee, egged on by eager Town Hall officials and … Continue reading →

Posted in Brick by Brick, Chris Philp MP, Coulsdon, Coulsdon East, Coulsdon West, Croydon Council, Croydon South, Jo Negrini, Paul Scott, Planning | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment