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Purley Way Retail Park snapped up in £45m property deal
A large tract of industrial estate alongside the A23 Purley Way has changed hands in a £45.6-million property deal, as developers move in on Croydon possibly with the expectation of profiting from the area’s house-building drive. LaSalle Investment Management has … Continue reading
Posted in Broad Green, Business, Housing, Planning, Property, Purley Way, Waddon
Tagged Broad Green, Purley Way, Purley Way Retail Park, Waddon
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Road closure planned for Imperial Way after Cruise crashes
Police are using emergency powers to close a road off the Purley Way tonight to stop the weekly Croydon Cruise. Action has been taken in the past to restrict the informal event on Imperial Way, but this is thought to … Continue reading
Posted in Policing, Purley Way, Transport, Waddon
Tagged Croydon Cruise, Metropolitan Police, Purley Way, Waddon
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Office furniture recycling company arrives on Purley Way
London Re-use, a social enterprise company which recycles and re-uses office furniture, has opened a warehouse in Croydon, off the Purley Way. London Re-use is specialises in high-quality office furniture sales and collection services, and offers carbon diversion reporting to … Continue reading
Valley Park shoppers ‘trapped’ without help on Bank Holiday
A two-car collision on the Purley Way left hundreds of Bank Holiday shoppers at Valley Park frustrated and angry, as they were stuck in the shopping and leisure centre’s car park for hours. It is the second time this year … Continue reading
Posted in Broad Green, Business, Ikea, Purley Way, Transport, Valley Park, Waddon
Tagged Broad Green, Ikea, Purley Way, Valley Park, Waddon
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Planners should be ashamed over Purley Way’s air pollution
CROYDON COMMENTARY: Our coverage of the planning permission granted to a Harris Federation primary school beside the A23 Purley Way has drawn widespread condemnation from readers. Here, CONNIE MINTON vents her feelings about the long-term health dangers of air pollution … Continue reading
Posted in Environment, Harris Primary Purley Way, Planning, Purley Way
Tagged Air pollution, air quality, Harris Purley Way Primary, Purley Way
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Purley Way air quality figures that are sure to leave you gasping
Earlier this month, Inside Croydon reported how the council’s planning committee had granted permission for a 540-pupil primary school to be built alongside one of the busiest – and most polluting – arterial roads in the capital, the A23 Purley … Continue reading
Posted in Croydon Council, Harris Primary Purley Way, Planning, Purley Way, Schools, Waddon
Tagged Croydon Council, Harris Purley Way Primary, Purley Way, Waddon
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Council planning committee approves primary school build alongside one of London’s most badly polluted roads
Croydon Council’s planning committee last night granted approval for a school, for children as young as five, to be built alongside one of the most polluted roads in London, the A23 Purley Way. Official air quality readings in the past … Continue reading
Discover the history and lost industries of Purley Way
The Croydon Natural History and Scientific Society is staging a couple of walks and a visit over the next couple of Sundays. This weekend, on March 6, Tom Smith, the council’s former volunteering and learning officer at Wandle Park, will … Continue reading
Homes to be sacrificed as part of TfL’s Purley Way proposals
Transport for London today confirmed that they have abandoned the £85million Boris Flyover scheme they proposed for the A232 Croydon Road where it meets the Purley Way. Instead, they want to widen a road bridge over the railway line at … Continue reading
Posted in "Hammersfield", Andrew Pelling, Boris Johnson, Chris Philp MP, Croydon South, Duppas Hill Park, Environment, Housing, Joy Prince, Kathy Bee, London Assembly, Mayor of London, Planning, Pubs, Purley Way, Robert Canning, Waddon
Tagged Boris Flyover, Boris Johnson, Chris Philp MP, Conservative, Denning Avenue, Fiveways, Kathy Bee, London Assembly, Mayor, Purley Way, Steve O'Connell, Tory, Waddon
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We can expand Duppas Hill Park and still improve the roads
CROYDON COMMENTARY: This week, in an answer at Mayor’s Question Time, Boris Johnson gave the firmest indication yet that Transport for London has abandoned plans for a £85 million flyover on the A232 across Waddon Station. But as TfL delays … Continue reading
Posted in Andrew Pelling, Boris Johnson, Broad Green, Duppas Hill Park, Environment, Joy Prince, Kathy Bee, Mayor of London, Planning, Purley Way, Robert Canning, Transport, Waddon
Tagged Boris Johnson, Croydon Council, Fiveways, Kathy Bee, Mayor, Purley Way, TfL, Transport for London, Waddon
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Harris seek head for school lacking planning permission
GENE BRODIE, education correspondent, on the latest non-development of an over-sized “academy” proposed for one of the most polluted stretches of road in Croydon The Harris Federation, which already operates several schools in Croydon, has started advertising for a head … Continue reading
Posted in Croydon South, Education, Harris Primary Purley Way, Planning, Purley Way, Robert Canning, Schools, Waddon
Tagged Andrew Pelling, Conservative, Harris Federation, Labour, Purley Way, Robert Canning, Tory, Waddon
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‘Fourways junction’: TfL’s latest botch for Purley Way traffic
Transport for London wants to re-configure the Fiveways junction on the A23 Purley Way, turning it into “Fourways” by diverting Denning Avenue away from one of the worst traffic choke points in south London. How this will reduce the number … Continue reading
Posted in "Hammersfield", Andrew Pelling, Boris Johnson, Croydon South, Duppas Hill Park, Environment, Joy Prince, Kathy Bee, London Assembly, London-wide issues, Mayor of London, Property, Purley Way, Robert Canning, Sutton Council, Tony Newman, Waddon, Whitgift Centre
Tagged Boris Johnson, Conservative, Croydon Council, Labour, London, Mayor, Purley Way, TfL, Tory, Transport for London, Waddon
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New school to be ‘sealed off’ from Purley Way’s polluted air
Pass the inhaler: this will have you gasping, and not in a good way. The sight of children, some as young as five, walking to or from their school wearing anti-pollution masks could soon be a commonplace on the streets … Continue reading
Posted in Croydon Council, Cycling, Education, Environment, Harris Primary Purley Way, Health, Jason Perry, Joy Prince, Parking, Paul Scott, Planning, Property, Purley Way, Schools, Segas House, Transport, Waddon
Tagged Conservative, Croydon, Croydon South, Harris Purley Way Primary, Labour, Purley Way, Tory, Waddon
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Assembly’s O’Connell failed to comment on Purley Way report
The man once labelled as “Britain’s most over-paid local councillor” has come under fire for failing to serve his constituents in Croydon and Sutton and not managing to register any comments in a public consultation held by Transport for London. … Continue reading
Posted in 2016 London elections, Andrew Pelling, Boris Johnson, Joy Prince, Kenley, London Assembly, London-wide issues, Mayor of London, Purley Way, Robert Canning, Steve O'Connell, Waddon
Tagged Andrew Pelling, Boris Johnson, Chris Philp MP, Conservative, Croydon, Labour, London Assembly, Purley Way, Richard Ottaway, Steve O'Connell, Sutton, Tory, Waddon
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Harris determined to build primary beside polluted A23
The Harris Federation, established by a carpet salesman to run a chain of academised schools, seems determined to push ahead with establishing a primary school on the Purley Way, on a derelict site alongside one of the busiest roads in … Continue reading
Planners block proposed primary school on Purley Way
Croydon Council planners have rejected proposals to build a primary school close to one of south London’s busiest road junctions on the Purley Way. In a rare example of Croydon’s planning department displaying clarity of thought and common sense, after … Continue reading
Posted in Croydon Council, Education, Environment, Planning, Purley Way, Schools, Sean Fitzsimons, URV, Waddon
Tagged CCURV, Conservative, Croydon Council, Fiveways, Harris Federation, Oasis, Purley Way, Tory, URV, Waddon
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Councillors finally oppose Waddon flyover ‘monstrosity’
WALTER CRONXITE has trawled through the council’s audio recording of a Town Hall meeting which was never webcast, and discovered a breath of fresh air over Mayor of London Boris Johnson’s £85 million proposal to build a flyover to the … Continue reading
Posted in "Hammersfield", Andrew Pelling, Boris Johnson, Croydon Council, Duppas Hill Park, Environment, Health, Joy Prince, Kathy Bee, London-wide issues, Mayor of London, Purley Way, Robert Canning, Transport, Waddon, Waste incinerator, Whitgift Centre
Tagged Andrew Pelling, Boris Johnson, Croydon Council, Croydon South, Hammersfield, Hammerson, Kathy Bee, Labour, Mayor, Purley Way, Robert Canning, Waddon, Westfield, Whitgift Centre
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Council spy cars continue to rake in cash with secret CCTV
Croydon Council charged more than £45,000 in driving penalties from its camera car in a single location near the Purley Way in just four months this summer. With such high returns, it is no wonder that the council appears so … Continue reading
Posted in Crime, Croydon Council, Croydon South, Environment, Parking, Waddon
Tagged Croydon, Labour, Purley Way, Waddon
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Purley Way crash highlights pollution disaster coming our way
Anyone who tries to drive along the Purley Way, whether as a route to work or simply to visit any of the retail sheds that line the urban motorway, already knows it can be a pretty dispiriting experience. Last Friday … Continue reading
Posted in 2016 London elections, Croydon Council, Environment, London-wide issues, Mayor of London, Refuse collection, Steve Reed MP, Tessa Jowell, Waddon, Waste incinerator
Tagged Beddington Lane, Beddington Lane incinerator, Conservative, Croydon Council, Croydon North, Dame Tessa Jowell, Labour, Liberal Democrats, London, Mayor, Purley Way, Sutton Council, Tory, Viridor, Waddon
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Mayor’s new road schemes ‘will leave motorists worse off’
One of the people who wants to replace Boris Johnson as Mayor of London has described his road-building proposals across the city – which include the £87 million Waddon flyover to the Croydon Flyover – as “laughable”, “fanciful” and “damaging”. … Continue reading
Posted in "Hammersfield", Boris Johnson, Business, Christian Wolmar, CPO, Environment, London-wide issues, Mayor of London, Parking, Planning, Purley Way, Waddon, Whitgift Centre
Tagged Boris Johnson, Christian Wolmar, Croydon, Fiveways, Labour, Purley Way, TfL, Transport for London, Waddon
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