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Tag Archives: Queens Gardens
After eight-year wait, Taberner House flats near completion
A housing project which even Tony Newman and his numpties refused to entrust to Brick by Brick is finally nearing completion after an eight-year development saga. By our housing correspondent, BARRATT HOLMES Eight years since the council moved out of … Continue reading
Eyewitness: I saw man climbing the crane. I was scared for him
An eyewitness has told Inside Croydon of the terrifying incident when they saw a man climbing a construction crane hundreds of feet above the ground on a building site in the centre of Croydon. The man eventually came down from … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Fairfield, Policing, Property, Taberner House
Tagged coronavirus, Covid-19, Henry Construction, Hub Residential, Queens Gardens, Taberner House
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Nightwatch charity appeal for volunteers in covid-19 crisis
Croydon Nightwatch, the borough’s longest-established homelessness charity, has put out an emergency appeal for extra volunteers during the coronavirus crisis, to help maintain their nightly soup kitchen in Queen’s Gardens and other services for the homeless and working poor. In … Continue reading
Posted in Charity, Croydon Nightwatch, Jad Adams
Tagged coronavirus, Covid-19, Croydon Nightwatch, Jad Adams, Queens Gardens
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CCTV installed in Queen’s Gardens before Fairfield re-opening
Complaints of anti-social behaviour, drinking and drug-use in the open space between the Town Hall and Fairfield Halls has led to it being declared a crime hot-spot by the council, as KEN LEE reports Queen’s Gardens has been declared a … Continue reading
Posted in Crime, Croydon Council, Queens Gardens, Taberner House
Tagged CCTV, Croydon Council, Fairfield Halls, Labour, London Borough of Croydon, Queens Gardens
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Extra CCTV camera for Queen’s Gardens over safety concerns
Queen’s Gardens, the much-reduced open space in the town centre, soon to be made into a quasi-private park for the residents of a tower block, is to get an extra security camera to, in the words of the council, “help … Continue reading
Posted in Crime, Croydon Council, Croydon parks, Policing, Queens Gardens
Tagged Broad Green, Croydon, Croydon Council, Fairfield, Norbury, Queens Gardens, Shirley, Taberner House, Thornton Heath
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Queen’s Gardens workshop and design sessions, Mar 24-Jul 14
Posted in Croydon parks, Environment, Queens Gardens
Tagged Hub, Queens Gardens, Taberner House
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Butler in U-turn over parks protection: ‘Nothing to see here’
Alison Butler, the Croydon Council cabinet member responsible for planning, has made a U-turn over the future planning status of the borough’s parks. On Saturday, Inside Croydon reported how the government planning inspector had rejected Croydon Council’s efforts to apply … Continue reading
Posted in Alison Butler, Community associations, Croydon Council, Croydon Federation of Allotment and Garden Societies, Croydon parks, Duppas Hill Park, Environment, Friends of Addiscombe Railway Park, Friends of Ashburton Park, Friends of Croham Hurst Woods, Friends of Crystal Palace Park, Friends of Farthing Downs, Friends of Grange Park, Friends of Grangewood Park, Friends of Haling Grove, Friends of Heavers Meadow, Friends of Marlpit Lane Bowling Green, Friends of Millers Ponds, Friends of Selsdon Woods, Friends of Shirley Windmill, Friends of South Norwood Country Park, Friends of Wandle Park, Friends of West Norwood Cemetery, Peter Underwood, Planning, Queens Gardens, Wildlife
Tagged Alison Butler, Coulsdon, Croydon Council, Crystal Palace, Labour, London Borough of Croydon, Queens Gardens, South Norwood
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Origami to unfold a dance festival in Queen’s Gardens
This Saturday will see two free dance performances in Croydon town centre. Dance Umbrella, the annual London-wide contemporary dance festival, is coming to Queen’s Gardens to present a work called Origami which, according to a council-issued press release, is “a … Continue reading
Need to keep Pride close to the beating heart of the town
CROYDON COMMENTARY: The borough’s Pride festival last weekend found a town centre location that worked well. CATHERINE SHELLEY congratulates the organisers and offers a couple of suggestions The buzz around Queen’s Gardens on Saturday suggested that people enjoyed the second … Continue reading
Posted in Activities, Catherine Shelley, Croydon Greens
Tagged Catherine Shelley, Croydon Greens, Croydon Pride, Queens Gardens
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Saffron Central wants to go out with one last burst of colour
Croydon’s town centre saffron farm is again appealing for donations and volunteers for one last summer spree of colour before the builders move in on Queen’s Gardens and the site of the former council offices. This year’s theme is to … Continue reading
Posted in Environment, Fairfield, Gardening, Taberner House
Tagged Croydon Saffron Central, Queens Gardens, Taberner House
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Croydon Pridefest 2017, Queen’s Gardens, Jul 15
Posted in Activities, Dance, Music, Queens Gardens
Tagged Croydon, Croydon Pridefest, Queens Gardens
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Pridefest returns in 2017 to celebrate 50 years of equality
Croydon will be staging its Pride parade and festival on July 15, with live music, dance, food and drink for all to enjoy in Queen’s Gardens. The festival which will also feature stalls and exhibits, will have cabaret and comedy … Continue reading
Posted in Activities, Croydon Council, Dance, Music
Tagged Croydon Council, Croydon Pridefest, Queens Gardens
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Council-backed £800,000 flats cast a shadow over public park
CROYDON COMMENTARY: Amid the ludicrous claims that £800,000 yuppie apartments to be built on the site of former council offices at Taberner House are in any way “affordable”, LEWIS WHITE attended last week’s consultation session which also confirmed that developers … Continue reading
Posted in Croydon Council, Croydon parks, Environment, Housing, Planning, Queens Gardens, Taberner House
Tagged Croydon Council, Labour, Queens Gardens, Taberner House
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£800,000: that’s an ‘affordable’ flat according to developer
One of the great mysteries of London life in the 21st century – exactly how much does an “affordable” home cost? – may have finally been solved. Because, according to the managing director of the company to which Croydon Council … Continue reading
Developers to reveal plans to ‘improve’ Queen’s Gardens
Sshhh! Don’t tell everyone, but there’s another poorly publicised meeting later this month where developers are going to tell Croydon residents just what’s good for them, and how they plan to annex the only public open space in the town … Continue reading
New plan for Queen’s Gardens takes away public open space
CROYDON COMMENTARY: Having searched high and low through the council’s website to find the latest raft of proposals for Queen’s Gardens as part of the build on the Taberner House site, VALERIE HUNTER is dismayed by what she has seen … Continue reading
Posted in Croydon Central, Croydon Council, Croydon parks, Environment, Fairfield, Jo Negrini, Planning, Queens Gardens, Taberner House
Tagged Jo Negrini, Queens Gardens, Taberner House
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Fears for Queen’s Gardens in multi-million-pound land-grab
The latest proposals for Queen’s Gardens, the only open space in central Croydon, have left residents underwhelmed, with some seeing the small public park being rendered into little more than an annex of the £120 million private housing development proposed … Continue reading
Posted in Alison Butler, Brick by Brick, Croydon Council, Croydon Greens, Croydon parks, Environment, Jo Negrini, Paul Scott, Planning, Queens Gardens, Taberner House, Tracey Hague, Transition Town
Tagged Alison Butler, Croydon, Croydon Council, Jo Negrini, Labour, London Borough of Croydon, Paul Scott, Queens Gardens, Taberner House
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Re-flowering of Saffron Farm means volunteers needed again
Another year with the Taberner House site undeveloped for new homes means another autumn harvest at what calls itself “the world’s largest urban pop-up saffron farm”*. Flowers have begun to appear from around 17,000 Crocus Sativus corms potted out on … Continue reading
Pop-up farm seeks new homes for 20,000 crocus corms
Ally McKinlay has got a few thousand crocus corms on his hands, and he needs your help to distribute them. Saffron Central was the pop-up spice farm set-up on the site of Taberner House, next to Queen’s Gardens in central … Continue reading
Ambition Festival Family Zone, Queen’s Gardens, July 25-26
Posted in Activities, Art, Comedy, Dance, Music, Theatre
Tagged Ambition Festival, Arts, dance, David Lean Cinema, Fairfield Halls, Music, Queens Gardens
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Queen’s Gardens’ new stage becomes a fountain of complaint
Croydon Council has been accused of ham-fisted incompetence over its treatment of the fountain in Queen’s Gardens, which it has in-filled with rubble as it is being “converted” into a stage for performances through the summer, including next month’s “Ambition” … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Croydon Council, Environment, Fairfield, Music
Tagged Fairfield, Queens Gardens
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Revised plan for Taberner site keeps 32-storey yuppie tower
As Inside Croydon first reported in July, Croydon Council has abandoned previous Tory plans to build on public open space in Queen’s Gardens, beside the Town Hall. That is a victory of sorts for those who objected to yet more … Continue reading
Posted in Alison Butler, Bernard Weatherill House, Business, Croydon Council, Fairfield, Planning, Taberner House, Tony Newman, URV
Tagged Conservative, Council Tax, Croydon, Croydon Central, Croydon Council, Fairfield, London Borough of Croydon, Queens Gardens, Taberner House, Tony Newman, Tory
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Developers’ bulldozers ordered to get off Queen’s Gardens
Queen’s Gardens, the much-loved open space between the Fairfield Halls and the Town Hall, could yet be saved from going under developers’ bulldozers after John Laing, the council’s “partners” in an “urban regeneration” joint venture, have been ordered back to … Continue reading
“Croydon’s complete disgrace”: time for clean-up to begin
There can be no misunderstanding of “the challenge” (that’s PRspeak for “work”, or “problem”) facing the incoming Labour council after they have done their funny handshakes and rolled up their trouser legs or whatever it is that they do at … Continue reading
Posted in Croydon Council, Environment, Fly tipping, Refuse collection, Timothy Godfrey
Tagged Croydon, Croydon Council, Fly-tipping, garbage, Labour, Mayor, Queens Gardens, rubbish
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These councillors voted last night to build on a Croydon park: next month they will want you to trust them with your vote
When you last had a chance to vote for the local council four years ago, were you asked for your views on the council building on public open space so that the developers could make more than £100million in profit? … Continue reading
Posted in 2014 council elections, Business, Chris Wright, Coulsdon East, Croydon Council, David Osland, Environment, Fairfield, Heathfield, Helen Pollard, Housing, London Assembly, London-wide issues, Lynne Hale, Planning, Property, Richard Chatterjee, Sanderstead, Shirley North, Sue Winborn, Taberner House, Tim Pollard, URV
Tagged CCURV, Conservative, Coulsdon, Council Tax, Croydon, Croydon Central, Croydon Council, Fairfield, John Laing, Labour, London Assembly, Mike Fisher, Planning, Queens Gardens, Taberner House, Thornton Heath, Tory
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