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Sanderstead and Riddlesdown lead battle to save Green Belt
In 1953, the Coulsdon and Purley Urban District Council was granted a coat of arms, and this included two trees, one an oak to represent the Purley Oaks and the other a beech for Purley Beeches. In 2020, Croydon Council … Continue reading
Posted in Alison Butler, Community associations, Croydon Council, Croydon parks, Environment, Housing, Mayor of London, Paul Scott, Planning, Purley, Purley Oaks and Riddlesdown, Sanderstead
Tagged Alison Butler, Croydon Council, Croydon Local Plan, Friends of Purley Beeches, Friends of Sanderstead Rec, Labour, London, London Borough of Croydon, Paul Scott, Purley Beeches, Riddlesdown, Riddlesdown Residents Association, Sanderstead, Sanderstead Rec, Sanderstead Residents' Association
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CPRE makes appeal: just one week left to save the Green Belt
Conservation charity the CPRE has added its voice to residents’ associations across the borough calling on the public to take urgent action to try to save Croydon’s green spaces from development. Last week, Inside Croydon reported how the Labour council’s … Continue reading
‘Absolute madness’: council eyes Green Belt for 6,000 homes
Remember all those solemn assurances from Alison Butler and Paul Scott that the Labour-run council will protect the borough’s precious green spaces? Guess what… Town Hall papers ahead of next Monday’s cabinet meeting show that the council is seriously considering … Continue reading
Posted in Addington, Croydon Council, Environment, Housing, Mayor of London, New Addington, Planning, Purley Way, Sanderstead, Selsdon & Ballards
Tagged Alison Butler, Croydon Council, Croydon South, Gravel Hill, London Borough of Croydon, New Addington, Paul Scott, Purley Way, Riddlesdown, Sanderstead, Selsdon
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Crime and livestock attacks on Farthing Downs cause concern
Croydon councillors will turn up in Coulsdon this afternoon on the hottest day of the year, maybe the hottest day ever recorded in these islands, to bask in the sun and in the reflected glory of the decades of hard … Continue reading
Posted in City Commons, Coulsdon, Croydon Council, Croydon parks, Environment, Fracking, Friends of Farthing Downs, South London Downs NNR, Wildlife
Tagged City Commons, Coulsdon, Croydon, Croydon Council, Farthing Downs, Happy Valley, London Borough of Croydon, Riddlesdown, Sanderstead
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National Reserve status granted for Coulsdon’s Farthing Downs
Croydon will get its own National Nature Reserve later this month, as more than 1,000 acres of chalk downland across Riddlesdown, Farthing Downs, Happy Valley, through to Kenley Common, Sanderstead and Whyteleafe will be formally declared by Natural England as … Continue reading
Posted in City Commons, Coulsdon, Croydon parks, Environment, Kenley, London-wide issues, Purley, Sanderstead, South London Downs NNR, Walks, Wildlife
Tagged City Commons, Coulsdon, Farthing Downs, Happy Valley, Kenley, National Nature Reserve, Purley, Riddlesdown, Sanderstead, South London Downs
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