Tag Archives: Selsdon and Addington Village

Town Hall election reflections from a backbench councillor

Posted on May 10, 2022 by insidecroydon

CROYDON COMMENTARY: Among the candidates seeking election last Thursday was ROBERT WARD, right, who’s been a Conservative councillor for Selsdon and Addington Village since 2018. Here, he shares his thoughts on a tough campaign, and what the next Town Hall … Continue reading →

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Dear New Mayor: time to come clean with council’s secrets

Posted on May 3, 2022 by insidecroydon

CROYDON COMMENTARY:  Whoever is elected on Thursday as the borough’s first Mayor will inherit an in-tray weighed down with a raft of controversial reports and investigations into missing millions, the details of which have been kept secret for far too … Continue reading →

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Addington residents respond en bloc to save Green Belt

Posted on November 2, 2021 by insidecroydon

Members of the Addington Residents’ Association took matters into their own hands last week, getting massive concrete blocks, looking like giant Lego bricks, installed at the top end of a once grassy lane to halt further unauthorised road works in … Continue reading →

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Roadworks on Green Belt cause worries for Addington villagers

Posted on October 27, 2021 by insidecroydon

There’s agitation among Addington villagers, after a local landowner erected gates to block public access to a large field and has started to build an access road through Green Belt land, all apparently without any planning permission or agreement with … Continue reading →

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Locals concerned over ‘mini Glastonbury’ in Addington Park

Posted on May 28, 2021 by insidecroydon

Residents in Addington Village are filing lengthy objections to a licence application which, if the council allows, could see more than 11,000 festival-goers descend on a Croydon conservation area for a “mini Glastonbury” over a single weekend in August. But … Continue reading →

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Shock! Council discovers trees on site it gave to Brick by Brick

Posted on September 5, 2019 by insidecroydon

Brick by Brick, the council’s loss-making in-house house-builder, has suffered yet more setbacks after the council “discovered” that two sites it wanted to concrete over were either too close to high-voltage electricity pylons, or had real live trees growing there. … Continue reading →

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Village fears as council bites into cherished conservation area

Posted on May 19, 2019 by insidecroydon

There is a growing suspicion, and some fear, among residents living in the close-knit community of Addington Village that council plans to alter the boundaries of the long-established conservation area are because of some deep ulterior motive to allow more … Continue reading →

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Bishops Walk and the loneliness of the ‘paper’ candidate

Posted on April 23, 2018 by insidecroydon

This could be called “The problem with Monks Hill”, or “A Tale of Two Villages”, or “Bishops v Monks”, or “Who Cares?” KEN TOWL takes a walk on the less-than-wild-side, as a “paper” candidate in the local elections Yesterday, I … Continue reading →

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It’s time to end the Town Hall’s Punch and Judy show

Posted on April 23, 2018 by insidecroydon

CROYDON COMMENTARY: Local election candidate PETER UNDERWOOD, pictured, says that next week’s visit to the polling station is your opportunity to vote for change A week on Thursday, you will elect your local councillors to sit on Croydon Council for … Continue reading →

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