Tag Archives: Town Centre

‘Complete drivel’: officials confused by botched bus changes

Posted on February 5, 2024 by insidecroydon

Transport correspondent JEREMY CLACKSON reports on the continuing confusion at TfL HQ over where they’ve placed their own bus stops in Croydon town centre Almost a month since Transport for London shuffled its bus stops in Croydon town centre, and … Continue reading →

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Council to use Home Office grant for BID’s privatised policing

Posted on November 13, 2023 by insidecroydon

The council has announced that it has secured £165,000 through the government’s Safer Streets Fund to tackle crime in the town centre. The grant comes from the Home Office where, at least until this morning, Tory MP for Croydon South, … Continue reading →

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Riot money splurged to celebrate the Bridge to Nowhere

Posted on December 4, 2013 by insidecroydon

Croydon Council is spending public money on a party tomorrow night. There will be food. There will be drink. There will be fireworks! It does not seem to have occurred to anyone that the spending of riot recovery money in … Continue reading →

Posted in Addiscombe Residents Association, Addiscombe West, Broad Green, Croydon 8/8, Croydon Council, East Croydon, Lansdowne Road RA, London Road Traders Association, Menta Tower, Planning, Property, Ruskin Square, Transport | Tagged , , , , , , , | 2 Comments

Putting in a BID for blooming town centre

Posted on July 8, 2013 by insidecroydon

Croydon in Bloom was a small-scale council spend which was long ago axed by our penny wise and pound-foolish Town Hall chiefs, as they opted to put £140million of public cash into providing themselves with lovely new offices instead of … Continue reading →

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Coulsdon residents call for more school places and new library

Posted on May 15, 2013 by insidecroydon

A Coulsdon residents’ group has called on the council to ensure that a new primary school is provided to cope with the anticipated increase in roll numbers as a result of developing nearly 700 family homes on the site of … Continue reading →

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Town centre police team to be cut by more than half

Posted on February 23, 2012 by insidecroydon

The police team operating in Croydon’s Town Centre is to be more than halved, from 22 to 10 officers. It is little more than six months since the 8/8 riots hit Croydon, when a thin blue line tried to hold … Continue reading →

Posted in Boris Johnson, Crime, Croydon 8/8, Croydon North, David Musker, East Croydon, Fairfield, Fieldway, Kenley, London-wide issues, New Addington South, Policing, West Croydon, Whitgift Centre | Tagged , , , , , , , | 2 Comments