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Tag Archives: Upper Norwood
Who’s for the chop? Mayor left ‘frustrated’ by axed trees
Thick Lizzy Truss is not the only Tory carrying out U-turns – Croydon’s part-time Mayor has done a hand-brake turn over traffic reduction measures, reports our motoring correspondent, JEREMY CLACKSON As if Croydon’s bungling of the implementation of Low Traffic … Continue reading
Posted in Addiscombe East, Addiscombe West, Broad Green, Commuting, Croydon Council, Cycling, Environment, Mayor Jason Perry, Schools, Steve Iles, Transport
Tagged Addiscombe, ANPR, Broad Green, Broad Green LTN, Croydon Healthy Neighbourhoods, Crystal Palace, Low Traffic Neighbourhood, LTNs, Mayor Jason Perry, school streets, Scott Roche, South Norwood, Upper Norwood
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Great North Wood under threat from holy order’s £3.5m scheme
A holy order of Catholic nuns wants to hack down mature and healthy trees in a specially protected site, part of the ancient Great North Wood, and then use the timber to build a “visitor attraction” to commemorate… the Great … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Church and religions, Croydon parks, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Environment, Housing, Pat Ryan, Planning, Schools, Stephen Mann, Steve Reed MP, Virgo Fidelis, Wildlife
Tagged Congregation of Our Lady of Fidelity, Croydon, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Steve Reed OBE, Upper Norwood, Virgo Fidelis, Virgo Fidelis Convent School
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MP Reed’s letter to save park lodge ignored by Labour council
The campaign by the Friends of Grangewood Park to save a Victorian park keeper’s lodge from being sold by the cash-strapped council has attracted the support of the local MP. But even Steve Reed OBE doesn’t get replies to his … Continue reading
Posted in Callton Young, Community associations, Croydon Council, Croydon North, Croydon parks, Friends of Grangewood Park, Karen Jewitt, Pat Clouder, Property, Steve Reed MP, Thornton Heath, Val Shawcross
Tagged Callton Young, Croydon Council, Croydon North, Friends of Grangewood Park, Grangewood Park, Karen Jewitt, Labour, London Borough of Croydon, Steve Reed OBE, Thornton Heath, Upper Norwood
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Veteran Labour councillors are banned after 6-month absences
CROYDON LABOUR IN CRISIS: Council’s senior legal official moves to exclude elected members from all Town Hall business after they failed to attend any meetings – even remotely – for six months. EXCLUSIVE By STEVEN DOWNES Pat Ryan, who was … Continue reading
Posted in Croydon Council, Croydon North, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, John Wentworth, Norbury, Pat Ryan, Shafi Khan, Steve Reed MP
Tagged Clive Fraser, Croydon Council, Crystal Palace, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, John Jones, Labour, Monitoring Officer, Norbury and Pollards Hill, Pat Ryan, Shafi Khan, Steve Reed OBE, Tony Newman, Upper Norwood
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Who Killed The Vicar? A Downsview Players mystery, Mar 3-5
Posted in Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Theatre
Tagged Downsview Players, Upper Norwood
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Council rejects ‘ominous’ 60ft 5G tower in conservation area
Croydon Council has refused permission to build a 60-foot tall 5G mast on Fitzroy Gardens in Upper Norwood’s Church Road conservation area, following objections that included that the tower would be a dangerous distraction to car drivers and pedestrians. The … Continue reading
Downsview Players’ Game Show, Upper Norwood, Oct 8-9
Posted in Art, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Theatre
Tagged Downsview Players, Upper Norwood
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Friends hit with charges for staging party in Grangewood Park
Families, friends and neighbours from Thornton Heath, Selhurst, Upper Norwood and beyond will come together in Grangewood Park this Sunday to celebrate it becoming a public open space 120 years ago, in 1901. The 120th birthday party is being organised … Continue reading
The show must go on: theatre groups prepare for reopening
SANJANA IDNANI reports on how local theatrical venues and amdram groups have been dealing with the covid lockdown as they prepare to put on their summer shows Theatre companies and performers across the borough have faced their fair share of … Continue reading
Croydon among worst London boroughs for ‘healthy’ streets
The council deputy leader’s cycling strategy appears to have gone down a dead-end street, as environmental report ranks the borough the 10th worst in London. By STEVEN DOWNES A report published yesterday shows that even when Croydon Council does have … Continue reading
Posted in Clive Fraser, Croydon Council, Croydon Cycling Campaign, Cycling, Environment, London-wide issues, Pat Ryan, Schools, Stuart King, TfL, Transport
Tagged Campaign for Protection of Rural England, Clive Fraser, Croydon Cycling Campaign, London Borough Healthy Streets Scorecard, London Cycling Campaign, Low Traffic Neighbourhood, LTNs, Pat Ryan, South Norwood, STUART KING, Sustrans, Upper Norwood
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Two private schools to move into vacated Virgo Fidelis site
Our education correspondent, GENE BRODIE, on how an Opus Dei Catholic education trust is paying the £5m cost of repairs to a grand Gothic building in Upper Norwood, while Croydon Council Tax-payers are still getting stung with a £4m bill … Continue reading
Posted in Cedars School, Education, Lloyd Park, Oakwood, Purley, Schools, Virgo Fidelis
Tagged Cedars School, Lloyd Park, Oakwood School, Purley, Upper Norwood, Virgo Fidelis Convent School
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Cash-strapped council to sell part of Grangewood Park
CROYDON IN CRISIS: Our environment reporter, CHRIS PECKHAM, on how the authority’s financial crisis is being used as an excuse to push through a twice-rejected plan After being forced to back down twice in the face of public hostility in … Continue reading
MP tells developers they could rebuild Downsview bungalow
Croydon North MP Steve Reed has written to a firm of property developers demanding that they cease immediately all work on a new block of flats on a residential street in Upper Norwood, threatening them that they may need to … Continue reading
Developers in legal challenge over Upper Norwood plans
Residents of a road of 1920s-built bungalows and cottages in Upper Norwood who fear that their cherished neighbourhood is about to be destroyed have called in their MP and hired lawyers to fight against profit-hungry property speculators, and the local … Continue reading
Relic of Newman regime to face Labour confidence vote
Pat Ryan, the veteran councillor for Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, tonight faces a confidence motion at a meeting of his Labour Party branch. Ryan is a relic of the Labour regime under Tony Newman which bankrupted the borough. He … Continue reading
Time for a show of leadership on Croydon’s climate crisis
CROYDON COMMENTARY: With children struggling to maintain good mental health in the pandemic, and while the lockdown is seeing declining physical activity levels among some youngsters, AMY FOSTER calls on the council leader to provide real support for one of … Continue reading
Veteran councillor Ryan under investigation over ‘outburst’
Our political editor, WALTER CRONXITE, on the latest allegations of rule-breaking by a veteran Labour councillor “Pat has lost it.” That’s the view of a senior member of the Labour Party in Crystal Palace after a month in which their … Continue reading
Court ruling forces removal of Crystal Palace traffic measures
Our environment correspondent, PAUL LUSHION, on how vocal motoring lobbies and TfL legal advice has got the council to abandon traffic-reduction rules – for the time being, at least The council has caved in to pressure from motoring lobbyists and … Continue reading
Posted in Community associations, Croydon Council, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Cycling, Environment, London-wide issues, Muhammad Ali, South Norwood, Steve Iles, TfL, Transport
Tagged Crystal Palace, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Low Traffic Neighbourhood, LTNs, Muhammad Ali, South Norwood, Streetspace, TfL, Transport for London, Upper Norwood
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