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20,000 homes in Croydon to be hit by Reeves’s ‘mansion tax’
What parts of Croydon are likely to be hit by the ‘mansion tax’? Our housing correspondent, BARRATT HOLMES, peers through the estate agents’ window… Pearls were being well and truly clutched at the Bog Standard this week, as the full … Continue reading
Posted in 2026 Croydon Mayor election, Housing, London-wide issues, Mayor Jason Perry
Tagged Addington Hills, Addington Palace, Bishops Walk, Budget, Chancellor Rachel Reeves, Evening Standard, Gideon Osborne, Gravel Hill, Homes and Property, house prices, London Standard, Mansion Tax, Property price inflation, Property prices, Purley, Right-to-buy, Selsdon, South Croydon, Upper Woodcote Village, Waddon
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Village people’s simmering parking dispute takes a nasty turn
Neighbour disputes, rows over property boundaries, differences over parking spaces… all can descend into some of the bitterest, nastiest arguments to be encountered. Woe betide the unwary reporter trying to navigate such choppy waters as they cover such a story. … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Community associations, Croydon Council, Parking, Property, Purley, Restaurants, Upper Woodcote Village Residents' Association, Webb Estate
Tagged Croydon, Croydon Council, Ghazala Akhtar, Lord Roberts on the Green, Purley, Purley and Woodcote, The Lord Roberts, Upper Woodcote Village, Webb Estate, Webb Estate Society
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Planners taking a look at millionaires’ homes on Webb Estate
KEN LEE, Town Hall reporter, on the latest council consultation which seeks to provide a chimera of public input for the planning department’s latest wheeze in an area where Michael Buble, Wilf Zaha and Status Quo’s Francis Rossi have all … Continue reading
Posted in Community associations, Croydon Council, Environment, History, Housing, Lord Roberts on the Green, Planning, Property, Purley, Webb Estate
Tagged Conservation area, Croydon, Croydon Council, Francis Rossi, London Borough of Croydon, Lord Roberts on the Green, Planning, Purley, Ron Noades, Upper Woodcote Village, Webb Estate, Webb Estate Society, Wilfried Zaha
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