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Fire Brigade detect a different kind of smoke at workshop fire
Firefighters on an emergency call-out to a vehicle workshop on Stafford Road in the early hours of this morning encountered more than they bargained for – with a suspected cannabis factory discovered in the building. Four fire engines and around … Continue reading
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Posted in London Fire Brigade, Waddon
Tagged London Fre Brigade, Stafford Road, Waddon
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Newman’s ‘sickening’ defence of Negrini’s £400,000+ pay-off
Newman failed to brief party colleagues on departing CEO’s pay-off ‘Golden handshake’ to Negrini may be even bigger than first estimated Negrini was given a £4,000 pay rise just days before she left Croydon Threat of backbench revolt by Labour … Continue reading
Posted in Alison Butler, Andrew Pelling, Bensham Manor, Croydon Council, Jamie Audsley, Jo Negrini, Joy Prince, Paul Scott, Robert Canning, Simon Hall, Tony Newman, Waddon
Tagged Alison Butler, Croydon Council, Jamie Audsley, Jo Negrini, Labour, London Borough of Croydon, Paul Scott, Robert Canning, Simon Hall, Tony Newman, Waddon
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Covid deaths should halt Brick by Brick’s densification plan
Criticised as being an over-development that ‘will give an overall appearance of cramped, overcrowded, poor-quality dwellings’, the latest council-backed scheme could even risk future coronavirus outbreaks. Housing correspondent BARRATT HOLMES reports The deaths of residents from covid-19 when living in … Continue reading
Posted in Andrew Pelling, Brick by Brick, Chris Philp MP, Croydon Council, Croydon South, Environment, Housing, Joy Prince, Paul Scott, Planning, Property, Purley, South Croydon, Waddon
Tagged Andrew Pelling, Brick by Brick, Chris Philp MP, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, Joy Prince, Labour, London Borough of Croydon, Paul Scott, Purley, South Croydon, Tory, Waddon
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Brick by Brick climbdown over ‘Stasi prison block’ in Waddon
It’s get-out-of-jail-free for the residents of Theobald Road, as the council-owned developer pulls its plans for an ugly block of flats, without any public explanation. Prisons correspondent, BELLE MARSH, reports Brick by Brick has withdrawn its planning application to build … Continue reading
Written in stone: the Cazalet family’s long links with Croydon
MARVELS OF THE MINSTER: An aristocratic family which made its wealth through trading with Russia and India had members who came to live in Waddon at the start of the 19th Century. And the evidence is right under your feet, … Continue reading
Posted in Church and religions, Croydon Minster, David Morgan, History
Tagged Croydon, Croydon Minster, David Morgan, Peter Cazalet, River Wandle, Victor Cazalet, Waddon
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Timber! Brick by Brick’s ecological claims come crashing down
GEOFF JAMES has been analysing the council-owned builders’ planning applications and discovered that many of the borough’s trees are for the chop, in a crass act of environmental vandalism Inside Croydon recently reported that a tree survey commissioned by the … Continue reading
Is Brick by Brick’s Theobald Road ‘Stasi prison’ now kaput?
Pressure is growing on the council’s house-builders to drop their ugly plans for a site in Waddon, after a second tree quality survey completely contradicted an earlier report. By BELLE MARSH, our prisons correspondent Brick by Brick, the council’s wholly-owned, … Continue reading
Posted in Brick by Brick, Environment, Felicity Flynn, Louisa Woodley, New Addington, New Addington North, Oliver Lewis, Paul Scott, Planning, Robert Canning, Simon Hall, Tony Newman, Waddon
Tagged Brick by Brick, Croydon, Croydon Council, Felicity Flynn, Labour, London Borough of Croydon, Louisa Woodley, New Addington, Oliver Lewis, Paul Scott, Robert Canning, Simon Hall, Tony Newman, Waddon
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Council fails to mention 12,000 flats in its Purley Way survey
It is, even by Croydon Council standards, an extraordinarily vacuous and transparently misleading public consultation announcement. The council says it is seeking “the public’s likes, dislikes, memories, opinions and ideas” on the Purley Way. In the honey-dripped soothing words of … Continue reading
Posted in Croydon Council, Paul Scott, Planning, Purley Way, Waddon
Tagged Croydon, Croydon Council, Croydon South, Labour, Paul Scott, Purley, Purley Way, Thornton Heath, Waddon
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TfL’s cashflow crisis could make Croydon traffic jams worse
Our transport correspondent, JEREMY CLACKSON, on finance problems for Transport for London that could have a profound impact on south London Transport for London’s appeal to the government for £3.2billion to allow it to keep operating in the covid-19 crisis … Continue reading
Posted in 2022 council elections, Addiscombe East, Andrew Pelling, Brick by Brick, Commuting, Croydon Council, Environment, Joy Prince, London-wide issues, Louisa Woodley, Maddie Henson, Mayor of London, New Addington, Oliver Lewis, Robert Canning, Sadiq Khan, TfL, Tony Newman, Tramlink, Transport, Waddon
Tagged Addiscombe East, Andrew Pelling, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, Fiveways, Joy Prince, London, London Borough of Croydon, Louisa Woodley, Maddie Henson, Mayor, New Addington, Oliver Lewis, Purley Way, Robert Canning, Sadiq Khan, TfL, Tony Newman, Tory, Transport for London, Waddon
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‘Buildable and financially savvy’: BxB’s blitz on the borough
Brick by Brick is demonstrating some desperate-looking urgency over its next wave of 24 sites around the borough by announcing them during the coronavirus emergency lockdown – making it impossible for them to stage what anyone would recognise as proper … Continue reading
Even Labour councillors are turning on Brick by Brick plans
PAUL LUSHION, our environment correspondent, on how members of the council’s ruling group are now criticising Brick by Brick’s latest attempts to concrete over the borough’s green spaces Croydon Council’s already shaky green credentials are under more pressure following environmental … Continue reading
Friends launch crowdfunder for covid doctor’s funeral
Family and friends of Dr Krishan Arora have started an online appeal to raise money for the GP’s widow and family. Dr Arora worked as an NHS family doctor at the Violet Lane practice in Waddon for nearly 30 years. … Continue reading
Posted in Health, Waddon
Tagged coronavirus, Covid-19, Dr Krishan Arora, Violet Lane Medical Practice, Waddon
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65 homes on brownfield site: professionals show how to do it
The development novices at Brick by Brick, who managed to sell just eight housing units in 2019, and their slow-working contractors might want to have a chat with the construction professionals who have just completed 65 new homes overlooking the … Continue reading
Posted in Duppas Hill Park, Housing, Planning, Property, Waddon
Tagged Croydon, Croydon Council, Croydon Flyover, The Waldrons, Waddon
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Violet Lane doctor Krishan Arora has died from coronavirus
A long-serving and much-admired Croydon GP has died from coronavirus. Dr Krishan Arora was 57 and had worked at the Violet Lane Medical Practice in Waddon for 27 years. Croydon Clinical Commissioning Group confirmed that Dr Arora “tested positive for … Continue reading
Posted in Croydon CCG, Health, Waddon
Tagged coronavirus, Covid-19, Dr Krishan Arora, NHS Croydon CCG, Violet Lane Medical Practice, Waddon
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Brick by Brick CEO says company has sold 6 houses. Or is it 5?
Our overdevelopment correspondent, BARRATT HOLMES, reports on the latest admission of incompetence from Croydon Council’s loss-making house-builders Five. Or it might be six. Colm Lacey, the former council employee who has been promoted way beyond his skills and abilities to … Continue reading
Posted in Alison Butler, Andrew Pelling, Brick by Brick, Business, Colm Lacey, Croydon Council, Housing, Jo Negrini, Leila Ben-Hassel, Vidhi Mohan
Tagged Alison Butler, Andrew Pelling, Brick by Brick, Colm Lacey, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, Jo Negrini, Labour, Leila Ben-Hassel, London Borough of Croydon, Tory, Waddon
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Scott’s election own goal as Tories seize on Green Belt plans
Our Town Hall correspondent, KEN LEE, reports on how local council planning issues have become a key campaign matter for the General Election The Tories have put Labour councillor Paul Scott’s electorally toxic plans to build on Croydon’s Green Belt … Continue reading
Posted in 2019 General Election, Alison Butler, Anna Jones, Brick by Brick, Chris Philp MP, Croydon Central, Croydon parks, Croydon South, Duppas Hill Park, Environment, Mario Creatura, Olga Fitzroy, Paul Scott, Planning, Sarah Jones MP
Tagged Alison Butler, Anna Jones, Chris Philp MP, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Central, Croydon Council, Croydon South, Labour, Liberal Democrats, London, London Borough of Croydon, Mario Creatura, Mayor, Member of parliament, Olga Fitzroy, Paul Scott, Sarah Jones MP, Tory, Waddon
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SPAC-backing Tory campaigned on Remembrance Sunday
Political editor WALTER CRONXITE reports on the latest, and late, entry to the Croydon General Election campaign After much dither and delay, and some serious second thoughts among local Tories, the Conservatives have finally got round to announcing the name … Continue reading
Calls for Sutton’s CEO to resign over secret letter to Morrison’s
Our investigations editor, CARL SHILTON, on an attempted land grab by a council chief executive that has caused anger among councillors in two boroughs – and which has favoured the work of a senior Croydon councillor’s firm of architects There … Continue reading
Posted in Helen Bailey, Nick Mattey, Paul Scott, Robert Canning, Sutton Council, Waddon
Tagged Beddington North, Fiveways, Helen Bailey, Morrisons, Nick Mattey, Paul Scott, Robert Canning, Sutton Council, TP Bennett, Waddon
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Long-Bailey announces eco-industry ‘Gigafactory’ for Croydon
Possibly lost amid the panicked and rushed “serious incident” announcement from Croydon Labour on Tuesday was one of the most significant statements to emerge from the 2019 Labour Party conference staged in Brighton. Shadow business secretary Rebecca Long-Bailey revealed plans … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Purley Way, Waddon
Tagged Croydon, Elon Musk, gigafactory, Labour, Purley Way, Rebecca Long-Bailey, Tesla, Waddon
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Charity car wash, Croydon Fire Station, Sep 28
Posted in Activities, Charity, London Fire Brigade, Waddon
Tagged Croydon Fire Station, London Fire Brigade, Waddon
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Councillors ‘gagged’ from questioning incinerator operators
Our environment correspondent, PAUL LUSHION, on how what is supposed to be a public meeting at Croydon Town Hall tonight has banned questions about the fire at the Beddington Lane incinerator Councillors elected to represent people living across four boroughs … Continue reading
Posted in Broad Green, Business, Croydon Council, Environment, Kingston, Merton, Nick Mattey, Refuse collection, Stuart Collins, Sutton Council, Veolia, Waddon, Waste incinerator
Tagged Beddington Lane, Beddington Lane incinerator, Beddington North, Broad Green, Kingston, Merton, Nick Mattey, SLWP, South London Waste Partnership, Stuart Collins, Sutton Council, Veolia, Viridor, Waddon
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Pants on fire! Viridor continue to lie over incinerator blaze
Environmental polluters Viridor continue to lie about the extent of the major blaze at their Beddington Lane waste plant in July. In an official report submitted ahead of a meeting of the South London Waste Partnership to be held at … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Croydon Council, Environment, Fly tipping, Kingston, Merton, Refuse collection, Stuart Collins, Sutton Council, Waste incinerator
Tagged Beddington Lane incinerator, Beddington North, Croydon, Croydon Council, Kingston, London Borough of Croydon, Merton, Stuart Collins, Sutton, Viridor, Waddon
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