Tag Archives: Wontford Road Green

Brick by Brick abandons plans to build on ‘village green’

Posted on December 11, 2020 by insidecroydon

A resident-led campaign in Purley and Kenley was today declaring victory after Brick by Brick announced it was abandoning plans to build on their “village green”. Brick by Brick wanted to build 17 flats, nine houses and a car park … Continue reading →

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Residents plan legal action to save green from Brick by Brick

Posted on July 8, 2020 by insidecroydon

A group of residents in Kenley and Purley are getting financially “tooled up” to take on the council’s planning committee and the in-house house-builder Brick by Brick by raising money through a crowd-funder for a possible Judicial Review of a … Continue reading →

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Council accused of ‘wildlife vandalism’ to help Brick by Brick

Posted on June 25, 2020 by insidecroydon

Our environment correspondent, PAUL  LUSHION, on suspicions that a rare wildlife habitat in suburban Kenley has suffered the cruellest cut The council has been accused of an act of “wildlife vandalism”, with some angry residents of Wontford Road and Roffey … Continue reading →

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Timber! Brick by Brick’s ecological claims come crashing down

Posted on June 19, 2020 by insidecroydon

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 →

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Is Wontford Road Green the worst BxB housing scheme yet?

Posted on May 14, 2020 by insidecroydon

CROYDON COMMENTARY: Even with their very large, in-house team of  architects, council-owned builders Brick by Brick are still creating planning applications that completely fail to comply with the council’s own Local Plan, says GEOFF JAMES Brick by Brick’s planning application … Continue reading →

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Soaring costs of unviable schemes should sound alarm bells

Posted on May 11, 2020 by insidecroydon

CROYDON COMMENTARY: Brick by Brick have been patting themselves on the back, but their high-staffing levels, low-experience levels and expensive schemes ought to be deeply concerning, according to SEBASTIAN TILLINGER Alarm bells should be ringing all over Croydon Council about … Continue reading →

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‘Our voice is being totally ignored’ say worried Purley residents

Posted on April 24, 2020 by insidecroydon

Our environment correspondent, PAUL LUSHION, reports on how the council, despite declaring a climate emergency, is now planning to destroy open spaces and rare wildlife habitats The council’s voracious appetite for concreting over the borough’s precious green spaces has seen … Continue reading →

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