It is just little over a week since the riots took place in Croydon on Monday 8th August 2011. Addiscombe which got off lightly compared to London Road or Church Street, but some premises still sustained damage. In the Addiscombe Ward, The TV Shop on Cherry Orchard Road lost stock following breaking of its shutters [...]
Over 600 local residents have objected to Menta’s planning application to build its 55-storey Skyscraper on Cherry Orchard Road. Local Labour Councillors Sean Fitzsimons, Mark Watson and Patricia Hay-Justice have supported the local resident’s campaign against this overwhelming monstrosity of a building, that will overshadow local residents who live in 2 storey Victorian and Edwards [...]
On Wednesday 11th May 20011 Conservative Councillors on Croydon’s Scrutiny Committee refused to refer back the Croydon Council Cabinet’s decision to privatise delivery of care services to elderly residents at a number of Croydon Care Homes, including Fellowes Court, Morland Road , Addiscombe, and endorsed the privatising of this service to Care UK, a leading [...]
Following the 24th January 2011 Croydon Council Cabinet’s meeting decision to cut all the £28K funding Sir Philip Game Centre and £10K funding from the Addiscombe Boys and Girls Club, the matter was referred to the Scrutiny & Overview Committee to review. To help ease the cut the Croydon Council is offering a £65K transition [...]
At Wednesday’s meeting of the Addiscombe, Ashburton and Woodside Neighbourhood Partnership residents voted overwhelmingly to reject Croydon Council’s proposals to withdraw funding and staff support from the Neighbourhood Partnership. Cllr Vidhi Mohan, the Conservative cabinet member responsible for the decision, attended the meeting to explain why they were proposing these cuts. He argued that large [...]
