PWRA - Working for Purley's future
The PWRA is run by Purley Residents and for Purley residents. Please join up and take part. We are always looking to get more members and new, fresh ideas to help improve Purley and Woodcote. We want to improve the character and amenities that make Purley great, while helping to retain the unique character of our wonderful town. If you're interested, or would just like to find out more, please contact our chairman Phil Reed. All our contact details are on the Contact Us page.
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Purley Planning Summary – 30th Aug 2020
Purley Planning Summary – 30th Aug 2020 The current volume of planning applications and decisions in the PWRA area can make it challenging to keep up with what is being proposed for our area. Consequently the PWRA Planning Officer now prepares a summary of planning activity in our area so…
Milestone: DEMOC Petition handed to Croydon Council
The DEMOC petition was handed to Croydon Council on Sept 3rd. See media details here and here and here. It also made the ITV (local) news. Without repeating the comments available on the above links, Below are a few things that may be of interest… The DEMOC team, with all your support, collected 21K signatures.…
Bird’s Eye View – By John Birkett, RSPB Croydon Local Group
In the current circumstances many of our local interest groups are unfortunately unable to hold meetings that we can attend. One of these is our local branch of the RSPB. Until they are able to hold open meetings again they are producing short updates on the birdlife we may be…
Purley Planning Summary – 3rd August 2020
Purley Planning Summary – 3rd Aug 2020 The current volume of planning applications and decisions in the PWRA area can make it challenging to keep up with what is being proposed for our area. Consequently the PWRA Planning Officer now prepares a summary of planning activity in our area so…
Inside Croydon: Residents Associations come together to reject ‘intensification’
Last month Cllr Paul Scott, the cabinet member responsible for the current unacceptable planning regime in the Borough (especially in our area and the south of the Borough generally), wrote what can best be described as a self-congratulatory article about Croydon planning in the council published ‘Your Croydon’ magazine. This…
Purley Planning Summary – 1st July 2020
Purley Planning Summary – 1st July 2020 The current volume of planning applications and decisions in the PWRA area can make it challenging to keep up with what is being proposed for our area. Consequently the PWRA Planning Officer now prepares a summary of planning activity in our area so…
Purley Planning Summary – 1st June 2020
Purley Planning Summary – 1st June 2020 The current volume of planning applications and decisions in the PWRA area can make it challenging to keep up with what is being proposed for our area. Consequently the PWRA Planning Officer now prepares a summary of planning activity in our area so…
June 16th 7.30pm PWRA Annual General Meeting will be held on Zoom – details inside
Upcoming AGM meeting will be on ZOOM In what can only be described as a PWRA first, the organisation will hold its Annual General Meeting on Tues June 16th 7.30pm on Zoom. We are doing this as the membership is unable to safely meet in-person due to the current public health…
Endangered butterfly ignored in Croydon Council’s Brick by Brick flats application
In and amongst everything else that is going on, perhaps a new low (if that is possible) for Brick By Brick / LB Croydon’s current administration. Whilst wilfully further endangering rare and protected species would be bad enough (especially as LBC have declared a Climate Emergency), the way this has…
Purley Planning Summary – 3rd May 2020
Purley Planning Summary – 3rd May 2020 The current volume of planning applications and decisions in the PWRA area can make it challenging to keep up with what is being proposed for our area. Consequently the PWRA Planning Officer now prepares a summary of planning activity in our area so we…