Purley business owners marched through the streets last week in protest of the “catastrophic” rise of business rates. The march down Purley High Street on November 10 was organised after Purely BID launched a campaign to challenge the Valuation Office Agency (VOA) to review the rating across Purley after the…
Woodcote Park Golf Club in Coulsdon has been busy these past few years as it has raised raised a little more than £18,000 for a stroke support group in Croydon. The captains of the Coulsdon golf club chose the Stroke Association as their charity for 2016 and 2017 with multiple…
The town is being hit with what is thought to be the largest business rates rise in London Purley business owners have launched a protest because business rates in the town centre are skyrocketing by an average of 48%, leading to fears the rise could hurt the high street. The…
The transformation of Croydon town centre will begin in 2019 bringing with it up to 7,000 new jobs for local people and 1,000 new homes. The £1.4bn redevelopment proposal for the Whitgift Shopping Centre by the Croydon Partnership – the joint venture between Westfield and Hammerson – was this evening…
The major transformation of Croydon town centre moved closer today as a date was set for a final decision to be made on the plans put forward by the Croydon Partnership – the joint venture between Westfield and Hammerson. The £1.4bn redevelopment proposal for the Whitgift Shopping Centre is set…
It is claimed figures by the National Union of Teachers that school in Croydon could lose millions Oasis Academy Shirley Park is projected to lose the most amount of money, according to the NUT’s stats (Image: Grant Melton) There are fears millions of pounds of funding will be stripped away…
Tarsem Flora September 19 1937 – September 8 2017 Tarsem Flora, PWRA chairman for 17 years until 2015, died after a long battle with cancer in September, just days short of his 80th birthday. Throughout his long illness, Tarsem fought a good fight, ably assisted by his wife Visuni’s devoted…
Purley residents have paid touching tributes to a well-known and much-loved architect who was part of the local residents’ association for 40 years, after his death. Tarsem Flora, who moved to Croydon in 1974 and led Purley and Woodcote Residents’ Association (PWRA) for 17 years between 1998 and 2015, passed…
A veteran car on Brighton Road in Purley in a previous London to Brighton Veteran Car Run (Image: Ian Stratton) The iconic London to Brighton Veteran Car Run will not be passing through Croydon for the first time in more than 60 years. The car run, which attracts more than…
The council has called on the local plan inspector to reconsider his recommendation for the borough’s local green spaces. Councillors were disappointed to find it recommended that Local Green Space protection be removed from the local plan, as part of the inspector’s proposed main modifications which are currently being consulted…