Households across the borough will soon be receiving a personal visit from an electoral canvasser if the Household Enquiry form sent to them in September has not been returned. The annual voter registration canvass is designed to ensure all residents who are eligible to vote are registered so that they…
Residents can now be involved in the latest version of the Croydon Local Plan (CLP) from September 5 to October 17 2016. This now includes a proposal to have a Gypsy & Travellers’ site (Site 324 in the CLP) on the current Highways Depot, behind the Purley Oaks Recycling Centre.…
Dear all, I’m contacting you from a new not-for-profit organisation, Made in Croydon, which is committed to making Croydon a centre for arts and culture in South London. We’re getting in touch with Croydon’s community groups in order to engage all sections of the borough and to extend out the…
A new survey of Croydon’s park users has been launched to bring the council’s ambitious plans for securing and improving the borough’s green spaces a step closer. Entitled ‘Croydon Talks Parks’, the survey is launched this week and aims to find the main reasons why people value parks and what…
The Safer Croydon Partnership is asking the public for help to shape Croydon’s next Community Safety Strategy. Set to run from 2017 to 2020, the strategy sets out the top community safety priorities to be tackled over that period. The Safer Croydon Partnership has, therefore, launched a six-week survey to help it…
Two years ago, NHS Improvement and NHS England announced a range of measures to address the financial challenges facing the NHS. NHS Croydon Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) was one of the organisations identified as requiring additional support to close its financial deficit. The CCG is required to make further savings financial year…
The Lord Roberts Post Office & General Store As most of you will know this valued shop and sub-Post Office closed last month. There is a proposal to bring this facility back into the ownership of a society owned and overseen by local residents. As such there is a meeting…
From Monday 5 September to Monday 17 October 2016 residents are being invited to get involved and give their views to help Croydon achieve its growth and development vision over the next two decades. The Croydon Local Plan sets out how the borough can thrive and grow to meet future…
Residents are advised that Croydon Council will on September 4 commence a consultation process on a new element of the Local Plan. You can find out some details of the council’s proposal to establish a gypsy and traveller site at the Purley Highways depot behind the Purley recycling centre. To see what detail…
