Council News

BRICK BY BRICK GRANTED PLANNING PERMISSION FOR FIRST BATCH OF HOMES New, affordable homes are to be built in Croydon after Brick by Brick – the council’s house building company – was granted planning permission for its first batch of developments. Set up to ensure Croydon residents ha

ARCHIVES DECISION IN JULY? Lambeth council’s cabinet are set to decide what to do with the borough’s historic archives at their meeting in July. The archives are currently housed in the Minet library in Knatchbull Road (with, as previously reported by News From Crystal Pal

NEW OPERATOR FOR FAIRFIELD HALLS REVEALED New operator of Fairfield Halls Croydon when it re-opens next year has been named as BH Live. BH Live currently operates 15 award-winning leisure and event venues across the south of England working with local authorities, key stakeholders and

SOUTHWARK: LAST CHANCE TO APPLY FOR BIG LUNCH STREET PARTIES / BROMLEY: FLY-TIPPING AND OTHER CRIME TARGETED This year’s national Big Lunch campaign takes place on Sunday 18 June and once again Southwark council are offering a FREE road closure service for party organisers to encourag

GRANGE PARK TO BECOME SOUTH LONDON’S FIRST CENTENARY FIELD / BE A ROLE MODEL FOR A LAMBETH CHILD Grange Park in Coulsdon will  become the first ‘Centenary Field’ in South London on Saturday (15th). Centenary Fields is an organisation that works across the UK in partnership with The Ro

“UNSURPRISINGLY THESE CHANGES WILL SEE THE RICHEST PROTECTED WHILE THE POOREST LOSE” Commenting on changes to welfare coming in this week, Labour’s London Assembly economy spokeswoman, Fiona Twycross AM, said: “These punitive cuts will leave many Londoners financially wors

“STEREOTYPES HAVE A LOT TO ANSWER FOR” SAYS AUTISM SUFFERER AS CROYDON MARK WORLD AUTISM AWARENESS WEEK Emma Selwyn, 29, has grown up in Croydon and has autism. Emma is keen to challenge stereotypes of people with autism and has been involved in drama, appearing on stage t

£1,000 ‘GREEN GRANTS’ FOR LAMBETH PROJECTS / SIAN BERRY DEMANDS ACTION ON POLICE ‘HACKING’ CLAIMS / SOCIAL CARE FUNDING ‘STOPGAP’ FAILS TO ADDRESS CRISIS / CIGARETTE COSTS MORE THAN £500 / THAMES WATER FINED RECORD £20 MILLION It’s time for Lambeth projects to

INTERACTIVE TECH DESIGN COMPETITION LAUNCHED BY CROYDON AND ARCHITECTS’ JOURNAL / ADVICE PORTAL FOR CROYDON’S 13 TO 19 AGE GROUP GETS ‘MAKEOVER’   A competition to find an innovative piece of new technology that will enhance the experience of those visiting Croydon t