Don’t let this government destroy our precious Green Belt
The Campaign to Protection Rural England, the National Trust and the Daily Telegraph, none of which could be described as an organisation of the far left, ganged up on the ConDem government at the...
View ArticlePlanning rules offer “disincentive for brownfield regeneration”
Following our report on the threat to Britain’s rural heritage and the Green Belt through the ConDem Government’s proposals to liberalise the planning laws in favour of their billionaire chums in the...
View Article“Cheap” Hoar is now taking a fracking liberty in Waddon
Senior Croydon Conservative councillor Simon “I’m Cheap But I’m Not Free” Hoar says he “doesn’t see anything wrong” with allowing oil and gas multi-nationals to drill under people’s homes with...
View ArticleBook now for Grindrod’s free talk on living on the Outskirts
The latest Talking Inside Croydon event gives our loyal reader the chance to hear John Grindrod talk about his new book, Outskirts, Living Life on the Edge of the Green Belt. The free event will be...
View ArticleResearch finds increasing amount of available brownfield sites
The number of brownfield sites available for development around the country increased by 10per cent in the last year, research shows, with the amount of brownfield land available in London providing...
View ArticleTruss’s new housing minister has his eyes on the Green Belt
Our housing correspondent, BARRATT HOLMES, on how changes at the Department for Levelling Up could signal a change in attitude to areas protected from development After years of Tory councillors, their...
View ArticleSuspicion over £20k offer from council to vacate green space
CROYDON IN CRISIS: Community group suspects council is accepting money from developers to help them build on a piece of protected open space A community group that through years of hard work has...
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