Our aim is to develop a safer, cleaner and greener Coulsdon, served by good transport links and which is responsive to the needs and wishes of its residents.

A safer Coulsdon

We will introduce a Community Warden service to help police combat rising crime and increase resources available to support public safety initiatives such as the Neighbourhood Watch scheme.

We will bid for funding to introduce CCTV in Old Coulsdon and press the responsible authorities for more police in the area.

A cleaner Coulsdon

Coulsdon is a pleasant place to live, but even so some parts of the area are repeatedly scarred by graffiti, litter, fly-tipped rubbish and dumped cars. We will visibly improve the area by both removing abandoned cars and graffiti more quickly and by regular street cleaning backed up with better street lighting where it is needed.

The Council currently does not undertake to remove graffiti from property it does not own. Our Conservative administration will clean graffiti off the outside of people’s homes, on request, free of charge.

A greener Coulsdon

We will introduce kerbside recycling across the ward (except where access restrictions apply). This will make it much easier for concerned citizens to recycle their rubbish.

Our area has a rural feel which is quite different from metropolitan London. We will oppose any attempt to violate the Green Belt areas and thus preserve the unique character of our area.

Improving transport links and road safety

The Coulsdon Inner Relief Road has been ‘promised’ for many years without being delivered. We will lobby the London Mayor to ensure completion of the Coulsdon Inner Relief Road at the earliest date and with the minimum of disruption to Coulsdon residents and businesses. We will make sure that Coulsdon Town Centre gets a fair share of the money spent on the relief road and we'll make it into an attractive pedestrian friendly environment.

We will lobby TfL to improve the quality and reliability of local transport and initiate a feasibility study into the southern extension of the Tram Network down to Coulsdon.

We will enforce speed limits and introduce traffic calming measures and safe crossings where appropriate, always bearing in mind the wishes of the residents in the roads affected.

Government which is responsive to the residents’ wishes

For too long London or Croydon-wide solutions have been imposed on Coulsdon residents. We will represent local opinion to get a fair and equitable deal for Coulsdon in all areas of service provision.

We will assist the local health watchdog (CCHC) in its efforts to obtain a wider choice of hospitals for patients and we will consult the people of Coulsdon on their views on the future use of the Cane Hill site with the aim of encouraging an open debate and a consensus on the way forward.

Despite a lack of funding from central Government, we aim to keep Homefield House open for old people’s care.