Ola Kolade

Kenley
Cabinet Member for Community Safety

I'm local to Kenley, where I live with my wife Fiona and our two-year-old daughter Chloe. We love Kenley and have chosen to make the local area our home for our young family. 

I’ve been a committed community activist for my entire working life. I’m proud to have spent a large amount of my career leading with lots of different groups to promote community cohesion, particularly among young people. For me, nothing is more important than building a strong, passionate community. As one of your Councillors for Kenley, that’s what you’ll get from me 24 hours a day. 

That’s what I think Kenley needs. We’re full of so many incredible local groups run by committed local people. I want to work with you all to ensure you get the support that you need from Croydon Council.

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Gayle Gander

Gayle Gander

Kenley

I have lived in Kenley for the past nine years with my teenage son, Joe. I believe that Kenley is a beautiful and special place – I know it well as I regularly walk the family dog around Kenley’s green spaces and feel proud to live here.

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Cabinet

The Mayor of Croydon, Jason Perry, appoints a Cabinet. Please find more information about our current Cabinet here.

Kenley

Gayle and Ola work hard to ensure Kenley’s green spaces and unique character is protected. 

They ensure the needs of residents are taken care of and the concerns of Kenley residents are heard; such as inappropriate planning applications, road safety & parking provisions.

News

Reduced train services from Kenley

Kenley Councillors have been working with our GLA Member, Neil Garratt to understand why Southern train services on the Caterham line have been reduced.

Development site in Kenley

A short guide to making effective comments on a Planning Application

Since we were elected as Kenley Councillors in May 2022, many residents have got in touch to discuss planning applications in the Ward and we wanted to help local residents by publishing some guidance on how best to comment, either in support or against an application.

Update from Kenley Councillors

It’s been a busy couple of months since the elections in May and as your councillors, we wanted to give you an update of what’s going on in Kenley and across the borough.

Healthy school streets

Old Lodge Lane Baptist Church - Food Stop

I've had the opportunity to visit the Old Lodge Lane Baptist Church Food Stop, the team there do an amazing job supporting the local community. They are raising £5,000 to fund 100 'all you need for Christmas dinner' hampers and additional Christmas food to further support families in the local ar

Keeping Kenley Clean

Keeping Kenley Clean is one of my top priorities, residents recently raised what had become an health & safety issue on Godstone road with me and and I was pleased to work with the Neighborhood Safety Team to get this resolved.

Keeping Kenley Clean

I am noticing an increase in fly tips around parts of Kenley, I reported two this week on Bencombe Road.

The Love Clean Streets app is a good way to report fly tips to ensure we keep Kenley clean.

Connecting Kenley & Whyteleafe

I spent Saturday afternoon meeting Whyteleafe Village Councillors at a public consultation meeting. I look forward to working with them and other neighbouring councillors on issues affecting the Croydon and North East Surrey border.