Yet another family home came under threat at last Thursday's Planning Committee meeting when it heard an application to demolish 36 Oakwood Avenue and replace it with EIGHT semi-detached houses in two rows of four, one behind the other.

You may have read in the national press recently that many Barclays branches across the UK are scheduled to close, and I've just discovered that unfortunately the Purley branch is one of them. Here is the statement which Barclays issued recently: 

An important part of the councillor role is reporting maintenance issues, anything from litter and graffiti to broken benches.

Despite my efforts and that of a spirited objector who spoke eloquently on the impact of the home next door, 67 Higher Drive was condemned at Planning Committee tonight to be replaced by no less that 17 flats with only 13 parking places provided.

Public gyms and pools have been able to open from Saturday 25th July so it is very disappointing that whilst most Council-owned leisure centres have opened, Purley Leisure Centre has remained firmly closed.

I've just written a strongly-worded objection to a planning application for 4 Higher Drive, Purley; this is a lovely Edwardian house at the junction of HIgher Dive and Beaumont Road and it's threatened with demolition, inevitably to be replaced by yet another block of nine flats. 

It never ceases to amaze me what some businesses try to get away with.

There was an approved application for a development of about eight storeys on the Island site about ten years ago, but it fell through when the developer went bust. 

The Labour administration must have taken particular pleasure in lining up last night’s Planning committee agenda: The three items for decision were all in a tiny cul-de-sac off Russell Hill: Nos: 1,4,6 More Close.

There were two Purley planning applications up for decision at last night's committee meeting.

1) 71-73 Pampisford Road