Simon Brew

Purley & Woodcote
Croydon Council Conservative Group Secretary

Simon Brew has lived in Purley & Kenley for over 40 years and his three children all went to local schools. He is a motor-cycling enthusiast, tries to keep fit by swimming, and plays duplicate Bridge at the Purley Sports Club. He is a strong supporter of the Purley & Woodcote Residents' Association, and the Purley Business Improvement District (BID); he is chairman of the Purley & Coulsdon Club for the Elderly (PACE in Lansdowne Road), and Chair of the IT committee at the SouthEast Cancer Help Centre. He also volunteers as an IT buddy at the Purley Cross Information Centre based in Purley Baptist Church. His early career was as a technical consultant for IBM for nearly 30 years, and he still enjoys tinkering with PCs.

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Holly lives in Purley and Woodcote, and has been concerned about the increasing number of developments in the area. Her priority is making sure that Purley sees the right developments taking place that preserve the character of the area.

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Purley

The Purley area is split into two wards for Croydon Council, Purley & Woodcote and Purley Oaks & Riddlesdown. Please use our map to find the relevant ward for you, and find out more about what we are doing in your area!

News

9 flats proposed for Green Lane

We wanted to alert local residents to a new application for 9 flats at 22 Green Lane, Purley, which we will be objecting to strongly. Application Number: 26/00642/FUL  Location: 22 Green Lane, Purley, CR8 3PG  Details of Application: Demolition of existing dwelling, erection

A new HMO application - 14 Sunnydene Road

We wanted to alert local residents to a new application for a House of Multiple Occupation (HMO) on 14 Sunnydene Road, which we object to strongly and Simon will be referring.  Application Number: 26/02080/FULLocation: 14 Sunnydene Road, Purley, CR8 2DG  Details of Application: C

Resurfacing works planned for Hartley Hill

Residents are being advised of resurfacing works planned for Hartley Hill on Thurs 20, Friday 21 and Saturday 22 August 2026.Hartley Hill sits on the very edge of Kenley, close to the border with Purley and Woodcote Ward, so the works are likely to affect residents and road users travelling in both

Safer access to St James Road bus stop

Kenley residents contacted me and Cllr Simon Brew to raise concerns about the southbound bus stop on Godstone Road, by St James Road, where heavily overgrown vegetation was making it difficult and unsafe to get on and off the bus.

Road Resurfacing Update for Purley & Woodcote

As your ward councillors, we have continually lobbied for more road resurfacing across Purley & Woodcote — including meetings with Highways officers and site visits — and since 2022 the ward has seen significantly more investment in this area.We are especially delighted that a number of local ro

Reedham Drive & Woodcote Valley Road getting resurfaced this month

One of our key priorities for Purley & Woodcote is more road resurfacing, which was practically non-existent under the previous Labour administration.Over the last four years under Mayor Perry and this Conservative administration, one thing is we have seen a real increase in local road resurfaci

Funding for Reedham Station improvements

The Council has committed some Section 106 funding for improvements at Reedham Station which is welcomed. The amount (£25,000) is relatively modest and will cover some initial design work and a limited package of improvements rather than major accessibility and capacity upgrades. It is, ho