Sue Bennett

Dear all,

Here is an update on Croydon Council’s proposed Local Plan, in which they seek to massively increase the number of properties through “Intensification” (their own description).

Greenview Avenue - its name says it all: family homes around a green space.

I parked the car in South Norwood yesterday because I had to visit my dentist and there was the consultation for LTNs, where were they ?  I strained to read the notices placed on lamp posts, eight feet in the air that would only be readable if you had 20/20 vision and were seven foot tall.

I had the pleasure to visit Shirley Neighbourhood Care yesterday in their new home, the Baptist Church in Wickham Road.

I travelled through Croydon yesterday from the North to the South, it was sad and depressing, this Council has been in power for eight years. Years of mismanagement, lack of governance and complete indifference to the concerns of the residents.

I logged onto Cabinet last evening and was subjected again to a lecture, apparently residents must understand what this administration tells us,  debate was stifled and challenge was not allowed.

I visited Longheath Gardens last Friday and met with tenants who have the misfortune to live next to a Brick by Brick new build.

I was delighted to join with others at an inter faith meeting organised by the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, I was pleased to learn so much about the origins of the different faiths we have in Croydon.

Still in lockdown but a lovely spring day so feeling positive, I arrived at the Methodist Church in Shirley to find volunteers and the redoubtable Suzy organising an Easter parcel for the elderly and vulnerable in the Shirley community.

The Budget Council meeting took place last night, I had to sit through a meeting where once again this Labour administration refused to take any responsibility for their mismanagement.