Purley Oaks & Riddlesdown

Helen and Simon are working hard in Purley Oaks and Riddlesdown, listening to local residents and acting on their concerns. Casework varies from tackling poor planning applications and construction practices, securing protected status for our local green spaces, ensuring waste collections take place, traffic is kept moving and our children and young people are cared for.

The Purley Oaks and Riddlesdown ward surgery is currently suspended as venues are not available for hire during the pandemic response. Do contact Simon and Helen directly so that they can discuss your casework by phone, Zoom call or, if safe to do so, in a public space.

People
Chris Philp

Chris Philp

MP for Croydon South
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Immigration Compliance and the Courts

Since being elected six years ago I have tried to be an active and energetic local MP, and I hope you have seen this. I aim to deliver real results for our neighbourhood, as the box on this page shows.

Simon Hoar

Simon Hoar

Purley Oaks & Riddlesdown
Shadow Cabinet Member for Resources and Financial Governance

Simon Hoar has previous experience as a Croydon Councillor having represented Waddon from 2006 to 2014 (part of which along Pampisford Road joins the new Purley Oaks and Riddlesdown ward).

Helen Redfern

Helen Redfern

Purley Oaks & Riddlesdown

Helen Redfern has lived in Croydon since 2004 and quickly became involved in volunteering locally. She consults regularly with residents associations, the Police Ward Panel and is an active member of St Mary's church. She works as a perinatal teacher, working with expectant and new parents.

See Also

Croydon South

From 2002 to May 2018 each parliamentary constituency in Croydon was made up of exactly eight wards, all fully contained within it. Shortly after taking control in 2014 Croydon Labour requested a review of the local authority boundaries.

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

Rotary Field Update

An inspection has now taken place of the playground in Rotary Field and the Playground Development Officer has reported that:

Secondary School Place Applications

The application process for secondary school places is now open with the deadline for applications to be made by 31 October. We have two secondary schools in our ward with Harris Academy Purley at the far northern tip and Riddlesdown Collegiate at the southern most tip.

FREE Deaf Awareness Workshop

Early this year, I was delighted to have the opportunity to participate in a Deaf Awareness session with a quick introduction to British Sign Language, organised by the Empowering Deaf Society.

Useful guide to events this month in our parks

Here's a handy guide in pdf format to what's going on in the borough this month; the pdf is attached at the bottom of this blog

Note that Rotary Field will have a fun-fair at the end of the month

Rotary Field playground

I was shocked to see the state of the playground in Purley's Rotary Field when I visited today. There are several broken items and various areas that pose a risk to health and safety.

Overnight engineering works between Riddlesdown & Sanderstead

I have been advised of over-night work taking place on the railway line between Sanderstead and Riddlesdown Stations, Network Rail have advised that essential maintenance works will be undertaken from midnight on Tuesday 31 August to 05.00hrs Friday 3 September 2021. i.e.

Delay to flood alleviation works on Mitchley Avenue

I have been informed today that the flood alleviation work currently taking place on Mitchley Avenue is running behind schedule.  This is mainly due to issues with the delivery of materials/safety equipment which meant that the contractor was unable to commence the deep excavation for the soakawa

Sanderstead Litter Pick

Thanks go to Tim and Mandy at Priscilla's Tea Room for organising today's litter pick in Sanderstead Rec. A small group of us spent around an hour tidying up the grounds.

Brighton Road to be closed 26-27 August

I have received the following information about a road closure of Brighton Road:

"I am writing to inform you that FMCONWAY , on behalf of Croydon Council, will shortly be commencing resurfacing at the location/s and date/s below: