Croydon Council’s financial mismanagement continues to impact on our day to day lives. On Monday evening the Labour Cabinet approved its emergency budget which listed a range of cost-cutting measures, most of which can only be considered as short-sighted.

Another planning application has been lodged to replace a family house with a block of flats. This time the site is 2a Grasmere Road for seven flats that cover approximately 75% of the sites land and rises up to four stories.

Purley Leisure Centre remains closed for the foreseeable future. we have been investigating when Purley residents can expect to be able to use the facility again.

I was really pleased to see that the steps at the north west entrance of Purley Rotary Field have been fixed. 

As of today, a School Street is in operation on the western half of Montpelier Road. This means that no vehicular traffic is permitted to enter the street between 8.00 - 9.30 am and 2.00 - 4.00 pm, and these driving restrictions will be enforced using camera technology. 

I recently noticed that many of the bins on Purley High Street - all those that are not the larger 'Big-Belly' bins - were covered by a green bag, preventing their use. Today I have been advised that the bags cannot just be removed because,

At Sunday's litter pick I noticed a considerable amount of rubbish, much of it very unsanitary, in an external stairwell behind what I thought was the car park fronting onto Whytecliffe Road South.

After the successful clear up of the the area around Purley Oaks station after the flooding, the process begins to find a way to alleviate future floods.

On Saturday I visited Station Approach, the walk way from Purley Oaks Road into Purley Oaks Station.

The steps in the far north west corner of Rotary Field, leading to Pampisford Road, have become eroded over time so I have asked the Council to arrange for them to fixed as a matter of urgency.