Purley & Woodcote

Simon, Oni and Badsha are hard at work for you in Purley & Woodcote. We deal with about 40 casework items every month, ranging from missed bin collections and social services issues through to children's schooling and of course the dozens of utterly inappropriate planning applications which continue to flood in all over the ward.  It's outrageous that Purley is currently supplying about 40% of all new homes in the whole of Croydon - what about the other 26 wards? 

We're making sure that Purley and Woodcote has very strong representation in the town hall.

We are delighted to meet residents by appointment to discuss any local issues; please contact us to make arrangements.

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 Brew

Simon Brew

Purley & Woodcote councillor
Group Secretary
Deputy Group Whip
Federation Treasurer

Simon Brew worked as a technical consultant and project manager for IBM for nearly 30 years, and he now runs a PC maintenance business.

Oni Oviri

Oni Oviri

Purley & Woodcote
Shadow Cabinet Deputy for Sustainable Croydon

Oni Oviri has a strong affinity to Purley, having resided in the area for over 27 years. She runs her own Management Consultancy, advising the Public, Private and Third Sector on best practice Procurement, Supply chain and Logistics management.

Badsha Quadir

Badsha Quadir

Purley & Woodcote
Shadow Cabinet Deputy for Transport, Environment and Regeneration

Badsha is a successful local businessman who lives with his wife and three children in Purley where he has been a resident for 34 years. Since being elected in 2010, Badsha has promoted Purley regeneration and a safer and cleaner Purley.

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!

Purley Oaks & Riddlesdown

Helen and Simon are working hard in Purley Oaks and Riddlesdown, listening to local residents and acting on their concerns.

News

Purley Saturday Market officially launched today

We were blessed with sunshine for the official launch today of the Purley Saturday Market, which was attended by the Croydon Mayor, our MP Chris Philp, the Purley panel, many members of the Purley BID, and it is of course strongly supported by local businesses.

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

4 Higher Drive - planning application REFUSED :-)

Back in June, I blogged about having objected to the outline plan to replace the elegant Edwardian home at the junction of Higher Drive & Beaumont Road by, inevitably, a block of flats. 

Another family home at risk from developers - Downs Court Road

I'm dismayed to see that developers have opened up a new front in their war on family homes in Purley by proposing the demolition of 79 Downs Court Road and its replacement by, inevitably, yet another block of flats with inadequate parking. 

Higher Drive closed to through traffic 20-30 August

The eagle-eyed amongst us may have noticed one of several rather crude yellow signs as illustrated; unusually, they have no attribution, so there's no-one obvious to turn to for more information.