Local residents will have seen notices posted around Addington Park informing passers-by that an application had been lodged for a premises licence for the park.

The area around Selsdon is rich in green spaces, one of which, Hutchinson's Bank, is a venue for work by the London Wildlife Trust to preserve a unique environment that is home to a wide variety of species, especially butterflies. You can find more on the Brilliant Butterflies Project here.

Last week soil investigation work at the Shepherds Way site by the Council's developer Brick by Brick made a real mess. I subsequently complained and was promised that repairs would be done on Monday of this week.

Residents in the Selsdon and Addington Village ward received a Good Neighbour Guide last year. It contained lots of useful information and feedback was very positive. It was funded from your councillors ward budget.

The Selsdon Community Plan Steering Group met last week to review the latest draft of the Selsdon Community Plan (SCP). The Plan is about the community coming together to share a vision to improve Selsdon by developing key project priorities and actions.

More than ever this Winter it is important to stay fit and healthy when in addition to the usual illnesses there is the threat of the coronavirus.

The Church of St Francis in Monks Hill runs a very successful Food Stop, which is a community food sharing membership scheme. For £3.50 a week members can buy around £20 worth of food, end of line toiletries and household essentials.

If you have walked down the High Street recently you will have seen work going on to convert what was formerly part of a bank branch to a dentist.

After the great success of our first Christmas Market last year, we had hoped that 2020 would be an even bigger and more successful event.

Residents are rightly concerned about the continued closure of the Monk Hill Sports Centre even though other Sports Centres in the Borough such as those in Thornton Heath, Waddon, South Norwood and New Addington have re-opened.