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Updated 25/1/21 Weekly planning applications and decisions in Riddlesdown
Updated 21/1/21 Riddlesdown Open Space (end of Riddlesdown Rd)
Car Parking Charges to commence from 25 January 2021
New 18/1/21 Postal Issues in CR2 Postcode and Covid Vaccination
New 14/1/21 GTR to reduce the number of trains on some rail lines from Monday 18 January 2021
Updated 14/1/21 Croydon Council re-
14/1/21 19th Purley Scout Group -
Updated 12/1/21 Works to the Mobile Phone Mast in Dunmail Drive
Updated 8/1/21 City of London Commons Newsletters; January 2021
Updated 7/1/21 SNT Police information & newsletters
(PO&R and Sanderstead Crime updates); Information about Croydon Council’s Neighbourhood Safety Officers; Ward Panel meetings; The Littlebooklet of Phone Scams
Bogus callers and vehicle & home tips ; DIY home security Survey
New 16/12/20 Census Day 21 March 2021
New 15/12/20 Sanderstead Library under threat of permanent closure
New 12/12/20 New rail timetable from 13/12/20
Updated 1/1/21 Rail engineering works for the Riddlesdown line
Updated 9/12/20 Butterfly conservation on
New 9/12/20 Croydon Council’s savings proposals;
Updated 25/11/20 Catalytic converter thefts -
New 19/11/20 Future Purley -
Updated 16/11/20 Flooding and street cleaning
Flood Prevention Works in Riddlesdown are Cancelled
New 3/11/20 Planning for the Future: the Croydon RAs
response on the Government's white paper
Updated 29/10/20 Green Belt Farm and Woodland/land in Riddlesdown
Updated 13/9/20 Forthcoming events in the area
New 22/8/20 Want to report an environmental issue to
Updated 13/8/20 Advice on bonfires and wood burning appliances
New 9/8/20 'Test and Trace Scam Advice' from the Met Police
Updated 1/8/20 Fireworks and the Law
New 18/7/20 ‘Inside Croydon’ report; Residents’ Associations angrily reject Croydon Council’s housing plans
Updated 9/7/20 The 17 storey Purley Cross development;
the Secretary of State has granted planning permission
Updated 24/5/20 Water Main Works on Godstone Road (A22) Purley; now deferred until 2021
Updated 8/4/20 Proposed mobile phone mast in Mitchley Ave
adjoining 152 Riddlesdown Rd -
New 18/3/20 Information received from St Edmund's Care Group,
Updated18/3/20 A22 (Godstone Rd) -
Updated 21/1/20 Riddlesdown’s green belt farmland is under threat;
a review of Croydon Council’s Local Plan 2018
(consultation closed 20/1/20) and the RRA’s objection letter
Updated 3/11/19 RRA Litter pick on 2 November;
New 30/4/18 -
Updated 22/2/17 Parking in Riddlesdown generally
L E S S T O P I C A L I S S U E S
Approval of admissions criteria for entry to Riddlesdown Collegiate in September 2021
RRA Children's Christmas Party 2019 -
AGM Minutes 2019 and presentation from TfL
St Edmund’s to close as a Church
Croydon Council introduces tougher planning rules on house conversions from 28/1/20 (HMOs)
All further gas main works in the northern part of Riddlesdown now deferred until at least 2021
Dog waste being dumped in Riddlesdown
Riddlesdown ‘Common’ now part of the new
‘South London Downs National Nature Reserve’ and location maps
Heathrow Airspace and Future Operations Consultation and Biggin Hill airport consultation
Sanderstead Clinic -
Have you wondered what Riddlesdown
will look like in 2036? -
1937 -
View some fascinating photos of streets in
Riddlesdown in 1955 and also surrounding towns
Advice on disposal of surplus paint
Neighbourhood Watch Co-
Some Riddlesdown history from The Recorder