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Updated 19/10/21 Rail engineering works affecting Riddlesdown’s trains 27 & 28 Nov and also 25 Dec to 3 January 2022
Updated 16/10/21 RRA Litter picks; are you interested in becoming a Street Champion?; other environmental matters
Updated 16/10/21 Weekly planning applications and decisions in Riddlesdown Flats at 75a Riddlesdown Rd refused
and appeal at 36 Oakwood Ave dismissed
Updated 12/10/21 Purley Leisure Centre/Pool; Proposed closure and consultation
New 6/10/21 Overgrown vegetation from farmland off
Mitchley Hill and grass verges
Updated 6/10/21 Forthcoming events in the area
New 6/10/21 Riddlesdown Recorder update, and more Road Stewards
Updated 5/10/21 Purley Panel -
Updated 5/10/21 Notification from GTR -
Updated 4/10/21 City of London Commons Newsletters; Oct 2021
Updated 3/10/21 SNT Police information & newsletters
(PO&R and Sanderstead Crime updates); The Littlebooklet of Phone Scams Bogus callers and vehicle & home tips ;
DIY home security Survey
Updated 5/9/21 The 17 storey Purley Cross development;
the CLP approved for south site
New 4/9/21 AGM Minutes 2021
Updated 15/8/21 Road works and road closures
New 13/8/21 Westfield Ave closures on monthly Sundays afternoons for use as a Play Street; starting from 15 August 2021
Updated 23/7/21 Flooding and street cleaning
Updated 2/6/21 Stop-
Updated 20/5/21 E-
Updated 8/5/21 Appointments required for the 3 Croydon GP Hubs
Updated 13/4/21 Proposed replacement mobile phone mast in
Lower Barn Rd -
Updated 31/3/21 Catalytic converter thefts -
Updated 10/3/21 Purley Way Masterplan Consultation; closed 16/3/21
Updated 11/2/21 Riddlesdown Open Space (end of Riddlesdown Rd)
Updated 9/12/20 Butterfly conservation on
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
New 22/8/20 Want to report an environmental issue to
Updated 24/5/20 Water Main Works on Godstone Road (A22) Purley; now deferred
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
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
Advice on bonfires and wood burning appliances
Approval of admissions criteria for entry to Riddlesdown Collegiate in September 2021
Croydon Council introduces tougher planning rules on house conversions from 28/1/20 (HMOs)
Dog waste being dumped in Riddlesdown
Riddlesdown ‘Common’ now part of the new
‘South London Downs National Nature Reserve’ and location maps
1937 -
Read what was happening 80 years ago!
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