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Fireworks
Fireworks With Diwali having just taken place and Halloween, Bonfire night and New Year's Eve coming up, would residents please note this e-mail from one of our residents living in our area, which we have received today (21 October '25); "I would like to write to you to let you [...]
Environment
New Street Trees As we have lost a number of old and mature street trees over the last few years in our area, the RRA decided last year to sponsor four street trees via the Council and 'Trees for Streets', https://www.treesforstreets.org/ (for info, in the link, 20 litres is about [...]
Gas Main Renewal Works
Gas Main Renewal Works The RRA were recently contacted by WCB Utilities working on behalf of SGN about further gas main renewal works planned for our area and also in the adjoining in the Purley & Woodcote RA area. WCB advised: "The current gas mains are metallic and have come [...]
PLANNING APPLICATIONS AND DECISIONS WEEKLY LIST: RIDDLESDOWN AREA ONLY – W/C 22/09/25
SUBMITTED - 31 Copthorne Rise - 25/02443/CONR - 22 Sept 2025 - Variation of conditions 2 (approved drawings and documents) and 13 (arboricultural assessment) pursuant to permission 23/03091/FUL for 'Demolition of a detached garage, alterations to land levels and erection of a detached single storey dwellinghouse with accommodation within the [...]
Unsafe Trees in Ragged Grove (Riddlesdown Open Space)
As many residents maybe aware, there is restricted access on Riddlesdown Open Space in Ragged Grove (the woodland behind the houses in Holmwood Ave). The woodland(s) in question has been partly fenced off by Whitgift Foundation, who own the land, due to ash die back and other unsafe trees - [...]
RRA AGM Minutes 2025
Held on: 15 April 2025 at 7 pm At: St. Edmunds Hall Present were Sanderstead Ward Councillor Lynne Hale, and Purley Oaks & Riddlesdown Ward Councillors Endri Llabuti and Alasdair Stewart. Apologies were received from: Sanderstead Ward Councillors Yvette Hopley and Helen Redfern. The meeting was opened by Brian Longman, [...]
RRA Finances 2024
Income & Expenditure account at 31/12/2024 INCOME 31/12/2024 31/12/2023 Members subscriptions £2,965.00 £2,837.50 Advertisers in Recorder £255.00 £250.00 Other £1,693.19 £400.00 £4,913.19 £3,487.50 EXPENDITURE Donations, membership & affiliation fees £10.00 £10.00 Printing Riddlesdown Recorder £1,386.00 £1,316.00 Children’s Christmas Party £852.02 £737.76 Events Insurance £182.00 £182.00 Hall hire – AGM £30.00 £30.00 [...]
3-5 Barrowsfield
P. Granted with 106 legal Ag. (3 months) – Land At 3-5 Barrowsfield – 24/03437/FUL – 23/10/24 – Erection of 6no. terraced dwellinghouses following demolition of Nos. 4 & 5 Barrowsfield.
Riddlesdown Collegiate Term Dates 2025/26
Autumn Term 2025 Half Term - Monday 20th October 2025 to Friday 31st October 2025 End of Term - Friday 19th December 2025 Spring Term 2026 Start of Spring Term - Monday 5th January 2026 Half Term - Monday 16th February 2026 to Friday 20th February 2026 End of Term [...]
RRA Litter Pick April 2025
Yet again, a big thank you to all the residents, the 19th Purley Scout Group and Cllr Endri Llabuti for attending the RRA spring-clean of the area. About 40 people attended and many bags of rubbish were collected from the area - mainly from the privately owned, open space land. Also [...]
Purley Leisure Centre Complex
New Proposals for the Redevelopment of Purley Leisure Centre and Multi-Storey Car Park The application was presented to the Planning Committee on 27 February and was granted permission subject to the completion of a Section 106 agreement, and the approval of the GLA. The seven RAs submitted a further letter [...]
Planning Applications and Decisions Weekly List; Riddlesdown Area only – w/c 24/2/25
GRANTED by the Planning Committee (but subject to the completion of a S106 agreement and approval by the GLA) - Purley Leisure Centre 50 High Street Purley - 24/00775/FUL - 15/3/24 - Demolition of the existing buildings and erection of buildings of 5 to 12 storeys to provide a leisure [...]