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PLANNING APPLICATIONS AND DECISIONS WEEKLY LIST: RIDDLESDOWN AREA ONLY – W/C 2/3/26
GRANTED - 1E Riddlesdown Avenue - 25/04053/FUL - 12 Jan 2026 - Erection of a two storey dwellinghouse, associated changes in land levels, provision of on-site car parking, cycle and refuse storage.
PLANNING APPLICATIONS AND DECISIONS WEEKLY LIST: RIDDLESDOWN AREA ONLY – W/C 23/2/26
GRANTED - 32 Riddlesdown Avenue - 26/00036/CONR - 08 Jan 2026 - Variation of Condition 2 (Approved Plans) attached to PP 25/03197/HSE for 'Erection of a single storey side extension and front porch.' The variation is to alter the roof form of the proposed side extension.
General News – 27/2/26 – THE RRA AGM
THE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING OF THE RIDDLESDOWN RESIDENTS’ ASSOCIATION will be held on Wednesday 8 April 2026 at 7.30 pm, in St Edmund's Hall, Mitchley Ave. Here the annual election of Committee members will take place - new Committee members are always welcome to stand for election. Residents will also [...]
Transport News – 23/2/26
Riddlesdown Rd - Access Road - to make it perfectly clear, Riddlesdown Rd is NOT closed again from 25 February to 13 March '26. The RRA have received a number of enquiries about this work and the sign boards that have been put up. The work is solely on the [...]
Transport News – 18/2/26
Gas Main Works update - Riddlesdown Rd is now fully RE-OPEN from late 17 February '26 and the diversion route has been taken away. This also includes the section of road going towards Riddlesdown Open Space car park. The Contractor WCB Utilities advise us they still have to jet wash [...]
Unsafe Trees in Ragged Grove (Riddlesdown Open Space)
Some residents may know that the Ragged Grove Woodland is located behind the houses of the even numbers, in Holmwood Ave and borders onto Riddlesdown Open Space. There are three land owners of this woodland; Croydon Council, a private land owner and the John Whitgift Foundation (JWF). Access to this [...]
Transport News – 6/1/26
Amended weekend train services for Riddlesdown; We have received this e-mail below from GTR reminding about the engineering works every weekend in January (and later in the year) on the main London to Brighton rail. According to the National Rail website, this WILL have an impact for Riddlesdown train services [...]
PLANNING APPLICATIONS AND DECISIONS WEEKLY LIST: RIDDLESDOWN AREA ONLY – W/C 15/12/25
TO APPEAL 5 Dec 2025 - Certificate Refused (Lawful Dev. Cert.) - 109 Brian Avenue - 25/02558/LE - 14 Aug 2025 - Outbuilding in the garden. (adjoining the RRA area)
Transport News
GTR (Southern Railway & Thameslink) have announced today (8/11/25) in an e-mail that they are gradually reinstating the half-hourly service during the weekdays from 14 December 2025 for the East Grinstead line (including Riddlesdown). But there are some catches! They advise; "Services between East Grinstead and London Victoria – Monday [...]
School Flashing signs on Mitchley Ave
School Flashing signs on Mitchley Ave Some residents/motorists may have noticed the two amber flashing school signs on Mitchley Ave, in both directions (by No. 9 and opposite No.153), were flashing at weird times - like on a Sunday evening. The RRA took this up a few weeks ago with [...]
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 [...]