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PLANNING APPLICATIONS AND DECISIONS WEEKLY LIST: RIDDLESDOWN AREA ONLY – W/C 2/2/26
REFUSED - 109 Brancaster Lane - 25/03764/HSE - 15 Dec 2025 - Alterations, erection of two storey rear extension with a ground-floor side return bay and a single-storey rear extension arranged around a courtyard, alterations to land levels at rear with retaining wall and steps. Consent Granted (Tree App.) - [...]
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 [...]
PLANNING APPLICATIONS AND DECISIONS WEEKLY LIST: RIDDLESDOWN AREA ONLY – W/C 26/1/26
GRANTED - 170 Riddlesdown Road - 25/03925/HSE - 08 Dec 2025 - Demolition of existing rear conservatory, Erection of single storey rear extension. Alterations include changes to roofs, land level and conversion of garage into habitable space. GRANTED - 46 Holmwood Avenue - 25/03889/HSE - 03 Dec 2025 - Alterations, [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]