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August 2024
142 Old Lodge Lane, Purley CR8 4DH
Planning Application No. 24/01876/FUL
The Hartley and District Residents’ Association (HADRA) advises you that a planning application has been submitted to Croydon Council, proposing to considerably extend a three bedroom detached house to provide seven flats to accommodate 19 people.
Details of this planning application and can be seen on Croydon Council’s Public Access Register https://publicaccess3.croydon.gov.uk/online-applications/ where you can view the documents submitted. You can make online objections or comments on this application by clicking on “make a public comment.” Alternatively you can send written objections to:-
Head of Development Management,
Croydon Council,
6th Floor,
Bernard Weatherill House,
8 Mint Walk,
Croydon CR0 1EA
or by email to dmcomments@croydon.gov.uk.
This should be done before the neighbour consultation expiry date of 23rd August 2024; however the case officer will consider comments before the determination deadline which is currently 5th September 2024.
Although this is outside the HADRA area you may […]
75 Hartley Hill Purley CR8 4EQ
Planning Application No. 24/02165/HSE
Demolition of two outbuildings, erection of front extension to detached garage, erection of an attached single storey extension to the side of the garage and erection of boundary wall fronting Hartley Old Road
3 August 2024
The Hartley and District Residents’ Association (HADRA) advises you that a planning application has been submitted to Croydon Council, proposing to build a 24 metre long single storey building accommodating a garage, office, fitness room and swimming pool along the plot boundary with Hartley Old Road.
Details of this planning application and can be seen on Croydon Council’s Public Access Register https://publicaccess3.croydon.gov.uk/online-applications/ where you can view the documents submitted. You can make online objections or comments on this application by clicking on “make a public comment.” Alternatively you can send written objections to:-
Head of Development Management, Croydon Council,6th Floor, Bernard Weatherill House, […]
June 2024
80 Years D-Day Memorial of the Normandy Invasion
The Normandy landings were the landing operations and associated airborne operations on Tuesday, 6 June 1944 of the Allied invasion of Normandy in Operation Overlord during World War II. Codenamed Operation Neptune and often referred to as D-Day, it is the largest seaborne invasion in history. The operation began the liberation of France, and the rest of Western Europe, and laid the foundations of the Allied victory on the Western Front.
Over the last week there have been various exhibitions and memorial services to commemorate the D-Day Normandy Landings. There were three exhibitions at St Johns’ Church, Old Coulsdon, Bradmore Library and Cameron Hall, Old Coulsdon Congregational Church.
On the 6th June there was a Lamp Light of Peace procession at Grange Park, Old Coulsdon culminating on Sunday 9th with the service at the War Memorial Old Coulsdon. The service was held by Pastor Malcolm R. Newman from the Congregational Church and Assistant Minister: Rev’d Sue Thomas from St. Johns’ […]
May 2024
April 2024
Purley Swimming Pool
The developer Polaska have submitted planning application No. 24/00775/FUL to demolish the existing swimming pool, car park and derelict supermarket and redevelop the site with a new 25 metre, six lane swimming pool, a training pool and 40 station gym. The scheme has 220 flats for later life residential accommodation within three tower blocks, one being 12 storeys high, 45 car parking spaces for public use (maximum 3 hours parking) and 25 spaces for residents. The existing multistory car park has 412 parking spaces. HADRA have joined six other Resident Associations and continued to raise concerns over considerable loss of town centre car parking and the height of the 12 storey residential block.
It should also be noted that planning application no. 21/01753/FUL for Purley Rail station car park (26 to 52 Whytecliffe Road South) is for 238 residential units and reducing […]
March 2024
February 2024
New ‘one stop shop’ for NHS testing brings care closer to home for Purley residents
Residents in the south of the borough now have easier access to essential health services thanks to the opening of a brand new Community Diagnostic Centre at Purley War Memorial Hospital.
The expansion of these NHS services comes as a result of a significant investment in the local health system, and promises to make vital tests and screenings more readily available within the community.
As a result, patients living in the area who have been referred for diagnostic testing such as x-rays, CT scans, cardiology and respiratory screening can now access care even closer to home.
Please CLICK HERE to read the full press release.
Croydon Cyber Crime Summary January 2024
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January 2024
11 Haydn Avenue CR8 4AG
Planning Application No. 23/04771/FUL
Erection of 2 no. three bed semi-detached dwelling houses and 2 no. two bed semi-detached dwelling houses. Associated access driveway, parking, and hard and soft landscaping
The Hartley and District Residents’ Association (HADRA) advises you that a planning application has been submitted to Croydon Council, proposing to build four semi-detached houses to accommodate 20 people in the rear garden of 11 Haydn Avenue. Although this scheme is a reduction in size to the 6 terraced houses proposed under planning application No. 21/02996/FUL which was refused by Croydon Council and the planning inspector, this back land development is still considered an over development of the site.
Details of this planning application and can be seen on Croydon Council’s Public Access Register https://publicaccess3.croydon.gov.uk/online-applications/ where you can view the documents submitted. You can make online objections or comments on this application by […]
Croydon Council to Consult on Library Service
A new strategy for Croydon’s library service has been released ahead of a Cabinet Meeting on 31st January, for consultation over the next few weeks.
After months of research and consultation with user groups and staff, the new proposals offer a revitalised service with greater outreach. The new model provides a strong core offer for residents of all ages with libraries open five or six days per week – including provision of books & Wi-Fi alongside reading, digital, cultural and health programmes. By operating from fewer buildings our libraries can become true community hubs. No job losses are proposed.
Many residents will know and have experienced the reduced library service since the bankruptcy, with some libraries open as little as two days a week. The strategy pursued by the previous Labour Administration was to continually “salami-slice” opening […]
Hartley Court
Planning Application No. 24/00123/FUL
Hartley Court, Hartley Down, Purley CR8 4EA
Demolition of the existing properties and the erection of three pairs of semi-detached houses and a detached house (7 dwellings in total), with associated access and parking.
24 January 2024
The Hartley and District Residents’ Association (HADRA) advises you that a planning application has been submitted to Croydon Council, proposing to demolish the two bungalows at Hartley Court and Ravenswood, which are the first two plots on Hartley Down from the railway bridges of Old Lodge Lane, and build six semi-detached and one detached three bedroom houses (7 houses to accommodate 42 people).
Details of this planning application and can be seen on Croydon Council’s Public Access Register https://publicaccess3.croydon.gov.uk/online-applications/ where you can view the documents submitted. You can make online objections or comments on this application by clicking on “make a public […]
Services at Purley Hospital GP Hub and Minor Injury Unit
The GP Hub / Minor Injury Unit at Purley Hospital opens 365 days a year, 12 hours a day (8am to 8pm). This is very useful to ensure people can see a GP very quickly if their own one is busy, or get a minor injury fixed without needing to go all the way to A&E in Croydon town centre. There has however been some confusion about what the GP Hub / MIU does and does not do. A definitive list on the services on offer is below. (There are also other services at Purley Hospital besides the GP Hub / MIU, such as the new elective care operating theatres, blood tests, X Rays, diagnostics, a Moorfield Eye Clinic and many more besides).
Booking in Advance vs Walking In at the GP Hub / Minor Injury Unit
If you, or your family, have […]
December 2023
Cashless Parking Trial in Purley
Following the Parking Policy consultation, and the successful cashless parking trial in the summer in South End/Selsdon Road, the Council is embarking on a further three cashless parking trials in Purley, Addiscombe and New Addington. So that this does not impact on businesses during the vital Christmas trading period, the trials will be launching on Tuesday 2 January 2024.
CLICK HERE to download the letter that will be hand delivered to businesses in Purley. If you have any questions please email parking@croydon.gov.uk.
November 2023
Purley Pool Consultation
Polaska, the long leaseholder of the Purley Pool site, has announced plans for a complete redevelopment of the area, to include two new pools, leisure centre, cafe and public realm, to accompany about 245 flats which will form a new “integrated retirement community”.
The next stage of the consultation process is on Thursday, 9 November at Christ Church Purley, and all are invited to attend the workshop. The aim is to update residents on the progress of the design and seek feedback on design details, such as materiality.
There will be two workshops covering the same topic on Thursday 9th November at Christ Church in Purley at 859-887 Brighton Road, CR8 2BN. The first workshop slot will run between 4pm and 5:30pm and the second between 6pm and 7:30pm.