Collection rates of council tax and business rates in Croydon have hit record levels, with the council’s income team bringing in almost an extra £12 million last year.
Some £180m of council tax was collected in 2016/17 meaning […]
New, affordable homes are to be built in Croydon after Brick by Brick – the council’s house building company – was granted planning permission for its first batch of developments.
Set up to ensure Croydon residents had access […]
A council initiative that is cleaning up some of Croydon’s busiest streets – by tackling bags of rubbish left on the pavement – is set to expand into another seven areas.
Time-banded waste collections, for both commercial and […]
Health, social care and voluntary sector partners are launching a more personalised and joined-up approach to health and care services for the over-65s in Croydon.
The Outcomes-Based Commissioning programme (OBC) is a radically different approach to the funding […]
Good progress is being made on the improvement works to Surrey Street and the project remains on schedule to finish in early June.
Council contractors have been on site since 27 March, and have so far undertaken a […]
The percentage of Croydon parents getting their first choice primary school in 2017 has gone up four per cent since last year.
Figures show that 89 per cent got their school of choice.
Thanks to the council’s recent investment […]
The five-week countdown to Croydon Cycle Fest 2017 began as the event was formally launched in Croydon Town Hall on Thursday (13 April).
The festival is just one of many exciting events taking place in parks and […]
The future of Fairfield Halls came a step closer this week as the council published a notice in advance of the formal announcement of the new operator for the soon-to-be-refurbished venue.
Over the last few months proposals from […]
Grange Park, in Coulsdon, will this week become the first ‘Centenary Field’ in South London.
Centenary Fields is an organisation that works across the UK in partnership with The Royal British Legion to secure recreational spaces in […]