East Coulsdon January Update

At the November meeting the ECRA committee welcomed Cllr Scott Roche to provide us with some updates. Cllr Roche is the Cabinet member for Streets and Environment on Croydon council.

We raised the issues of parks maintenance, refuse disposal and the proposals for parking.

Cllr Roche has a lot of priorities for parks maintenance. We were particularly concerned about grass cutting in Marlpit Lane park, the maintenance of the putting green, the need to reinstate the junior football pitch and the failure to maintain Chaldon Way Gardens. We continue to seek a meeting with him and his officers to improve this situation.

At the January meeting we raised the problem of the water logged area outside Pistachio’s café and some cracking on the new perimeter path. We have asked for a meeting for the friends of Grange Park with the officers and contractors.

The consultation on parking proposals closed recently and the results are being evaluated. Cllr Roche expects that the changes will be implemented next year after further trials in some local areas. It appears that a mobile phone will be essential although some local shops may be designated as Pay Points. ECRA committee continue to press for 1 hour free and 1 hour paid parking.

We raised further concerns about the parking trial in January in Addiscombe, New Addington and Purley which reduces the one hour free parking to 30 minutes and the need to use an app or phone RingGo. We feel that this will lead to a reduction in people shopping locally.

Croydon council are reviewing the bin collection arrangements and the “failure rate” of bins and the timescale for replacement.

Cllr Roche did not have any further information on Red Clover Gardens/Lion Green Road.

We raised this again at the January meeting as they have now been empty for 10 months. We also asked who is responsible for snagging when people do move in.

Coulsdon Parking Consultation

Croydon Council is currently reviewing how parking is managed across the borough, with a number of options being considered including removal of all ticket machines and moving to payment by mobile app being one of their preferred options.

Public drop-in sessions where further information can be obtained, as well as provide you with a forum to provide feedback can be attended at our local Coulsdon Library on the following dates:

  • Thursday 12 Oct 4.30-7pm
  • Tuesday 24 Oct 10am-12.30pm

More information on the consultation including how to provide your feedback can be found on the Croydon Council website (https://www.getinvolved.croydon.gov.uk/draft-croydon-parking-policy-2023).

Update: ECRA’s response to Croydon Council’s Parking Strategy can be read here.

Coulsdon RAs’ submission to Croydon local plan

Please find below the joint submission of Coulsdon RA’s to the Croydon Local Plan, submitted in February 2022.

The submission was jointly agreed by: East Coulsdon RA (ECRA), Old Coulsdon RA (OCRA), Hartley and District RA (HADRA) and Coulsdon West RA (CWRA). 

If you want to find out more about planning in Croydon and about the local plan, visit the Council’s Croydon Local Plan Review page Croydon Local Plan review page. 

Event: new Community Health Centre public engagement, 4th and 5th November 2021

You are invited to attend a Public Engagement event for a new community health centre.

When: 4th and 5th November 2021, 1pm-6pm. 

Matthew Kershaw will introduce the plans at 4.30pm each day 

Where: Coulsdon Methodist Church, 83 Brighton Road, CR5 2BE

Read the full invitation (pdf)

If you have any questions about the event, or would like to attend and have accessibility requests, you can email: