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Sanderstead Community Day
Sanderstead Community Day - 27 September 2025
Riddlesdown Collegiate Open Evenings
Riddlesdown Collegiate - Open Evenings Please note for all of our residents living in streets south of Mitchley Ave near to and leading up to Riddlesdown Collegiate - the Collegiate will be holding their usual Open Evening on Thursday 25 September from 5.30pm to 8.30pm. Traffic is expected to build [...]
Sanderstead Hill – Resurfacing
Croydon Highways have advised that their contractor FM Conway will be resurfacing Sanderstead Hill from Sanderstead Rd to the roundabout at Rectory Park/Addington Rd. This work will take place on 22 to 24 September between 8am and 5pm on each day. On 25 September they will be cleaning out the [...]
Unsafe Trees in Ragged Grove (Riddlesdown Open Space)
As many residents maybe aware, there is restricted access on Riddlesdown Open Space in Ragged Grove (the woodland behind the houses in Holmwood Ave). The woodland(s) in question has been partly fenced off by Whitgift Foundation, who own the land, due to ash die back and other unsafe trees - [...]
PLANNING APPLICATIONS AND DECISIONS WEEKLY LIST: RIDDLESDOWN AREA ONLY – W/C 11/8/25
GRANTED - 46 Honister Heights - 25/01981/HSE - Demolition of single storey rear extension and conservatory, alterations, erection of single storey side/rear extension.
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 [...]
PLANNING APPLICATIONS AND DECISIONS WEEKLY LIST: RIDDLESDOWN AREA ONLY – W/C 4/8/25
SUBMITTED - 43 Lower Barn Road - 25/02489/HSE - 28 Jul 2025 -Proposed ground floor, side and rear, wraparound extension and extension of patio. SUBMITTED - 13 Tandridge Gardens - 25/02571/GPDO - 05 Aug 2025 -Erection of single storey rear extension projecting out 6 metres with an eaves height of [...]
Gas Works in Riddlesdown – Update 4/8/25
Gas Works in Riddlesdown – Update 4/8/25 The RRA have been advised by Forefront Utilities (working on behalf of SGN) that further gas main works will continue in the area this summer, whilst Riddlesdown Collegiate is now closed until 2 September. We are told the works will not be as [...]
PLANNING APPLICATIONS AND DECISIONS WEEKLY LIST: RIDDLESDOWN AREA ONLY – W/C 28/7/25
SUBMITTED - 20 Rectory Park - 25/02437/DISC - 22 Jul 2025 - Discharge of Conditions 4 (SuDS) and 6 (Landscaping) of planning permission 22/05329/FUL (Demolition of existing garage, formation of access from Rectory Park and the erection two detached dwellings with associated parking and landscaping).
PLANNING APPLICATIONS AND DECISIONS WEEKLY LIST: RIDDLESDOWN AREA ONLY – W/C 21/7/25
APPROVED - 88 Riddlesdown Road - 25/01756/DISC - 27/5/25 - Discharge of Conditions 11 (Cycles, bins, EVCP, lighting, gradients) and 15 (privacy screens) of planning permission 22/00148/FUL (Demolition of existing five-bedroom detached house and erection of a block of flats comprising of 21no. units, refuse and recycling store, parking, landscaping [...]
PLANNING APPLICATIONS AND DECISIONS WEEKLY LIST: RIDDLESDOWN AREA ONLY – W/C 14/7/25
APPROVED - 48 Mitchley Hill - 25/01718/DISC - 23/5/25 - Details pursuant to conditions 4 (landscaping), 15 (playspace) and 18 (lighting scheme) of planning reference 19/02209/FUL for the demolition of single-family dwelling and erection of one 3-storey block, containing 6 x 2-bedroom apartments. 2 x 4-bedroom houses and 1 x [...]