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The town of Croydon's first local authority was a body of improvement commissioners established in 1829. [4] They were superseded in 1849 by an elected local board. [5] [6] The town was incorporated as a municipal borough in 1883, after which it was governed by a body formally called the "Mayor, Aldermen and Burgesses of the Borough of Croydon", generally known as the corporation, town council ...
A penalty notice issued by local authority parking attendants is a civil penalty backed with powers to obtain payment by civil action and is defined as a penalty charge notice (PCN), distinguishing it from other FPNs which are often backed with a power of criminal prosecution if the penalty is not paid; in the latter case the "fixed penalty" is ...
The council announced that it was set to lift the section 114 notice in March 2019, with council leader Matt Golby saying that they had "built stability back into the council's finances". [ 40 ] Croydon London Borough Council, 2020 and 2022
Croydon Council plans to cut £5m from social care and £4m from children's services to reduce its debt.
According to Your Croydon (a local community magazine) this is due to a stronger partnership struck between Croydon Council and the police. [88] In 2007, overall crime figures across the borough saw decrease of 5%, with the number of incidents decreasing from 32,506 in 2006 to 30,862 in 2007. [ 89 ]
Amongst other instances, section 114 notices have been issued by Hackney Council in 2000, Northamptonshire Council twice in 2018, [8] Croydon Council in 2020 and 2022, [9] Slough Council in 2021, [10] Thurrock Council in 2022, [11] and Woking Borough Council and Birmingham City Council in 2023. [12] [13]
Taberner House accommodated most of the council's central employees, and its 'one-stop shop' was the main location for the public to access information and services. In September 2013 Croydon Council moved their main departments into a new Public Services Delivery Hub (PSDH) at Bernard Weatherill House .
All Croydon Council seats were up for re-election for the first time since the 2002 elections, during the election on 4 May 2006. Previously Labour held control of the council. In the election, the Conservatives took 10 seats from Labour and 1 from the Liberal Democrats. Since the defection of a Labour councillor to the Conservatives, [3 ...