We the undersigned call upon Croydon Council to allow Jawher Ahmad Mohammed and Salam Hassan to continue to provide their Fruit and Vegetable Stall Service, a healthy amenity near East Croydon Station.
We the undersigned call upon Croydon Council to allow Jawher Ahmad Mohammed and Salam Hassan to continue to provide their Fruit and Vegetable Stall Service, a healthy amenity near East Croydon Station.
We the undesigned ask you Croydon Council to allow to allow Jawher Ahmad Mohammed and Salam Hassan to continue to provide their Fruit and Vegetable Stall Service, a healthy amenity near East Croydon Station.
You have refused to grant planning permission claiming it would be "detrimental to the visual amenity of the street scene by reason of its bulk" and would create a hazard to pedestrians.
This ice cream van sized green van with it's colourful fruit and vegetables visually enhances the otherwise grey drab concrete street scene.
Unlike the tables and chairs of nearby cafes it is outside the main thouroughfare of commuter pedestrians. It is beside a tree, were it not there if you were to walk that route you would crash into a tree - it represents a health amenity not a hazard.
We signed the "Save East Croydon Fruit and Vegetable Stall" petition!
# 48:
1:16 am PDT, Apr 10,Can Atik, Turkey
# 47:
12:06 pm PDT, Mar 18,Shannon Sultan, Wisconsin
# 46:
12:12 am PST, Feb 29,James Rudy, New York
# 45:
10:37 am PST, Feb 25,Mike Downs, Missouri
# 44:
4:57 am PST, Feb 14,Izzy Wilhelmsen, Norway
# 43:
6:57 pm PST, Feb 1,TAYLOR WEIDNER, Colorado
# 42:
9:30 am PST, Jan 28,Annica Klein, Germany
# 41:
2:31 pm PST, Jan 27,Vidya Sims, California
# 40:
12:45 am PST, Jan 24,Victoria Thomas, Wyoming
# 39:
9:46 pm PST, Jan 23,Name not displayed, New York
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7:13 am PST, Jan 21,Kathryn Cade, United Kingdom
I used to work in Croydon and I got off at East Croydon to walk to work and I always stopped to get fruit form the stall for my lunch and there was always a queue. I would not have bothered if it was not there. For a town who is trying to encourage getting fit by opening gyms in the town centre it seems idiotic to take this stall away.
# 37:
10:26 am PST, Jan 16,Sarah Ellis, United Kingdom
The market is the root is Britishness stop picking on the traders they work hard for little profit. You are allowing supermarkets to rule
DO NOT CLOSE THE FRUIT STALL!!!
# 36:
3:00 pm PST, Jan 11,Cheryl Nicholls, Australia
# 35:
8:23 am PST, Jan 11,Tracey Hague, United Kingdom
These men have decided to make the UK their home & this is the welcome they get when they try & do something good for themselves and others!
They are bringing healthy affordable food to the heart of Croydon. They should be supported by the council (e.g. one of Croydon's business support initiatives) rather than be threatened with closure.
# 34:
2:04 am PST, Dec 29,Simos Tarabatzis, Greece
# 33:
1:29 pm PST, Dec 19,Elaine Wang, Taiwan
# 32:
11:29 am PST, Dec 19,Catherine Smalley, United Kingdom
# 31:
9:39 am PST, Dec 18,Haval Hussein, United Kingdom
# 30:
2:34 am PST, Dec 17,Steve Klein, Canada
# 29:
2:25 pm PST, Dec 16,Rasti Ali, United Kingdom
# 28:
1:51 pm PST, Dec 16,Ahmed Babaker, United Kingdom
Hi there my name is Ahmed and i want to support and singn a petition for croydon fruit & veg at east croydon
# 27:
11:46 am PST, Dec 13,Simon Jones, United Kingdom
Keep the stall!
# 26:
3:25 am PST, Dec 13,Shorish Barzinji, United Kingdom
# 25:
3:45 am PST, Dec 5,Name not displayed, United Kingdom
# 24:
1:56 pm PST, Dec 4,Joe Hague, United Kingdom
It's madness to try and turf off two hardworking guys who sell such healthy produce at reasonable prices. They should be encouraged, not villified. Let's keep the stall going!
# 23:
8:58 am PST, Dec 4,Roger Sprosen, United Kingdom
It is the duty of all to support small enterprise and especially healthy eating
# 22:
6:32 am PST, Nov 29,Anna Karlsson, United Kingdom
# 21:
6:27 am PST, Nov 29,Tim Turner, United Kingdom
# 20:
4:37 am PST, Nov 24,Name not displayed, United Kingdom
# 19:
8:22 am PST, Nov 23,Name not displayed, United Kingdom
# 18:
7:48 am PST, Nov 23,Rebecca Lovell, United Kingdom
Got some nice fruit and veg from here, and cheap to! Is there any information in the local papers (Advertiser/ Guardian etc) about it? A small article in one (or hopefully more)local papers would provide a good boost.
# 17:
6:54 am PST, Nov 23,Mary Mitchell, United Kingdom
# 16:
2:14 am PST, Nov 23,Pat Mear, United Kingdom
We should all be eating at least 5 portions of fruit and vegetable per day. This stall is very convenient for busy commuters to purchase them.
# 15:
3:29 pm PST, Nov 22,Kathy Barrow, United Kingdom
please help this fruit and vegetable stall to ocntinue running as it helps to bring a lcoser community together and shows what hard work these two people have been doing to establish it. It would be an extremely sad day if they are forced to close it.
# 14:
1:11 pm PST, Nov 22,Robert Roach, United Kingdom
This is a colourful, ethical business run by hardworking people. It should stay.
# 13:
11:21 am PST, Nov 22,Ann Boyce, United Kingdom
I thought we should be encouraging
the public to eat more fruit and veg so what's the problem.?
# 12:
10:59 am PST, Nov 22,NINA CRANE, United Kingdom
# 11:
9:57 am PST, Nov 22,Den Friend, United Kingdom
What about rewarding initiative rather than punishing it?
# 10:
8:02 am PST, Nov 22,Alex Bourke, United Kingdom
No more McDonaldization of Croydon, support small businesses and healthy eating.
# 9:
8:01 am PST, Nov 22,Sonia Hayward, United Kingdom
# 8:
7:11 am PST, Nov 22,Mary Sackie, North Carolina
# 7:
5:49 am PST, Nov 22,Tara Maher, United Kingdom
# 6:
5:43 am PST, Nov 22,Miranda James, United Kingdom
I wouldn't at all be surprised by anything this govt do anymore... quite unbelievable that they want rid of a fruit & veg stall!
I would call it rascism, no doubt the stall would be left alone if run by white middle classed people!!!
# 5:
5:09 am PST, Nov 22,Kerry Heselton, United Kingdom
# 4:
4:59 am PST, Nov 22,A C Baker, United Kingdom
Croydon Council shouldn't be afraid to admit that they are wrong on this one - they'll get a huge cheer of support when they do!
# 3:
4:58 am PST, Nov 22,Francesca Vezzani, United Kingdom
# 2:
6:35 am PST, Nov 20,Nitin Mehta, United Kingdom
# 1:
4:38 am PST, Nov 20,Tony Bishop-weston, United Kingdom
Croydon Council must be having their arm twisted or have lost their marbles to want to close this fruit and veg stall down