Our community's voice on development
Waterlow Park Trust Advisory Group, the Highgate Society and other bodies have all recently submitted objections to the proposed development in Archway comprising of a 27 storey tower and the demolition of many buildings. While the proposal was rejected by Islington Council, the proposal now sits with the Mayor. Consultation ends today (12th October) if … Read more
Two updates on the Murphy’s Yard redevelopment since we last wrote. The deadline to respond to the application has been extended A scoping planning application is a submission to Camden from Murphy’s Yard/Folgate to determine what environmental or technical issues must be studied before any full or outline planning application is approved. Camden’s deadline for … Read more
This week the Forum submitted formal representations to Camden Council on the Environmental Impact Assessment Scoping Report for the redevelopment of Murphy’s Yard — the site of 6.3 hectares that borders Gospel Oak, Kentish Town, Regis Road and Hampstead Heath, that was the subject of a withdrawn application in 2021/22. The current proposal is for up to … Read more
Parts of our neighbourhood suffer from too much through traffic. Our Streets for People survey in 2020, which had 401 responses, found that 82% of respondents thought that there was too much traffic in the area. When asked about trialling a Low Traffic Neighbourhood, 81% were either ‘supportive’ or ‘very supportive’ with 9% either ‘not … Read more
