The doughty team at the Kings Cross Railway Lands Group have won a small victory on their route to a judicial review of the redevelopment plans for the area behind Kings Cross. The judicial review itself will be on 24th/25th May. Their press notice says:
‘King’s Cross campaigners celebrated a victory on 24th April when developers, Argent, withdrew their appeal against an injunction preventing demolition of listed and conservation area buildings.
‘Just hours before Mr Justice Sullivan was due to hear the appeal in the High Court, Leigh Day and Co, solicitors for the King’s Cross Railway Lands Group, agreed a deal with the developers, Argent. In return for withdrawing their appeal against the injunction, Argent will be able to carry out minor internal demolition to Stanley Buildings North, beside St Pancras station. In addition, they have signed an undertaking to reinstate any damage to the building if the campaigners’ judicial review of Camden’s planning consent for the £2bn development succeeds.’