The Bulletin Board has recently seen a Planning Application which indicates that the King's Cross Safer Neighbourhood's Team (SNT) will be to relocating 54 -58 York Way (intercetion with Wharfdale Road).  Our initial assumption was that the team coming to York Way, was the Caledonian Ward SNT.  That now does not seem to be the case and apparently the Team coming to York Way is the Camden SNT.

For those of you interested in the actual planning application, you can just use the following link to examine it - Click Here.  Once there, you can click the tabs to see all the associated information and comment online if you wish.  You can so comment by emailing the Planning Officer directly at planning@islington.gov.uk.  (Please note that the formal consultation runs until 4 Feb.)

The Bulletin Board subsequently learned more about the details of the move from the Met Police Press Office:

This planning application relates to the relocation of Kings Cross Safer Neighbourhoods team – part of Camden Borough Police, to the new location at 54 – 58 York Way. 

There are no current plans to move the Caledonian Safer Neighbourhoods team who are part of Islington Borough and who will continue to work out of Islington police station.

The discussions we are having with the prospective landlord to take a lease on the property at York Way are at an early stage and so there is no proposed date for occupation as yet.

Regular consultation is taking place with the local community and the Kings Cross ward panel.

While it is disappointing that our own Caledonian Ward Team will not be moving closer into the community, we still feel this relocation is good for the area for two reasons.  First, there will now be a local police presence on York Way and second a shopfront, vacent for the past four years will be put into active use.

We did respond to the Property Service Office at the Met (the folks who submitted this application) and suggested that the Met consider taking more space at the York Way location and co-locating two teams at that property.  What do you think?