Author Archives: William Perrin

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About William Perrin

Active in Kings Cross London and South Oxfordshire, founder of Talk About Local, helping people find a voice online and a trustee of The Indigo Trust , Good Things Foundation and ThreeSixtyGiving as well as Connect8.

Kings Cross railway lands redevelopment

The campaign to fight for a more people-centric redevelopment of the huge 60 acre site behind Kings Cross station is surely one of the great local planning battles of the last 20 years.  I am a huge admirer of the … Continue reading

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Residence Primrose – poor fire safety improved

Residence Primrose is a private hostel on Kember Street, just off the Caledonian Road.  The hostel has been of concern for some time to members of the North Kings Cross Environmental Task Group.  The fire escape is a scaffolding construction … Continue reading

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CEMEX – some progress…..?

Today CEMEX sent an environmental compliance team and an acoustic consultant to the Rufford Street site following the persistent noise complaints made by residents and the Council.   They  took some measurements from my flat while loads of aggregate were being … Continue reading

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UPDATE Rufford rubble rumble

The guys from Murphy Limited are putting in a new electricity main for EdF along York Way.  The Murphy Limited contractors have been using the end of Rufford Street as a transfer and storage spot for their gear and for … Continue reading

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Bingfield Street – lights fixed

A small thing but i have been nagging HfI for months about two broken lights in the entrance to the Outram Place car park where Bingfield Street ends.  They have now put in a lot of work to repair wiring … Continue reading

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CEMEX noise pollution on Bank Holiday

These guys at the CEMEX/ReadyMix plant on Rufford Street never give up – at 0910 this morning on the Saturday of the Bank Holiday weekend a wave of deliveries of sand and gravel began.  About 6 lorries delivered in the … Continue reading

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Sex worker detritus – Outram Place

There has been a big improvement in the condition of the undercrofts of 29-35 Outram Place since HfI put a gate up to stop cars using the area, after months of nagging by reisdents and Councillors.  The amount of sex … Continue reading

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Rufford street – tipping

These mysterious boards are typical of the sort of odd things that get tipped in the area.  Will report and try to get moved

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