Category Archives: Local issues

More on the Camden King’s Cross scandal…

The shaded areas marked 1-5 on this map are what LB Camden thinks is King's Cross if we are to take their consultation paper "Shaping the Future of King's Cross" at face value (see article below). If we don't take it at … Continue reading

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“Shaping the future of the King’s Cross Area”: a very strange shape for the area.

Camden has released a consultation paper on “Shaping the future of the King’s Cross Area”.  Local groups can express their views on the key issues for the plan at two meetings (on 28 and 30 October)  and also send comments … Continue reading

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York Way proposals “a total waste of time and money”

We recently reported on proposals to improve York Way currently out for public consultation from LB Camden. As a result, we are now getting comments to the article from users of York Way which anyone wanting to reply to LB … Continue reading

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King’s Place – Application for a new Premises License for top floor.

Update 3 December – Decision License Granted In spite of 23 letters of objection, the Licensing Committee again decided it knew best what the local area needs and voted to grant this license. The actual Minutes of the meeting can … Continue reading

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Safer Islington Debate, 4 November 2010 at Islington Town Hall, 7 – 9 PM

  Download original invitation here:Download Safer_Islington_Debate_Invite_414 Send your questions in advance of the meeting to: csputeam@islington.gov.uk For more info, go to http://www.islington.gov.uk/saferdebate    

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Congolese protest opposite embassy in Gray’s Inn Road

The busy one-way stretch of Gray's Inn Road in King's Cross was awash with fluorescent yellow today at 4.30pm, as a clutch of police officers and two riot vans kept an eye on 50 or so protesters on the footway … Continue reading

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LB Camden consults on improvements to York Way

York Way, now the only way to get to and fro the tube, train, buses and taxi ranks from the north east side of King's Cross St Pancras has long been unfit for purpose. Closure of the York Way entrance … Continue reading

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HAVE YOUR SAY: Review of the Licensing Policy – Licensing Act 2003

 For some time this writer and others have "railed on" about the Licensing Policy in Islington (or in my view, lack of it!) that created and ever increasing number of "late-night" premises licenses in our area – specificlly those allowing the … Continue reading

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