Category Archives: Local issues

Fatal stabbing – appeal for witnesses – corner Copenhagen and Cally

Posted on February 28, 2015 by William Perrin

To update this post – the police have now named the victim as Alan Cartwright aged 15 – our deepest condolences go to his family, one cannot imagine what they must be feeling.  If you have any information that may … Continue reading →

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Cally Road single yellow lines removal – does anyone know what is going on?

Posted on February 11, 2015 by William Perrin

  Bad news for local traders on the bottom of the Cally Road as the council proposes taking away some of the the single yellow lines to be replaced by double yellows.  There are two single yellow sections – opposite … Continue reading →

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Camden Town Hall extension – massive increase in roofline with daft ‘hat’ extension #camden

Posted on February 8, 2015 by William Perrin

Camden is being asked by hotel developers to bust through local roofline heights and set a precedent for increased densities and crowding in Kings Cross with an oversize extension to the 1970s ‘Camden Town Hall Extension’ now vacated by the … Continue reading →

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Residents take apart Institute of Physics case on eve of planning meeting @physicsnews

Posted on February 5, 2015 by William Perrin

The controversial plans for the Institute of physics building at 4 Balfe Street go to planning committee for decision tonight (1900 at Town Hall on Upper St). Cabe Franklin who lives next door to the proposed building has found some … Continue reading →

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Major Balfe Street-Cally Road development for Institute of Physics at planning cttee 5 Feb

Posted on January 29, 2015 by William Perrin

One for the diary – the big development proposed by the Institute of Physics for Balfe Street and the Cally Road goes to planning committee on Thursday 5 February at 1900 in the Town Hall on Upper St.  Anyone can … Continue reading →

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Cemex in Kings Cross must be prosecuted @cemex_uk

Posted on October 20, 2014 by William Perrin

Cemex a colossal Mexican concrete company bought UK conrete-ier Readymix and the knackered old concrete plant sandwiched between Randalls Road, Rufford Street and the railway.  They have a long history of incredibly noisy, in my view illegal behaviour.  We have … Continue reading →

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Mess around Kings Cross Square – TfL are letting the side down

Posted on October 6, 2014 by William Perrin

We wrote in January amid all the back slapping about the ‘completion’ of Kings Cross Square that there would be issues with keeping it clean and tidy and a welcoming public space.  In any public realm one needs to be … Continue reading →

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Proposed Institute of Physics building – startling new view from communal gardens

Posted on October 5, 2014 by William Perrin

A local resident has secured a startling new artists impression of the building the Institute of Physics are applying for planning permission for at the corner of Balfe Street and the Cally Road (behind the cocktail bar).  This is the … Continue reading →

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