Category Archives: Local issues

Another new planning application for 62-68 York Way (corner of Wharfdale Road)

In spite of already having an approved planning application for this site that has been in effect since 2002, the developer claiming to control 62-68 York Way has now submitted yet another fresh planning application – P080767. You may remember … Continue reading

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Let Us Through! The campaign to open up King’s Cross Station launches

At 12 noon today residents and representatives met at King’s Cross Station to formally launch the campaign to open up King’s Cross Station, making it permeable for the whole community as well as other station users. This follows the submission … Continue reading

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Let’s open up King’s Cross Station for all of us!

Network Rail has suggested holding a public meeting to discuss access to the station from the northeasern side. From responses I’ve had so far, our community is overwhelmingly in favour of this as long as it’s organised well. (See postings … Continue reading

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We don’t want to change the world, we’re just looking for another bridge

As the campaign to restore the original bridge from Wharfdale Road over the train tracks at the north end of King’s Cross station hots up (see yesterday’s posting below), we are getting lots of messages of support. Just to make … Continue reading

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King’s Cross the inaccessible station

So Network Rail’s feasibility study into replacing the northeastern entrance to the station (by Wharfdale Road) with a footbridge (like the one our community wants, pictured) is complete. What a surprise, their consultants recommend that it is not feasible. Now … Continue reading

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Do you care about Barnard Park? – have your say on Saturday 7 June

Big plans are afoot for Barnard Park (it needs them) – the Council are having two more workshops on Saturday 7 June, to discuss Access and Security and Ecology and Community Involvement. They will be held at the Church on … Continue reading

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Aggressive and persistant begging in Kings Cross on the increase.

Residents of the Kings Cross Road based hostels (I mean those that accommodate "hard to ordinarily house Camden based (anti-social) people," the local authority has a "housing obligation" towards) are noticeably more present and aggressively begging in the surrounding streets … Continue reading

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Outram up in flames again – but CCTV well positioned to give vital evidence…..

Oh dear, i was only thinking the other day that it had been ages since someone torched a stolen moped, when i look out ofhte window, see smoke and someone has set a moped on fire.  A moped was put … Continue reading

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