Category Archives: Local issues

Kings Cross Village anyone? re-branding suggestions for KX please….

Posted on February 19, 2014 by William Perrin

We’re picking up reports of spurious local descriptors from estate agents – Wharfdale Road is in Bloomsbury apparently – so we thought we’d have some fun of our own with some candidates for a re-branded Kings Cross, rather than leave … Continue reading →

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£650,000 community benefits from American Car Wash Whitbread hotel getting planning approval

Posted on February 13, 2014 by William Perrin

Islington Gazette reports that the Whitbread hotel application for York Way/Wharfdale Road was approved at planning committee on Wednesday evening 11 February and permission will formally be granted when the paperwork is complete.  As we reported previously the issue was … Continue reading →

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97 Caledonian Road – refurbishment starts on local eyesore

Posted on February 4, 2014 by William Perrin

Observant readers will have noticed some activity at this dreadful site on the corner of the Cally Road and Wharfdale Road.  It’s been a dead duck, open to the weather for so long the only option is to demolish and … Continue reading →

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Kings Cross MP raises Mount Pleasant development at Prime Ministers questions

Posted on January 31, 2014 by William Perrin

The huge post office yards about half a mile from kings cross at Mount Pleasant are due for redevelopment.  And a lot of the traffic comes through Kings Cross.  Mount Pleasant isn’t in our Kings Cross patch, but is close … Continue reading →

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Development Forum set to meet – community gains from N1C on agenda

Posted on January 30, 2014 by Sophie Talbot

King’s Cross Development Forum was set up in 2002 by Camden Council in association with Islington Council to be a key means by which our local community can give our views on the massive King’s Cross Central development taking place … Continue reading →

Posted in Architecture, Big developments, Community groups, Community stuff, Kings Cross N1C, railwayslands, Local issues, New, Planning, Licensing and Regulation | 5 Comments

Whatever happened to that proposed Whitbread Hotel on York Way? planning update

Posted on January 23, 2014 by William Perrin

The application for the hotel on the American Carwash site was due to go to the planning committee last week, but was pulled.  I asked Cllr Convery what had happened – there were technical problems: Planning officers failed to recognise … Continue reading →

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Kings Cross Square – map of who is responsible for what

Posted on January 21, 2014 by William Perrin

Kings Cross Square sits at the intersection of several bits of public and private land, each with their own set of governance and care arrangements.  Long experience of working with local public bodies to keep public space in good order … Continue reading →

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Islington Cyclists Action Group on proposed changes to The Cally

Posted on November 25, 2013 by Sophie Talbot

Islington Council are currently consulting on changing the south end of The Cally from one way to two way traffic. We welcomed the proposal. Islington Cyclists Action Group, whilst recognising that a return to two way working is a positive … Continue reading →

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