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Category Archives: Planning, Licensing and Regulation
Correction after more info came to light!
I have amended the article I posted yesterday about the consultation on the King's Cross area being carried out by LB Camden, "More on the King's Cross Scandal…" with the following paragraph as more information came to light this evening! … Continue reading
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
“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
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
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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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
Kings Cross sex shop closed down by council and faces £34,000 bill
Good to see the council taking some enforcement action and tackling the long standing unlicensed Pirate Books at 4 York Way. The shop was an eyesore for people arriving in Kings Cross and redolent of the Kings Cross of the … Continue reading
Street works in Islington 2009 – 13,000 sets of works 81,000 days ?
The Council has sent me a spreadsheet of street works in Islington in 2009 in response to an FOI request. There are over 13,000 entries or about 50 every working day. Street works encompasses a range of activites – not … Continue reading