Local community stalwart stephan schulte has, in one of his community emails explained succintly how to comment on the planning application:
>>Folks,
As you know should now know, King’s Cross Station now going to be re-developed by Network Rail and their Planning Application is now pending. Consultation will be completed this Thursday 14 September.
Although there may be many issues that have meaning to local residents – one in particular should be a major annoyance for Islington residents. Entry to the new concourse and the rest of the station will be from
Pancras Road, north
of the Great Northern Hotel. Not only will there be no access from
York Way
but none form the
Euston Road
frontage either.
Although the consultation period is almost over, you can easily object to this current plan (and I for one will be doing so due to the aforementioned reason) by going online and filling out a simple form.
The link below will take you to
Camden
’s public planning register:
http://planningonline.camden.gov.uk/WAM/search/pas/index.htm
When you get their just insert the application number in the appropriate field – 2006/3387/P
When the application details come up, just look at the top of the page for “Comment on Application.”
This link will take you to a form to complete. Of course, you may comment on any aspect of the application at this time.
If you want to respond, please do it quickly as the consultation period is due to end this coming Thursday, 14th September.
Stephan
I asked Islington Planning Officers for their observations on the removal of access from the East side of the station and how their views would be raised with Camden. Their anonymised response is below. I still think that the answer here is gated/ticketed access barriers in two underpasses dug under the new track emerging on the current platform one inside the station and on both the east and west york way pavements of york way. the underpasses could have shops in to keep them from the fate of normal underpasses:
Kings Cross Environment 