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or if you want the ultra local Caledonian Ward team and can wait for a response try 020 7421 0271 or their mobile on 07876 132092 when they are on duty or you can email them
For an incident in a park call Parkguard on 07970 893588
Martin O'Donnell at Peabody has tipped me off to this handy meeting for people who live in Islington's social housing either as tenants or leaseholders.
It's a good chance to talk about how your estate or housing works - Town Hall 1030-1500 on Saturday 6 November. To book a place on the workshops, contact: Thandi Gonzales
T 020 7527 4387
E [email protected]
Martin and Daisy Cooper working out of Priory Green are doing a good job laying the foundations for a Barnsbury website - more on that later.
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 Camden about the proposals may find helpful - the quote above is taken from one of the comments we have received.
Comments to articles on this site are regularly updated and listed on the left hand side of the page under the heading "Recent Comments" - scroll down the page a bit and you'll see it. Do keep your comments coming (at the end of each article is a 'comments' link, just click on that to give us your feedback), let us know:
Local groups like King's Cross Development Forum and King's Cross Community Projects are likely to find your comments incredibly useful when they put their responses in to LB Camden. And remember, it's very, very important to submit your comments directly to LB Camden as well - use the questionnaire provided for this, here's the leaflet and the proposals themselves.
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 be downloaded here, so you can read the decison for yourselves: Download LSC A Mins - 15.11.10- Draft[1].
In spite of Conditions being added to this license, I for one, do not believe it was necessary, especially in light of all the facilities already available for drinking and socializing in the building.
Resident comments are encouraged!!!
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Update: 26 local residents wrote in to comment on this application.
It will now go before the Licensing Committee at 10 AM on 15 November at Town Hall, Upper Street.
All interested parties are encouraged to attend to make their voices heard.
Logica, the tenant on the 7th Floor of King's Place has recently submitted an application for a new Premises License to permit the performance of live music, the playing of recorded music, the performance of dance or anything of a similar description; the provision of facilities for making music, for dancing and for anything of a similar description; the sale of alcohol, for consumption on or off the premises, from 08:00 until 00:00 on Monday to Sunday and the provision of late night refreshment, from 23:00 until 00:00 on Monday to Sunday.
This new application is a follow-on to a previous Planning Application (P091689) whereby on 11 Nov 2009, King's Place was Approved with Conditions to allow: Variation of Condition 6 (hours of operation) pursuant to planning permission P032145 to allow the A3/A4 uses to operate from 08.00 to midnight on any day. Among others, the main Conditions associated with this Approval were:
CONDITION: The A3 use shall not operate outside the hours of 08.00 - 0.00 on any day. REASON: In order to protect residential amenity.
CONDITION: No further public access to the outside terrace shall be permitted after 22.30 and all customers shall be cleared from the terrace by 23.00 on any day. REASON: In order to minimise disturbance to neighbouring properties
CONDITION: No amplified music shall be played on the external areas of the proposed A3 uses. REASON: In order to protect residential amenity.
The granting of this Planning Application has already caused concern/problems amongst those living around Battlebridge Basin of the Canal due to noise originating from the restaurant on the waterside up to midnight and sometimes later. This new Premises Application would now increase potential noise problems from the upper floor - and most likely the outside terrace area surrounding the 7th floor.
It is also important to understand that once a Premises License is granted, it carries forth with the premises, not the current business on the premises, so it is possible that although this application is being submitted by the current tenant, it will be usable by any future tenant of that location.
Those concerned can voice their opposition to this Application which can be seen by clicking here.
The Licensing Act 2003 allows any person living in the vicinity of the premises to submit a written
representation to the council. If the representation is considered relevant, the application will be
referred to the council’s Licensing Committee for determination at a public hearing.
Persons making representations must supply their name and address. Copies of all valid
representations received by the council, including names and addresses, will be given to the
applicant.
All representations received will be included in a report prepared for the Licensing Committee.
These reports are published on their website and therefore any detail you include in your
representation will be available to be read by the public and press. Please note that the Licensing Team will remove your name, address and contact details from representations before its being published but your name, address and contact details will be listed separately within the report
unless you ask that they be kept confidential.
For any representation to be ‘relevant’ it must satisfy the following criteria:
It must not be frivolous, vexatious or repetitive.
It must relate to one or more of the licensing objectives, i.e.
The prevention of crime and disorder
The prevention of nuisance
Public safety
The protection of children from harm
Representations must be submitted in writing by 22 October 2010 and can be submitted via email to: [email protected]
Download original invitation here:Download Safer_Islington_Debate_Invite_414
Send your questions in advance of the meeting to: [email protected]
For more info, go to www.islington.gov.uk/saferdebate
The busy one-way stretch of Gray's Inn Road in King's Cross was awash with fluorescent yellow today at 4.30pm, as a clutch of police officers and two riot vans kept an eye on 50 or so protesters on the footway on the opposite side of the road to the Democratic Republic of Congo's embassy.
The protesters, vocal put peaceful, held placards reading 'Armand Tungulu: Congolese people will never forget' and 'Change in DRC will come after Kabila's departure'. According to international news sources, Armand Tungulu, a 30-year-old Congolese resident of Belgium, was found dead in his Kinshasa detention cell on Oct 2, days after being arrested for allegedly throwing stones at the Congo president's motorcade. The DRC's prosecutor's office have called it a 'suicide', international NGOs have strongly questioned this and called for an immediate investigation. Earlier this year, prominent Congolese human rights campaigner, Floribert Chebeya, was found dead in suspicious circumstances in Kinshasa.
The protesters also made use of the road space, driving a Mercedes down Gray's Inn Road, with a man standing up through the sunroof — presumably a reference to the Congolese president's motor convoy incident.
The embassy is not much more than a (perpetually closed) roller-shuttered shopfront, the only clue to its status is a flag. The only embassy in King's Cross, it is almost constantly guarded by a police officer. Asked why, a protester said, "We don't want the ambassador here, he represents Kabila — he has good reason to fear attack from Congolese people here."
Clare Hill
If you get one of these leaflets through your door please don't throw it away! Its the leaflet from new local charitable trust King's Cross Community Projects, a group of people that live and/or work here. They aim to work towards improving the community within a half mile radius of King's Cross Station, if you can help please do!
York Way, now the only way to get to and fro the tube, train, buses and taxi ranks from the north east side of King's Cross St Pancras has long been unfit for purpose. Closure of the York Way entrance to the station in April 2009 and Network Rail's refusal to replace the much needed northern access by restoring the original bridge has resulted in increased overcrowding for pedestrians struggling along the totally inadequate pavements either side of the heavily polluted York Way canyon. The long promised improvement scheme for which LB Camden has secured funding from Network Rail via a planning gain S106 agreement, is out for consultation, deadline for responses 31 October 2010.
Unfortunately it does not include improvements to the horrendous crossing at the junction of York Way/Euston Road/Pentonville Road as this is to be consulted on by Transport for London at a later date. Also unfortunate is the very, very small area included in the consultation process given how many people on the north east side of King's Cross use York Way every day (see picture on the right).
It is not clear from the consultation documents whether the excellent study by Living Streets into walk-ability around King's Cross Station has been taken into account.
If you would like to make your views known on the proposed two options for York Way improvements, an online version of the documents should be available from LB Camden later today. Meanwhile, the documents can also be viewed from the links below.
Download York Way Consultation leaflet
Download York_Way_Consultation_Plan
Download Consultation Questionnaire
As a local resident, I received the following invitation from Network Rail to see their latest exhibition - if you did not aready receive one, you might be interest in attending.
King's Cross Station
Redevelopment Programme
1" Floor
Cubitt House
1 Battle Bridge Road
London
N1C 4AH
T (0845) 711-4141
October 2010
Dear Neighbour
King's Cross Station Redevelopment
The redevelopment of King's Cross station is now well underway and as a member of the local community, we would like to invite you to visit our exhibition in the station concourse to meet the leam behind the project and find out what improvements we are making,
Come and see us to find out more about how we're transforming King's Cross and to ask us any questions, we'll be in the station: Monday 11 October to Thursday 14 October from 10am-7pm.
If you are unable to visit us in the station but would like more information, please contact our Helpline on 08457 11 41 41 or go to www.networkrail.co.uk/kingscross for further information about the project.
We hope to see you there!
Yours sincerely
Ian Fry Programme Director
King's Cross Station Redevelopment Programme
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 sale of liquor). I know many of you out there share my concern so now is the time to have your voices heard. The Bulletin Board has just received the following information from Simon Gallacher of the Licensing Department requesting local residents views on the Borough's Licencing Policy. PLEASE READ THIS AND RESPOND AS REQUESTED. We will not get another chance to have our voices hear as to what we want our community to be like!
Every three years Islington Council reviews its licensing policy. The policy explains how the council, as a licensing authority, promotes the licensing objectives whilst carrying out its functions under the Licensing Act 2003. The Licensing Objectives are:
The current policy expires in 2011. A new policy has been drafted containing some significant changes. We are keen to hear your views on the proposed changes, as well your views generally about licensing in Islington. A copy of the new draft policy can be downloaded from:
http://www.islington.gov.uk/Leisure/licences/licensing_act/
A short questionnaire is available via the following link:
https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/YRSPTB8
Your views are important and this is your opportunity to have your say about licensing in Islington. If you have any questions about the survey or would like to request a paper copy of either the questionnaire or the draft policy then please contact the Licensing Service on 020 7527 3031 or email: [email protected].
Please have your say before the consultation period closes on 15 November 2010
Simon Gallacher
Licensing Officer
Licensing Team
Public Protection Division
Environment and Regeneration
Islington Council
3rd Floor, 222 Upper Street, London N1 1XR
Tel: (020) 7527 3879
Alternative contact: Terrie Lane (020) 7527 3233
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