Are you in your 20s, 30s or 40s and living in Highgate? A group of working-age members of the Highgate Society have set up a new social group (via WhatsApp) to help newer and younger residents get involved and feel at home in Highgate. Think pub nights, walks (with four-legged friends sometimes!), quizzes, and the […]
We need your help! Despite a strong refusal from Islington Council, the Mayor of London has “called in” the Archway Campus planning application. This means the Greater London Authority (GLA) can now make the final decision – and overturn the Council’s rejection. We’re awaiting confirmation of the date for a public hearing. In the meantime, […]
Camden Council is not proceeding with current the Dartmouth Park Healthy Neighbourhood scheme as initially envisaged. Following multiple objections it is ‘going back to the drawing board’.
We are pleased to share the news that Islington Council has refused the application for the Archway Campus redevelopment. This decision follows significant opposition from local residents, community groups, and heritage organisations, with over 450 formal objections submitted. The Council found the proposal to be in clear breach of multiple planning policies at national, regional, […]
The Save Campus Joint Action Group – a coalition of the Highgate Society, local Archway and Highgate groups, and Archway residents – has submitted a detailed 45-page objection to the Seven Capital’s proposed Archway Campus scheme. This document outlines how the current plans breach numerous national, London, and local planning policies and also includes photo montages of the […]
The Society has recently been involved in some licensing issues:The Prince of Wales applied to extend its opening hours from midnight until 1.30am. This would have meant that it opened later than any of the other public houses in Highgate High Street. The application generated 40 representations from local residents objecting to the later hours, […]
Haringey have put forward planned changes for resident and visitor parking. The proposals involve several administrative changes and increases in charges, most of which are not contentious. However we do not support the removal of all day parking permits, and we’re pleased to hear that this change may be dropped. Click More for details.
The DPHN Joint Action group comprises fourteen neighbourhood groups from across the Highgate, Dartmouth Park and Kentish Town areas. See https://dphnjointaction.com/supporters/ The group met on 16th November and 25 people attended to share perspectives across these areas. The updated www.dphnjointaction.com website, leafleting, fund raising and building an email list for future communications were all discussed. Further meetings will take place when […]
After years of campaigning, “603watch GhostBUSters” and the Green School Runs charity (https://www.greenschoolruns.org/603-bus-campaign) have succeeded in getting a review of the 603 bus included in Camden Transport’s delivery strategy, but more needs to be done.For years, parents and communities in Swiss Cottage, Belsize Park, Hampstead, Highgate and Muswell Hill have been campaigning for an increase […]
In August, with the help of other local organisations, we gathered nearly 3,000 signatures on a petition that we presented to Camden Council. This called on the Council to extend the brief six-week “co-design” phase of the Dartmouth Park Healthy Neighbourhood (DPHN) traffic proposals, urging more meaningful and accessible engagement. At our public meeting on […]
