You may remember that the controlled hours in Zone K in Islington (opposite Whittington Hospital) went to 24/7 in April 2017. This obliges Camden to review their controlled hours in CA-U (Highgate down to Chetwynd Road). Consultation begins around 17th February. There will be a number of choices: stay the same; possibly sub-areas affected by […]
Following the announced resignation today of the Haringey Leader Claire Kober and her accepting now that the HDV is effectively dead in the water as she no longer has the time to push it through before the electoral purdah season starts in late March [for the May election] –and of course it remains ultra vires […]
The Constabulary and Queen’s Park Manager has received notification from the current tenant of the Highgate Wood Café that are they terminating their Tenancy at Will and will cease trading on Wednesday 31 January 2018. The tenant has cited operational and resourcing issues for their decision.
The Highgate Neighbourhood Forum is now five years old. This means that under the terms of the Localism Act it has to apply for re-designation. The official consultation is being carried out by Haringey and Camden councils.The Forum has already made a major difference to the way the councils have to consult us. It is […]
Recently described as the ‘Guardian of Highgate’ in a Ham and High letter critical of the newly revealed development at 69 Highgate High-Street, (the old flower shop site,) The Highgate Society is not the all-powerful body some might imagine. Rather its role is to represent members and the community at large as it seeks to […]
Join us at 12 noon, at 10A, to walk around the streets of Highgate picking up litter; removing drawing pins from trees and generally top online casinos noting problems. A Soup and Bread lunch to follow at 10A. Finish by 2pm.
Sunday, 21st January, 2018 Start at 3.15 Entry, tea and cake £1 – non members welcome. We will hear travellers’ accounts of visits to the Caucasus and Central Asia that receive very few foreign visitors. The presenters will whet your appetite for a visit with images of magnificent mountain scenery as well as heritage site […]
The London Forum of Amenity and Civic Societies, of which the Highgate Society is a member, is also affiliated to it, and the Society’s Michael Hammerson represents the London Forum on the Heritage Alliance’s Planning Group. Its monthly news bulletin has a vast amount of information, with something of interest for everyone, and can be seen […]
The challenge is to Haringey Council setting up a supposedly 50/50 partnership with the Australian multi-national corporation, Lendlease, to take over land and property belonging to the Council, involving demolition and regeneration of estates as well as business premises and private houses in ‘red-lined areas’. If it goes ahead it will be the biggest such […]
The HS has received stage one of Camden’s CPZ consultation in Highgate (stage two is to consult with residents) and must respond imminently. We have received the earlier parking beat surveys from Camden. However, Camden has not given us the most recent parking data results. The HS therefore intends to contact Haringey and Camden councillors […]