The Highgate Society and the Highgate Neighbourhood Forum have jointly written to all political parties and candidates in the May 2026 local elections asking them to adopt five pledges, which we believe will work for the benefit of residents, businesses, and Councils.
The A1 Archway Road has more serious collisions that any other road in the Highgate area and the volume of traffic is also high with over 20,000 vehicle movements a day. It has more HGVs than any other local road and the traffic continues through the night. Together with the recently introduced 20 mph speed […]
Camden have offered members of the Highgate Society an opportunity to have an input to their new Air Quality Strategy and their Air Quality Action Plan for the next 4 years. There will be a Community Conversation about it on Thursday 19th February between 6.30pm and 8pm at the Society’s Hall at 10A South Grove. […]
Haringey are requesting suggestions on how to spend £60,000 available for the Highgate (Haringey) ward in the Community Infrastructure Levy fund. The deadline for responses is 16 January 2026. Elsewhere in the borough CIL expenditure has included a new pedestrian crossing and the Highgate Society has suggested improvements to the crossing between Channing Junior School […]
Until 22 September Haringey is consulting on its revised Licensing Policy. This is the policy for pubs, off licences, licensed restaurants and late-night eating places of all sorts. At present if a business in Haringey applies for a licence, or for a change in their licence like longer hours or larger premises, they only have to […]
Mayor of London Sadiq Khan has formally called in the controversial Archway Campus redevelopment, following its recent refusal by Islington Council.The proposed scheme, which includes a 27-storey tower and 242 student rooms, was refused two weeks ago by the council. Concerns cited included the development’s excessive scale, its failure to deliver sufficient affordable housing, and […]
Over a year ago, Historic England was asked by the local campaign group to give Statutory Listed Status to these important historic buildings on the site between Archway Road and Highgate Hill, opposite Archway Station. Now, with an application for a 27-storey tower block threatening the buildings and local residents, Historic England are at last […]
A public meeting will be held at La Sainte Union School, located at Highgate Road NW5 1RP, on Tuesday, September 3, from 7:00 PM to 8:30 PM. This event, organized by the Highgate Society on behalf of DPHN Joint Action, aims to provide a platform for community voices. At least three councillors are confirmed to […]
When Belkys Ledezma of N6 Zumba heard that the Highgate Society was raising money for another public access defibrillator and training sessions for local residents, she immediately offered to donate a zumba session to help with the fundraising. The new defibrillator will be in addition to the two which were funded by pH.7 Life in […]