FN newsletter 14-10-2022: news, features, comment, and consultations
Readers and contributors
Covid infections continue to increase. Please follow NHS advice to avoid catching and spreading coronavirus. Information and how to get vaccinated is on Camden Council’s coronavirus web page and Westminster Council’s coronavirus web page.
What does it take to get a premises licence revoked in the London Borough of Camden? Well, one wonders... The Metropolitan Police arrested two men on suspicion of rape at The Elysee Restaurant in Percy Street. But councillors on a licensing panel decided to be lenient and only suspended the licence for six weeks so that it could get up and running again in time for Christmas. Read our report below.
Public realm improvement suggestions wanted. The Fitzovia Partnership (yes, them...) and Arup are seeking views on potential improvements to the streets. You don't need to give your personal details and the survey is short. Find it here.
If you want to get in touch with us to tell us what you think of our reporting, have a question, or would like to contribute to Fitzrovia News please email us at news@fitzrovianews.com
-- Linus Rees, editor
News, features and comment
Camden Council suspends licence of Fitzrovia’s oldest restaurant after hearing allegations of drug taking and sexual assault at venue — fitzrovianews.com
Camden Council has suspended the licence of Fitzrovia’s longest-running restaurant after hearing a police report on allegations of drug-taking and a sexual assault at the venue.
Camden wants residents’ feedback on Clean Air Action Plan 2022-2026 — fitzrovianews.com
Camden Council wants residents to tell it what it thinks of its draft Clean Air Action Plan in a public consultation which closes this month.
Developer seeks comments on Berners Street site ‘refurbishment’ plans — fitzrovianews.com
A property investor is planning to redevelop a site in Berners Street and is seeking the views of local people at a public exhibition and consultation this month.
Who knows what goes on in a basement car park of a PFI-built hospital these days? — fitzrovianews.com
A planning inspector will this month hear arguments from Camden’s planners and from University College London Hospitals Charity in what could be the conclusion to a long-running dispute over social housing on the former Middlesex Hospital Annex site in Cleveland Street.
Planning, licensing, and public consultations
Planning applications in Bloomsbury and Fitzrovia East, October 2022 — fitzrovianews.com
Camden Council registered planning applications so far during October 2022.
Planning applications in Fitzrovia West, October 2022 — fitzrovianews.com
Westminster Council validated planning applications so far during October 2022.
Licensing application: 70-88 Oxford Street — fitzrovianews.com
Bbb Thirteen Ltd has applied to Westminster Council for a new premises licence for the basement of 70-88 Oxford Street, on the corner with Newman Street.
Licensing application: Chief, 22 Bedford Square — fitzrovianews.com
Project 1972 UK Ltd has applied to Camden Council for a new premises licence at Chief, 22 Bedford Square.
Licensing application: 28 Store Street — fitzrovianews.com
Heysun Ltd has applied to Camden Council for a new premises licence at the ground floor and basement of 28 Store Street.
Printed newspaper
Fitzrovia Community Newspaper Archive — archive.fitzrovianews.com
Next year will be 50 years since the first edition of Tower -- the forerunner to Fitzrovia News -- was published. We hope to complete our online archive of fifty years of community newspapers by then. The latest printed A4 sheet is available outside 2 Foley Street.
News and features from elsewhere
Council chiefs confirm ‘streamlined’ plans for regeneration of Oxford Street | Evening Standard — www.standard.co.uk
Wider pavements, seating, additional greening and lighting are part of the plans.