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There are a whole load of public consultations in full swing at the moment (we do try to write about other stuff…) and I haven’t had time to write a short a report about many of them. However, I am — along with my colleagues in the Charlotte Street Association — increasingly concerned about the number of licensing applications for bars and restaurants in Fitzrovia.
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The latest news on our website
Film reveals 25 years of tragedy and violence in Democratic Republic of Congo
The Justice Congo Group, part of Central London Global Justice Now, is holding a film screening in Bloomsbury this month. The Empire of Silence is a tough film to watch, documenting the past 25 years of tragedy and violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo, and calling for international action to end the impunity enjoyed by the perpetrators. https://fitzrovianews.com/2022/11/10/film-reveals-25-years-of-tragedy-and-violence-in-democratic-republic-of-congo/
Clarion unable to provide basic housing information to Camden Council due to cyberattack
Clarion Housing Group has been unable to provide Camden Council with basic figures for its performance in the borough for the year 2021/2022 due to a cyber attack on its servers in June this year, according to a Council report. https://fitzrovianews.com/2022/11/10/clarion-unable-to-provide-basic-housing-information-to-camden-council-due-to-cyberattack/
Public consultations
Licensing: Original Greek Ltd has applied to the City of Westminster for a new premises licence for the basement and ground floor at 3 Berners Street. https://fitzrovianews.com/2022/11/15/licensing-application-basement-and-ground-floor-3-berners-street/
Licensing: Mr Lasagna Fitzrovia Ltd has applied to Camden Council for a new premises licence at 19A Goodge Street. https://fitzrovianews.com/2022/11/16/licensing-application-mister-lasagna-19a-goodge-street/
Planning: Camden Council registered planning applications in Bloomsbury ward, which includes Fitzrovia East, so far during November 2022. https://fitzrovianews.com/2022/11/14/planning-applications-in-bloomsbury-and-fitzrovia-east-november-2022/
Planning: Westminster Council validated planning applications in the Fitzrovia West neighbourhood area so far during November 2022. https://fitzrovianews.com/2022/11/14/planning-applications-in-fitzrovia-west-november-2022/
Camden Council has opened a public consultation on its plans to make permanent the outside eating and drinking areas at Conway Street and Whitfield Street in Fitzrovia. https://fitzrovianews.com/2022/11/14/camden-want-residents-view-on-making-conway-street-and-whitfield-street-streateries-permanent/
Camden Council is developing a strategy for the evening and night time economy (ENTE) and wants to hear from residents in a new public consultation it is running. https://fitzrovianews.com/2022/10/26/camden-wants-residents-views-on-the-evening-and-night-time-economy/
Camden is consulting on its Local Plan review (I haven’t got around to writing about it yet) https://consultations.wearecamden.org/supporting-communities/camden-local-plan-review/
And Camden is also consulting on its Community Infrastructure Levy (which I have also not got around to writing about) https://consultations.wearecamden.org/supporting-communities/help-us-to-invest-local-community-infrastructure-l/ .
Westminster Council is updating it City Plan (again I have not yet got around to write about…) https://www.westminster.gov.uk/city-plan
Printed newspaper
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. https://archive.fitzrovianews.com/