There were 21 planning applications registered by Camden Council in Bloomsbury ward during April 2021. There are a number of applications for alterations to listed buildings at various locations; permission for an extract vent from the rear of 10 Tottenham Street; various applications for temporary pavement licences at Goodge Street, Percy Street, Tottenham Court Road, […]
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Tell Camden what you think about ‘streateries’ in Fitzrovia
Gazebo gourmet on Charlotte Street. Camden Council wants people’s views on ‘streateries’. Love them or loathe them (or somewhere in between) Camden Council wants to hear your views on its outdoor eating and drinking scheme known as “streateries”. “Covid-19 has changed how we are able to use cafes, restaurants and pubs. So to help the […]
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Planning application: 67 Whitfield Street
Ground floor of 67 Whitfield Street on the corner with Chitty Street. An application has been made to Camden Council to change the ground floor retail unit at 67 Whitfield Street, Fitzrovia to a restaurant. The premises is part of the 80 Charlotte Street building that has been redeveloped by Derwent London. The application seeks […]
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Licensing application: 1947 London Restaurant & Bar, 33 Charlotte Street
Rathbone Street entrance to the underground restaurant. An application has been made to Camden Council to vary the premises licence at 1947 London Restaurant & Bar, in the basement of 33 Charlotte Street, Fitzrovia. Although the address is Charlotte Street the entrance is in Rathbone Street. The application seeks to amend the opening hours and […]
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The streets of London revealed some rarely heard voices
Jennifer Kavanagh spent 15 months collecting stories from people living and working on London’s streets. Photo: Heather Martin. A few years ago I came across Henry Mayhew’s London Labour and the London Poor: an extraordinary feat of investigative journalism from the 1860s: an oral history of those living and working on the streets of Victorian […]
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Fitzrovia re-opens for shopping and outside eating and drinking
The first day of post-lockdown shop re-openings saw busier streets and many long but generally swiftly moving queues on Oxford Street. Elsewhere a mixture of strong, steady and quieter business for stores, pubs, restaurants and eateries across Fitzrovia. But much relief all round with the fresh activity and a sunny day helped the keen shoppers […]
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Discover more about Camden’s social and architectural history
Camden History Society publishes a newsletter every two months and its Review every year. Camden History Society was founded in 1970 soon after Camden was formed by the amalgamation of the three former boroughs of Hampstead, Holborn, and St Pancras and needed some form of record of its heritage. John Richardson was a councillor in 1970 […]
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Licensing application: The Kings Arms, 68 Great Titchfield Street
The Kings Arms pub at 68 Great Titchfield Street. McMullen & Sons Limited has applied to the City of Westminster for a variation of their premises licence for: The Kings Arms, 68 Great Titchfield Street, Fitzrovia. The variation details are to increase the current licensed area of the public house to include a new basement […]
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Licensing application: Iris Avenue, 32 Store Street
Iris Avenue, 32 Store Street. An application has been made to Camden Council for new premises licence at ground floor and basement of 32 Store Street, Fitzrovia. The applicant, Iris Avenue, is seeking permission for the sale of alcohol for consumption on the premises from 9am to 8pm Monday to Saturday, and from 10am to […]
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Aids memorial planned on Tottenham Court Road
University College Hospital on the corner of Euston Road and Tottenham Court Road is the successor building to the Middlesex Hospital where the first Aids treatment ward was located. A new memorial to remember those who died from an Aids-defining illness and those who have survived could be sited somewhere on Tottenham Court Road in […]
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Licensing application: The Hanway, 20 Hanway Street
Ground floor premises at 20 Hanway Street. An application has been made to Camden Council for a new premises licence at The Hanway, ground floor, 20 Hanway Street, Fitzrovia. Applicant Hua Zhu is seeking permission for the sale of alcohol, late night refreshment, and the playing of recorded music. The opening hours applied for are: […]
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Residents locked out of bicycle hangar by thieves
The lock has been partly cut with a portable grinder. Residents who store their bicycles in a bike hangar on a street in Fitzrovia have been locked out and unable to access their cycles due to damage to a lock by thieves over the Easter weekend. In an email to Falco, the company who runs […]
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Camden seeks views on its plan for nature
The consultation has been broken down into sections to comment on. Camden Council is seeking comments on its biodiversity strategy — a plan to improve natural areas and the public’s access to it. The strategy sets out how the council will respond to “the national and global ecological emergency” and increase people’s access to nature […]
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South Crescent ‘streatery’ consultation
Camden is proposing a cordoned off area for an outside dining space in front of 26 South Crescent. Camden Council is asking for comments on a proposed temporary outdoor eating and drinking space at South Crescent, one of a number of public consultations it is holding on extending its “streateries” scheme across the borough. “During […]
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Planning applications in Fitzrovia West, March 2021
There were 20 planning applications validated by Westminster council during March 2021 in Fitzrovia West. Most of the applications are minor, details required by previous planning permission, amendments to previous permission, and advertising permission. Included among the list is an application for an extension of the building at 6 Bourlet Close; for cooling plant behind […]
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Planning applications in Bloomsbury and Fitzrovia, March 2021
There were 30 planning applications registered by Camden Council in Bloomsbury ward during March 2021. Most of the applications are minor, or details required by previous planning consents. There is advertising permission sought at various sites on Charlotte Street, Goodge Street, Grafton Way, Fitzroy Street, Maple Street, Tottenham Street and Whitfield Street; pavement licences at […]
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‘Where were you darling?’ Ted Merwood on acting with himself on stage
Ted Merwood as Ebenezer Scrooge. Photograph by Johan Lygrell. Long-time Fitzrovian, Ted Merwood, born on the Isle of Wight, came to London as a young man and trained as an actor, singer and dancer. He acted, sang, and danced all over the country and, among many jobs, he performed in the West End as a dancer in […]
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Private health company in ‘Trojan horse manoeuvre’
The offices of Operose Health in New Cavendish Street. A large US healthcare company with offices in New Cavendish Street is at the centre of a storm of protest after it took over the running of one of England’s biggest NHS general practice providers in what one critic described as a “Trojan horse manoeuvre”. Operose […]
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Licensing applications at 55 Great Portland Street
Premises licences are sought for the ground, basement, and first floors of 55 Great Portland Street. The Crown Estate has applied to Westminster Council for two new premises licences at 55 Great Portland Street, Fitzrovia. The applicant is seeking permission for a number of licensable activities on the ground floor and basement including the sale […]
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Licensing application: VQ, 111A Great Russell Street
VQ, 24 hour cafe, restaurant and bar, 111A Great Russell Street. ATC Hospitality Ltd has applied to Camden Council for a major variation of its premises licence at VQ, 111A Great Russell Street, in Bloomsbury. The business is a 24 hour cafe, restaurant and bar. The applicant is seeking: “To vary the conditions of the […]