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The health of hundreds of residents in a council block in Fitzrovia is being put at risk because their street has been left out of the Mayor of London's new Ultra Low Emission Zone and will have increased motor traffic from a new road scheme designed by Camden Council. Residents living at 30-40 Grafton Way …
People living in the neighbourhoods near Oxford Street have come out strongly against plans to pedestrianise the shopping street because of concerns about displacing motor vehicles into surrounding areas, according to the results of a consultation carried out by Transport for London and Westminster Council and published this week. More than 65 percent of local …
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Westminster City Council will carry out the first of two separate public consultations starting next week (Monday 24 April) before deciding on how to implement the Mayor of London's vision for Oxford Street. "The consultation will start on 24 April, ahead of a second consultation on a preferred scheme in November 2017," says the West End …
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A site which was identified for housing can be used for mostly offices, ruled a government inspector who has given planning permission to redevelop a former hospital building in Fitzrovia. The inspector made the decision after taking into consideration a policy published by former mayor Boris Johnson during the twilight of his tenancy at City Hall. Arthur Stanley House …
On 14 July The Times newspaper ran a story "Oxford Street to ban all traffic" and reported that "Vehicles will be banned from the busiest shopping street in Europe within four years to reduce congestion and pollution, the mayor of London’s office announced". The story was later repeated in other news media including the Evening …
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A Greater London Assembly member has directed the Mayor of London to reject plans to redevelop a triangular commercial building in Cleveland Street after making a visit to the site and meeting local people. Murad Qureshi a Labour member of the Greater London Assembly (GLA) met residents in July to listen to their concerns about plans for a major …
David Lammy, former Universities Minister and MP for Tottenham, has set up a campaign office in Fitzrovia as part of his bid to be the Labour candidate for the 2016 election for Mayor of London. The office was set up last week in Whitfield Street and displays the Lammy for London campaign branding. Lammy studied …
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The controversial development by Royal Mail Group at Mount Pleasant comes before the Mayor of London this Friday. Architects Fielden Clegg Bradley, who have offices in Fitzrovia, is one of the four architectural practices that have designed the scheme which many neighbouring residents have described as a "grossly insensitive scheme". A GLA officer's report recommends approving the scheme …
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By Angela Lovely Whitfield Gardens near Goodge Street tube station along Tottenham Court Road is frequently soiled by people using it as a toilet during the night and often during the day. There is also a soup kitchen next to Whitfield Gardens which feeds more than 100 people each lunchtime. The soup kitchen is run …
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By News Reporters The London Cycling Campaign (LCC) spent Tuesday at a road junction in Fitzrovia collecting signatures from cyclists using the east-west cycle route along Howland Street in order to raise the profile of cycle and pedestrian safety. The LCC want cyclists to grab the candidates attention ahead of the forthcoming election for Mayor of …
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