This month, we’ve got a link in the newsletter to the full Environment Committee report, and an enthusiastic member has submitted his ideas for improving the High Street. The views expressed are those of the author, but with too many empty shops in the High Street and the old 271 bus stand still without a useful function, all ideas to revitalise the High Street are welcome. Do write with your own suggestions.
On the 17th, don’t miss the next Sunday Lunchtime Concert and a week later, come and join us in the Highgate Society hall to meet local charities and groups to have a chat over a coffee and see if you’d be interested in volunteering for any of them. Meanwhile we at the Highgate Society have launched our own volunteering page on our website. See https://highgatesociety.com/people/volunteering/
As always, feedback is welcome – just hit reply on this email.
NEWS
Latest Environment Committee report published
The Highgate Society Environment Committee's Spring 2024 report has been published and can be read here. As well as reporting on the many planning applications and proposals that the committee has considered and commented on, the report also covers meetings with Camden and Haringey planners and provides an update on national planning policies.
A better Highgate High Street?
What could our commercial centre look like if it were a place that prioritised people, not cars? A Highgate Society member has put forward an intriguing proposal for making the centre of the village a more welcoming, pedestrian-oriented place. The views expressed are those of the author, but we thought you would be interested to see them. Click here for the full article. (A shorter version will appear in the Spring issue of the Society’s magazine buzz).
Action needed at dangerous junction on Highgate Hill
In 2017, due to concerns about the safety of their pupils crossing Cholmeley Park at its junction with Highgate Hill, Channing School paid for professional transport planning & highway design consultants Caneparo Associates to assess the junction and make proposals for safety improvements.
Their proposals almost certainly would have prevented this accident in 2022. They were discussed at a meeting with Haringey officers, but we have seen no action taken. Sadly, the opportunity to include this improvement into the works currently in progress at The Bank has been missed.
Please write to the Highgate (Haringey) ward Councillor Scott Emery (scott.emery@haringey.gov.uk) and to Cllr Seema Chandwani, Haringey Cabinet member whose responsibilities include Highways (seema.chandwani@haringey.gov.uk) if you have comments on this section of Highgate Hill between Bisham Gardens and Hornsey Lane. Please copy chair@highgatesociety.com. Where an issue seems to involve Camden as well as Haringey we will bring it to the attention of the relevant Camden Councillors.
For details of the Caneparo scheme, see this post on our web site.
Dartmouth Park Hill
The northern section of Dartmouth Park Hill outside the new Whittington Hospital development has now reopened to two way traffic.
Guerrilla gardening update
The HS Guerrilla Gardening group has been busy with planning for 2024 since its evening workshop in November. Work has included a walk-about through the N6 area to survey 16 potential sites for its activities and developing a map with notes, so that it can assign actions (even if just monitoring) to each site. The group is now looking for people that can join it to grow this initiative. To find out more and the dates of the sessions click here.
Other news
Camden Council is consulting on its Draft New Camden Local Plan. To read and comment on the plan go to https://newcamdenlocalplan.commonplace.is/. The plan for North Camden (which includes the Camden areas of Highgate) is here.
The date for the 2024 Fair in the Square has been announced as 8th June. Applications are now open for stalls.More details on the Fair web site fairinthesquare.co.uk. The Fair marks the start of Highgate Festival Week.
In the news:
Sunday lunchtime concerts (Ham & High article) - click here
EVENTS
Sunday lunchtime concert: The Tondo Duo
Sunday 17th March 12 noon
10A South Grove N6 6BS
Entry £15 including a glass of Buck’s Fizz
Sophia Elger (saxophone) and Duncan Hickey (guitar) play the jazz numbers of Pat Metheny, the tangos of Piazzolla and the folk-inspired music of Ciarán Farrell.
This is a great opportunity for anyone who would like to explore some local volunteering options. You may just want to help at a one-off event or be looking for something on a more regular basis – just come along and have a chat to representatives of the different groups and see what takes your fancy! Click here to see which organisations will be present. Please come and join us and see if you can find something that is of interest whilst enjoying a coffee and cake!
More events
● The next Coffee & Computers session will be on Monday 4th March at 10A South Grove. To receive notifications of sessions, email highgatecoffeeandcomputers@gmail.com.
●The Poetry Group has its next meeting on Tuesday 5th March at 6.30 pm. The themes for the month are 'discovering spring; leap year; election blues red situation' £3 admission includes tea and biscuits. For more details contact Richard Downes at r.downes@yahoo.co.uk.
● The next French Circle meeting will be on Wednesday 6th March at 7.30pm.
● The next Tidy-up event is on Saturday16th March Meet on Shepherd's Hill outside the library. For more details click here.
Save the date:
- Spring social at 10A - Friday 26th April - Merry Mug Quiz - Tuesday 30th April
- Highgate Society AGM - Monday 20th May
- Fair in the Square - Saturday 8th June
- Highgate Festival - Saturday 8th June to Sunday 16th June - Summer social at 10A - Friday 14th June
You may also be interested in ...
Highgate Choral Society - Saturday 2nd March. Poulenc/Bizet/ Boulanger. Full details here.
Dog show in Waterlow Park - Sunday 24th March 11 am to 4 pm. Organised by the Friends of Waterlow Park and All Dogs Matter. More information here.
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