Highgate School Planning Applications - Public meeting
Thursday 8th June 2023 6.45 pm for 7.00 pm
St Michael's Primary School, North Road, Highgate, N6 4BG and on Zoom
The recent planning applications by Highgate School have aroused considerable interest and concern among our members and the wider Highgate community. When taken as a whole, they will make a substantial difference to Highgate especially during the next 10 year construction period. If you didn’t see our email about the Highgate School planning applications, please click here to see a copy and visit highgatesociety.com for fuller details of the proposals.
The Highgate Society has organised a public meeting, which will be chaired by Catherine West MP to facilitate further consultations and a better understanding between the Highgate community and the School.. For full details of how to participate clickhere.
Archway Campus
We understand that Seven Capital are in the process of arranging a further and final round of community consultations. See the leaflet attached for information
They will be holding an exhibition preview on Monday 5th June 6pm – 8pm at the Archway Methodist Church, but this is only intended for nearby residents. The evening will include a brief presentation from the design team, taking residents through an updated scheme and the key changes that have been made. We have had no indication that the height of the tower will be reduced from its present 36 storeys.
Subsequently on the 6th June, there will be a wider public exhibition at the same venue from 3.30pm – 7.30pm.
Neighbourhood Forum designation renewal
Neighbourhood Forums have to reapply for designation to their respective Councils - in our case Camden and Haringey - every five years and this procedure has now come around again. It would be really helpful if as many people as possible wrote in support of the application. Responses should be made by Friday 23 June to Camden (email planningpolicy@camden.gov.uk) or Haringey (email planning.policy@haringey.gov.uk) according to which Borough you live in.
Suggested wording for your email:
I support the redesignation of the Neighbourhood Forum. Highgate is one community and the coordination of cross border activity through the Neighbourhood Plan is very important.
[Include your name and address, making sure you are sending your email of support to the right borough according to where you live.]
Be advised of Camden licensing applications
Although neighbours are told of planning applications, they are not told about licensing applications. So you will only find out that your local pub wants to, for example, open later or have live music, if you notice the application placed outside the premises or advertised in the local paper. We made a deputation to Camden Licensing Committee asking that they introduce a system for letting local residents know. So the Society is very pleased that Camden has introduced an option on its licensing page for residents to sign up to be notified of any licensing application in their Ward. If you would like to be told of applications near you it is easy to sign up at Camden.gov.uk/licensing . We are asking Haringey to make a similar arrangement.
Saturday 10th June 12.30 to 5.30 pm
Pond Square and South Grove in Highgate Village.
Highgate's annual free fun-day with all the usual attractions and maybe some new ones - check here for more information. The HIghgate Society will have its usual stall outside 10A - come and see us!
The Highgate Watercolour Group will, as usual, display and sell very reasonably their colourful paintings and cards at the Fair. They will be on a table close to 10A, where they paint together every Thursday and warmly welcome all comers
Sunday lunchtime concert - The Reliables
Sunday 11th June at 12 noon (doors open 11.45). 10A South Grove N6 6BS
£15 including Buck’s fizz on tap. Booking is via Eventbrite – clickhere.
Founded in 2015 by Californian-North Londoner Dave Barrows (sax, flute) and Rob Pfeiffer (guitar, vocal), Highgate resident and long term lay minister at St Michael’s. As a composer duo, Dave and Rob took the band through an initial 60s, West Coast Jazz vibe but recent compositions have moved towards African dance grooves, classical Indian music and modern Jazz.
Summer social
Friday 16 June 7.00 to 8.30 pm
10A South Grove N6 6BS
Entry £6 on the door (no booking necessary).
Join us at the Highgate Society and enjoy a glass of fizz and strawberries with your Highgate neighbours. Everyone welcome.
Talk: Firing London's imagination: the Highgate Roman Kiln Project
Wednesday 21 June 7.00 for 7.30 pm
10A South Grove N6 6BS and on Zoom
Entry £6 to include a glass of wine (£3 on Zoom)
Booking via Eventbrite - click here
The National Lottery Heritage Fund has awarded the Friends of the Highgate Roman Kiln(FOHRK) £243,550 to 'bring home' a 2nd Century CE kiln excavated in the Wood, now in store in Bruce Castle Museum, as a focus for heritage and community learning. Harvey Sheldon FSA, Co-director of the dig in the 60s and 70s, and Nick Peacey, MBE, replica kiln builder, will discuss FOHRK's exciting plans and the latest thinking about the identity and story of the Highgate potters.
More events
●The Poetry Group has its next meeting on Tuesday 6th Juneat 6.30 pm. The challenge is Charity, Summer heat or Happiness (or any combination). £3 admission includes tea and biscuits. For more details contact Richard Downes at r.downes@yahoo.co.uk
●The French Circle will meet next on the first Wednesday of September. However, they are planning a self-financing restaurant meal on the evening of Friday 14th July (le 14 juillet being an important national celebration in France). There will be an email announcement when arrangements are confirmed.
●The next tidy-up event is onSaturday 10th June. Meetoutside 10A South Grove. For full details, including the date of future events, click here.
Save the date
19 July: Talk: The proposals for Highgate Cemetery
You may also be interested in:
Eco Fair 2.00 pm to 4.00 pmon Saturday 17th June in Pond Square bringing together local organisations promoting climate action. Do some screen printing with XR, get a tree whip from the Haringey Forest, learn how to make a garden pond and bug hotels, pick up your free guide to increasing biodiversity in your garden.
Matilda the Musical West End Workshop. 10.00 am to 12.00 pm Saturday 17th June. Jacksons Lane. Suitable for 5 - 16 years old. Contact admin@breakingthefourth.co.uk
Disclaimer:
The Highgate Society is an unincorporated association established for the public benefit. It endeavours to ensure that the information it provides as a free service is correct but does not warrant that it is accurate or complete. Nothing in this correspondence constitutes professional or legal advice and may not be relied on as such. In no event will the Society be liable for any loss or damage including without limitation indirect or consequential loss or damage or any damage whatsoever arising from any objections criticism advice and information it provides.
