It looks like emergency access is being provided to the rear of 36A Highgate High Street, which has been part of our long running campaign. If so, it will be thanks to your donations, the petition and the massive amounts of time and effort put in by the Society planning team and others. Thank you. For more details click here.
New Archway Road licensing application
We review all licensing applications in Highgate and make representations where necessary but always aiming to support a balance between residents and business. We were concerned to find an application for a licence for 171 Archway Road for the sale of takeaway hot food until 3am on Sunday to Thursday and until 5.00am on Fridays and Saturdays.
These very late hours seemed at risk of resulting in noisy delivery mopeds coming and going through the night and the drivers congregating outside or in nearby Cromwell Avenue. We were also concerned about the potential cooking odours and noise from ventilation equipment. Consequently we made objections to the proposal and attended a hearing in late August.
We were successful in achieving more limited licensed operating hours only until 2am on Sunday to Thursday and until 3am on Friday and Saturday. Counter service is only licensed until 00.30 on Sunday to Thursday and 02.30am on Friday and Saturday. The later closing to 2am and 3am is for deliveries only. Importantly there were some strict conditions imposed including that "Residents are not caused nuisance or disturbed by any delivery service providers, drivers do not congregate on residential roads.”
Unlike a planning decision, a licence need not result in anything permanent. Licence holders who do not comply with conditions or who do not comply with the statutory licensing objectives can have their licences revoked. Those objectives are: the prevention of crime and disorder; public safety; the prevention of public nuisance; and the protection of children from harm.
Tidying up and guerrilla gardening
The Community Projects group has two great events coming up in September. First it has its normal tidy-up event. Please meet at the junction of Wood Lane and Queens Wood Road on Saturday 2nd September at 9:30am for the tidy-up session in Queens Wood for an hour.
The group then has a guerrilla gardening event in Pond Square. Please meet at 2:30pm on Saturday 16th September for the 90 minute gardening event. The group goes to 10A South Grove afterwards (about 4pm) for tea and cake and a follow-up discussion on guerrilla gardening events.
As advance notice we will have a guerrilla gardening discussion evening in 10A South Grove on 3rd November at 730pm. Please put the date in your diaries now!
EVENTS
Highgate Wood Community Heritage Day
Sunday, 3rd September 2023
11:00 am to 4.00 pm
Enjoy a day out with events and stalls on the playing field, including live music, arts and crafts, local bee keepers, conservation, local groups, Highgate Wood history display, Roman Pottery Kiln restoration project, and Mediaeval Life re-enactors – and visit the Highgate Society’s stand!
Seats of London
A talk about seat coverings on London's Tubes and buses
Wednesday 20th September
7.30 pm
10A South Grove N6 6BS and online via Zoom.
Author Andrew Martin will give an illustrated talk on the history of moquette, the seat coverings on London Tubes and buses.
Entry £6.00 includes a complimentary glass of wine (£3.00 on Zoom)
For more details clickhere. To book click here.
Isokon and the Bauhaus in Britain
Wednesday 11th October
7.30 pm
10A South Grove N6 6BS and online via Zoom
The hugely influential Lawn Road Flats, or Isokon building, was completed in 1934. Leyla Daybelge and Magnus Englund are trustees of the Isokon Gallery, the museum in the building. Their richly illustrated talk is not just about design and architecture but also war, sex, death, espionage and famous dinner parties.
Entry £7.50 includes a complimentary glass of wine. (£3.00 on Zoom).
For more details click here To book click here.
Highgate Watercolour Group Autumn Show
St Paul's Cathedral by Jacqueline Freeman
11th October to 6th November
Daily from 12 noon to 4.00 pm Lauderdale House, Highgate Hill, London N6 5HG
When planning your visit, due to occasional unscheduled closures at the last minute for other events, please check at www.lauderdalehouse.org.uk or phone them on 020 8348 8716. More information is at www.highgatewatercolour.org.uk.
Sunday lunchtime concert: The Ladies of the Salons
Sunday 22nd October
12 noon
10A South Grove N6 6BS
£15 to include a glass of Buck's Fizz
Patricia Hammond, accompanied by Matt Redman sings authentic parlour songs from the 1830s to the 1930s. Sing along with ‘Juanita’, ‘Come back to Erin’, ‘A perfect Day’, ‘Bless this House’ or ‘What a difference a day makes’.
For more details click here. To book visit www.tickettailor.com/events/highgatesociety.
More events
●The Poetry Group has its next meeting on Tuesday 3rd Octoberat 6.30 pm. £3 admission includes tea and biscuits. For more details contact Richard Downes at r.downes@yahoo.co.uk(There is no meeting in September)
● TheFrench Circlewill start the 23-24 session on Wednesday 6th September at 7.30pm.. "We will have our usual opening event of general chat and catching-up after the summer, in French, plus wine and cheese-tasting. We look forward to welcoming old and new friends." Entry is £10, cash only, at the door.
●The next Coffee & Computers session will be on 4th September at 10A South Grove. To receive notifications of sessions email highgatecoffeeandcomputers@gmail.com.
Save the date
Hybrid talks: 8th November - Development plans for Highgate Cemetery West 29th November - Hidden waterways of Highgate
You may also be interested in:
Highgate Horticultural Society Autumn Show - 2nd September 2.00 to 5.00 pm in United Reform Church, South Grove N6 6BA. www.highgatehorticulturalsociety.org.uk
Summer concert on the Heath bandstand - 3rd September 12.00 till 5.00 pm. Details here.
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.
