Latest Issues

It's still lawful to own a car, it's still lawful to use a car.  Cllr Fulbrook remains us that our ward is one of the lowest car-owning wards in Camden. So what's the big problem? The closure to motor traffic of Judd Street at Euston Road, the direction of the single lane one-way motor lane in Tavistock place, a...

Do you remember earlier (much earlier) this year there was a Camden consultation about whether to make the CA-D bays available 24/7 for resident permit holders. The councillor in charge of parking, Cllr Harrision, decided he couldn't make the decision so, as is usual, Cllr Gould would make the decision. In the end the Leader...

The Tavistock-Torrington Place saga has come to a hiatus, of sorts, with Camden’s cabinet members choosing to agree with the Officer’s report at a meeting on 5 September. Despite the huge cost of appointing an independent inspector, a barrister and acquiring extra traffic management expertise (SYSTRA), the Council ha...

It's often (too often) been said that a 'Camden Consultation' is a metaphor for secrecy, or a technique to not properly listen and respond to what residents want done. A fob off. Of course this is over-simplifying or over stating the problem. There are consultations, our ward councillors do listen, and some things (b...

UPDATE   So... it's decided. Or, in the language of the council 'Recommendations Approved'.   http://democracy.camden.gov.uk/mgIssueHistoryHome.aspx?IId=41035&Opt=0       Next Wednesday, 27 June, at 6pm in Town Hall Committee Room 4 (the old town hall in Judd S...

FINAL UPDATE 9 Nov 18 In the end the Leader of the Council decided she too couldn't make the decision so it was jogged on to the Cabinet Member for Better Homes - no, me neither!  Having read the officer's report it comes as no surprise that Cllr Apak accepted the recommendation to retain the current hours of con...

Do you want to know exactly what's in the air you breathe? Do you suspect that our area suffers from more pollution than we should endure?  High volumes of traffic, queuing vehicles, idling engines, displacement from Tavistock Place.  What about the substantial construction works? They give a hefty kick to air quality. Air...

Do you want to know exactly what's in the air you breathe? Do you suspect that our area suffers from more pollution than we should endure?  High volumes of traffic, queuing vehicles, idling engines, displacement from  Tavistock Place.  What about the substantial construction works? They give a hefty kick to air quality....

The Camden cabinet met to make decisions on what next for the Tavistock Place cycle track.  For all sorts of reasons it’s going to a public enquiry - in part because of a procedural error by Camden, and in part because (HV guesses) it remains a hot contentious subject. You can watch the webcast of the meeting here:  http://...

Over 1000 people against the trial On 21st December 2016, a group from the committee of the Bloomsbury Residents’ Action Group (BRAG) handed our petition to Councillor Sarah Hayward, Leader of Camden Council. Our petition calls for Camden Council to abandon the Tavistock-Torrington Place trial scheme, which has caused ha...