Police Station redevelopment. The EFA (Education Funding Agency) have advised early the Council in early 2017 that they now intend to pursue a 210 place school on the Police Station Site. At time of writing a new application has not been made by the EFA and from talking to our councillors no pre application meeting…

Minutes of the last meeting were agreed. BT Box A BT Infinity box had been installed, after many years waiting and chasing. The committee was glad service would at last be improved, but noted that it was ugly, being badly placed in the middle of the pavement. (The Virgin box is discreet.) Andrew to ask…

December 2016 Financial summary to date of Police Station campaign Donations from Downshire Hill, Keats Grove, Hampstead Hill Gardens and Haverstock Hill. Donations of £1000 and above £19,500 Donations of between £500 and £999 £4,700 Donations of up to £499 £1.600 Total Donations £25,800 Expenditure Noise consultants (Ion Accoustics) £792.00 Planning consultants (Harwood Savin ltd)…

School The saga with the planning application for a 420 place School at the site of the Old Police Station continues. Following the rejection of the planning application by the Council we have again written to the Education Funding Agency, the agency that is funding the new school, and they have replied saying that they…

The Old Police Station/Abacus Primary School unsuccessful development proposal There was discussion of Camden Council’s unanimous refusal of planning permission, after a full and informed 50 minutes’ discussion. The committee were satisfied at the outcome and expressed their thanks to Andrew for his endeavours. There had been 12 grounds for refusal. It was felt that…

Result of Council Planning meeting regarding school on 28th July 2016 Following extensive work by DHRA and others on planning, transport, Heritage, noise, air pollution, the need for a school and local amenity, several technical reports supporting our objections were submitted to the council. We also covered the press etc to try and promote a…

Following extensive work by DHRA and others on planning, transport, Heritage, noise, air pollution, the need for a school and local amenity, several technical reports supporting our objections were submitted to the council. We also covered the press etc. to try and promote a balanced view.  The council also received ca 280 other letters of…

The chairman welcomed all the DHRA residents. The meeting was well attended. He ,noted that sevarl new residents had moved into the street and looked forward to several new households joining the association in due course. Members are now contacted by email; Stephen has 49 email addresses. Members were encouraged to provide any missing emails….

School The saga with the planning application for a 420 place School at the site of the Old Police Station continues. With lots of help we and others have submitted our objections and these can now be seen on Camden’s planning web site. There are also now full reports on educational need, noise, Heritage, traffic…

This letter was address to the Education Funding Agency & the Office for Standards in Education. Please dpownload the letter using the PDF Files button.

HAMPSTEAD POLICE STATIONPROPOSALS BY CfTB/ABACUS/KIER COMMENTS fromHAMPSTEAD COMMUNITY for RESPONSIBLE DEVELOPMENT ABACUS- IT SIMPLY DOES NOT ADD UP! DECLARED UNSUITABLE BY ITS OWN TRUSTIn Jan 2015 the Chief Executive wrote to parents to say this site was not a viable option -‘it would have compromised our mission of providing an excellent learning experience to your…

Everyone agrees that Belsize Park needs a new, 210-place non-faith school. Hampstead has three good ones a few hundred yards from the proposed site, one of which has already shown its opposition to the new school as it will threaten the viability of its own. With 50 odd schools educating 12000 pupils in NW3, residents…