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Find out more about the work the DHRA undertakes through campaigns in support of local development and improvement works.
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…
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£19,500Donations of between £500 and £999£4,700Donations of up to £499£1.600Total Donations£25,800 Expenditure Noise consultants (Ion Accoustics)£792.00Planning consultants (Harwood Savin ltd)£10,890.00Heritage consultants (Asset Heritage)£2687.40Envrionmental Report ( Souhwest Environmental ltd)£1008.00MV. Webster…
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…
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…
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…
Abacas School on site of the old Police Station Planning reference 2016/1590/P You may or may not be aware that a planning application has now been made to house the Belsize Park Abacus free school in the old police station building at the top of Downshire Hill. The building has been bought by the EFA…
Abacas School on site of the old Police StationPlanning reference 2016/1590/P You may or may not be aware that a planning application has now been made to house the Belsize Park Abacus free school in the old police station building at the top of Downshire Hill. The building has been bought by the EFA (the…
Copy of letter received from the Heath & Hampstead Society. Please download the file to view more.
Abacus School on site of the old Police StationSpecial meeting Wednesday 9th March 2016 at 7pm Meeting Objective Inform attendees of scheme and likelihood of impending planning applicationExplain DHRA Committee PositionSolicit input from attendeesIdentify actions for assembly of relevant facts when reviewing planning applicationIdentify funding needsIdentification of Team to lead Agenda Summary of Abacus School…