We love him, of course, just not the 15 sq m 'shed' and the 2 years of works.  Evidence is that we will soon be welcoming him and his family to his new home.

Everything that is wrong with planning and development in London in one story. A better than 10 fold increase in land value simply because of a planning decision gone horribly wrong. It was absolutely predictable, as we constantly did, that once the permission was obtained he applicant would move on. The promised 'bung' to Council sports facilities which led to some in the Council supporting the project has already disappeared.  Agan predictably the promised 'affordable' accomodation will, thanks to loopholes in the law, almost certainly follow.  The one thing which led some in the community to resist less forcefully than they might have, the promise that the land would not be allowed to degenerate, long since thwarted.  No prospect even of a sad certainty and we will almost certainly see a new round of planning applications once a new owner is found.

Self-serving application to make a plain infill into somthing really ugly.  The last thing you can claim about this proposed intrusive and overbearing additional floor is that it enhances the Conservation Area particularly when viewed along York Rise (as it must be).

Some interesting events and a report on the Friends of Highgate Library 110th Anniversary celebration.  Click on image to read or click the link below.