Camden Council has confirmed that a new housing development will replace the Highgate Newtown Community Centre.
The plans will see the existing community centre and the surrounding buildings demolished. It will be replaced by three blocks of housing, as well as a new hall.
But users of the space are not confident the Council will deliver the community space they need.
They campaigned outside the current Gospel Mission Hall in a bid to save it. They were led by pilates group leader Tamar Swade.
She said that the “arts can effect huge changes in people’s well-being, and how it can keep young people out of trouble.”
Camden Council has confirmed they are pressing ahead with the development of Highgate Newtown Community Centre. Image: Camden Council.
And a local resident has other concerns. Lizzie Smith of nearby Bertram Street is concerned about the housing density in the area.
In addition to this, she says that the new development doesn’t meet affordable housing targets. Just seven of the 41 new homes will be ‘affordable’.
The plans also mean the development will be car-free, with disabled, refuge and emergency vehicle access being through an automatic bollard.
The Council response
Highgate Councillor Anna Wright says she supports the scheme. She says that she would call for more affordable housing in response, if “funding becomes available”.
And Councillor Sian Berry, who has previously been critical of Camden Community Investment Programme. Now though, she says she backs the changes.
This is despite the fact that the new plans got an overwhelmingly negative public response during the consultation stage.
A construction working group will be set up to try and involve the local community in the process.
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Camden Council has confirmed that a new housing development will replace the Highgate Newtown Community Centre.
The plans will see the existing community centre and the surrounding buildings demolished. It will be replaced by three blocks of housing, as well as a new hall.
But users of the space are not confident the Council will deliver the community space they need.
They campaigned outside the current Gospel Mission Hall in a bid to save it. They were led by pilates group leader Tamar Swade.
She said that the “arts can effect huge changes in people’s well-being, and how it can keep young people out of trouble.”
Camden Council has confirmed they are pressing ahead with the development of Highgate Newtown Community Centre. Image: Camden Council.
And a local resident has other concerns. Lizzie Smith of nearby Bertram Street is concerned about the housing density in the area.
In addition to this, she says that the new development doesn’t meet affordable housing targets. Just seven of the 41 new homes will be ‘affordable’.
The plans also mean the development will be car-free, with disabled, refuge and emergency vehicle access being through an automatic bollard.
The Council response
Highgate Councillor Anna Wright says she supports the scheme. She says that she would call for more affordable housing in response, if “funding becomes available”.
And Councillor Sian Berry, who has previously been critical of Camden Community Investment Programme. Now though, she says she backs the changes.
This is despite the fact that the new plans got an overwhelmingly negative public response during the consultation stage.
A construction working group will be set up to try and involve the local community in the process.
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