Tesco on West End Lane closed for the week for a refurb… yet this didn’t seem to improve the traffic situation as its lorries blocked Lymington Road instead. A planning application is in for a 62-flat development by Kilburn Grange … Continue reading →
Waitrose has (finally) got its planning permission to move into the Pizza Express site. Rumour is that Pizza Express will close in a couple of weeks and Waitrose will start its refit. Sachin Tendulkar. one of the greatest sportsmen of … Continue reading →
Sundays are going to get noisy for those of you living near the Overground station. There’s more noise to come overnight for residents of Sumatra and Ravenshaw streets as Network Rail plans to spend this week clearing vegetation from the … Continue reading →
Some West Hampstead streets could be spanned by fishing wire strung between poles if the Brondesbury Eruv gets planning permission. 18 months after the West End Lane accident that killed Desreen Brooks and left American student Amy Werner in a … Continue reading →
Short week and short weekly round-up after last week’s epic. There was a great turnout for the South Hampstead residents association’s AGM. Camden’s head of development control was there to give a Planning 101 introduction and she also answered questions … Continue reading →
Labour swept the Lib Dems out of their north-west Camden stronghold in the local elections on Thursday. West Hampstead Life was at the count (re-live the night) and, while many seats were relatively straightforward, West Hampstead and especially Fortune Green … Continue reading →
Election special A crowded hustings on Monday saw 21 of the 26 local election candidates from West Hampstead & Fortune Green pitch their wares and answer questions from the public (although from the headlines the next day you’d have been … Continue reading →
Tonight: Come and grill the local election candidates at hustings. Emmanuel School Hall (new building) Mill Lane, just off West End Lane. All candidates for West Hampstead & Fortune Green wards invited… and almost every one is coming. Do check … Continue reading →
Mill Lane will be partially closed at its western end for eight weeks, but details are annoyingly thin on the ground. Will Fortune Green shisha bar Monte Cristo get planning permission? There’s lots of local opposition based on traffic and … Continue reading →
At the time of writing, a 48-hour tube strike is planned for this week, starting on Monday at about 9.30pm. TfL intends to run a reduced service on many lines, including the Jubilee and Metropolitan. Full details here. Maygrove Road … Continue reading →
