by Richard Webber | Oct 8, 2019 | CIL, Development & Heritage, Economic activity, Plan
Like it or not, Highgate receives thousands of visitors every year. The Forum has been driving the campaign to improve signage to make life easier. One of our most popular visitor destinations is Highgate Cemetery. Many visitors make the not unreasonable assumption...
by Peter Walton | Nov 22, 2018 | Development & Heritage, Economic activity
Highgate needs visitors – to increase the footfall in the village, to keep our shops, cafés, restaurants and pubs going, to encourage other businesses to open and to visit our theatres and galleries. Here are some ideas that might encourage tourism: A Highgate Village...
by Peter Walton | Nov 22, 2018 | Development & Heritage
Not many people know this but just over 700 years ago, in 1305, Robert the Bruce was a temporary resident of Highgate! He was staying in the hunting lodge which belonged at that time to the Earl of Gloucester, situated on what is now the 12th green of Highgate Golf...
by Maggy Meade-King | Apr 4, 2016 | Development & Heritage
Construction Management Plan in HGY/2016/0666 Parkland Walk is an important local resource, well-used and well-loved by thousands of local residents. The covenants on the land are clear, and any purchaser of 3 Francis Place would be well aware of them. For the owner...
by Maggy Meade-King | Mar 31, 2016 | Development & Heritage
The developer has submitted a new planning application under HGY/2016/0789 As with the previous application, which was rejected, this will only serve to reduce the pub trading space to an inoperable level, dooming it to fail and ensuring the developers get to convert...
by Maggy Meade-King | Jan 21, 2016 | Development & Heritage
The Miltons Residents Association has launched a petition to save the historic and beautiful Winchester pub in the Archway Road from damaging further development. The Winchester Tavern was built in 1881 as part of a very distinctive parade of shops with housing above...
