A planning application has been submitted to build three floors of flats above part of the Triangle Restaurant on Ferme Park Road by the junction with Stapleton Hall Road.  Most of the local landmark restaurant would be demolished, and an extra house added to the end of the terrace, and the restaurant then rebuilt. The Council’s planning department say that […]

There are just hours left for residents to have their say on rail services at Harringay, Hornsey and Finsbury Park Stations – as the Department for Transport’s consultation finishes today (Thursday 23rd August).  The consultation is especially important as Harringay and Hornsey Stations could miss out on a £6bn Government upgrade to services from the Thameslink […]

The car wash at 2 Upper Tollington Park (behind Nandos) has put in a new planning application for a canopy, after its previous attempt to get retrospective approval for the current ugly canopy was rejected (see previous post). Cllr Richard Wilson has looked at the application online and spoken to the Council’s planning office, and says that […]

Cllr Richard Wilson attended a meeting of our local ‘safer neighbourhood’ policing panel on August 9th.  One issue that was raised at the very start of the meeting was residents’ concerns about a new Thai Massage Parlour that says it is ‘opening soon’ on Stroud Green Road next door to Nandos (see picture).  Locals have […]

Last night Councillor Richard Wilson went out knocking on doors near Harringay Station to make people aware of an important consultation about the future of train services into Moorgate and Kings Cross.  The current franchise, run by First Capital Connect, is coming to an end so the Department for Transport are consulting on what the […]

Angry local residents have spoken out against Haringey Council vetoing a plan for a 20 mph limit for Stroud Green Road.  The residents were interviewed along with Cllr Richard Wilson on the BBC London radio drive time slot – calling for the Council to the think again. Islington Council has decided to implement 20mph restrictions […]

A 20mph speed limit will not go ahead on a busy road near Finsbury Park after Haringey Council objected to neighbouring Islington Council’s speed reduction scheme it has emerged this week. Local Liberal Democrats in Haringey and Islington have joined forces to condemn the decision by Haringey Council to block the 20mph scheme on Stroud […]

Cllr Richard Wilson reports a surge of complaints about missed bin collections from local residents – with wheelie bins not emptied on the scheduled day.  Richard first contacted the Labour councillor in charge of waste on 22 June asking for an urgent explanation of what was happening – and whether the Council’s contractor Veolia was struggling with […]

At the end of May Cllr Richard Wilson posted on his blog about what he’d done to respond to complaints about an ugly canopy that had sprung up without planning permission at the car wash on Upper Tollington Park (behind the Stroud Green Road Nandos).  The owners applied for retrospective planning permission to try to avoid having to take the structure down. Richard […]

Cllr Richard Wilson of Stroud Green ward has had a number of complaints about the corner of Stroud Green Road and Upper Tollington Park (outside the excellent Vagabond cafe), where rubbish keeps piling up around the large recycling bins.  Richard keeps reporting the problem, but every time he’s in the area it still looks the same […]