Crouch End reaches peak bean – Town centre retail survey December 2018
Back to one of our ongoing assessments, an annual retail survey of Crouch End town centre (see 2017 here, and 2016 here). Topical too, as few weeks go by without a newspaper article proclaiming the death of the High Street.
Continue ReadingLiveable Crouch End initiative – drop-in sessions, e-survey, January 2019
The roll-out of public engagement continues for the major roads and travel project for Crouch End. Three drop-in sessions are announced for the general public – Wednesday 9th Januaryfrom 4-8pm at Hornsey Town HallTuesday 15th Januaryfrom 10am-4pm at Hornsey LibrarySaturday
Continue ReadingCrouch End town centre design priorities survey, report
Over the summer the Forum ran a snapshot survey looking at priorities and issues affecting the public realm. This was in direct response to the feedback (and the prodding) we’d experienced as a consequence of the announcement of the Liveable
Continue ReadingCrouch End, North London’s premier nightspot
In the current panic over the future of the High Street, one theme often emerges – retail is on the way out (particularly the comparison shopping variety) and should they want to survive and prosper High Streets must become centres for
Continue ReadingA new Crouch End? – Liveable Neighbourhoods and new town squares. Part 2, proposals and new thinking
With new cycle routes, better road crossings, redirected main roads, and even a proposed new public square in the centre of town, TfL’s ‘Liveable Neighbourhoods Initiative’ is a big deal for Crouch End. To read Part 1, an introduction to
Continue ReadingA new Crouch End? – Liveable Neighbourhoods and new town squares. Part 1, get on your bike
This is not the first occasion a radical, exciting, contentious proposal for large scale changes to the layout of Crouch End has been proposed, but certainly the first for some time. The ‘Liveable Neighbourhoods’ project is the slightly tortured title
Continue ReadingPizzas, pooches and pedicures – a Crouch End retail survey part 2, December 2017
A year ago the Forum conducted a retail survey of Crouch End town centre (click here). Concerned about potential headwinds and future viability, we thought setting a baseline would be useful. So, a year on, how do things look? Well,
Continue ReadingHornsey Town Hall – das Kultur Rathaus?
We enjoyed last week’s presentations by the newly appointed Town Hall operator, Piers Read of Time+Space Co. A vision for a wide reaching place of creative enterprise is emerging, though the detail has (mostly) to be determined. He has a
Continue ReadingHornsey Town Hall planning revisions, improvements?
The developer recently made a few changes to the HTH planning application, and a couple of moves happened on restoration costs and affordable housing. The Neighbourhood Forum had a look. The revisions to the planning application means the public consultation
Continue ReadingHornsey Town Hall proposals – a CENF verdict
So what to make of the proposals for the Town Hall? Well, we certainly like the ambition. The debate rages on of course, but recent announcements confirm that the project is, subject to planning, on track for a mid 2018
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