Kilburn is suffering from a very high level of fly tipping. Veolia UK is responsible to clear fly tips within a reasonable time once reported wether on the Brent or the Camden side of Kilburn. The Veolia contracts with both Councils specify that our highways (roads and pavements) need to be maintained at a level …
Fly tipping- What is it and how to get it cleared? Read More »
On the 19th April we lead a campaign for both Brent and Camden Councils to implement safer travel measures on Kilburn High Road, to enable social distancing of pedestrians. In May 2020 Camden announced changes that they would make and as we predicted these changes have not proven to be useful as expressed here. Kilburn …
Camden Safer Travel travel scheme- Kilburn High Road scheme Read More »
We are blessed by a large number of initiatives in and around Kilburn that will hopefully help spread some festive cheer to the less fortunate. Here is a list below and their plea for donations or/and volunteers. Please consider helping and direct people (in need of help) you may know to them. We have only …
Festive season- how to give back and what help is available. Read More »
Brent Council’s PR Department has been highlighting the prowess of Brent Council in terms of building new Council Homes. But what is behind those numbers? We made a freedom of information request, partially answered, about the evolution of the number of council homes in Brent. In 2009, Brent had 9261 Council homes. In 2020 Brent …
We were very sad to see the closure of the long standing Hillman Butchers on Kilburn High Road at the end of September 2020. The business had been up for sale since 2018. Most of you would have noticed, on the shop awning, the claim “a family run business since 1848”. In the shop, a …
Brent Council set-up 2 tents on 9th September 2020 to show the current proposals to increase the number of homes on the Windmill Court site. The background to the proposal is the desire by Brent Council to increase the number of affordable housing units. Current site comprises of a 17 storey tower containing 120 housing …
Future Leisure Ltd have made the above planning application to change the old William Hill unit at 141 Kilburn High Road into an adult gaming centre. We need you to object on the basis of Brent’s DMP3 policy below. Right next to the site at 139 Kilburn High Road there is a Pawnbroker, HT Pawnbrokers. …
Planning Application 20/1714- 141 Kilburn High Road Read More »
Ordnance survey March 2020 The Ordnance survey has recently published a very interesting map of high streets nationwide, with statistics. Kilburn being one of the major Town Centre is obviously included. Our High road is changing ,as in the space of a year, the number of residential addresses has increased from 898 to 1111 without …
Kilburn High Road 2020 versus 2019- Our High Road is changing! Read More »
Please click here to see the document sent by Camden Council regarding widening the pavements of Kilburn High Road by the end of week ending 16th May 2020. Please send your comments to safetravel@camden.gov.uk We welcome the proposed changes but have the following comments to make: No intervention planned between Netherwood Street and Iverson Road. …
Camden planned interventions on Kilburn High Road. Read More »
Children’s writer Beatrix Potter, stayed with the elderly Miss Florrie Hammond, who was her firstgoverness, at 51 Minster Road in July 1905. Norman Warne who was her publisher, had proposed marriage on 25 July 1905 and Beatrix had accepted. But before the wedding took place hetragically died from leukemia on 25 August at his home …